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sdelmonteA mixed bag this week, with nothing really hitting a home run and one not doing much at all.
Note if you will that two comics I had bought previously are off the list. Dark Tower was such a bore last month that we dropped it with two months to go. I might consider buying a future DT story if it actually covers new ground, but there is little left to recommend in the current retelling of Wizard and Glass. And Countdown was going nowhere fast. It's a bust and a lousy successor to 52. I have better comics to spend my money on. Sometimes.
Detective Comics 834 - The second half of Bats and Zee vs. the Joker, with good art, a perfect Joker, and some good character bits involving our heroes, but the end of the story was by the book and also a bit harsh for these good guys. I'm pleased that Bats and Zee have reconciled, though. This was a lot of fun, but after the first half, it promised to be much more. Guess I'll take what I can get.
Supernatural: Origins 3 - John is initiated into the world of the hunters, and makes his first trip to the roadhouse. For diehard fans, this trip back in time is a lot of fun, and seeing John make his descent into the darkness that only hunters know is gripping. But there's still some spark missing when the Winchesters are only words and pictures. There have been many TV spinoff comics that were a lot worse, so I'm not complaining too loudly. But Jeffrey Dean Morgan's voice is missed.
All Star Superman 8 - It's Supes on the Bizarro World! And it's Grant Morrison. Weird doesn't begin to cover it. Alas, while there are a few good moments, the Bizarro World remains one of those Silver Age concepts that I never called for, and that seems as dopey in new comics as in old. Also, the story is to be continued, again. It's not doing any fans a service when you have a comic that published this sporadically and then leaves you hanging too long to recall what happened last time.
Runaways 27 - The team is in 1907, changes history, meets other young super-powered kids in that era, and wonders about that guys with the wings that they met in the present. This issue was a mess, with good dialogue and some interesting moments, but also Joss hitting us over the head with How Bad It Was Back Then, and with too many things happening at once. It's as if he's in rush to tell us everything, and also to impart Wisdom to naive young heroes. I miss BKV.
Nightwing 134 - We get more of the flashback to a heretofore unknown "lost year," and some rather underwhelming stuff in the present. Wolfman seems to have run out of ideas for what to do with Dick while we wait to see what happens to him in Countdown. As much as I wish otherwise, I am going to drop this book, again. Maybe with some luck Andreyko will be the next writer, but right now this just getting dull.
Note if you will that two comics I had bought previously are off the list. Dark Tower was such a bore last month that we dropped it with two months to go. I might consider buying a future DT story if it actually covers new ground, but there is little left to recommend in the current retelling of Wizard and Glass. And Countdown was going nowhere fast. It's a bust and a lousy successor to 52. I have better comics to spend my money on. Sometimes.
Detective Comics 834 - The second half of Bats and Zee vs. the Joker, with good art, a perfect Joker, and some good character bits involving our heroes, but the end of the story was by the book and also a bit harsh for these good guys. I'm pleased that Bats and Zee have reconciled, though. This was a lot of fun, but after the first half, it promised to be much more. Guess I'll take what I can get.
Supernatural: Origins 3 - John is initiated into the world of the hunters, and makes his first trip to the roadhouse. For diehard fans, this trip back in time is a lot of fun, and seeing John make his descent into the darkness that only hunters know is gripping. But there's still some spark missing when the Winchesters are only words and pictures. There have been many TV spinoff comics that were a lot worse, so I'm not complaining too loudly. But Jeffrey Dean Morgan's voice is missed.
All Star Superman 8 - It's Supes on the Bizarro World! And it's Grant Morrison. Weird doesn't begin to cover it. Alas, while there are a few good moments, the Bizarro World remains one of those Silver Age concepts that I never called for, and that seems as dopey in new comics as in old. Also, the story is to be continued, again. It's not doing any fans a service when you have a comic that published this sporadically and then leaves you hanging too long to recall what happened last time.
Runaways 27 - The team is in 1907, changes history, meets other young super-powered kids in that era, and wonders about that guys with the wings that they met in the present. This issue was a mess, with good dialogue and some interesting moments, but also Joss hitting us over the head with How Bad It Was Back Then, and with too many things happening at once. It's as if he's in rush to tell us everything, and also to impart Wisdom to naive young heroes. I miss BKV.
Nightwing 134 - We get more of the flashback to a heretofore unknown "lost year," and some rather underwhelming stuff in the present. Wolfman seems to have run out of ideas for what to do with Dick while we wait to see what happens to him in Countdown. As much as I wish otherwise, I am going to drop this book, again. Maybe with some luck Andreyko will be the next writer, but right now this just getting dull.
