History AudienceAlienatingEra / TheDCU

** The 2014 third volume started off again strong but plots were dropped and meandered for no good reason. Even though the artowk was fine-ish, the whole main story just stopped at one point and was brought up later in a flashback comment. It didn't help that through it, Deathstroke slowly devolved more into an edgy NinetiesAntiHero, as with most New 52 characters. The [[ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth 2016 Christopher Priest run]] was considered a '''massive''' step up, however, and it remains one of Rebirth's most beloved titles.

* The New 52 series up until [[ComicBook/GreenArrowJeffLemire Jeff Lemire's run]]. Starting on an already sour note by using ''Smallville'''s Green Arrow design and turning Ollie YoungerAndHipper, writer J. T. Krul began his run with an {{Anvilicious}} TakeThat against [[NewMediaAreEvil video games and new media]] that felt especially off-base considering not only how long-debunked its views were, but also the well-known left-leaning nature of its protagonist. After Krul left, things fell to Ann Nocenti, who told unremarkable, confusing stories where it seemed like half the dialogue wasn't on the page. Jeff Lemire began his run by burning the previous stuff to the ground and nobody complained.
* After Lemire's run, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg took over and proceeded to toss away much of the goodwill Lemire had brought. As the showrunners of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', they decided to reinvent the book into being essentially a comic adaptation of the show, right down to using a Malcolm Merlyn-style bad guy who's the father of Mia Dearden (much like her TV counterpart Thea), and introduced [[BaseBreakingCharacter Felicity Smoak]] to the fold. Characters from Lemire's run were written out in passing, and despite Oliver having been thought dead and losing his fortune during Lemire's run, he's suddenly got his life and fortune back with no explanation as to how. Much of the problems the show would have (this happened before Arrow's infamous SeasonalRot in Season 3) were found in the comic, including Felicity's SpotlightStealingSquad and RomanticPlotTumor, and subsequently DC replaced the writers with Ben Percy for ''DC You'', who would immediately discard Felicity and Diggle, bringing back some of the previously-discarded supporting cast from Lemire's run, and quietly phased out most of the ''Arrow'' influences.

* After ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Aquaman got PutOnABus and was replaced by a completely new LegacyCharacter named AJ Curry, while the original stuck around as a sea monster before being killed off. So disliked was the decision that it rendered the entire franchise largely unusable for several years, until ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' finally saw the original get resurrected and the franchise getting a successful relaunch in the New 52.

* While Keith Giffen and J.M. Demattis' run on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' is beloved, the book and its sister series ''Justice League Europe'' suffered immensely after both left the series in 1991. The following six years of stories, despite being headed through popular writers such as Creator/MarkWaid and Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}, are now largely forgotten, as it became clear that no one at DC had any real idea what to ''do'' with the League, leading to gimmicky angles (such as killing off JLI EnsembleDarkhorse Ice, a decision which Waid would later openly regret), and giving into 90s tropes DC otherwise largely avoided, most blatantly in the infamous and short-lived ''Extreme Justice'' spinoff. It wouldn't be until Grant Morrison took on the role with ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' that the book would recover, in the process giving what many consider the definite run on the team.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In The70s, DC decided that Wonder Woman should be retooled as a more down-to-earth hero. Officially the decision was "to appeal to feminists", in actuality it was an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Emma Peel of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', and the "modernist" fashion trend sweeping the United States. As a result, she was [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered]] and turned into a kung-fu superspy in a white pantsuit. This move backfired in what DC claimed their goal was. It ''angered'' prominent feminists like Gloria Steinem, who denounced it as a profoundly sexist move to remove the power of one of the greatest female superheroes. It succeeded somewhat, in that it did draw readers to the comic book, until the modernist fad faded. It was more so alienating to the ''Wonder Woman'' brand in general, as attempts to merchandise "mod" Wonder Woman or adapt her to other media all fell on their face, with the [[SeriesWonderWoman1975 live action television show]] proving general audience preferred the classic take on the character after [[Film/WonderWoman1974 the lone pilot]] in line with the "mod" comics to get off the ground went on to crash and burn.