“If you’re thinking about initiating a friend into the mysteries of the DC Universe, you’re probably better off picking up a trade paperback collection of an individual series you think they’d like (when the first compilations come out in 2012), as opposed to a rather expensive mixed bag that could potentially serve as a murder weapon in a comics-themed episode of CSI.” 

(via The Massive ‘New 52’ Hardcover Is Roughly the Size and Weight of My Cat - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews)