In the end, Higgins and Barrows have treaded the fine line and made a comic that both works as a tie-in to another book's storyline ("Death of the Family") as well as still made the comic worth reading if you're just a "Nightwing" fan. "Nightwing" remains, as always, a solid performer that entertains.

"Punk Rock Jesus" is one of those Vertigo mini-series that reminds you of how good the line can be when the right project comes along. This mini-series deserves your time and dollars; with a great final page at the halfway mark of the entire series, I'm already dying to see what happens next. Murphy's carefully led us down one path for the first three issues that this strong moment is the perfect way to launch us into the remaining three.

I'm thrilled to finally see the return of "Resident Alien." Those three chapters may have originally run back in the fall, but it says a lot that I've been looking forward to its return since then. Because of its position in the story it's not the flashiest of comics, but it's solid entertainment, and I'm definitely going to read the remaining two issues. All in all, good stuff.

"Wonder Woman" #605 is an important step in the right direction for the title. A lot of the wind has gotten lost from the sails of this storyline, but if anyone can rally the readership back on board, it's Hester. It's a good start, and it makes me wish that he'd been on board from the beginning.