Continues to be my favorite marvel book, carried by the writing and Done in one format. Art is good, but I still don’t think they’ve found the perfect artist for this book.

The writing and artwork are both okay. There are a couple of things that lower the score for me. What I thought made Geoff John’s run on Green Lantern good was that he had Hal as the focal point of the story and all the other lanterns as secondary characters. That makes sense to me. Here there seem to be many stories going on with multiple characters and too many Green Lanterns results in making the story boring. Also why are all the Green Lanterns hanging around Oa? Shouldn’t they be out patrolling their sectors? Isn’t that their job? Maybe there is an explanation somewhere in the books as I haven’t been faithful to this particular run, but kind of a head scratcher. more

Pretty good. Nothing particularly impressive here. Very straight forward.

Good but not as good as issue 1.

Picked this up randomly. Intriguing start.

Some improved art and story progression helped this issue.
But I still think the artist is not a good fit for the story being told.

What a great comic.

I didn’t like this issue as much as others in this series. There was a lot of telling instead of showing. But I like the creative team and will keep reading.

Been thinking of dropping this, but I liked this issue. Will see how it goes.

Russell & Quinn pull back on the comedy and focus on drama, and the book benefits immensely from it. Definitely the best issue so far

Well that crossover was pointless.

this finale was pretty underwhelming due to the character writing. But at least the art looks good

I saw someone say Watters should pick up Batman after Chip leaves the flagship series. If the quality of these books is an indication, that could work beautifully.

It’s a Legend of the Dark Knight!

A lot of stuff happens, but they happen so fast, there’s no tension. The court of owls guy flees Riddler’s hq but so what. What was his role in Nygma’s evil plan? Riddler says he won’t go back to prison, but Gordon punches him out. Apparently Ed’s magic glasses made Jim kill the mayor but sleeping with the wife is all on Gordon. So what? I never got the sense that Gordon cared about that. Which is fair because he killed, so adultry is not a big deal.

Captain Fascist Hypes up the rabble, saying we must destroy Gotham to build it anew. This plot again. Why does anyone live in Gotham?

Elements unspools so fast, nothing has a chance to land. Batman’s plan seems to be go to Riddler building and punch people. The whole setup comes off as half-baked, so the payoff is haphazard. I suspect this is because the writer is moving off the boook before he planned so everything is rushed.

The art was nice. But not a good book.

Or I could be wrong. more

I want to like this book i really do, but it is just not working for me. I cant put my finger on it though.
I love the Jsa , maybe my Johns bias is effecting my opinion on the book

This is a strange book. It reads like old school Claremont X-men. Which is both good and bad. Going to stick with it. At least for a bit.

Some clunky pacing in the middle but pretty good overall. My bias to like this pushes it to an 8.
Liking the art. Reminds me of Sean Phillips.

Prior issues was pretty good. Not great but I enjoyed it.
Everything in this issue feels rushed and almost incoherent.
A 5.0 is generous.

This continues to be an absolute pleasure to read. The whole Absolute line is my favourite thing in comics. Haven't felt like this about DC in many moons. It makes me feel like a kid reading comics again. For me, I can give no higher compliment.

As soon as I logged on today and saw the score! for this drop to 8.7, I knew instantly it was our master of mayhem - up to his antics as always!


Gabe Hernandez! Swans in with the observational skills of a grape that's has only ever watched the Phantom Menace.

"However, readers who insist Superman be the focus of a Superman comic will come away unsatisfied with this issue. Maybe Aaron is trying to out-Hickman Jonathan Hickman on Ultimate Spider-Man."

My word! A comic having more than just Superman in it had its score reduced to a 6 for doing so.
Very judgemental to assume readers don't have the brain power to assimilate dialogue for more than one character, no?
Oh! The Absolute and Ultimate concepts are the same! Mr Gabe E Hernandez. E for Einstein.

Maybe if Superman just spoke dialogue to himself whilst sat on a Scooby Doo beanie bag, in the middle of a plain white room, whilst wearing polka dot dungarees and jacking it for a laugh - would that suit you? If we're using your logic, that is.

We love you Gabe! more

Wow! Just like the past 2 issues, Issue #3 brings high energy and a whole lot of heart.

The present day story takes a pause, in order to provide more context to the last days of Krypton, and it DELIVERS.

Unapologetically for the working people, this version of the Els truly reflects the complex times we live in today.

Rafa Sandoval's art is BADASS! Lara gets a lot of time to shine in this issue. Admittedly, I haven't enjoyed reading about Kal-El's mom as much as I have here. more

It’s ok.

Difficult one to review.
The Adam strange story is close to a 10. Don’t know who Patrick horvath is but that story is great.
Batman story is ok. Love the art by FF but pacing is off and it’s too short.

It’s fun. We will see where it goes. Overall I like the different approaches being taken here as well as two face and new gods.

It’s ok. I Have to go back and reread from issue 1 to see if this held together or not.

It’s just odd. Why build up a villain like the sovereign and have the take down be like this? Also, to think that the sovereign wouldn’t have the chimp lobotomized is silly. And I’m fine with silly in comics, if it fits your narrative. When I was reading the issue with Diana being starved and having a glass of wine poured over her head, my take was that this wasn’t a silly book.

Also, Diana using all allies in the arsenal is enjoyable. But The sovereign would do the same and it would make it more interesting if he did. Showing Diana playing chess and the sovereign playing incompetent is lazy. more

It’s marvel’s FF with the flash characters. Wally is the focus of this as much as Reed would be in an FF story (note not Fantastic Four but FF). If you like that then you will like this. I don’t know why they are doing this with the flash title and Wally west, but it’s clearly what DC has wanted for decades now. But The execution doesn’t acknowledge Wally’s childhood quality, which it should as raising children can bring one’s own childhood to the surface. Which would be interesting. But perhaps the creators and editors haven’t read those stories.

Looking forward to absolute flash. more