Absolutely. At last year's Wizard LA convention I sat in a panel with Jimmy Palmiotti, one of the writers of Countdown, who said much of the plot and reveals were mandated by editors and often changed with time. For example, the idea of our Jason being from Earth-2 wasn't picked up again. Who knows, maybe editorial decided Kon would be a better Black Lantern for the upcoming Green Lantern event than as part of the Superman series. Darn! If Wizard LA wasn't postponed this weekend, I would have asked that question to James Robinson who's currently writing SUperman.