“Black Canary” #7 is a comic where every creator involved is at the absolute top of their game to bring a amp-breaking, roof-exploding, face-melting finale to a killer first arc that reinvents a character in a way that allows for an entirely unique exploration of their abilities. Fletcher, Wu and Loughridge have brought Dinah Lane to the forefront of the DC Universe in a way that has never really been accomplished in the past by focusing on what makes her unique as a sound-based character in a visual medium. Teaming that take with artists that know exactly how to break the rules just enough to make a sound-based conflict visually engaging and you have, for the first time in a long time, a comic that perfectly encapsulates what it's like to be a punk rock superhero. Read Full Review

Black Canary is quite unlike any comic I have ever read. It combines a love of music and superhero to create a series that uses our cultural understanding of both to give us spell-binding character development and bewitching art. Read Full Review

Black Canary is a fun comic to read, and will hopefully continue in this punk but enjoyable direction in the future. Read Full Review

Black Canary wraps its first arc and quickly established itself as one of DC's top books out. The narrative gets a little wonky, but is still effective and Wu just does the damn thing as usual and carries large sections of this book. A fitting end to the first arc, and promises to show us a lot more. Read Full Review

Wu should be commended for a great execution in this issue, but if a few pages had managed to convey sound even better, it may have been something more than "just" a great comic. Read Full Review

Black Canary has cemented itself over the last seven issues as one of the brightest, boldest and most original books currently on sale from DC Comics, and with an almost painfully tantalising cliffhanger, there's absolutely zero doubt that I'll be picking this one up once the next arc kicks off. I'd strongly advise you to do the same, and if you haven't got on board yet, make sure to grab the first trade when it hits shelves on March 2nd. Read Full Review

While this book may have slowly teased you into its world, there's no doubt that its finale and final climax in issue 7, deliver everything you could hope for. The mixture of superheroics and rock isn't exactly new but the creative team here have taken that model and still find something new and intriguing to do with it. It's different, it's fun, it's creepy and weird and wonderful and will reward your curiosity with a blockbuster finish and the promise of more goodies to come. Read Full Review

"Black Canary" #7 is a fun, inventive way to take a traditional battle between a superhero and a monster and deliver it to the reader in a less-than-traditional manner. Fletcher and Wu have enjoyed playing around with format in "Black Canary" (the earlier issues' blog posts were surprisingly fun, for example), and this issue is no exception. Here's to the next "Black Canary" tour; I know I'll be wanting some more front row tickets next month. Read Full Review

If you're someone who likes a lot of dialogue and sound effects in comics, you might not like this. A good portion of the book relies on the art which I think is fantastic. Everything you need is given to you through action, facial expressions and page layout. It is really incredible. Unfortunately, this means there is a lot of dialogue at the beginning and the end of the issue which is somewhat tedious. There are rumors that this book might get cancelled in a couple of months but I really hope not because this is always one of the books I look forward to the most. Read Full Review

The first half of the book is given over to many wordballoons as we get the infodump to end all infodumps: virtually the entire plotis revealed and most mysteries revealed in about nine pages. I find thisannoying because it seems like we spent six issues dicking around for noreason. The second half of this issue is a sonic battle that is rendered sowell by Annie Wu that I couldn't get enough of it. So this issue is a tough oneto rate. Overall, despite my snit over getting so much exposition in one spot,at least there's some payoff and it wraps up to be a pretty entertaining issue.So you could give or take a half a point here, depending on your personalcrankiness. Read Full Review

However, just because it doesn't quite stick the landing doesn't mean this first arc of Black Canary wasn't great. It's actually one of the best debuts of the last few years. Even if Dinah's future doesn't include any more concerts, readers can rest easy knowing that Fletcher and Wu will surely make it worth reading. Read Full Review

While the plotting could use a tune-up, there's something electric to the artwork in Black Canary, which keeps this book going even when the silent sequences feel a little hollow. Music, more than anything else, is about rhythm and pacing, and a better division of exposition would have done wonders to keeping this issue moving. Still, the premise and art of Black Canary are undeniably exciting, and that makes this issue one that's worth checking out. Read Full Review

Closing Thoughts: It's better than last issue, but I'm not exactly thrilled with this series right now. I hope next issue serves as a refresher for this series, and gets it back on track. Read Full Review

Black Canary #7 in theory is an enjoyable and fine finale to end the first arc of the series. It wraps up almost everything and leaves off on an interesting note to hook the readers into staying around for a while longer. However, the execution and the rushed nature of how matters ended resulted in problems that took away from the ending. While there are still plenty of things to remain interested in and see what happens in the future, the issue doesn't measure up to the preceding ones that came before. Read Full Review

Black Canary #7 acts as the culmination of Fletcher's first story arc on the character. He relaunched the book over the summer, completely re-imagined the character, and has been building to this issue since the beginning. All of the set up leads to this, and honestly, it's kind of a let down. The issue feels rushed and overstuffed " almost as if it should have spanned multiple issues. Read Full Review

Black Canary continues to be brought down by this band gimmick, and it's something that I can't wait to see go away. When it's presented as a layer of Dinah, it works well. When it consumes her character, the story falls flat. If you've loved this arc, then I'd recommend you grab this issue. If you haven't been fond of the band element, I recommend you save your money and wait until next month to pick up this book. Read Full Review

My hope is that if Black Canary continues to have comic book adventures throughout 2016, a new creative team brings a new direction sometime soon. You can't entirely disagree with my saying synergizing withArrowwould be of great benefit. Read Full Review

Sadly, this amazing artwork does little to hide the overly complicated and rushed story. This comic – and indeed this series – are a tale full of Sound and Fury, signifying nothing. The only reason I'm planning to pick up next month's issue is out of a half-hearted hope that the mysterious white-clad blonde ninja chasing after Dinah (the one mystery not yet explained) will turn out to be her long lost sister Sara. Read Full Review

Hopefully this is where the band element exits stage right, then maybe something interesting can be done with Dinah.

While the art on this book has been solid, the story just wasn’t there, and the “payoff” for this arc in this issue wasn’t much better. The kaiju-made-of-sound rock-off was a neat concept, and the addition of the musical staff as a panel layout for some of that fight is something that I wish had been done MUCH more often throughout this story. The end of the issue teases “big things” to be revealed for Black Canary (the person, not the band) and who knows what the future really holds (if anything at all) for the Black Canary band. I was hopeful for this series, but I wasn’t sure how good it was going to be in the long run. I think this just goes to show that a good book can have bad stories, and I hope the next story this book tells is a better one. more