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This Week's Comics Buffy, Robin, Detective
Aug. 7th, 2008 12:01 pmI should be writng longer reviews. But nothing I've read demands them. By and large, the comics I'm reading fall into two groups, entertaining but not very novel, and lightweight and forgettable.
Buffy and Robin fall into the first category. Buffy is lots of fun, with a lot of Fray, some other interesting developments, and a great script. Joss doesn't reinvent the wheel, but sometimes he doesn't need to. Robin - both the week's issue and the one that came out two weeks ago - looks at the Batman RIP story from the Boy Wonder's POV, with him worried about Batman and getting help from Spoiler. New writer Fabian Nicizea, whose work I don't know well but has a good reputation among the fannish community, does a very good job capturing Tim and Steph's voices, and writes a story that is actually better than the main Batman tale has been. This bodes well for this series, even though I still miss Chuck Dixon.
Detective is in the seeond category. PAul Dini gives us more about Hush's life story, and there is a good scene with Zatanna and Catwoman, but otherwise not much happens. Hush remains a bland adverary, and Dini was much better off writing one and two part stories. Still, I plan to read all five parts on the assumption that Dini will do something intereting sooner or later.
Buffy and Robin fall into the first category. Buffy is lots of fun, with a lot of Fray, some other interesting developments, and a great script. Joss doesn't reinvent the wheel, but sometimes he doesn't need to. Robin - both the week's issue and the one that came out two weeks ago - looks at the Batman RIP story from the Boy Wonder's POV, with him worried about Batman and getting help from Spoiler. New writer Fabian Nicizea, whose work I don't know well but has a good reputation among the fannish community, does a very good job capturing Tim and Steph's voices, and writes a story that is actually better than the main Batman tale has been. This bodes well for this series, even though I still miss Chuck Dixon.
Detective is in the seeond category. PAul Dini gives us more about Hush's life story, and there is a good scene with Zatanna and Catwoman, but otherwise not much happens. Hush remains a bland adverary, and Dini was much better off writing one and two part stories. Still, I plan to read all five parts on the assumption that Dini will do something intereting sooner or later.
