The structure needs twists and turns. The seven deadly sins attached to major superheroes (and them appearing at the end of every issue) has become quite predictable at this stage and it's not thrilling. The idea that Matt is being followed by the dark forces he thought he had left behind, but it is not connected to what's happening at St Nick's at all, and those bits with the kids feel like inserts. It's a weird writing decision - I don't see how the sins don't have more of a direct impact on Matt's life as a father. Such a missed opportunity. I'll keep this in my weekly pile because I'm a huge DD fan, but this is sadly not super exciting more

Just Awful!

To start with the good, Evely's art is exquisite as ever, all elegant swirling, every panel bristling with motion.

But I've kind of reached my limit with King's Strong Female Characters, who are all the same character over and over. Helen is a vivacious, reckless, masculine young woman, a girl who is Not Like The Other Girls, who says naughty words and smokes cigarettes and defiantly drinks wine from the jagged necks of broken bottles because she's too rugged and self-destructive to use a corkscrew I guess. And naturally, she is perceived only from an awestruck distance and exhibits no identifiable inner life, a woman who's all aesthetic and no feeling.

What I'm saying is, she's just King & Evely's Supergirl but with red hair. If you've read one Tom King Strong Female Character, you've read them all. more

Didn't do it for me. But then again, I wasn't a huge fan of Slott's latest SM run anyway. Too cartoony, no real stakes, and lacks the punch.