This issue came down to one question for me. If I had a daughter and she asked me on Wednesday morning to pick up a comic book for her, would I consider this book? Absolutely not. Maybe if your child is a fan of the television series, they may enjoy it. However, the average reader will not. There are so many books out there right now that are aimed at children that are well written, drawn beautifully, and have a much higher quality in general. Please, buy one of those for you child. Spare them from this book.

As a Futures End tie-in, this book sucked.  As an issue of Birds of Prey, this book sucked.  As anything you could possibly imagine this is, this book sucked.

This story went from good in the first issue to… crap by the second issue. The art is alright, but couldn't make this story any better, and the ending didn't leave me wanting to read the next issue.

This book was terrible, worst issue so far. Being issue 3 this score keeps dropping and the story has completely lost my interest. Only saving grace is the art which is good.

I actually wish I'd just skipped this issue because it is no ways up to the quality of the regular series.  Marguerite Bennett's dialogue and characterizations are awful and the art is split between too many artists to be anything but inconsistent.  Just skip this and get on to Year Three which is light years better than this Annual could dream to be.

This may be the funniest book ever made.  Ann Nocenti is a diabolical genius.  I would say you have to buy this and read it for yourself, but isn't that Ann's plan all along?  Diabolical Genius, I tells you.  Diabolical Genius!

Katana has been canceled and issue #9 shows why. The story is confusing, the dialogue will make you laugh and the art is not good. I really cannot find any reason for anyone to read this book except as a lesson on how not to write a comic. It is that bad.

Katana #10 is a horrible end to a horrible book that never should have happened in the first place.  I must admit though, I will miss the unintentionally ridiculous dialogue and art that seemed to be drawn with no intention of matching the story.  It was a quirky horrible mess, but here at Weird Science, it was my quirky, horrible mess.  What am I talking about, thank God it's over!

I'd love to tell you how great this issue is, but that would make me a big, fat, sticking liar.  I may be big, fat and stinking, but mister, I am no liar.  Besides the art, this book sucks.  Everyone needs to pass on this so the higher ups at DC will give Ann yet another book, maybe Section 8.

It only took two issues to get back to the Nocenti I know and love.  Klarion is not the most well known character and I still have no idea what's going on with him or this story.  It's already a jumbled mess of awful dialogue and situations.  I did like Trevor McCarthy's art which sets the mood of the book perfectly.  However, once you get past the pretty art, you'll want to get out quickly.  I feel bad for Klarion fans because this isn't the book he deserves.

If you like nonsensical dialogue, misused metaphors and confusing story lines, pick it up now.  Afterwards, I suggest sitting down and taking a long look at yourself and where your craziness is taking you in life.  If you are sane, don't get within ten yards of this book.  This has been a public service announcement from Weird Science.  Thank You.

Klarion #4 continues it's trek to it's announced cancellation with another confusing mess of an issue.  The good art makes it nice to look at, but the story and dialogue only made me shake my head in disgust.  This book never should have seen the light of day and luckily in a few months will be put out of it's (and our) misery.

This is the part where I usually sum up the issue and my review, but let's not waste anymore time. This book looks great, but everything else about it stinks on ice.  Avoid it at all costs, especially the $2.99 DC is trying to take from you.

What can I say, the bleeding has finally ended and we can all start the healing process.  This issue was such a fitting end to Klarion...confusing, ridiculous and beautiful.  Now that my tour of duty is done, I'm heading home to be with my family and maybe someday I'll be able to talk about what I've gone through.  Maybe.  Someday.

Tim Drake: Robin #5 is one of the worst comic book issues I've read in quite some time.  The plot is nonsensical, the reveal is laughable, and the way that Tim defeats his last enemy is something you have to see to believe, but not in a good way.  The art continues to be a problem, even with another artist doing most of the pages this month. This series will surely be on multiple "worst of" lists for years to come, so I can only recommend it to someone who wants to brag that they were one of the few who read it when it came out.

Tim Drake: Robin #8 is another mess of an issue in a series filled with them.  Fitzmartin once again neglects any setup, which turns everything in this book into a mystery... except the actual mystery she is trying to tell.  There is a laundry list of reasons this book failed, but the biggest one is the writing.  Hopefully, DC realizes this and doesn't blame Tim Drake.

Aquaman: Futures End #1 is my least favorite Futures End tie-in yet.  It's exposition heavy, full of awful ideas and pretty much ruins everything that I love about Aquaman's regular run.  To make it worse, it's a setup issue for another book.  Aquaman may get a new kickass outfit, but that, my friends, is not worth $3.99.  Just skip it and save your cash money.

I will always love Neal Adams' art.  It is dated, but in a good way because it has such a great and unique sense of energy to it all.  Anything Neal Adams draws, I will buy... unless he is also writing it.  Please, use the pencils for drawing, not for writing from now on.

Please believe me when I tell you that I'm a big fan of nonsensical fun.  I really am, but while this issue is full of just that, in the scheme of the Convergence Event, it felt off.  I wish I could recommend this issue, but as it stands, I cannot.  Unless yo9u are a huge Giffen fan or want everything involving Lord Volt (or maybe the other characters involved), you can pass on this issue. I kind of wish I had.

I do not have a black heart and I really do like to laugh, but this issue made me want to strangle someone.  Keith Giffen uses this Event tie-in to poke fun at everyone he can and chuckle at the Event itself...but he forgot to write a good issue to go along with it.  This issue, like the first, was not good and made me cringe a whole lot more than laugh.  I think it's time for Giffen to retire Ambush Bug and update his book of jokes to at least catch up with Y2K.  Maybe by 2050, we'll get to 2015.

If you like your Annuals to give you more of what you get from the regular series, here it is.  The regular series is awful and this Annual is more of that awful.  Avoid this at all costs, especially the $4.99 that you will be ripped off buying it!

Okay what to say about this issue? This was a very tough read for me. It made me think about all the worst issues of Threshold. Characters just sitting around giving long exposition, and Keith Giffin trying to make the characters funny, but failing severely. It is just so tough....so very tough. I wanted to put this issue down, and just say the hell with the review, but people need to be warned. Larfleeze is a fun character, maybe a little single minded but this issue reminds you why Threshold was cancelled and if things don't change this title will follow. Just Ugh.

Much like the hardcore Game of Thrones fan explaining the show to a new viewer, this issue felt incredibly confusing, overly-complicated, and ultimately I don't think I retained any of the information. (Once again, I love Game of Thrones so don't hate me). The story of this book hasn't really started yet. This issue was about bringing you up to speed about the world that the story takes place in. The art would be good, but it feels like there are conflicting art styles. Ultimately, I'm not very impressed by this issue.

If you are looking for a confusing and seemingly random issue with the Infected name slapped on it, then this is for you.  The rest of us who have known that Gordon has been infected since the middle of last summer can just pass it on by because you will learn nothing else except that Gordon might be able to give Billie Eilish a run for her money if he can get some of his new, dark ideas on wax.

With weird pacing, pages and panels feeling like filler in a first issue, washed out and muddy art that really didn't do much for me really left me down on this book. I have a hard time recommending this to anybody. It had some interesting set up and mystery in the first few pages but seemed to squander it all by time it got to the end reveal that genuinely had me laughing.

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 continues mucking about, content to tell lame jokes while barely inching the overall narrative forward.  The art is good but can't be relied upon to do all the heavy lifting.  Maybe this book isn't for me since I don't like clowns.  The twist is, I'm not talking about the Joker.

Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #10 is a waste of both time and money. The lack of story progression has killed the intrigue this series promised and I don't see Mathew Rosenberg suddenly righting the ship in the two remaining issues. I'm not surprised this series was cancelled, just that it took this long.

Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #11 gives readers some answers, but it's too late to have much impact.  The art is stellar, but the total lack of story progression during the first ten issues is glaring as Mathew Rosenberg desperately tries to convince readers that there was ever a worthwhile story here.  Oh well, Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing only has one more issue to go, and then LAX lovers can rest easy again.

There is no reason to even have this title out there other than Marvel to make some more money off the massive success that was The Force Awakens. It was an awesome movie, but that doesn't mean it makes an awesome comic book.

Well, here we go again. I don't like this book. It's just not something I think is necessary, and on top of that, it's not very good. This type of huge, grand story is made for the silver screen, not a comic book.

Once again we have another issue that doesn't hit any of the same notes as the movie. This gets a little bump for doing a pretty good job on the big death at the end, but that's about it.

This book is bad. Even though the art this issue was slightly better than the other issues, I still didn't enjoy this. I can't say I would recommend it to anyone, Star Wars fans or not.

Jerry Ordway tries to resurrect his baby, but I don't think enough remember or care about the team to get too excited.  Unfortunatley, I don't think this issue is gaining any new fans, either.  The story and art are okay, but not enough to get me excited for next month's finale.  This is just another miss in the Convergence Event.

I tried my best to figure out what was going on in this issue, but I was left utterly confused.  The problem is, even the stuff I understood didn't impress me much.  In the end, fans of Infinity Inc. got what they wanted and we can file the team away for safe keeping until the next event rolls in.

This tie-in issue started off strong, but quickly devolved into something much less.  It was a boring read that did nothing to get me excited for next month's finale.  If Wonder Woman gets beat by her Red Rain villains, I won't be upset at all.  I wish I could say more, but I really didn't like what we got here.

I didn't enjoy the first issue in this series enough to recommend it and I like this one even less.  It's bad enough that Wonder Woman can't save anyone around her, but the issue ends with the worst "victory" in all of Convergence.  Nobody, even Wonder woman fans, will be missing anything by skipping this story.

This is a convoluted and almost unreadable pile of garbage.  Besides a good effort by the art team, there is no reason at all to pick this up, let alone waste any time reading it.  Marv Wolfman once again proves that some things should be left alone, even by their creators.

Marv Wolfman is back writing Cyborg, but I'd rather see DC put some effort into finding ANYONE with a fresh take on the character or just shut him down until they do.  The art in this issue is good, but not much else is.  I suggest passing on this and hopefully, Cyborg fans will get their fill in the Justice League books.

I can't decide what's worse, that the story is a convoluted mess or that it is boring as hell.  It's a tie, but the big loser is anyone who buys this crap.  It looks good, but there is no reason whatsoever that this book should exist.

If you are a fan of Batwoman and/or love Kate Kane, don't read this issue.  You will instantly regret it and the bad taste is bound to last well into the return of the regular run of this book.  I expect better from Mark Andreyko, but I'm starting to worry,  First Maggie, now this.  I hope this isn't the beginning of a downward spiral.

This is the worst #1 issue I have ever read. It is not new reader friendly at all, has numerous editors notes to read the last run and it felt like we started out missing at least five issues. Of course, if you are a Champions fan, you may like or love this, but if Marvel was hoping for new readers to jump on this series, I know one guy who wont be. Its a shame because I love almost all the characters in the book (at least the ones I know), but Ill get them in books that at least pretend to want me to get involved.

Fans of Escape from New York should give this book a wide berth because it is not the sequel they want or deserve.  Christopher Sebela's script just has Snake go through the motions and while there are a couple of cool ideas, nothing is explored at all.  Add to that, confusing art that doesn't fit the book at all and you get a series off to a disastrous start.

Of all the Hanna-Barbera books, Wacky Raceland was going to be the toughest sell and after reading it, I'm not buying whatever it is they are selling.  It was a confusing and convoluted misdirection of a tie-in that really got nothing right. After reading it, I don't know much about the characters or cars and I could really care less.  This could have been fun, but what we got here is so far from fun and that is a real shame.  I can't and won't recommend this book to anyone, not even my worst enemy, Eric Shea.

This issue is bad and the fact that it's the first tie-in issue to the War of the Realms Event boggles my mind. I am hoping the other tie-ins are better (and it won't take much!) because if they aren't, we have a long road ahead of us. If you are picking and choosing what tie-ins to buy, I suggest leaving this one on the shelf!

not enough going on through the characters or in the plot to reel you in. Hopefully, this can pick up in

Bits and Pieces:Like the last issue, there is still nothing to rope you into this, the reveal of a woman being connected to the asteroid could have worked but there was nothing to build up to that. The fact that it is quite light in story/dialogue and fills its pages with large panels, you really get the feeling that the creative team is stretching this out, not sure if that is intentional or not. My conclusion to the last issue still rings true unfortunately for this book, there is just too much quality sci-fi on the comic shelves to justify the 3.99 for this.

Who knew taking on a mysterious alien creature would cause the crew problems, sadly the creature with black eyes is causing havoc on the ship. The atmosphere on this issue improved, I am unsure if they are going for the alien feel but they are quite far away from achieving that. The issue basically boils to an Easter egg hunt, the egg being the alien that has mysteriously gone walkabout off the medical table.  The crew of Tetra478 gets drawn in and the alien manages to eviscerate one of them and the cliffhanger ultimately being the alien adopted their shape and is impersonating one of the crew. I feel bad for not giving a longer review but there really is not much more to it, the decompression in these issues is borderline offensive, and the art/ color (especially) is not strong enough to plug the gap left through the lack of plot.Bits and pieces:Again this did not alleviate any of my doubts about the series going forward, there is not enough to warrant 3.99 sadly and what we do g

This follows the series in being dull, boring and lacking anything provocative to say, the art is equally poor as the colour palette is dark, gloomy and dull just like the whole series, sadly I would have to say avoid this one, it could have been done in 48 page special and would have been better for it.

I came into this book really wanting to like it, and yet a few pages in, I was upset. These characters have all grown a fair amount since the 90s, but this book wants readers to think of them as they were back then. Fitzmartin also tries to do some kind of meta-commentary on how Young Justice is the generation of legacy heroes most often forgotten about, which is a notion I agree with, but she doesn't deliver on it in any way whatsoever this issue. She's got 5 more to make some sense out of the pieces she's playing with, and I'll keep an open mind whenever my favorite team is in play, but my optimism has been significantly tempered.

I am predisposed to love any and all forms of Young Justice, but I genuinely disdain what Meghan Fitzmartin is giving us here. It's clear she doesn't really know the characters - or what they've experienced since their time on Young Justice ended two decades ago -  The meta critiques are fine. Still, she is simply not a good enough writer to take those critiques and make them into a compelling story.

I came out of comic reviewing retirement for this book; that's how much I love the team of Young Justice. Halfway through, I'm not entirely convinced I'll review all 6 issues; that's how bad the story and characterization have been. If you're a fan of Young Justice, don't bother reading this book.

Instead of trying to destroy the legacy of the original Peter David run and showcasing it as something the heroes need to reject and destroy, this series should've been a celebration of our core team. Then it should've found a way to push these beloved characters forward in a way that excites fans as DC enters the “Dawn of a New Era” phase. Instead, we're getting a book desperate to tell readers that this team remains directionless - and that is depressing AF.

If there is one thing Fitzmartin and Mickey got right, DC has done this team dirty. First, by putting them in the hands of Bendis, who ruined everything he touched at DC, and then by giving them to Fitzmartin herself. I'm going up in score this week because I thought the art was noticeably better in this issue, but that's what the score is: the art gets a 4 out of 5. Fitzmartin's story gets a 0 out of 5.

Reading and reviewing this book was like watching a slow-motion trainwreck over six months. The best thing in this issue was the preview for Blue Beetle: Graduation Day in the end.

Dan Jurgens does a good job reintroducing the Others while maintaining a sense of mystery around them. Lan Medina's art is really good showing off the cool characters in the book.  I was a little down on the Others as a team, but Jurgens and Medina have me back on board.

I hate to sound like a negative Nancy, but I thought this issue was pretty mediocre.  We should still be in the "can't do no wrong" part of this relationship, but I'm already looking for the door.  I will give Dan Jurgens a little more time to right the ship, but so far I'm not impressed.

Aquaman and the Others #3 continues the poor characterization that has plagued this book since the start. It's a team book with an uninteresting team.  Although we get the main villain and better action, it's still a struggle to read and the rushed art only adds to the problems.  I love Aquaman, but this book is getting very near to being dropped.

It's four issues in and I don't like this book.  I barely can remember the team and don't care what "adventures" they get in.  The book seems to take place somewhere outside the New 52 by itself and if we're lucky, it'll just walk away without looking back.  Aquaman and even the Others deserve better than this.

Aquaman and the Others ends the Legacy of Gold arc and while it isn't great, I didn't hate it.  That's actually a compliment seeing that I haven't liked this series at all.  Jurgens does enough to get me a little more interested in the team and while Medina's art is inconsistent, when it's good it's really good.  I still can't recommend this book, but I hope it's heading in that direction.

This is not a good issue or a good book.  This issue is a good jumping on point since it over explains everything and reintroduces the team.  Nothing in the book passes as interesting and it should be canceled.

I'm also getting tired of Lan Medina's art.  It's so up and down with one page looking detailed and great followed by two that are just plain bad.  Oh well.

I didn't like this issue, but that's no surprise because I don't like this series.  I am so far from recommending this book to anyone, even fans of the Others from their appearances in Aquaman.  Just be like everyone else and avoid this book.

Aquaman and the Others #9 was yet another awful issue.  I'm sure that most people have bailed from this book, especially since it was cancelled and I envy them.  After nine issues, this "team" still feels like complete strangers to reader and themselves.  The dialogue is so heavy handed and laughable and the artwork lacks detail and pupils.  This book wans't good monthly, won't be good collected and is just plain not good.

Aquaman Annual #1 is a missed opportunity.  What could have been a cool issue featuring The Outsiders, ended up being a sub par effort that lead to me to hoping Arthur's former team will get retired for good.  Aquaman fans deserve so much better.

Aquaman Annual #2 is an overdrawn, unnecessary and forced Aquaman and Wonder Woman Team-up.  The Giant Born look cool and there is some nice action, but the story is paper thin and can't sustain the length of the book.  Aquaman fans who want to see the conclusion to the Giant Born story may get some enjoyment, but others should steer clear.

Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 talks a big game, but in the end, it felt like a wasted opportunity at best and a complete waste at worst. Dark Crisis was hardly an Event but was also hardly a story. No wonder DC Comics has already moved on to Lazarus Planet and left this behind before it was even finished.

What started out as a promising return of the H Dial has turned into a snooze fest of a book.  If anything, this book should be fun and this issue is far from that.  Sam Humphries has somehow made me care less about his main characters as the story has meandered about and if it wasn't for Joe Quinones' art, this would be a complete waste.  Maybe Humphries can rebound and make things work in the second half of the series, but it's going to take some huge halftime adjustments.

Knight Terrors #1 is a boring issue full of recap and exposition. I'm not sure if Joshua Williamson knows the characters he's writing or if he's twisting them to force his narrative forward, but it's already starting to get messy.  The art was good throughout this issue, but the scariest thing going on in Knight Terrors so far is how much it's killed the Dawn of DC momentum.

Knight Terrors #2 is a dud.  With the tie-ins barely doing anything to push things forward, Joshua Willamson should be doing more in the main book to make this Event feel... eventful.  Sadly, that's not the case.  One month in, I still wonder who thought this story was good enough to be an Event, let alone an Event that put so many better books on hold for two months!

Knight Terrors: Batman #2 has little to do with the overall Knight Terrors story, but worse than that, it's a basic and boring story. Guillem March's art is good, but Joshua Williamson continues to justify taking a summer break from DC Comics.

This second issue is a step in the right direction after the abysmal debut of this series, but it still is not good. The addition of Brent Peebles on art is a major plus, but Rob Liefelds story needs more focus and after two issues, I am far from sold on his new character. I will give this one more issue before deciding if Ill continue on, but I will really need to be wowed next issue for that to happen.

This is the most heavy-handed social satire I've read in a long, long time. It isn't fake news that corporations don't always have the public's best interests in mind, and without the nuance, this issue really misses the mark. I'm not rooting for any side, and I don't find either side makes any sort of a compelling case about being right. The art is spotty, some decent panels but rough, pencil heavy yet “smeary” art actually takes me out of the story at points. 

Christy Marx has given us her best issue of Birds of Prey yet.  The story sets the team up for future conflict that is sure to be interesting and personal.  Unfortunately, the art is not very good, but the way things are going for this title I won't ask for too much.  Hopefully, being sandwiched between Villain's Month and next issue's Zero Year tie-in doesn't make readers just give up on the story and the book for good.

Birds of Prey #25 is the weakest Zero Year tie-in and a sorry excuse for an origin story.  Even Birds of Prey fans would be wise to give this one a wide berth.

Birds of Prey #26 is not very good and ruins the little momentum that the last proper issue had gained.  This issue is one big ridiculous fight that's poorly drawn and confusing.  I hope someone at DC can kick start this title soon because as it is now, it is not worth reading.

Birds of Prey #27 is another below average effort.  I really want to like this team, but the book just goes nowhere.  This promised Gothtopia tie-in is hardly that and instead deals with Condor's origin and Black Canary leaving the team.  We do find out the team's mysterious benefactor and it sets up a battle with one of DC's best villains.  I just hope the writing and art improve by then.

Birds of Prey #28 is not a good book, but I haven't really enjoyed Gothtopia in general.  Christy Marx does some cool things that will reap benefits in the regular run, but most of the Gothtopia bits fall flat.  

With Birds of Prey #29, Christy Marx finally gives us a book worth following.  There is action, intrigue and mystery.  The battle between Ra's al Ghul and Mother Eve has started and I really want to see how it plays out.  I hope this trend continues.

Birds of Prey #30 seems more like a missed opportunity than an epic battle.  Christy Marx set everything up and then let it end with a whimper.  Robson Rocha's art is good, but the issue ends up being mediocre overall.

Birds of Prey #31 was a complete waste of my time and money.  It's a one-shot filler issue that completely ignores everything going on in the New 52 the tell exactly nothing.  It's a shame that the book was canceled. but this is Christy Marx's worst issue so far.  The art is okay, but it can't save this generic, heavy handed story.  Avoid this issue.

Birds of Prey #32 is just another bad issue in a bad series that thankfully only has a couple of issues left.  I'd call it mediocre, but that would be a compliment.  I gave it a chance, but if it wasn't ending in August, I'd be dropping it by then anyway.

If you are a fan of the Birds of Prey, I pity you.  This is not the book you deserve.  Hopefully down the line, DC will give you a better version of the Birds that you can enjoy and be proud of.  This is not that book and everyone should steer clear.  You have been warned.

This issue sucked.  This series sucked.  Good Riddance.

Overall,  this book is worth a look, but I expected with a five dollar an issue price tag and the Civil War moniker a little more than the death and debate show that this has turned into at this point. I think some of the problem might be none of this has come off as a huge surprise, like it's supposed to be, mostly because of future solicitations and rampant spoilers but I'm hoping things turn around.  

Bits and Pieces:This event has struggled to find its footing since the beginning of the story and it only continues to do so here. Captain Marvel, despite being literally proven wrong, basically goes villain here for the sake of moving the rest of this story forward. The only saving grace of this issue is the art team of David Marquez and Marko Djurdjevic whose character drawings and colors will stand the test of time. Other than that this is a very one sided Civil War. Think of it as basically the Marvel equivalent of the Turkish military trying to overthrow their government.4.5/10var linkwithin_site_id = 2203111;

The bottom line is this is not a well written or constructed comic event in any way shape or form and now that's it's hit delays, has become utterly pointless. Continuity is loose as a goose and not followed, resurrection, killing, and now destruction is abound just because the author demands it, so save your money. Go buy a large coffee and donut instead...at least you'll have some satisfaction from spending five dollars on something worthwhile. Bendis has turned Ulysses into nothing more than an uninteresting plot device, taking down heroes left and right, while the only death I'm interested in going forward from the author is Ulysses' himself. Bits and Pieces:Marvel needs to do better because, other than Spider-Man, I'm losing interest in the future of their comics at a rapid pace.

Save your money since the answers are coming out in the Marvel Now line of books being published currently anyway. You'll find answers there before this will event even sniffs the finish line anyway.

Marvel fans deserve better than to be charged another $4.99 - $5.99 to read the conclusion to a delayed event everyone decided after the fact needed an extra issue.  This was a penultimate bore and with the conclusion already spoiled in the pages of the Marvel's Now! line of books I don't see a reason for anybody to continue reading this story.

Batgirl sends Oracle packing and even makes things right with Jason Bard in the process.  Cecil Castellucci ends the Year of the Villain story she was thrown into and sets up some stuff for her own stories coming up, but I wish it was a little more engaging.  I do look forward to seeing what she has in store for Babs and am so glad to leave Oracle behind.

Cecil Castellucci and Cian Tormey head back to Unearth and if that doesn't sound familiar, don't expect this story to get you up to speed at all.  Castellucci just throws the setting and characters at the reader and expects them to care, but nothing here seems interesting enough, even for those who do.  The "big moments" fall flat and Batgirl is left with little to do in her book.  You can add a point or two to the score below if you are familiar with Unearth and have been praying for its return, but I was left shaking my head in disbelief and disappointment.

The Unearth story comes to a close, and I can't say I will miss it, or even bring it up again.  I liked the art in this issue, but not much else at all.

Batgirl #45 is a convoluted mess of a story that is hard even to figure out let alone enjoy.  Batgirl fans deserve so much better than this mix of rehashed ideas and nonsense.

Batgirl #46 is an awful issue that is a slog to get through and hilarious for all the wrong reasons.  It is rough being a Batgirl fan right now, and I can only hope we get something better and soon!

Batgirl #47 is not a necessary Joker War issue, but it's not a bad read for Batgirl fans.  Cecil Castellucci gives Babs a chance to kick the Joker's ass, and while it doesn't erase their past, it doesn't need to.  Overall, this is the best issue in Castellucci's run so far.

Batgirl #48 is hardly a Joker War tie-in, and really, it's just a convoluted mess.  Cecil Castellucci throws characters at the reader without thought of proper setup or characterization and while Robbie Rodriquez's art is good, it can't save this sinking ship.  I am sure that Batgirl fans will stick it out until this series ends at #50, but they deserve something...anything better than this.

I was looking forward to this issue after the last issue's cliffhanger, but the Batgirl murders hit with a thud, and while the ending is significant in the Babs-verse, the clunky and convoluted route to it lessened it by a ton.     Robbi Rodriguez's art was good, but this book has been on a downward spiral since Cecil Castellucci took it over, and while I am sad Batgirl is canceled, I am not sad this one is.

Cecil Castellucci uses this Batgirl finale as a personal soapbox, and I hated it.  It's not the message but the execution, and even after a dismal run on Batgirl, this is hard to swallow.  Leave your politics for your Twitter feed and give Batgirl fans an ending they deserve or at least would like!

Scarlet isn't a likable person and this first issue doesn't show why she is a hero or a savior. She comes off uninspiring and apathetic. She lectures more than she does anything. An apartment building gets destroyed by a drone and she shows little compassion. Portland and the people are the most compelling and interesting things from this first issue and I am more interested in them. The watercolor artwork is very nice and it has a clean look that works well for the story. We also don't get much of a timeline of events or much backstory. I hope this book intends to cover why she is the hero of this movement because so far she comes off as a boring protagonist. 

This book was supposed to be friendly to new readers but it hasn't been. The art remains enjoyable but the story and some of the dialogue is not. There is not enough context for new readers to enjoy the story and mythos. Scarlet comes off as selfish and she has done nothing in two issues to warrant her being a revolutionary leader. This issue makes Scarlet and the revolution look more like villains than social justice warriors that the book wants to them to be.

This book still proves to not be friendly to new readers. We get a flashback of Kit which was enjoyable but why explain to new readers who Kit is before telling them who the main character is. It is a quick read with more shooting, more explosions, and more monologues. Scarlet still hasn't demonstrated why she is the leader. She still has done nothing heroic, hasn't fired a gun, hell I would be happy at this point if she saved a cat from a tree. She isn't likeable. I know more about Kit than Scarlet and that is a problem when the main character of the title is still an unknown. Lastly, with little character development it's hard to get invested in any character. At least the art is still very enjoyable throughout the issue.

I still have hopes things can turn around the next issue, but this debut was an uninspired, poorly written bore. It looked great, but Lan Medinas art cant do all the heavy lifting by itself.

Jim Zub has a cool team at his disposal and yet decided to go pretty generic with these first two issues and the book suffers because of it. Maybe things will pick up the next issue when they head off to the Moon to meet up with Broo and Gorilla Man, but youll have to let me know since I am checking out with no regerts! Good Day Sir!

Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda #3 starts up a new story and while I thought adding Gorilla-Man and Broo to the mix would increase the fun factor, they are taken out right away and we get another generic start with little to no story setup. I tried this series out based on the crazy team, but for some reason, Jim Zub seems intent on finding ways not to use them and thats a shame.

This is my least favorite Convergence tie-in so far.  The story has a pacing problem and while I liked seeing Stephanie Brown, it just felt off.  The art didn't help me feel any different and I was left with an empty feeling when I was done reading it.  I can't recommend it and can't say I'm looking forward to next month's finale.

Convergence: Batgirl #2 is an issue with strong characterizations that was unfortunately brought down by awful pacing and some ridiculous situations.  There was not a whole lot here to like as the art was uninspiring and the story was forgettable.  It did end on a high note that I was hoping for from the start, but the journey there was long and tiresome.

This book continues to underwhelm as a Justice League book and as a comic in general.  I liked Felipe Watanabe's art, but there is nothing else that I can recommend here.

This issue is hilarious in it's non-setup of the story and it's main villain who comes off as a castaway from a failed horror movie.  Andy MacDonald's art is really good, but it can't keep this sinking ship afloat.  Jump off while you can!!!

Steve Orlando continues giving readers a team they can't get behind doing things that nobody cares about.  I want to like this book, but every issue makes it harder and harder.  Maybe the Might Beyond the Mirror will grant me my wish for a good Justice League book...Please!

This is an okay start to a really big story that I've been waiting a year to read.  The dialogue is not good at all, but the art and overall story has me excited for next issue only because I want Ray Palmer back and the cliffhanger was really cool.  I can't say I'd recommend it to non JLA readers, but stay tuned.

I really want Ray Palmer back in the DCU, but Steve Orlando is giving us a story that seems thrown together.  We get a lot of names, but little explanation and some of the worst pacing in an issue this big.  I was left scratching my head by the end I was praying to Moz-Ga for something better.

We finally get the moment we've been waiting for and even though the path to it was convoluted and silly, I liked this issue.  It can still get a lot better, but I'll just be glad I didn't hate it for now.

While last issue's cliffhanger and the beginning of this one makes it seem like we are going to get something important, this issue is a combination of flashback and recap and verges on being unnecessary.  It's a shame because this should be bigger than it comes off.

Justice League of America is a complete waste of time and money and I suggest staying far from it.  This arc should have been something special, but it's just like everything Steve Orlando has given us since the series started...an uninteresting story with huge pacing issues, bad dialogue and poor characterizations.  I want Ray Palmer back in the DCU, but if Orlando will be writing him, I'd rather he hang tight in the Microverse for someone better to take care of him.

This was supposed to be one of the biggest stories in Rebirth.  It wasn't.  It sucked.

Steve Orlando continues giving readers an uninteresting story with uninteresting characters.  I liked the art in this issue, but everything else is just...well, uninteresting.  This really needs to end!

This issue has it all...poor dialogue, awful setup and resolutions that just happen.  I don't care anymore and will just keep hoping a change is on the way.

While the bad guys are dealt with too easily after the prolonged setup, I liked this issue more than what we've been getting.  Sure, there are some more forced moments, but I liked the character moments this week and even didn't hate The Ray!  Now that is something to get excited over!

After a decent issue the last time around, the Justice League of America is back in familiar territory.  Poor setup and bad dialogue make the story here hard to get through and while it ends on an overdue cliffhanger, I can't say I'm excited to see what comes next.

We finally see the true face of the Might Beyond the Mirror and it's the return of a classic character that has fought the JLA before.  Unfortunately, nothing seems to be able to lift this series past mediocrity.  Maybe if we all wish really hard...

This issue has a couple of really interesting developments, but the dialogue, pacing and the lack of any investment in any of these characters just makes me not care.  This book seems to be going through the motions and the only concern that Steve Orlando seems to have is to shove the most amount of classic characters in his pages.

Steve Orlando ends his Might Beyond the Mirror story and while it had a very convoluted buildup, it deserved a better sendoff than this.  To say it fell flat is an understatement and even the controversy of Promethea joining in lead to nothing at all.  This book is one of the worst that DC puts on the shelf regularly and needs to end even sooner than it already is.

Batman shows up to save Angor and by the end, I wish he could save this book!  It's ending soon and in case you need to be reminded why that's a good thing, give this issue a quick glance.  It's a take your pick extravaganza of problems...pacing, dialogue, story, characterization and more that keeps this from ever being the important book it wants to be.  If this is the Justice League the people deserve, I hate to see the one it doesn't!

This conclusion to the Angor story was just utter nonsense filled with nonsense dialogue, good art and nothing else.  Thankfully, it will all be over soon!

This book is being cancelled and while I don't know the inner workings over at DC Comics, I would like to think that the arrival of "No Justice" had little to nothing to do with it.  This book stands clearly on it's own as one of the worst written books on the shelf right now and while the team is awesomely diverse and could be interesting, I can't wait until this mess is over and I can begin trying to forget about it.  I would like to say it won't take long, but everytime some asks me what my least favorite book of Rebirth was, this one will surely pop up in my head.

This series is almost over and it still feels like too long a time to wait.

Steve Orlando's run of JLA is over and it's about 28 issues overdue.  This book started with an interesting team and concept that was quickly lost in a landslide of awful dialogue, terrible pacing, questionable characterizations and just bad storytelling.  All that said, I am happy I'm done reviewing it so at least it finally brought me some happiness.

Well, this is it, the end of Sideways (or is it…). Well, I am sad to not read him once a month, I really hope we see him again. Maybe with someone, he seems like he could be a character you could excel on when pairing him up. Maybe with Blue Beetle, Duke, or if he has a dark side have him be an outlaw. The art really has been one of my favorite things in this series! If you don't want to pick it up for the store, maybe pick it up for the art. It's just sad that we never really got to know who Derek is, just a one-dimensional character.

Stormwatch #24 wants to be good, but the story is just information being forced on the reader.  The actual setup is ok, but the execution is sloppy.  I really want to like Stormwatch, but this issue isn't helping matters.

Stormwatch #25 is not a good book.  The story is confusing and the art is bland.  The team itself is a relic from the past and doesn't seem to fit in the New 52.  The way things are going, it won't be their much longer anyway.

Stormwatch #26 continues the trend of the series which means it is not good.  We get to see the underwhelming plan of the Kollective and the bare chests of Apollo and Midnighter...again.  Seriously, not much happens in this issue and I can't recommend it to anyone.

Stormwatch #27 is the best of Jim Starlin's run so far.  Plot points are coming together and for the first time I'm looking forward to next issue.

Stormwatch #28 ties up much of the loose threads of the book a couple issues before it's cancellation.  The story and art are below average which makes it obvious why it's coming to an end.  Good riddance.

Stormwatch #29 ends a series nobody seemed to care about.  For the few fans out there, just get the issue even though I'm sure you'll be just as ticked off as me. The creative team thanks the readers who stuck with the series at the end of the book, but everything before it is a slap in the face.

What can I say?  This is the best issue of Stormwatch in the New 52.  It is also the last.  Sterling Gates and Jeremy Roberts have returned the original team for safe keeping and  (hopefully) future use.  If Stormwatch returns, these two better be at the helm.  I just wish that return was next month.

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but this first issue was a complete mess of non-characterization and weak storytelling with real pacing issues.  The art was great, but there is nothing here I could recommend whatever type of fan you are.

I think I'm done with this book.  It's boring and not well paced and just not that good.  I'm not sure what Kevin Grevioux is going for here, but I don't like it.  It does look good, but is a mess of forced social commentary wrapped up in a story that's darker than it needs to be.

I haven't liked this series and this issue didn't change my mind one bit.  Fans of grim and gritty fantasy may find something to like here, but I can't get invested in such a forced story that lacks almost any semblance of characterization.

While I am far from a fan of this series, this issue is the best of the series.  The story is straight forward, the art is good and it begins the setup for a grand finale that may just be the end of the world.

If you have a craving for more Future State Gotham, I guess this book is for you.  I enjoyed the manga-like presentation, but mostly I was bored.  Nothing here made me glad to revisit an event that I already left behind, no matter how hard DC tries to make me.

Unless you need to get everything Future State, I wouldn't even think of buying this book.  Dipping back into an Event most readers have already left behind to do a lame manga ripoff is nothing I will ever recommend.  Maybe as a digital title, but even that would be pushing it!

I love Harley Quinn and while Palmiotti and Conner's Harley and Power Girl arc had me laughing out loud, I barely cracked a smile here.  The forgettable story, missed jokes and safe art really let me down.  I hope the next issue is a huge improvement because time is already running out on this miniseries.

I can't stress how much I was looking forward to this limited series and now how depresses I am from reading it.  The fun and charm has been sucked out of it and all we are left with are curse words, poor dialogue and not much of a story to speak of.  I did like the XGF Force and the art, but not much else at all.  With only four issues left, I'm already wishing it was over.

I want to like this book so bad, but unfortunately...it's so bad. I was such a huge fan of the original story that ran in Harley's solo book, but this is a mere shadow of that. The book has jokes and crazy situations, but most of them fall flat. Flat as a pancake. The art team may just have more members than Earth, Wind and Fire, but the transitions weren't jarring at all. It's just that the issue they illustrate is just not good at all.

Knight Terrors: First Blood #1 is a rough and frustrating start to an event taking over the DC line of books for the next two months.  After reading this, I still wonder why DC is giving us a spooky summer event and why they have Joshua Williamson writing it.

Superman: Lois Lane #1 is an odd book.  I love how Marguerite Bennett portrays Lois, but the story she's in is generic and forgettable.  The art is shared between four artists and when they change, you know it.  I'm not sure the purpose of this book in the long run, but I wish it was better.  Lois and her fans deserve it.

I can finally say I enjoyed an issue of The Movement.  Gail Simone uses flashbacks of the characters early lives to give personality and motivation to her creations.  Freddie Williams II's art is great and fits the story to a tee.  The Movement's street level tale is beginning to win me over.

If you enjoy the Movement, all power to you.  Like the heroes in the book I can't seem to remember, everyone should fight for a say in life.  Please, scream to the rooftops how much you love this book.  I'll be sitting here reading a book that I enjoy with heroes that make me wish I could fly, run super fast and fight evil so I can own the night.

If you like the typical spy comic, there's a good chance that you will enjoy this book. It has that classic feel to some of its parts and the art is really nice to look at. Unfortunately, the dialogue in this book really hinders everything else. When you're reading a book and you get to the point where you want to skip dialogue, then there's a problem.

This Annual can be skipped by Green Arrow readers which makes it necessary to nobody.  The story is full of quick stories that don't amount to anything and a corny ending that  may have been better off being condensed and thrown into this years Holiday Special.  Let's forget this happened and get back to the regular series in a couple of weeks.

I was looking forward to seeing the future of the Green Arrow book here, but throwing the Benson's into a No Justice Tie-In handcuffed them and what we got was an issue that just was an unnecessary diversion until their real run starts.  I can't recommend this to anyone, whether they are reading No Justice or not.

This confusing and convoluted start took too long to get to our main characters, and did nothing with them once we got them.  I don't know who the target audience is for this book, I just know it isn't me.

Brandon Thomas continues not telling much of a story while giving readers a mystery based on the lack of information.  The art is good, but I'm still trying to figure out why I need to read this after two issues.

Aquaman / Green Arrow: Deep Target #3 finally gives the reader some answers, but the story is so convoluted and confusing that it doesn't matter much. I wish I were having some fun with this book, but besides it looking great, there is nothing for me to recommend.

Aquaman / Green Arrow: Deep Target #4 is another lousy issue in a bad series.  Brandon Thomas continues his timeline-changing mystery, but the real secret is why this book even exists.  If DC Comics wants things to improve, they must stop allowing books like this to hit the shelves.

Aquaman / Green Arrow #5 continues the train wreck this series has been from the start.  So what else is there to say about it?  If you've liked it or hated it so far, this issue won't change your mind.  However, if you haven't read it yet, I advise you to avoid it.

Aquaman / Green Arrow: Deep Target #6 continues what might be the most convoluted story from DC Comics in years.  Since the body-switching through timeline change (?) has been resolved, Brandon Thomas throws another eye-rolling one at readers to set up the finale.  I don't think many people are reading this book, but if you have been, you know what to expect - great art with a wonky story.

This was a disappointing first issue of a series I was really looking forward to. It looked great, but the generic spy plot was not engaging in the least. Nothing her screams out Invisible Woman and in fact, she feels a bit out of place throughout. Maybe thats just me, but Mark Waid is on a very short leash going forward.

The Superman books have been a highlight of this Convergence Event for me, but sadly, this isn't joining them.  The promise of Red Son Superman versus his Pre-Crisis counterpart is dashed as we get a boring setup story with very little Men of Steel.  It all feels like a missed opportunity and is average at best.  If you are on the fence with this one, skip it and grab the handful of other Convergence Superman books.

I wish I could recommend this issue, but between the stiff dialogue and the forced story, I just can't.  The art was really good, but in the end, this was another Convergence tie-in that ended with a whimper...a possibly some time traveling.

After a strong start, Convergence: Detective Comics ended up being a book that I can only recommend to Red Son fans.  I believe that DC should have made this a Superman book because what we got of Robin and Huntress is both boring and annoying.  The same can be said for the art which fit the Soviet part of the story so much better than the Earth 2 Metropolis bit.  If I didn't have to review it, I'd probably skip next month's finale.

This issue ended the Convergence: Detective Comics story on such a good note, but unfortunately, I can't sit back and ignore the other twenty pages.  This issue was filled with awkward dialogue, odd situations and a bunch of nonsense.  However, I did like the art and it ends with what every fan wanted to see from this story.  I wish I could recommend it, but I just can't.

This first issue of Crush & Lobo looked great but seemed intent on turning Crush into the next Harley Quinn... or the next Lobo.  That's a shame because she is so much more than that.  I hope Mariko Tamaki can turn things around starting the next issue because I can't recommend this one.

With Crush & Lobo #2, Mariko Tamaki gives minimal character work through flashbacks while telling a snails paced story filled with non-funny cringe.  Crush is an endearing and complex character, but unfortunatley, you wouldn't know it from reading this book, which seems to want her to be Deadpool with Daddy Issues.

Crush & Lobo #3 might have a twist that everyone saw coming from a mile away, but at least we got it.  Even with that, this book has a lot of filler, but I hope that the next issue starts to get things rolling.  This book continues to look great, and for what it's worth, this was my favorite issue so far.

Mariko Tamaki continues meandering about with Crush and Lobo, and while the issue looks great, nothing is going on storywise.  We are halfway through an eight-issue mini, so why does it feel like we have barely gotten started?  Oh well, I will hold out hope that the second half is where Tamaki will shine because I like both Crush and Lobo, just not Crush & Lobo.

Crush & Lobo continues to tell a story hardly, and after five issues, that is ridiculous.  I think the book is supposed to be funny, but it's just sad, like a clown.  One tear rolling down his cheek as he tightens his bindle and hits the rails hoping that the next town accepts a tired old performer that only wants to bring a smile to a child's face one last time.  This book is that clown, and I'm the child who is destined never to laugh at him and his stupid bindle.  Fin

Mariko Tamaki continues focusing more on jokes and situations that she must find hilarious than developing Crush as a character. However, readers know what you're getting by this point, so if you're enjoying it so far, have at it.  Maybe things will all work out in the finale, but this feels like a missed opportunity right now.

I don't know what Sam Humphries wants this book to be but it is just unfunny and boring.  Harley seems lost in her own book and no character, whether old or new has enough personality to make anything here worth reading.  I am a Harley fan.  I am not a fan of this book.

This issue isn't going to win an Eisner, but Sam Humphries making fun of Mickey D's and fast-food in general was good for some fun. Sure, there wasn't a lot of Harley in it, but the art was really good and it is worth a look for a few laughs.

While I like some of what Sam Humphries is doing with Harley, this murder mystery still lacks the setup and details to make me care to see it through to the end.  I doubt many readers gasped when the suspect in Alicia's murder switched from one guy we know little about to another we know even less, and why is that?  I understand that Harley is the type of character you can roll through an issue and enjoy the zany moments, but Sam Humphries wants to do more, but without a solid story, he fails here.

Sam Humphries has hit a new low for me.  The insensitive way he uses suicide for his story is disgusting, even if it is a red herring.  Actually, it might be worse because of that.  The story means nothing as we bounce back and forth to get to a cliffhanger that may be fun, but I don't think me and Humphries have the same meaning of fun, so who knows!  I love Sami Basri's art, but other than that, this book is not good!  Thank god this is all ending soon!

This series got caught in a rut the minute Sam Humphries got praised for Harley's mother's death.  This issue kind of ends the murder "mystery" of Alicia's death, but Humphries seems more interested in grabbing feels than tying up loose ends, and in the end, this all mattered about as much as the Jade Feather - not at all!  Oh well, at least he didn't mess up the character for longtime fans... oh crap, he did that too!  (I did love the art, by the way!)

If you're expecting a trip back to memory lane, skip this series. Out of all the Hanna-Barbera comics, Future Quest holds its ground by sticking to what came before and adding it's on flavor. The Jetson's series would rather make you question your sanity and thoughts you've had nightmares of. This comics needs more adventures, less psych evaluation.

When all is said and done, I cannot recommend this book. The art is good, but the slow pace the title has been criticized for is still there. The few dangling questions about Clayface could prove interesting down the road. Let's just hope it's a shorter road then what we just drove down.

To say I hated this issue is an understatement.  The art is ok, but everything else is terrible.  Batman sucks at being Batman and the characterization of Clayface is ridiculous.  This issue is the best example of how NOT to end a story arc.  A fizzle would be a huge overstatement.  I am not looking forward to Clayface's Villains Month origin story and I could care less if another issue ever hits the stands.

That said, this issue is good fun, but not very necessary.  We get a bunch of laughs at Clayface's expense, but in the end this is a average read at best.  Unless you can't get enough Clayface, you can pass on this issue.

Batman: Dark Knight #24 is really good.  In fact, this is the Villain's Month issue I wanted.  We get the promised Clayface origin and the touching story was worth the wait.  I haven't been the biggest fan of either Clayface or this book, but if Hurwitz and Maleev keep up this momentum, they may win me over yet.

Batman: The Dark Knight #25 is a disappointing end to a mediocre story arc.  I was never a huge Clayface fan and Gregg Hurwitz has not changed my mind.  This has been the weakest of the Bat books and this arc didn't change that.

Batman: The Dark Knight #26 ends up being an average comic at best. The art fits the dark story nicely, but the same old problems the book has been plagued with still manage to rear their ugly heads.  The Dark Knight is not good at his job and that always brings this title down in the end.

Batman: The Dark Knight is O.K.  The art is good, but the story is forgettable and that's what this issue and the arc in general were, simply forgettable.

I haven't been a huge fan of The Dark Knight and I hate the Man-Bat.  Guess what?  This is one of my favorite issues of this series.  Gregg Hurwitz gives the reader an interesting take on the Man-Bat, it's just a shame it felt a bit rushed.  Ethan Van Sciver's art is as good as expected and makes the book feel more vibrant than usual.  I am actually looking forward to next issue for the first time in a long time. Too little too late is appropriate here, but it's better than too nothing never happened (?!?!?)

Batman: The Dark Knight has been the weakest link in the Batman books and thankfully this is the last issue. Batman comes off as a out-of-touch oaf and the art is downright horrible.  It's a shame this book ended up like this, but as it has I can only say goodbye and good riddance.

Nothing really impressed me about this issue.  It just seems to be going through the motions, looking for the exit the whole time.  Sholly Fisch does a better job than Ann Nocenti, but that's really not saying much.  It did have some nice references to other books, but in the end, I suggest you skip this one and get ready for the new start next month.

Instead of setting something up to get readers onboard and excited, Nick Spencer plays the Devils Hand of mysterious, clever and confusing. Im sure most of it will make more sense down the line, but with all the choices on the shelves nowadays, you need to come out swinging. I loved the art in this issue, but not much else for now.

If you are looking for a crazy jaunt with Doom that may or may not be real, then I can recommend this to you. If you are as confused as I am about why we are getting these 2099 books, this isnt going to give you an answer. Still, it looks good and is worth a glance just for its depiction of Doom himself.

I continue to be unimpressed with these 2099 books and am confused with who the target audience is. Its certainly not me and while I had hopes for Ghost Rider 2099, that hope went unfulfilled.

While Alpha 2099 didnt give me much, Fantastic Four 2099 made me angry. I couldnt find one reason to recommend so I wont, but I will never tell anyone not to buy somethingthat way, you can suffer just like me! Im a big jerk and I know it! Lets get busy!!!

This book may have a cool concept, but it has way too many problems for me to recommend it. It didnt feel like a Punisher book and took way to long to even get any Punisher action. The twist that these 2099 books seem to rely on was not shocking at all and didnt do anything to elevate the story. Overall, another disappointing return to the Marvel Future.

With my small complaint aside, I would have to give this issue an 8.5/10 overall. It was fun as hell and I enjoyed it, but since it was just a filler issue It did not hold up as well as the previous issues. Be sure to check in here and on my blog for Marvel reviews on previous weeks releases. Until next time, DatBeardedBastard is out...

I won't say that this issue didn't have promising moments, but none of them seemed to follow through. Power Man and Iron Fist should be good, ass-kicking fun, but this was just a bunch of talk without much movement forward. I'm over the tie-in craze at Marvel and just need them to focus on the stories they're telling.

I didn't like this issue, it's as simple as that. From the cartoon-y art to the fact that absolutely nothing happened, I just can't get into the story. I definitely can wait until the next issue.

Every month I find myself hoping I like this book, and every month I'm disappointed. This one wasn't quite as bad as the last issue, but it's still nothing to be excited about reading.

Out of all the mini-series that has come from this world; the first one wasnt that bad, the second one was actually pretty good, but they have one thing that this issue doesnt have; a decent story. Literally, nothing happens, just telling us how perfect this world is. After a few pages of Kurts dialogue, I realized one thing that makes Kurt, his dialogue. His German accent was gone. I know that shouldnt be a big deal but its like its who he is.

In the end, I was left a bit dazed and confused and not sure if I will continue with this going forward. It looks great, but I need a bit more than a book telling me to go read other books and while this start is intriguing, it was also frustrating.

Aquaman and the Others: Futures End #1 wraps up the two part story with lots of action, a bit of cheesy dialogue and some silliness.  In the end, it's going to be another forgotten story that does nothing for the series or Event in general.  Thankfully, this event is over and we can get back to the regular series.

Another anniversary issue that might be better left on the shelf. Invaders fans might want to check it out, but I wont speak for anyone but myself and I was just bored.

This issue of Captain Marvel left a lot to be desired. Perhaps if someone was just reading this comic and not paying attention to the crossover, it would have been better. However, considering Captain Marvel is one of the biggest parts of the crossover, I would be surprised if readers of this book weren't keeping tabs on Civil War II. There's just not a lot that happens in the issue and feels more like a set up for a story we already know.

Dark Crisis: World's Without a Justice League: Wonder Woman #1 reads like Tini Howard was given an assignment and decided to throw that out the window and do whatever the hell she wanted. It does NOTHING for the Dark Crisis Event which makes you wonder why it even exists (insert cash register sound here!) The issue looks great, but that alone is not worth the price of admission, though it did bump up my score.

Dark Crisis: World Without a Justice League Superman #1 isn't a necessary read for the Event, and I am interested to see what fans of Jon Kent feel about it. I think Tom King fans will enjoy it, but if you aren't a fan, I don't think this will change your mind.

I'm already getting bored with this series after two issues! While a fight between Doctor Strange and an overpowered Wrecker seems like some fun, Waid sets up things that hardly play out, and it all amounts to nothing anyway. I am giving this one more issue to grab me before I bailjust like the last Doctor Strange book by Mark Waid.

This series has been a disappointment.  Cecil Castellucci seemed more interested in pushing her message through the first 3 issues and now the book continues to suffer from a lack of story and character work.  Things just happen for no reason other than to push the book to next month's final issue and that's a shame.  I hope the finale can right the ship as it steers into port, but I'm doubting that now, more than ever.

Bryan Hitch starts of his Justice League run with an issue that feels like it's trying to be epic, but ended up as something else entirely.  The story is paper thin and even ridiculous at times and I was not a fan of Hitch's characterizations.  I have made the claim that these Rebirth #1's are tone setters and this one has me very worried about the series going forward.  Time will tell, but I am not as excited for the Justice League book as I was before reading this issue.

I am not the target audience for this book, but I'm struggling to think of who is. It doesn't matter much as Vita Ayala didn't give much reason to continue past this opener dominated by an overlong fight scene and a cliched cliffhanger. This is a pass for me.

After really digging House of X #1, I expected the same here and was sadly disappointed. As a new reader, I felt left behind and am not having enough fun to try to catch up. This issue feels like a showcase for Hickmans big brain and it was just not for me. I liked the art and will give these weekly books a fair shake, but if things keep going like this, I dont think Ill be sticking around.

I love Scooby-Doo for so many reasons, but unfortunately, none of them are here.  Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis seem more intent on proving they can build a better Scooby, but they left out the most important part...the fun.  Howard Porter's art is outstanding, but it doesn't cover up for the .unlikeable characters and hum drum story.  I had high expectations for this mini series, now I just hope I can get through next issue.

With one issue left, we see the pieces come together to end the series. Unfortunately, the art is not helping the issue. Some of the panels look good while the rest look like it was rushed and could have improved the story. The artwork can help make the reader, feel what the writer wants them to feel. The dialogue in this issue is actually pretty good! The scene with Daisy confronting Cliffy had great dialogue but would have probably moved me if the art was a bit better!

Stillwater #4, available from Image Comics on December 16th, is a well-acted, well-drawn, well-dialogued issue, but the big answer to one of the key questions of the series strains credibility. It's difficult to get excited about what happens next when you can't buy how the characters got here in the first place.

Bits and Pieces:Very ambitious for one creators undertaking with all the art and story being done by one person, but it comes off as more of a check list inspired imitation rather than a Shonen inspired inspiration. The art is varying and great in places, but the story is very lacking and sometimes better defined in the synopses than the story themselves. With one story being actually interesting and one basically fan fiction it's hard to see much reason to follow-up with this in the future.

I'm using this review to get all my anger out at this being a reboot and not a rebirth.  It's a cleansing exercise and hopefully I can come out of it with a clear vision of what this book is and continue on into the series with a clear head.  I want to enjoy this book because I love Supergirl, but that will have to wait.

Snyder and Higgins set up some cool things here, but without the proper time and space to develop any of it, it all falls flat.  I am now officially worried about the rest of these Tales From The Dark Multiverse books since Knightfall seems like the easiest of these stories to tell.  Oh well, the art is pretty good here, but I still left with the feeling that this book had no real reason to hit the shelf besides DC trying to see how far they can go to milk this Dark Multiverse thing.

Snyder and Higgins set up some cool things here, but without the proper time and space to develop any of it, it all falls flat. I am now officially worried about the rest of theseTales From The Dark Multiverse books since Knightfall seems like the easiest of these stories to tell. Oh well, the art is pretty good here, but I still left with the feeling that this book had no real reason to hit the shelf besides DC trying to see how far they can go to milk this Dark Multiverse thing.

While this issue will make all the Glob fans (?) out there smile, it doesnt do much else. An odd time jump coupled with the lack of information makes it hard to understand and care whats going on. I liked the art in this issue, but the story that hasnt done much to hook me up to this point just stalls out.

This issue and series continue to be content to just move along on the ideas of so many stories before it. Everything from the art to the story to the characters come across as bland and cliched and I just want it to end so we can move on to, hopefully, bigger and better things. I know that each of the writers is capable of so much more, but maybe it's a matter of too many cooks"

This issue may be it for me. The story was boring and convoluted and in no way has me interested in going forward anymore. It looks really good, but I think its time for me to tap out and wait until this summer to try my luck at being an X-Men fan.

Whether you decide to pick this up should be determined by how you feel about the regular run of Uncanny X-Men going on right now. This is more of a side story to that book than a tie-in to the War of the Realms in my opinion. It looks really good, but I just wonder why we needed an extra tie-in when this could have been dealt with in the main title.

Brian Michael Bendis tries to put way too much into this issue and becomes a convoluted mess very quickly.  John Romita Jr.'s art doesn't help at all and while things have to get better from here, Bendis needs to thin things out a bit before that's going to happen.  Luckily, not much at all happens, so I can easily recommend you skip this issue and come back next month for the issue name-dropped at the end of Event Leviathan as the return of Leviathan himself.

Bendis continues to give readers nothing of interest as he slowly catches up to a story that is now months over.  The art by John Romita Jr. is awful, and overall, there is no reason at all to buy this book in single issues, and it's debatable if the trade would be any better.  Bendis promised something new for Superman and his fans, and I can only hope that this isn't it.

After a rough start, I ended up enjoying this issue.  It felt big and important and even mixed in some feel-good moments to boot.  I am still not a fan of John Romita Jr's recent art, this included, but this is one of the better Bendis issues I have read in quite some time.

Action Comics #1024 is good when Brian Michael Bendis stops joking around and gets emotional with Superman.  The issue gets bogged down with the usual deluge of word balloons, but Bendis is setting up a Superman that is mad as hell, and I want to be around when he can't take it anymore.  John Romita Jr's art is better than it has been on this book, and that all adds up to a decent Superman issue.

Action Comics #1025 begins setting things up for the ending of Bendis' run on this book, and after all the setup, he forces in a generic, multiversal threat to go against the House of Kent.  The issue does not look good at all, and I can't wait for a new creative team to come and save the day!

This issue is just plain bad.  Bad Story.  Bad Art.  Bad Dialogue.  December can't come soon enough!

The Invisible Mafia story ends with a thud... the thud of me pounding my head on my desk!  Not much gets resolved, and it looks awful not doing it!    If you have been waiting for a good time to jump back on Action Comics, March seems like it will be it.

Brian Michael Bendis finishes up his run on Action Comics by catching up to a maxi-series that ended four months ago and answering questions nobody was asking.  Besides that, it's filled with generic fan-service nonsense in place of any real character development or knowledge of the DC Universe or characters in it.  I know that change isn't always good, but in this case, it has to be!

Action Comics #1044 continues the slow burn Warworld Saga, and while Johnson's attention to detail is admirable, the story has stalled a bit.  That is worrisome with only a few issues left, but hopefully, things will wrap up nicely and neat.  Only time will tell.

Action Comics #1050 feels more like a zero issue than a celebration. It does right some big wrongs, but overall, it doesn't have me more or less excited about the upcoming Superman Family of books than I already was. Plus, The artists involved did not fit the story well, and they clashed with each other.

Action Comics #1053 has one great story, one good one, and a third that is... well, it's something.  While I wish all three were great, this book is still well worth the cover price, and fans hoping to see some congruence with the Superman book will be very pleased.

This is an Annual and second straight issue of Catwoman that readers can skip. I am still excited about this book and its ties into the bigger DCU, but things have to get back on track soon! The art in this issue is excellent, but the story felt like an overlong and convoluted way for Ram V to explain why a religious villain in Gotham goes by the name Valley.

As far as Annuals go, the concept was par for the course, but the execution left a lot to be desired.  The larger than usual art team did a good job, but overall this issue was boring from cover to cover.  There is a double date nod that might work for some, but I can only recommend this to completionists.

This issue was a giant disappointment for me. I didnt care much for the characters by the end and the story itself was forced and silly and not in a good way. There is obviously still time to turn things around, but this was not the start I was hoping for.

The Giant-Man mini is over and it was not very necessary and to be honest, not very good. There were little tidbits of fun here and there, but this mini lacked character moments and development, had pacing problems throughout and didnt make much out of its very basic story idea.

The Flash Season Zero #1 is an okay book that unfortunately will feel redundant by those who've seen the source material.  Since it's targeted at the television audience, I'm surprised with the story they picked to tell.  It's pretty much the pilot episode of the flash until the introduction of the villain.  I would tell fans of the show and/or the comic are probably best to have a wait-and-see attitude with this one because as it stands, I can't recommend it.

The Flash: Season Zero #2 still doesn't know what it wants to be.  As a Flash comic, it's not much fun.  As a TV tie-in, it struggles to find an accurate look and feel.  As it is now, I don't think it will appeal to either of the target audiences.

While I'm starting to enjoy the story thanks to the villains, I'm really not enjoying the main characters at all.  It's hard to recommend a Flash book when you don't like Barry Allen and I like the side characters less.  Also, there is still a huge disconnect between what's in this book and what I see on my television screen and unfortunately, that seems to go against what this book is about.  Hopefully, things will improve, but until you can leave this series alone.

The Flash: Season Zero #4 is another sub par issue in an already underwhelming series.  The story is fun enough, but the forced references and humor doesn't help with anything but my eye rolling practice.  The art continues to be too generic to make me care and in the end, I can't recommend this book to anyone.

If you are looking for a classic feeling Batman story that isn't trying too hard to be deep or emotional, this may fit the bill.  Kelly Jones' art is great and Scott Peterson already has me hooked and looking forward to next issue.  Recommended.

There is not much to this months issue except some very good and moody art and a cool cliffhanger.  After a good start, we kind of stall here and I am left on the fence on whether I can recommend this book any more.  Right now, my gut feeling is no.

Besides the Kelley Jones art, there is nothing to see here.  There is hardly a story and what little we get is not paced well and can be confusing.  I had high hopes for this series, but they have been smashed to bits here.

I love the art in this series, but not much else.  The premise may have a uniqueness to it, but the execution feels like we've all been there and while we were there, we certainly have done that.  I hope things turn around, but with two issues left, I can't recommend this.

I really don't have much to say about this issue or series in general.  I love Kelley Jones' art, but there just isn't much story to justify this many issues.  Oh well, one more issue and then we can just move on and forget about it.

Batman Kings of Fear ends with a whimper that tries to show the reader why Batman is so great but does so in a way that has been done so many times already.  I loved Kelley Jones' art, but the story was stretched out, forgettable and didn't take advantage of the unique premise it started out with.  In other words, I didn't like it and can't recommend it.

I get I may not be the required age range to enjoy this, but given that Back to the Future is a 30-year-old property, am not sure how well this comic will rope in a younger audience. Aside from that, you would have to be a diehard fan to pick this up as it never rocks the boat one way or another. 5.5/10

Batman/Superman: Futures End #1 is an unecessary book held back by the Futures End Event it is supposed to be a part of.  Superman is missing and Batman is trying to carry on without him.  It'd be a bit easier if he wasn't torn apart at the seams himself, but when does Batman care about easy?  The score below is indicative of how I felt about the issue, but doesn't express my feelings for writer Greg Pak.  He literally had the odds stacked against him and made something (almost) good out of a bad situation.  It's still not good enough for me to recommend it to any one but a Futures End completest.

Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #1 is a convoluted start to a story with some cool concepts, but it needs tightening up going forward.  Whether you like this book or not is going to hinge mainly on if you like Rafael Grampa's art, and personally, nothing in this first issue wowed me.  Hopefully, things improve in the next three issues, but this #1 was a big disappointment for me.

Batman: Joker's Daughter #1 is Marguerite Bennett's attempt at a better Joker's Daughter story and in that way, it's a success.  Unfortunately, the Joker's Daughter may not be worth the effort.  Bennett and Meghan Hetrick do their best, but in the end I can't recommend this book.  It's still much better than a book that doesn't exist, though.

Tim Seeley gives us a prelude to the wedding that felt more like a Damian Wayne primer. I guess it's needed since Tom King has done absolutely nothing in his run with Damian and call me crazy, but with the wedding approaching, it seems kind of necessary to know a little bit about Bruce's son. Seeley does provide some nice moments with Damian and Selina, but even with good art from Brad Walker, I can only recommend this to anyone who knows nothing at all about Damian.

This prelude is all about getting everyone up to speed on who Hush is...until he's gone.  Maybe we will see him at the wedding, but this ended up feeling like an unnecessary diversion...though I still had some fun with it.  It looked good and ended in a nice way, but once again, I was left wondering why this couldn't have been told in the regular Batman book if it really needed to be told at all.

While these Preludes haven't been vital, this one is flat out unnecessary.  While the art was good, the story has been done before and just felt wedged in to make more money before the wedding happens (or doesn't?!?) next week.  This one is best left on the shelf.

Black Manta #1 is a quick read that sets up a mystery, but a lot of that has to do with a lack of information from Chuck Brown.  I am a dummy, but I usually have a bit of a grasp of what I just read after putting it down.  However, this one had me stumped.  Time will tell whether that is good or bad, but this story might be one to wait on a bit.

DC vs. Vampires: Killers #1 can be skipped entirely, which is a shame since we haven't gotten a new issue of the main series in months.  I am still looking forward to continuing the series, but I will admit that my enthusiasm is waning, partly from the delays and partly from these lackluster tie-ins.

Whether it's a timing issue or not, DC vs. Vampires feels unnecessary. I will continue waiting for the next regular series issue and pretend that this one never happened. Unfortunately, That won't be too hard.

I was looking forward to this book, but after reading the first issue I am a bit down on it. Gail Simone seems to focus on the wrong things to get her story going and by the end, I was left more confused than excited and I felt like I was already being left behind a bit. The art is great and the dialogue is snappy, but I need more setup for what's going on. Hopefully, that's what we'll get from here on out.

Going off the above it won't be a shock that this gets a low score, there are some brilliant art panels, just the story doesn't quite match, this issue felt too much like a video game, beat the big bad who holds a grudge and move onto the next level. Having said that for $1.50 you can't expect too much and I have read worse books form the bigger companies who have significant backing, that being said the story just wasn't engaging enough for this reviewer and the sixty-day wait might prove to be too long for some, hopefully, the quest gets more interesting in the next three issues.

Zoe Quinn's, “Goddess Mode”, shows some promise, but only had a so-so first outing. Not all is lost here, as the art and most of the dialogue feels good. Hopefully, the story structure will tighten up moving forward.

Grant Morrison gives readers a John Broome inspired story that is simple in concept, but frustratingly convoluted in practice.  Liam Sharp's art is incredible, and so far, that has been the main reason to pick up any of the Season Two issues.  There's a glimmer of the overall story by the end, but I need more than that to stay excited about this book.

With The Green Lantern: Season Two #5, Grant Morrison finally gets the overall plot moving forward, but there is still some work needed to decipher it.  Liam Sharp's art is excellent, but the changing art styles and the loose narrative make everything feel like a wacky experiment instead of an important book.  This is the only Green Lantern book on the shelf nowadays, and sometimes I'm starting to think Morrison and Sharp are taking advantage of that.

This issue is a mind bender, but the over-the-top silver age craziness comes off more as a parody than an homage at points and doesn't really help the story much.  I liked Liam Sharpe's Adams-inspired art, but this book is treading water even if the water is laced with tons of acid!

This issue is a fantastic looking bunch of nonsense.  Grant Morrison is too busy throwing obscure references at the reader to tell a coherent story and I've pretty much had enough.  Take the Morrison name off this book and I bet all those scores above mine would plummet very quickly!  It does look great though and that is almost all of my score.

Grant Morrison puts his imagination on full display and while the story is way out there and a little hard to grasp at times, the fun of it all wins out in the end.  Plus, Grant Morrison dealing with the Multiverse is always a good thing, right?

Green Lantern Season 2 #10 wraps up the trial of Hyperman and staves off the Ultra War in a messy, bizarre, chaotic issue. Thankfully (or not depending on your point of view) the art matches the writing to a tee, and everything returns to the status quo in time for the next arc. Some psychedelics are recommended before reading but not required.

While I still have hopes for something special, this book seems content to coast to the finish line.  Jody Houser throws obstacles at our heroes, but they just seem to be there to take up time and space and so, never feel like a real threat.  The art by Adriana Melo is great and the cliffhanger promises so craziness next issue.

After the disturbing and disgusting Heroes in Crisis, DC Comics pushed this mini-series as a rebirth for Poison Ivy.  Well, it looks like they screwed up two rebirths if my count is right!  This non-ending is a slap in the face to fans of the character and ended up feeling like the worst kind of money grab.  I liked the art in this finale, but not much else.

Savage Avengers still feels like a book looking for both a purpose and an identity and unfortunately, this Annual provides neither. Its a forgettable story that gets us going towards the next phase of the story, but besides that, there isnt much to write home about. To make matters worse, that little bit could have been thrown into the next regular issue as one or two splash pages to save us all some money. I am shifting from liking this book to wanting to like it and I just hope I dont go further down that ladder.

I always like to give new #1s a go, but Andy Diggle and Stephen Segovia didn't give me enough here to make me want to continue with this series. It does seem set up for Shadowman fans with some callbacks and continuations, but newcomers might find themselves lost and confused. I was both of those, but unfortunately, I was also bored with a large portion of the issue as well.

Star is a series that I have enjoyed enough, but this penultimate issue is a fight scene from beginning to end. It does get Captain Marvel and Star on the same side against the Black Order, and the cliffhanger has me intrigued for the finale. This issue isn't a must-read, but if you have enjoyed Star so far, you know what to expect.

This was a disappointing finale to a mini-series that I was looking forward to reading. Everything felt rushed here to put the pieces into place for what is coming next for Star, but with that, Kelly Thompson never got to expand on her character fully. Maybe I expected too much.

Steve Orlando continues his "Emerald Eradication" story and while we get to see a bit of the big picture, it's presented in a convoluted mess of a story.  The art is okay, but there is nothing here that I can recommend to anyone but the most loyal Supergirl fans.  I am one of those and I'm still looking for the exit.

While I wasn't a huge fan of the Supergirl Rebirth issue, I had a really good time with this one.  Steve Orlando shows us the difficulties facing Kara in her new life, but the cliffhanger showed they may have only just begun.  Throw in the Danvers doing their best as new parents and a great art style by Brian Ching and I am happy to say that I am now fully on board with this book and can't wait to continue on with Steve Orlando's Supergirl.  

This issue was a bit of a downer and while that sort of thing happens, it's a shame it happened so early in the series.  Steve Orlando seems to still be searching for this book's focus and while Brian Ching's art was good, it wasn't as good as the last issue.  I still am hoping to fall in love with this book, I just haven't been able to yet.

This issue of Supergirl didn't knock my socks off.  The main interaction between Kara and Cyborg Superman was decent, but repeated a bit and while the cliffhanger has me excited, nothing else in this issue did much for me.  I liked Brian Ching's art, but cannot recommend this issue.

This issue is not filler, but not a lot happens to push the story forward and what we get is kind of boring.  Actually, it's also cliched and forced and that is not a good recipe for fun.  While I like the art enough, I just can't make myself care about what's going on here.  I love Supergirl and hope it improves, but I can't recommend what we are getting now.

There really is nothing here to get readers excited.  Cyborg Superman's dialogue seems stuck on an endless loop and Kara just flies around trying to save our main characters.  The art seems like a bad match for where the story is going and with nothing new happening, I can't recommend this to anyone.

I love Supergirl and really want to like this book, but it's getting harder and harder.  While this arc potentially sets up some cool things down the pike, this issue was a dud of an ending for the long winded Reign of Cyborg Supermen story.  The art was good, but I need more than simple and repetitive characterizations to make me care about what happens in a story and then when you force an ending, it gets that much worse.  I hope this book improves because I can't recommend what we are getting here.

This is a silly filler issue that is almost fun, but ends up being forgettable and worse yet, skippable.  The art was good, but there is nothing about this issue that makes me want to recommend it to anyone.  As of now, I'd wait until Saturn Girl and Emerald Empress show up to worry about anything going on here.

Those showing up to learn more about Rebirth will leave disappointed, but those who have been reading will already know the drill.  This issue is nice and that's the best I can say about it, but after 8 issues, nice just isn't cutting it.  I want more and I am growing impatient waiting for it.

Supergirl #9 may be a new arc, but the same problems remain...poor dialogue, forced storytelling and inadequate setup.  The reader is left to fill in the blanks on their own which might be a good thing because when Steve Orlando does it, things quickly go awry.  If you are a Supergirl fan (like me), you don't have many other options, but anything is better than this.

Please don't let the fact that we all want a Supergirl book make you try to convince yourself this book is good.  It isn't.  This issue is full of awful dialogue, poor storytelling, bad art and nonsense.   I don't recommend it to anyone and hope it gets a creative team change soon.

I am so glad that Supergirl has her own book, but fans deserve much better than this.  Steve Orlando continues to just throw things at the wall to see what sticks and unfortunately, not much does.  Poor dialogue and characterizations rule the day and even with Brian Ching's art being better than usual, I can't recommend this issue or series to anyone.

This issue opens up the Girl of No Tomorrow arc and it's not good.  In fact, it's a convoluted mess.  Robson Rocha's art is really good, but there is nothing else here to recommend.

After all the setup, Steve Orlando ends the Emerald Eradication arc in a very forced and convoluted way.  The issue looked good, but the story was confusing at points and laughable at others.  Supergirl and her fans deserve better.

While still not perfect, this was a nice issue of Supergirl with some good character moments and really good art.  Sure, it was mostly about getting new readers up to speed (hopefully Jody Houser co-writing gets some) so those who have stuck with it may not be into such a recap heavy issue, but I am looking forward to the possibility of good things on the horizon.

This issue of Supergirl is mostly setup we've seen already and villains that are too alike.  I liked the art, but the progress made with last issue comes to a screeching halt and I can only hope it picks up again next month.

This book has turned into the villain of the month club and the cliffhanger, while cool enough, doesn't make me think things will change anytime soon.  Steve Orlando and Jody Houser are giving us a book where Kara is finding it harder and harder to find time to be both herself and Supergirl, but I need a better overall story to make me care.

When this issue isn't force feeding us the idea that Supergirl is an inspiration (we know it already, btw), it is pretty good.  I was worried what a mostly Kara Danvers issue would be like, but if this is an example, sign me up for more!  The art is really good as well and it all equals one of my favorite issues of the series.

Steve Orlando's run on Supergirl is coming to a close and this issue seems to be a very personal one he wanted to tell before leaving.  Supergirl puts aside heroics to be a friend and an ear to talk to and in the end, that's a really good start.

Steve Orlando uses his final issue of Supergirl to push his upcoming New Age of Heroes book and while that's The Unexpected, this is just unforgivable.  While the issue looks great, I have never been madder at an issue of a comic in a long time, maybe never.  I haven't been the biggest fan of Steve Orlando, but I am now done with him completely!

Task Force Z #9 takes a step backward after the last issue, and with only a few left in the series, that is worrisome.  Hopefully, this is just a blip in this stretch run, but Rosenberg has a lot to tie up here and not much time to do it in.

This is an odd story. One issue down and there's no real reason to care about the protagonist or his issues. The pacing is slow and it doesn't really set anything up. Art is muddy which I don't care for. Hopefully, this picks up soon and gets the creepy mystery vibe it is trying for.

There may be some merit in this series as it continues but for me, as things stand, this issue just isn't doing it for me. 

Another Acts of Evil miss thats mostly harmless, but can be skipped by everyone but the few Ghost-Spider completionists. The setup promises some fun, but there is little to be had and the art wasnt good enough to recommend on its own. Id give this one a pass and just stick to the new solo series if you need a Ghost-Spider fix.

This is a mess of an issue that I cant recommend at all. The only Act of Evil going on here was when Marvel decided this was fit to print.

This was a mixed bag of jokes, pop culture references and a piece of crap guy doing one of the most heinous things a piece of crap can do. It was a well-told story, just one that upset me more than entertained me.

I have been waiting for this book to come out, but now that I have it in my hands, I wish I could wait a little longer. While the art was decent, the story was very basic, yet took the long road home to tell it. The biggest problem, though, was the lack of laughs from the writing and the art and that does not a good Deadpool comic make. Yes, that was me trying to sound fancy after telling everyone that most cliffhangers make me poop my pants! Good Night Everybody!

Deadpool continues to be a complete bore to get through, and I think I will pass on it after this issue. I read Deadpool for some zany fun, pop culture references, and over-the-top action. I guess this version isn't for me.

Deadpool #6 is a fun road trip to Krakoa with great art and a bunch of laughs. Deadpool may not have gotten what he wanted out of it, but I did, and I hope that continues.

Things pick up a very little bit in this issue, but after facing a similar threat in the Rebirth #1, it just  didn't feel as fresh or even epic here.  Tony Daniel makes everything look great, but he can't save things all on his own.  I will give Bryan Hitch one more issue to get used to his surroundings, but after that, the gloves come off.

I can easily say now that Justice League is my least favorite Rebirth book.  Bryan Hitch just keeps heaping confusing plots on top of convoluted situations and the result is something I don't care anything about.  That also goes for the characters that are so wooden and one dimensional under his hand that I have no connection with them at all.  No connection with the Justice League?  That is something that should be a given going in, but somehow Hitch has severed that tie.  Tony Daniel's art is still the highlight, but it can't make me recommend this book to anyone.  I will repeat myself here...I hate it!

It's only taken Bryan Hitch a couple of issues to make this book a complete mess.  The story is paper thin and only seems intriguing because we aren't getting any information.  What we have gotten is confusing and uninteresting and makes me want to drop this book right now.  I just may do that.

While it's hard to figure out who the real villain is in the Justice League book, the real villain in Bryan Hitch.  His story is convoluted, confusing and worst of all, boring.  Really, it is awful and everyone should stay far away from it until DC gets wise and puts a new writer on it.

My gut feeling is to give this a certain F-U score, but I don't want anyone to think I enjoyed this issue at all.  As a single issue, it's bad, but as the finale of the first Rebirth arc, it's unforgivable.  The reader is left confused and guessing as the heroes tell us it's not actually over.  Oh, it's over!  In fact, it never should have even started!

Bryan Hitch slows things down and concentrates on his characters and I liked the results.  It's more personal than the global threat the League just faced and that makes it all the better.  In fact, this is my favorite Bryan Hitch Justice League issue so far  and I hope that's something I can keep on saying in weeks to come.

After a decent start, Bryan Hitch gives us an ill defined story, some forced moments and a whole lot of nothing.  This issue confirms that Hitch does not know how to end a story and because of that, I give this issue a certain score that nobody wants.

Bryan Hitch continues to destroy one of DC's biggest books and he seems to be doing it with zeal.  This story continues the trend of confusing storytelling being shoved at the reader as a mystery and I've had enough.  Neil Adam's does his best to save this sinking ship, but at this point, I'd abandon ship if I were you.  It can't be this bad, right?  No, it's worse!

Bryan Hitch continues to bring what should be one of DC's biggest books way, way down.  It really is horrible and if not for Neil Edwards' awesome art, this book would have scored much lower. Something needs to be done before things get even more out of hand!

Another issue of Justice League, another poor setup and eye rolling nonsense.  We do get to see who attacked the Justice League, but it really just comes down to what and Hitch doesn't explain it enough for me to care.  Hey, if he doesn't care, why should I?  The art is good, but not good enough to make this issue make any sense or be any good.  On a positive note, there are some cool villains on display and a cool cliffhanger.  Oh well, it's all par for the course and that is not a good thing.

Another Justice League story ends with a vague victory that came about in ways I didn't quite understand.  The Genie A.I. went from wish giver to villain to hacker hero and back and forth throughout.  The art was nice, but this story and book are a complete mess and is one of the biggest embarrassments of Rebirth.  It's worse than bad and that's a shame for a book that should be the flagship of the whole line.

This Justice League vs Suicide Squad tie-in isn't necessary and suffers from that.  Not a whole lot goes on here and the couple big moments kind of fall flat.  If you just have to have everything from this first Rebirth Event, go for it.  Others can stick with the Event book and be just fine.

I don't really recommend this book for anyone.  If you just have to get every issue of this DC event, you will already be buying it and who am I to stop you?  If you are looking to me to see if you should pick it up, the answer is no!

Bryan Hitch jumps back on the Justice League and reminded me why I hate it so much. This team has gone through too much already to need this type of issue and it only points out why this book is in the sad shape it's in.  There is no reason to read this issue and I am really finding it hard to justify sticking with this series as a whole.

It amazes me how bad this book has become.  Fans deserve so much better, but it looks like this is what we are stuck with.  If you like it, explain why to me because I must be missing something. Actually, I miss the Justice League and hope to see them soon.

I liked this issue of Justice League.  Yea, I'm as surprised as everyone else, but I'm not going to fake the funk.  Bryan Hitch sets up his story way better than the first issue did and everything we got here has me excited going forward.  I can't say this is a jumping on (or jumping back) point for readers, but stay tuned, maybe there is hope afterall.

Justice League #17 finally reveals the true nature of the Timeless and their leader, Tempus, but for now, it's pretty laughable.  The art in this issue is fantastic, but the uneven storytelling and tell me don't show me dialogue makes for a below average read.  Unfortunately, this issue halts the momentum of last issue and has me once again not enjoying DC's flagship title.

Bryan Hitch is trying to write a big story here, but it all falls flat because nothing he is attempting has been earned...not by the villains and not by him.  Things just seem to happen because they need to, but at least the art looks great.  Unfortunately, that's not enough for me to recommend anything except to stay far away for this book for now and the near future.

I hated this issue.  I hate this book.  We get another non-ending to a story that made little to no sense and had no payoff whatsoever.  Avoid this book like the plague it is.

Bryan Hitch starts a new arc and it's the beginning of another "epic" story.  I put that in quotes because we've seen it all before and without a good setup, it all falls flat.  This is just another piece of the puzzle that is the most disappointing title in Rebirth and while I want to care, I am way past that point.

This is just another confusing, convoluted Justice League issue and while you would think I'd be desensitized to that sort of thing by now, this is the JUSTICE LEAGUE!  The art was okay, but the story is filled with non-answers and characters I could care less about.  Yes, I am talking about the League as well and that is what kills me the most about this book right now.

Shea Fontana jumps onto the Justice League book, but with generic characterizations, cartoony dialogue and a forgettable story, I can't really recommend it.  Still, the art was great and I still liked it more than what we've gotten from most of this series since Rebirth.

Tom DeFalco and Tom Derenick jump on Justice League and give us a story of terrorists vs freedom fighters, but it's all about Jessica Cruz and that's fine with me.  Sure, this feels like an inventory issue or even something from an Annual, but it's better than what we usually get in this book.  

Dan Abnett jumps onto Justice League to show that Mera is a badass.  I'm guessing this issue was a leftover when the Aquaman book went monthly and was used to mask a delay in this book, but I've been wrong before.  Whatever the case may be, it didn't quite feel necessary, but the art and the Mera-centric story will please enough people out there, but if you are on the fence, i would suggest you skip it.  

In a series that has more misses than hits, this one-shot goes in the miss category.  The villain is barely set up before being defeated and afterward I was left wondering how and why.  How was he defeated and why do I bother with this book anymore.  Everything about this issue screamed mediocrity and the fact that it's a dollar more than usual is icing on the cake.  Avoid this book and this series until DC makes the change that Justice League fans deserve.  Shout out to the Get Fresh Crew who know what this score truly means!

This is my favorite issue of Bryan Hitch's Justice League and it makes me happy to say that.  I loved seeing the future of the DCU and the children of the Justice League seem pretty cool.  Fernando Pasarin's art was great and while I don't think those who dropped this book need to jump back on just yet, those who stuck it out may just be rewarded with a good final arc.  Fingers crossed.

Where has this story been all my life...or at least during Rebirth?  Bryan Hitch continues to impress me with his final arc by tying up some of his loose ends while also fitting this story squarely into the current continuity.  I am intrigued and looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Bryan Hitch continues making me wonder where this version of him has been for a year.  I am really digging this Legacy story and am so glad to be enjoying the Justice League again!

The Legacy arc continues to impress me and for those that have yearned for more action, this may be the issue that wins you over as well.  The art, story and action scenes are really good this week and the cliffhanger sets up more for next issue.  I know I will be back and I suggest that anyone who dropped this book earlier, come back for this arc.  

Bryan Hitch's continues his Legacy arc with some more answers and a crazy cliffhanger.  While I want more of the kids, Hitch focuses on the League and it's game on between them and Sovereign.  This isn't my favorite issue of the arc, but it's still a good read.

The Legacy story is still Hitch's best Justice League arc, but this ending was a bit lack luster.  Mindless action and a cliched and forced ending make it an issue I can't recommend.

The Bats Out of Hell story continues and nothing here can convince me that this story is important.  While the first issue of the story was mostly recap, this entry is just a bunch of fights strung together to make an issue.  I loved the art, but that's about it.

This was the best of the Bats out of Hell issues because it changed things up and felt like it mattered.  It still had some problems, but the art itself almost made up for them. I wasn't upset even if it wasn't the Hail Mary I was hoping for.

Priest starts his run of Justice League with a well plotted issue that is more about the setup than an in your face introduction.  If you're reading his Deathstroke run (you really should be), you know that he doesn't waste time and almost everything will return in due time.  That's exactly how this feels and that feeling makes it feel big beyond what is happening on the page at any given moment.  Pete Woods is a perfect compliment to Priest's storytelling and I am getting ready for a kick ass run.

Priest continues his run on Justice League with an issue that made me laugh in the wrong way, but also made me like my favorite characters less and less.  It's a shame because Pete Wood's art is good, but so far, this new approach to the Justice League is not killing it.

While I know that Priest plays the slow burn game in his books, I am struggling to get into this series after the first three issues.  This issue is full of transition problems which throw the overall pace off and in the end, I am less interested in the villain now that we know more about him.  The art was good, but I need something to spark my interest in this story and I need it quick.

Naomi kicks off with a very talky issue that did little to make me care about the characters or the story.  The art is fantastic in the beginning but seems to quickly get lost in an avalanche of word balloons.  "The biggest mystery in the DC Universe" indeed!

This book looks fantastic thanks to Jamal Campbell's art, but the snail's pace storytelling is a bit offputting already.  All I keep hearing is how important this book is and after two issues it feels like Bendis and Walker are teasing the reader with how little we find out.  This may indeed be THE place to be, but I need proof and I need it quick!

This series is gradually making me a fan and while I am waiting for the huge reveal, this issue gives us a couple big ones that have me very excited.  The art is fantastic and while I am still a bit frustrated with the overall pacing of this story, I am looking forward to the next issue.

This is a really quick read that looks great but is getting more and more frustrating the longer Bendis and Walker bury the lead.  I like Naomi and want to know everything about her, but after four issues it feels like we are being strung along.  I like this series enough, but I really think I'd love it if it were paced better.

While we do get some much-needed information in this issue, we are still left waiting for more.  The first half of the book is pretty much recap of the last issue, but by the end, I was excited for the next issue.  Jamal Campbell's art is great and if you have the patience to go through six issues for an origin story, you may like this a bit more than me.  I am a fan of Naomi, I just need to get more each issue to be able to recommend to everyone.

While I like the character of Naomi, this mini-series seemed more intent on being collectible than actually telling a story.  After being pushed as a series that just might change the DC Universe as we know it, I had high expectations and I'm sad to say, this book did not meet them.  I guess that can happen later, but stringing readers along for six issues just to get started telling a story does not get me excited for the future.

I enjoyed reading this issue, but in the end, nothing much happens.  It does set up a pretty cool battle in the next issue and I loved how Will Pfiefer sets up the two teams against each other.  It reminds me of an 80's teen movie and that is meant as a huge compliment.  If that promise is fulfilled in the coming issues, my score for this book will go up for sure, but unfortunately, I can't give this one a high recommendation just yet.

I wish I could find something nice to say about this issue besides the art.  Unfortunately, I can't.  The pacing is off, the fight scenes are boring and it ends up being a confusing mess.  Something needs to be done quick because Teen Titan fans deserve better.

This issue is far from perfect, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would or should.  Watching the Teen Titans fight their way through the M.A.W. to get to Despero was pretty cool and the cliffhanger promises even more action next month.  This story arc has been a disappointment and this issue doesn't work miracles, but it was fun enough to be a guilty pleasure.  That's as much of an endorsement that you are going to get from me right now.

This issue is a good jumping on point...maybe.  It really feels like a soft reboot, so if you get this issue, you just may be getting in on the ground floor of the new direction of the Teen Titans...or maybe not.  I'm really not sure just yet.  While this issue will undoubtedly piss people off who followed Will Pfeifer's run (as well as those who didn't like Lobdell's earlier one), I liked it for the art and the promise of something kind of new.  Maybe not better, but kind of new.  Considering how much I haven't liked this book, I'll take it.

 Do yourself a favor and stay away from this issue.  While the art is surprisingly good despite having more people on the art team than onstage at an Earth, Wind and Fire concert, the story was a mess. Greg Pak will be here soon to save the day and hopefully rescue the Teen Titans from their biggest villain right now...Will Pfeifer.

It would take a lot of convincing for me to stop thinking that this was a regular issue of Teen Titans with a few Robin War scenes forced in.  The problem with that is, the tie-in ruined what was one of the better issues of Teen Titans in a long time.  Ruined might be too strong a word, but after suffering through this series for so long, it just upset me.  Just be warned, if you are reading this only for the Robin War event, you'll be wasting your money.

Batman: Gotham Nights #4 is an issue with a lack of focus that sabotages what Mark Russell seems to want to do.  Throwing the Joker in the middle of a Batman issue is going to trump everything else going on, especially when what else is going on is pretty cliched and generic.  The art is good, and it is only 99 cents, so there is some value here, it's just fleeting and forgettable.

Batman: Gotham Nights #5 is is a decent one-shot Batman story that is big on set-up, but light on the story.  Mark Russell has Batman go through the motions, and besides a couple of guest stars, there is nothing here you haven't seen a million times.  Ryan Benjamin's art is good, but in the end, it's easy to see why this is a repurposed 99 cent issue.

Mark Russell brings some critical social commentary to Gotham, but it doesn't pass the sniff test as a Batman comic book.  The Joker is the real star, but the whole thing feels misplaced.  It's a joke that you know the punchline too immediately, but have to sit through 20 minutes for the comedian to get to it.   That isn't much fun, and even if that's not Russell's goal here, it's a slog to get through.

This is one of those issues that may not be essential reading but has some things to like. Tom Taylor's Detective Chimp story steals the show and made it all worthwhile. If you are looking for something to buy on this Annuals week, you might want to check this out...just don't go in expecting too much.

I guess these files are secret because most really aren't worth telling.  They don't tie into the City of Bane like the cover alludes to and they aren't strong enough to stand on their own.  There really isn't much reason for this collection to exist and I suggest avoiding it as if it didn't!

I think this is the weakest of the Secret Files issues so far. There are a couple of good stories and a Joker War prelude, but most of them were forgettable. The art was good for the most part, but for $4.99, there are better ways to get your Batman than this.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #1 sets up the book and not much else.  The story and art are okay, they just didn't have the wow factor I was hoping for.  I realize this is a weekly book with plenty of time to up the excitement, but I hope those readers who were on the fence will give it a chance past this issue.

I really don't know why this book exists.  Actually I do...Money and nothing more.  Two issues of boring explanation and poor characterization and I have already had enough.  I was hoping this issue would improve over the premier's poor showing, but it actually got worse.  I can't recommend this issue or the series to fans of the game or comic readers in general.  Until further notice, just walk away.  Nothing to see here.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #3 does so much to get me on board with the series.  In fact, this is a better start to the series than either of the past two issues.  Dan Abnett and Szymon Kudranski finally show the promise of the crazy fun this book can give. 

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #4 is finally an issue I can recommend to anyone.  It's got great characters, a fun story and great art.  If this trend continues, this book can be something special.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #5 is another good issue I can recommend.  Dan Abnett gives us fun characters, humor and an interesting story and Tom Raney's art is a good fit for it all.  I'm looking forward to this book more and more each week.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #6 is my favorite issue so far.  Instead of crazy characters and action, Dan Abnett gives us the backstory of Sir Harold.  That's enough for me since Sir Harold is my breakout star of the book.  Stjepan Sejic is incredible and just makes this book that much better. If you haven't started reading this book yet, this is a great issue to start.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #7 is another good issue in the series.  Dan Abnett gives us a fast paced script that's exciting and fun while Javier Garron's art is great.  While I hope we get some more character work so I get to know these alt characters, I'll take a good fight any day.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #8 starts off strong, but ends with a whimper.  It doesn't totally kill the momentum the last couple issues gained, but it's not from lack of effort.  Dan Abnett seems to be struggling writing Batman and it's real obvious this week.  Javier Garron's art is good, but overall I can't recommend this issue.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #9 is heavy on action, but light on substance. Abnett's writing feels mailed in and Aco's art, while nice, doesn't fit the book. Then the book ends by telling the reader that everything up until now doesn't matter because the real story is about to begin. That's a heck of a thing to say after nine issues.

This issue is a step in the right direction.  I love the team of The Flash, Cyborg and Zatanna and while Dan Abnett teased some great action, all we get this week is setup.  Tom Denerick's art is really good and he gives us the highlight page of the series so far.  I will keep reading this book, but I can't recommend it just yet.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #11 is one of the stronger issues in the series.  Dan Abnett gives us some really cool Mecha Superman moments and great dialogue from the Flash.  However, the story is still moving too slow to make the book a must read.

It's weird to say that issue #12 is a good start, but I'll take it.  I've been waiting to like this series and this team may just do the trick.  I can't promise that the series will get better, but at least this is an issue I can recommend.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #13 is the first issue I can truly recommend.  It may lack action, but it's got character moments in spades.  Of course, you can't go wrong when the characters are Lex Luthor and the Joker.  Dan Abnett gives us great dialogue and Freddie Williams' art is appropriately gloomy.  Recommended.

This issue started with some nice action, but went downhill from there.  This book doesn't seem to be getting any attention from the people involved, so it's no surprise the public doesn't seem to care either.  It's sad, but this is not worth $0.99 a week.  Save your money.

Infinite Crisis #15 is my favorite issue of this series so far.  The team of Mecha Superman, Zatanna, Flash and Cyborg are so much fun and I can only hope that Dan Abnett and Tom Derenick can keep up the momentum in weeks to come.

It may have taken a while, but Dan Abnett is hitting his stride and moving the book forward in a great direction.  The three best teams from the entire run are gathered together and the Fight for the Multiverse is finally on.  Eduardo Francisco's art is really good and I can't wait to see what happens next week.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #17 is an exposition heavy issue with awful dialogue and no story progression.  It's basically a recap and other than a promising cliffhanger, fans (if there are any) can pass on this one.  Actually,  it may be time to pass on this series altogether.

I really don't know who would like this issue or book for that matter.  It's an uninteresting story with awful dialogue and poor characterizations.  August Padilla's nice art can't save the day and this book should really just disappear from existence.  That being said, I'll be back again next week because I have to.  If you don't have to, do yourself a favor and don't read this book.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse is not a good book.  It serves no purpose except as a lame attempt at cashing in on a game few care about.  Do yourself a favor and read Grant Morrison's The Multiversity instead.  You'll thank me now, later and forever.  By the way, the score below is for the art only because the story is a zero.

This book is horrible, plain and simple.  Maybe if everyone passes on it, it will get canceled and a better book can rise from the ashes of this mess.  One can only hope.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #21 was actually a good issue.  Dan Abnett gives us some character moments and finally pushes the story forward a bit.  I like Christian Duce's art especially the last page reveal.  Hopefully this continues because I really don't want to hate any book, not even this one.

I would say I'm not the target audience for this book, but who is?  Maybe people who like comic books that throw a bunch of poorly characterized characters into a generically awful story about a team with no chemistry whatsoever and a Crisis that no one cares about.  That is a weird target audience.  If you aren't one of those people, stay clear of this book and use your $0.99 for something better.

It surprises me to say it, but I loved this issue.  Dan Abnett gives readers great character moments, awesome action and a cliffhanger that has me as excited as I am worried for next week.  This is the book I've been waiting for over the past twenty three weeks and I hope it continues from here on out.

Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #24 was a good ending to a not so good series.  The concept for this book was good and it had some great characters, but in the end, the effort didn't seem to be there.  I can't say I'm glad I read it, but I still am a little sad it's over.  Now the potential will never be realized and that is always sad.

I thought this series was over and after reading this issue, I wish it was.  Maybe this second run will turn things around, but for now I am only expecting the same sub par book that I thought had ended.  Until it proves it's something more, I can't recommend it.

It's sad when a mediocre issue is one of the better ones in a while.  I don't know who is enjoying this book because it's not the guy who looks back at me in the mirror every morning.  Nope, that guy says this book stinks and that guy doesn't lie.  He just mimics my every move only in a reverse way. I like that guy.  I don't like this book.

This issue isn't awful.  As far as this series goes, that's a compliment.  I'm not sure who is reading it, but I can' recommend it to anyone.  That being said, Dan Abnett is slowly building up the foundation of what may become an interesting story and Eduardo Fransisco's art is very good.  I'll let you know if it gets better.

This week's issue of Infinite Crisis is one big, action packed fight scene between the World's Finest and Alexander Luthor.  It's all filler, but I liked it.  The Art was good and besides Batman's awful actions, I liked what Abnett gives us.  If this keeps up, I just may have to start recommending this book.  Fiddle-Faddle!

Leave it to this book to follow up a good issue with one so confusing and bad.  The story makes no sense and is just a thinly veiled attempt to get a team together.  It shouldn't be a shock because that's what this whole series has been.  Oh well, I'll just hope for something better next week.  Someday my wishes will all come true.

The best I can say for Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #30 is that it's a comic book.  It's got words and pictures.  While most of the pictures are really nice, the words are not so good.  The story hasn't been good from the start and yet each issue finds something new to make it worse.  I will continue reviewing this book because I promised to do it and if you see Ryan, tell him to save the last dance for me.

I always try to be thankful for the little things, so the fact that this issue didn't completely suck is something.  Dan Abnett finally gets around to telling the reader what's going on and Angel Hernandez's art was really good.  Infinite Crisis is not my favorite book, far from it.  However, if Abnett can build off this issue, it might just become readable.

This issue continues to have the same problems that have plagued it from the start...mainly being unnecessary.  I don't think fans of the game will enjoy it and there is nothing going on to grab the uninitiated either.  In the end, I just wish this book would quietly fade away into obscurity.

This issue of Infinite Crisis may have a few glaring problems, but I actually enjoyed reading it for once.  It all had to do with a fan favorite villain showing up on the last page, but I'll take whatever I can when Infinite Crisis is involved.  Hopefully, Dan Abnett continues the momentum into next week's issue because I'm tired of being burned.

Action Comics Annual #2 is not a good start to the Krypton Returns arc.  The dialogue and characterization of the three leads is awful.  The book is too wordy and those words are poorly written.  The art is good, but the panel layout makes it hard to follow.  Unfortunately, when you can follow it, the bad writing strikes again.  Superman, Supergirl and yes, even Superboy deserve better.  Time Tsunami...Time Tsunami.

Action Comics Annual #3 is a good chapter of the Doomed event.  It's star studded and action packed.  Greg Pak and seven (yes, seven) artists push the story forward and then turn it on it's head just in time for the next chapter.  The real threat is revealed and It's not Doomsday.  I can't wait for the next chapter.

While I like the idea of getting some focus on Katana, I wish Bryan Hill had more to do and say with the extra space he is given.  The issue looked good, but it can totally be skipped and while Annuals always have that danger looming over them, I would expect that there would be more of a purpose behind giving a series with only 6 issues under its belt an Annual than what we got here.  Sure, we get some more Katana, but did we need an Annual to do it?

Lee Bermejo's art is great here, but there isn't much of a story (yet?) and what there is can be confusing and even boring.  After the first fifty pages, we have a paper thin overall premise hiding behind some cool guest stars and again...that awesome art!  This is an interesting start to the Black Label line, but not the slam dunk success I was hoping for.

I am still all in for the series.  While I still enjoyed this issue overall, I will need it to begin to pick up the pace.  I also need more content in this title that warrants the “Black Label” title outside of the occasional F-Bomb. With that being, said it needs to make sense for the story and not just be randomly placed there for the sake of it.  Speaking of story, I am very interested to know more about Bruce's backstory. What is his secret? Where is the Joker?  Who is paying to listen to Jason Blood? The art continues to impress consistently. I look forward to seeing more of it.   I really want the next issue to blow my mind and I hope it will.

All in all, the story was alright.  Before reviewing the third issue I read through the entire series to refresh my memory.  The tone remained consistent for the most part, even if it started to fall off for me midway through the second issue.  I felt like the initial controversy from the first issue caused the writer to really tone down the graphic “Black Label vibes” that I had been looking forward to with this imprint.  I felt like certain aspects of the story needed more explanation but had a decent time nonetheless.  I did not like the lettering with Constantine's narration, it grew old fast.  Lastly, to reiterate, the art is almost perfect.  

While I was hoping to get some answers, this issue was confusing and felt wedged into the Event at large.  While I thought this was added in to ease the burden of Metal #6, the finale has a lot to answer and I can only hope it can do just that.  I have had a lot of fun with this Event, but this issue wasn't as fun as it obviously wanted to be.  It pains me to say it, but overall, this was a big letdown.

All in all pretty average stuff.

This issue killed the little enthusiasm I had for Empyre. I was bored the entire time reading it, and the Avengers seemed to be right there with me. The issue looked good, but instead of pumping my fist in excitement, I was yawning and continually checking the page count. I did learn why Tony has speakers in his Iron Man suit, though, so at least I got thattwice!

Dan Slott gives readers a goofy Fantastic Four issue that did nothing to get me excited for the Empyre Event. Fans of the Fantastic Four may have fun with it, but I can't see anyone talking about this after a week or two. If this is what Empyre is going to be like, count me out before it even starts!

The Empyre Event kicks off with an issue that had me more confused at points then excited. The art was good (though too close-up at times), and there is a twist at the end that might have some excited, but I needed more to convince me this is a must-read. I would never bail after one issue, but this one is now on a very short leash.

I went into this issue looking for AL Ewing and Dan Slott to convince me to buy the 30+ issues of this Empyre Event, but after Empyre #2, they now will have to convince me not to drop this whole thing outright. The story is not exciting, and even the big moments fall flat since the pacing makes it all a slog to get through. It's like watching grass grow, and that isn't thrilling anywhere, not even on the moon!

Empyre #3 is the best issue of the Event so far and sets up the second half to kick into high gear. Political intrigue meets family matters (sorry, no Urkel) with great art to boot. I still wonder if this story needed so may tie-ins, but at least I'm starting to enjoy the main title. Fingers crossed that continues!

If you have been reading Empyre, you know what to expect. A bunch of characters standing around talking and a couple of twists that most people saw coming. Valerio Schiti's art is superb, but Dan Slott and Al Ewing's story has not hit must-read levels yet, and with two issues left, I doubt it will. Still, there are worse books out there, but I was hoping for something better overall.

Bits and Pieces:So if you're not getting enough of war's destruction of the Middle East in real life, or you just get nostalgic for the simple truth that it's a comic book, written about an action figure. Well, this issue has plenty of action, but just like the dolls, the characters have no soul. The script felt like a Hasbro Toyline commercial, only with no hands. It wasn't GI Joe's fully automatic grenade pistol that saved the day, it was Netho Diaz's art.

Grayson: Futures End #1 is an odd book.  It's a flashback story in an event happening five years in the future and is more a Dick Grayson story than anything else.  Grayson readers won't get much here and Futures End fans can skip it entirely.

Cullen Bunn does a good job of getting this book (and character) off to a fast start.  While the story may be a bit predictable and cliche, the New Lobo ( sexy time Faux-bo) is anything but.  I'm looking forward to seeing him evolve and what adventures Bunn has in store for him and us readers.  To those stuck in the 90's...take off the flannel and give it a chance.

I want to recommend this book, but Cullen Bunn is just not giving us enough, yet.  I hope that this slow burn character driven story pays off and soon.  Lobo being forced to be part of a team and a crazy cliffhanger should get things rolling.  There is nothing bad about this issue, but there is nothing great either.  So far, it's nestled right in the middle.

This may be my shortest review yet, but nothing much happens.  This first arc of Lobo has devolved into the villain of the month and I just don't ave much to say except it's been disappointing.  I like the art of Reilly Brown, but I hope the story gets better quickly.  Cullen Bunn is capable of so much more than this book is showing.

I feel like I'm one of the few people who like the new Lobo and I'm waiting patiently for the issue to shove down the naysayers throats, but unfortunately, this month's isn't it.  Cullen Bunn continues his shallow assassin of the month arc and even with really good art, I can't recommend this issue.  Maybe I'll do some shoving next month.  One can only hope.

Lobo continues being a book in desperate need of something new and fresh.  Five issues in and it is already so predictable it's ridiculous.  However, with what Cullen Bunn gives the reader in terms of Lobo's past, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. This issue may be a long fight and setup, but it had me looking forward to next month more than any other issue before it.  This Lobo may not be the Main Man yet, but there is hope yet.

This issue is a microcosm of the first arc it ends...disappointing.  This book has a myriad of problems and thankfully, this issue rectifies a bunch of them.  The series is now set to return stronger in June, but I can't recommend this issue by itself.  It's not good and only reminds me that I get stuck reviewing the one book that Cullen Bunn doesn't hit out of the park.  It's my lot in life, I guess.

Cullen Bunn used the two month Convergence layoff to...give us more of the same.  Sure, the setting has changed (a bit), but the song remains the same.  If you enjoy watching Lobo fight a rotating bunch of thugs while acting all aloof, then do I have a book for you. The cliffhanger was interesting, but I'm maintaining a wait and see approach and I'd suggest you do the same.  As of now, this book is still pretty "meh".

This is another bomb of an issue that left me bored by the end.  The most honest thing I can say about Lobo is that if I wasn't reviewing it, I would not buy another issue.  It is that bad.

If this upward trend in quality continues, fans of Lobo may have a book they are happy to read.  All things considered, it's knowing that we will be back with Sinestro in September that excites me going forward, but this issue was a good finish to this arc.  I'm glad that i'm finally being rewarded for sticking with this series.

This issue begins the Sinestro Rising story arc and I couldn't have asked for a much better issue.  It's got action, dark humor and even a game changing event thrown in as well.  It's obvious how much I liked this issue and I hope that those looking to get more of the old Lobo feel out of this book at least give this issue a try.

This issue was a lot shock and awe, but unfortunately, not much story.  Seeing Lobo rip through the Red lantern Corps is fun enough, but it annoyed me that the cliffhanger just reset everything.  The art was good, but this issue was simply filler and in a short arc like this one, that is unacceptable.

While I understand why this issue felt so rushed and forced, it still was both.  However, Cullen Bunn continued getting this book closer to the Lobo book that most fans wanted which makes it more of a shame that this was the series penultimate issue.  In the end, the issue had great art and enough of a story to get me excited for next month when it all ends with Lobo going up against the Renegade, Hal Jordan.