This Week's Comics - 52, Fables, Green Arrow, The Creeper

[sdelmonte]

Yup, more extras in the form of GA and Creeper on my list thanks to the Museum's ad in some more comics. (The ad is also in The Exterminators and Man Called Kev, but neither interest me at all, so no review.) And to my delight, the ad is in Fables.

On to the spoilers!

52, Week 19 - Show of hands, readers...who was saying that Skeets isn't what he seems? Hmmmm. I suspect that I wasn't the only one not surprised to see the ending of this issue, even after it seemed that Skeets was going to make Booster's seeming ancestor the new Booster Gold. Gripping stuff with much to be resolved. Less gripping was the development of the Space Heroes and Lobo arc, which boasts a good script but has a very odd plot. I reserve judgment about it. Oh, and Supernova meets Wonder Girl, where things get wrenching. Overall, another good issue.

Fables 53 - The Snow Queen reveals a plan for the Mundies that would tax even Jack Bauer, while at home the Fables cope with a froggy Flycatcher and Bigby hires a new teacher. Chilling stuff, showing the depths to which Geppetto has sunk despite seeming kindly. The only flaw? This was too quick a read for once.

Green Arrow 66 - Judd Winick fills in the gaps of what happened to Ollie right after Infnire Crisis. Except that this seems to contradict some of what we saw in 52. Which is typical. Anyway, we see Ollie and Connor and Mia undergoing traning to be more badass. It's reasonably well executed, but I really don't like the idea of them being that way. It didn't suit Ollie in The Longbow Hunters, and it doesn't suit him now. Oddly, Scott McDaniel's art, which I love din Nightwing, is too cartoony. And he draws a poor Connor.

The Creeper 2 - This pedestrian comic lost me fast when I learned that this time around, the Creeper is a split personality, where whoever is not in charge of the body talks to the one who is. It's better than the totally insane Creeper of the late 80s, but far less intriguing than the sane man pretending to be insane of the 70s. The story is pretty eh beyond that.

Comments

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Everyone draws a poor Conner. They make him Caucasion.

[the_croupier]

On Space Heroes + Lobo, I'll see your 'very odd' and raise you a 'completely strange'. Why is this arc happening? Is it really going anywhere? Also, Renee Montoya has had her troubles over the years, but I'm finding her unrecognizable in this. (Smacking ADAM?! What?!) And The Question seems very dumbed down from what little I've read of him before.

What I find especially odd is, "52" is more strange than the One Year Later series that come after it.

I found Green Arrow 66 to be a slight letdown too. Though we get so little Connor in the DCU these days, I guess I'll take what I can get.

[sdelmonte]

I'm fairly certain that the Space Heroes arc is leading to some sort of invasion threat. So I can wait to see where it goes. But the addition of Lobo is certainly a strange choice. He's got a loyal fan base, but everyone else abhors him.

And I'm okay with how the Question has been portrayed since the old series. As long as they ignore the most recent miniseries, it works for me.

I do agree about Renee, though.