I like Winick's Outsiders too but I was disapointed with The Graduation Day series. Judd coped out with the character's death. I wasn't to shocked with the demises of Lilith/Omen and Donna Troy. First they killed the Raven clone Omen; a third rate character since the seventies. I kinda knew they would retire Donna Troy. She has been the victim of so many rewrites and revised histories it's almost tragic. They were going to kill her off but really didn't do it. She was sent to another world to live another life?!! Listen Geoff Johns' Teen Titans #2 had Slade the Terminator shoot Impulse/Kid Flash in the leg to prove that kids shouldn't fight crime. That's shocking....
agreed. but the whole thing was DC's EIC wanting to make the comic tie into the new TV series. they told Winick what to do, andi think he did the best with a bad idea. i mean, who kills Donna Troy? horrible move, IMO. this isn't to say Graduation day wasn't craptastic. cause it was. but i think we can Blame DC for that snafu....
....and yeah, Slade dealing with Impulse was pretty messed up.