So why does this issue ultimately work a little better than I had expected? Simplewhen it focuses on the main three boys, Fitzmartin does have a pretty solid handle on them. Read Full Review

Final Verdict: it's a clunker, but still worth reading. Read Full Review

It's messy, but it's possible the next issues cleans things up. Read Full Review

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. Read Full Review

So many assmad people.

bleh. This is like comic book version of mcc she-hulk tv show

I see what this issue was doing but in my opinion being meta doesn't actually make your story good. I also have small personal gripes with some of the things said in the issue but not serious enough to largely effect my score.I just believe this whole series is thoroughly unenjoyable.

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SomeRandomSmartA55 - Oct 22, 2022 (edited)

Her point would come across better is the author wasn’t such a hypocrite. She is guilty of the very the things that she accuses the fans of being.

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It's strange because I actually agree with some of Fitzmartin's arguments in this issue, but is all just... horrible.

Not the worst in the series, but that doesn't mean this was great either. Saying one banana is slightly less rotten than the others in the bunch doesn't mean that banana isn't rotten itself, right? But this story is supposed to end in an issue and it still doesn't make a whole lotta sense right now. I'm not sure Fitzmartin knows what she is writing at this point. Or if she even knows the characters tbh. This feels like one big excuse to write them OOC then pulling a JK card on you at the end but that doesn't excuse all the really bad writing that happened previously. Also still not certain why she felt the need to use this as a platform to yell at the fans. Feels like the wrong comic to pull that kind of thing off in, you know?

Anyway, giving it the extra 1/2 star because it wasn't the worst issue. Really though this whole thing is still a solid 1/10. more

There is a whole new generation of authors who know they are mediocre, but who have understood that in the age of social networks and polarized opinions you don't need to be good to sell: you just need to insult readers, pit the most radical ones against each other to get people talking, play the "meta" card, and then all you have to do is take advantage of hate-reading to make your sales. The proof that it works, I read this comic book even though it's probably the worst thing I've read this year.

I don't know how a writer manages to make you hate the heroes she's writing, but that's what has happened here. Each issue has only gotten progressively worse, and rather than show us a group of individuals trying to define a better future for themselves and the world, we've basically gotten a personal rant (I can't even say I feel like I'm getting lectured at because frankly there is nothing enlightening about anything she has written) and vent session from the writer. It feels cheap, and for the vast majority of fans, undeserved. Everyone can see the point she's been trying to make. She's been hammering it down over the readers since the beginning. Yes, there are pockets of fans like that in fandom (and this is in any fandom, not just DC) but to destroy an entire group of superheroes just to make a point everyone is aware of in the most obtuse sort of way does nothing for the story (and frankly there is no story here at all - 5 issues in and still no idea how this is honestly related to the main Dark Crisis story), the characters, or the fans. Couple this with artwork that seems to have had no real direction and only adds to the mess of the overall story. I don't know if the artist was merely working off a bad script - the writing in this series has been atrocious - but the whole comic comes off as disjointed. There's no flow to it, and its concepts are ill-formed, more vague shadows and hand-waving than anything concrete. Again, I suspect this has more to do with the writer and what was presented for the story and perhaps poor editorial oversight rather than the artist completely missing the mark.

Seriously, though, shame on the editorial team for allowing this to progress the way it has. Fitzmartin could learn a thing or two about nuanced writing, and quite frankly, story writing in general, but she seems to lack the talent to understand such a concept. Bludgeoning her readers appears to be the only thing she knows how to do with her attempted stories.

I have never disliked reading anything as I generally find some sort of merit in a work, but this series has been the most unenjoyable thing I've ever read. And it's heartbreaking because I was truly excited to see the YJ team come back (as well as Tim Drake), but I can't in good faith support anything this writer does anymore. It's honestly made me question the DC brand as a whole if this is the level of storytelling and characters they're reaching for. more

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SomeRandomSmartA55 - Oct 19, 2022

Couldn’t have put it better myself. I used to think Fitzmartin’s heart was in the right place but lacked experience. Now, I never want to see her (or the editors) working in this industry again. That’s how bad it is!

LoveAndLoss - Oct 19, 2022 (edited)

I've given up on her entirely after seeing this series now and how her Tim Drake issue played out. The writing was so bad I seriously considered dropping DC altogether, but fortunately, Zdarsky's Tim has been wonderful to read. But I almost walked into my comic shop and had them cancel every preorder I have for DC - seeing what is being put out by her has been that devastating to me. I don't understand why this is being published.

SomeRandomSmartA55 - Oct 19, 2022 (edited)

This book made me so angry, I became apathetic. It is almost reaching "All-Star Batman & Robin" levels of bad for me. My love for this team (and especially Tim) must be strong because I will keep reading no matter how god awful things get., but I never want this writer & this editorial team to work in the industry again.

LoveAndLoss - Oct 20, 2022

That's fair. I know there are a lot of fans who really want YJ in general and the current Tim Drake solo to succeed. I do, too, but not with this writer. DC is losing me as a fan with her at the helm of these stories. I'd like to see someone else take over the solo since this title is a foregone conclusion at this point, but I honestly don't know that you can salvage what she's already done. It's truly unfortunate. DC put their money on a lame horse.

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Cringey dialogue, confused artwork, a lackluster plot, horrible characterization, blatant queerbaiting, unsubtle meta commentary that misses the mark, and a tie-in that is in its penultimate issue and has yet to tie into the very event it is a part of, all combine to make such a waste of everyone’s time

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Absolute Z to the 4 - Oct 18, 2022

So far the tie-in may be that the story starts out at a memorial for the apparently dead Justice Leaguers? Ridiculous. And yes, it's badly written and not much Braga can do with it. Maybe the final issue will tie in better but nothing can rescue this from being less than mediocre!

SomeRandomSmartA55 - Oct 18, 2022

Nothing can rescue this book at all. DC really needs to get rid of this writer and editorial team. I hate saying that, but this is just ridiculous, how this book got published I will never know.

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