Yeah, Flashpoint was pretty meh. Another parallel universe story where all of the heroes never met and are dicks, all because Barry Allen didn't want his mom to die? The only part I really cared for was Thomas Wayne as Batman, but overall there wasn't nearly enough that was even explained really in the mini-series proper. Considering I was only picking it up because I had been getting Flash (my only DC book at the time) it was fairly disappointing. Seemed if you wanted to actually see some of what happened to lead the DC Universe where it was you needed to read everything else but the main mini series. Not that this is solely a problem with DC lately.

Some event comics pull off the stand alone main series and tie in's well (like Secret Invasion) while others don't do it as well. I'm not 20 years old and living with my parents anymore. I can't afford every book that so much as catches my eye.

But I quite liked Flash before Flashpoint. Geoff Johns generally does a good job of writing him, and I was becoming quite invested in the comic. But then there's a reboot and a new writer coming off the heels of a mediocre event focused on the Flash, and it's a little difficult to stay interested. Maybe I'll pick up issue #1 next time I'm at the comic shop, but I find it hard to imagine it topping the three titles I'm already picking up.