• Legion of Super-Heroes - This is quite a surprise, especially since the Legion is a traditional DC Comics mainstay since the late 1970s when they took over Superboy's monthly book. DC Comics has rarely been without a Legion title since. Heck, it was popular enough in the mid-1990s to sustain two monthly titles (Legion of Super-Heroes and Legionnaires).
  
  What went wrong? The Legion had one reboot too many! 1994 saw the first reboot under the auspices of Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, and Stuart Immonen. It was an attempt to update the Legion, which was mired with a lot of history and very dark storylines during the Tom & Mary Bierbaum/Keith Giffen era just a few years prior, as well bringing youthful energy back into the franchise. 2004 saw the second reboot (oddly enough again by Mark Waid), which proved to be less popular. Not even Jim Shooter could save this version of the Legion.
  
  Geoff Johns would ultimately tie all three incarnations/versions of the Legion together in 2008's Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, ultimately leading to the return of the original adult Legion from the 1980s and Paul Levitz back at the helm of the franchise. And then New 52 came along and demanded another reboot (of sorts) and by then it is not hard to imagine that readers and fans alike simply gave up.
  
  
• Demon Knights - Along with O.M.A.C., this was a title I took a risk on back in September 2011. The original creative team of Paul Cornell and Diogenes Neves crafted a surprisingly fun read detailing the medieval adventures of Etrigan and Jason Blood, Madame Xanadu, Vandal Savage, and Ystin the Shining Knight, along with new characters such as Exoristos, Horsewoman, and Al Jabr. Along with the hinted connections to StormWatch and how the team shaped the secret history of the modern day DC Universe, this book was filled with storytelling potential. Again, it was obvious that something went wrong as the connection with StormWatch became thinner and thinner, and storylines involving Merlin and King Arthur did nothing to combat the malaise the title fell under. Paul Cornell was recently replaced by Robert Venditti, who is doing an amazing job with Valiant Comics' X-O Manowar, but he proved to be an ill-suited replacement, with an arbitrary fast forward 30 years into the future and an unoriginal storyline involving vampires and the Holy Grail. With dwindling sales (below 20K copies I think), it is no surprise that this title is cancelled, despite my hopes that Robert Venditti would be able to turn things around with a second story arc.
  
  
• Dial H - The only title edited by Karen Berger, founder of the Vertigo imprint. It should come as no surprise that this title had a very heavy indie feel to it, and would be at home with Vertigo. Unlike Swamp Thing and Animal Man, two characters that had been with Vertigo for quite some time, Dial H failed to find similar success out in the DC Universe. I myself am guilty of not sampling this title, mainly due to disinterest in the odd book China Mieville and Mateus Santoluoco were producing. It was simply too quirky and too odd for the marketplace.
  
  
• Threshold - A title featuring C-grade sci-fi characters from the farthest end of the DC Universe? No surprises why it got canned after only eight issues, especially now that Orange Lantern Larfleeze has graduated to his own solo title.

Avengers: Standoff HC	The Boys: The Innocents TP
Devil Dinosaur by Jack Kirby Omnibus HC	Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland HC
Fairest: Wide Awake TP	Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser TP
Guardians of the Galaxy: Legacy TP	Hulk: Skaar - Son of Hulk TP
Hulk: Son of Hulk - Dark Son Rising TP	Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares TP
Prince Valiant: Free Comic Book Day Special Edition	Team-Ups of the Brave and the Bold HC
Thing: Project Pegasus HC	Troublemaker: Book Two HC

In addition, I finally found the time to head over to Earth 638 Comics at Kelana Mall to pick up the items I won in their recent Facebook auctions. I thought I won more than just two items, but I guess I hadn't paid attention to the auctions towards the end.

Inhumans Special Edition # 1	Vampirella # 0

• Barisan Nasional would perform better than the 12th General Elections in 2008 - Of course this was proven completely wrong. Everyone knew Barisan Nasional would go all out with their cheating in this election, but it looks like the popularity of the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat was more than sufficient to ride above their opponents' chicanery. I should have had more confidence in my fellow Malaysians. :-)
  
  
• Nurul Izzah Anwar would lose to Raja Nong Chick in the battle for the Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat - Again, I was happy to be proven wrong here. Despite being a douchebag of massive proportions what with threatening to withhold land and strata titles and ceasing basic services such as rubbish collection as punishment should he lose, he nevertheless remained a popular figure amongst the lower income residents in the area. Even with very obvious cheating, what with police cars dropping mysterious ballot boxes in the counting center at the eleventh hour, Nurul Izzah still managed to win, albeit with a small majority. It is still an amazing and miraculous victory nonetheless and I wonder how large her majority could have been if there had been no trickery involved.
  
  
• Pakatan Rakyat would lose Kedah, but gain Perak and Terengganu - I consider this a partial accurate prediction. Losing Kedah was no surprise considering the poor performance of the past PAS-led state government, but it was shocking to see Barisan Nasional maintaining control over the latter two states, especially considering early vote tallies pointed to a resounding victory for Pakatan Rakyat, only to be a sudden swing to the Barisan Nasional literally at the eleventh hour.
  
  
• Pakatan Rakyat would make significant inroads to Melaka, Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak - Another partially accurate prediction, what with Pakatan Rakyat's surprisingly poor performance in Melaka. However, not all was lost, especially with Lim Kit Siang's stunning victory in Gelang Patah in Johor, easily ousting local UMNO warlord Abdul Ghani Othman. His victory there over serves as an important beachhead for Pakatan Rakyat, especially considering that the state of Johor had always been an UMNO stronghold. Equally important are the inroads made to the urban parts of both Sabah and Sarawak.
  
  
• DAP would be the biggest winners in the election - DAP is now the second largest party in the Malaysian parliament, although it is a distant second against UMNO. Good show all around, although as expected UMNO is taking this opportunity to attack the Malaysian Chinese community again, since DAP has always been traditionally perceived as a Chinese political party.
  
  
• MCA and Gerakan would lose in every seat contested - Alas this is not true, as MCA somehow managed to retain four seats and Gerakan a single lone seat. Nevertheless, both parties have never teetered closer towards oblivion and irrelevance. I expect UMNO to replace Gerakan as the ruling party in the Penang chapter of Barisan Nasional very, very shortly. It is no coincidence that party leaders Chua Soi Lek and Koh Tsu Koon were conspicuously absent at Najib Razak's victory speech in PWTC.
  
  
• Pakatan Rakyat easily retains Kelantan and Penang, although Selangor is won through a tough battle - Well, who would predict otherwise? Kelantan has traditionally been a PAS stronghold thanks to the tough nature of the local Kelantanese folk. Meanwhile, Penang has been transformed into a DAP stronghold over the past five years thanks to Lim Guan Eng's exemplary leadership that not even the likes of Perkasa, Ibrahim Ali, and the various racist so-called NGOs could dent. As for Selangor, considering that Najib Razak's grandiose promise of a victory there for Barisan Nasional, the general population has successfully issued a resounding rebuke with PKR and DAP leading the way in the state.
  
  
• It is impossible for Pakatan Rakyat to win this General Election even if Barisan Nasional did not cheat - This is a controversial one, but I stand by it. Why? It all boils down to the way the electoral borders are drawn, with the states of Sabah and Sarawak carved into 56 parliamentary seats. This is a key factor because most of these these seats are in rural parts of the country that are still lacking Internet access and whatever information they have are garnered from very biased mainstream media. This rule also applies to Peninsular Malaysia, albeit to a significantly lesser extent. It is no surprise that Pakatan Rakyat's victories are restricted to the urban parts of the country, which are further rigged by very high voter populations, some numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Despite Pakatan Rakyat again garnering the popular vote, this was not translated into parliamentary seats, which is what determines which party gets to form the federal government. Last but not least, Najib Razak himself is very popular in the government sector, and has made significant inroads with the lower-income sector thanks to BR1M.