Killing for the greater good in the post-reboot DCU?

[gryphonsegg]

Yep, I'm having more thoughts about the reboot! This time, I'm speculating (and inviting y'all to speculate at me) about the potential consequences of putting intentionally morally dubious characters from Wildstorm and Vertigo titles into the same universe as the DCU's killing-averse mainstays like Superman and Batman. They've got John Constantine in a comic with "Justice League" in the title, and Martian Manhunter is going to be a member of Stormwatch, along with Jack Hawksmoor, Apollo, and the Midnighter. I'm going to go ahead and presume that their methods will be seriously toned down in the new titles. But still, there's only so far "down" that you can tone some of these characters-- especially Midnighter, whose fan appeal is largely based on his willingness to just cold stab a hapless mook through the eye for standing between him and any given MacGuffin. Maybe the reasoning behind putting J'onn on Stormwatch is that he's the only character who can keep Midnighter from killing half the JL members' rogues galleries.