It's been years since I've read Robinson's Starman, (available here for a decent price) but this is the kind of thing I remember it for--great character moments. Robinson's JLA has been the target of much fanboy hate since Cry for Justice, and while I can't comment on whether it's any good or not since I've been too strapped as of late to add any new books to my pull list, I now wish I had been picking it up. One well written page was all it took to make these characters seem like real people to me.
It's not like this kind of thing doesn't happen often. There are countless teams/characters that have been dumped to the wayside without a thought. That's just the way things are; you either grab the public's attention, or you cease to exist.
The sad thing is that Robinson had announced a Justice League Africa storyline at a recent convention, and this has been scrapped since the relaunch announcement. I have my problems with the relaunch, which I won't go into here, but this kind of thing really makes me wonder if DC is making this up as they go. I'm sure storylines are written but never used on occasion (due to cancelations, ect.), but I have to wonder just how well their writers were informed before all this kicked off.
I hope the relaunch goes well. I also hope that DC isn't going to polarize their best writers by doing things this way.
They've already lost Brian Wood, which is one too many.
-anthony
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