A couple weeks ago I went into high nerd dudgeon over the decision by the big brains at DC Comics to have Superman renounce his U.S. citizenship. Turns out, that was only the second dumbest thing DC did last month.

DC just announced that they’re essentially rebooting their entire superhero universe. Yup, the whole thing. Beginning in September, they’ll be starting 50 of their titles at issue #1 and changing costumes, origin stories, and team line-ups—the whole nine. Why hit ctrl+alt+del on a universe that’s been delivering pretty good stories and characters since 1938? Here’s DC explaining it in their own words: