Jumping-Off Points, or What's the New52's Obsession with Jumping Out of Aircraft?

No really. Out of 27 books released to date, DC's got 7 that feature people jumping out of airplanes, usually as a major plot point. Kind of the wrong subliminal message to give at this time, no? Check it out:

Comic: Deathstroke #1Jump: Slade jumps from one plane to another, TWICE. The second one blows up.

Comic: Grifter #1
Jump: When passengers are possessed by aliens and threaten the whole plane, Grifter throws himself out of the plane with the attacker.

Comic: Hawk & Dove #1
Jump: Dove bails out of a plane heading for the Washington monument during a fight to try and make it miss.

Justice League #1
Jump: Batman tucks and rolls as Green Lantern's energy force jet dematerializes.

Men of War #1
Jump: Rock's unit parachutes to its objective.

Resurrection Man #1
Jump: Mitch Shelley jumps out of a plane when he is attacked by some kind of angel. He knows he'll rise from the dead anyway.

Suicide Squad #1
Jump: At the end of the issue, the Squad is dropped from the back a carrier jet into an arena full of targets.

I have the feeling I'll have to revisit this idea in a couple of weeks...