I know it actually is a long running comic thing for new "people" to take up the mantle of various super heroes [robin who is not dick grayson, ect] but I will admit I have almost NEVER been a fan of this [I guess historically I don't mind when they redid a bunch of characters for the silver age, so there is my main exception].

I just always felt if you are a "new person" you really should be just a new hero. Robin shouldn't be robin, but batman should have some sidekick with a new name when dick grayson goes ect. Heck, in one of the few cases I think it makes sense... like with the Green Lantern I think is the most justifiable of doing it in lore of the main big characters I still don't like any but Hal Jordan [yes there was a previous "green lantern" when they changed the era was basically a whole different concept in most of the ways (hey, I am not saying I am perfectly consistant :P)]

Just kind of my nitpick but I have yet to ever be able to get into a character that wasn't basically the original. If your character isn't going to be unique enough to be interesting.... I don't care.

But now that they just are doing this shallow and gender and race swap stuff..... I REALLY don't care.