I like this book more and more with each new issue. The section with Rao in Africa taking cues from a philanthropist kid from North America was fantastic. And I've seen the whole 'split the league up and reduce their power/effectiveness' thing dozens and dozens of times, but this one feels....new? Keep it going Hitch. I didn't want to like this, but now I guess I'm loving it.

I m really getting in to the focus on the police here and there were some good layouts in the panel work - a very natural and intuitive flow. Just make this book full-on GCPD with RoboBat as the occasional heavy.

Again, Fabok kills it. Some of the dialogue didn't flow as it should, and I caught two lettering errors, which affected my enjoyment of the story. Interesting that both Batman and Superman have been currupted, really only leaving Wonder Woman as an able leader. Flash is down, Shazam is (as always) a kid, Cyborg chimes in on technology and serves as transportation, and Green Lantern seems to be cast as MobiusBatman's moral police officer. Hopefully the heroes fall to the background next issue and we get to see the two mega villains in all their infamy. more

Too rushed and disjointed. My favourite issues of the series slow it down and build character/ tone. My least favourite feel like episodes of Scooby-Doo. This time? It was the gym teacher! Zoinks!

I cannot believe this is a DC book! The art and the pacing of the writing scream indy masterpiece. What a great book. I'm in until the creative team is changed up.

Wow. A The Littlest Hobo reference?!? References to the Tar Sands of Alberta?!? Awesome. And as a true bilingual Canadian, I just love the French dialogue. It's like Vaughan is writing this book just for me and my similarly raised generation of 'Nucks. We are a small but loyal potential readership. I wonder what Yanks and younger readers take from the book without a full comprehension/appreciation of all the Canadianna easter eggs? All I know is "I'm loving it" (should have made a Timmies reference there instead). more

I still enjoyed it, but preferred the initial juxtaposition of the character in the creators' world to this one where the creators are coming to grips with the character's reality. And is it just me, or do we get one outrageous sex scene and two jokes about Hinkles's anaconda per issue? As others have pointed out, the writer's epiphanic moment felt a touch forced and phoney here - too bad considering the honesty and genuine nature of the prose up until then. more

Not as good as the monthly, but the setup for Gent. Ghost to return and plague our team will pay out later. The cleaner more traditional artwork was not what I needed here, but the interplay between the two detectives and the threat that GG provided made for a good noir ghost story.

Finally! A villain I can really hate. No chance the Jason's pull any type of sympathetic note out of Eslaw's bio - despite his religious daddy issues. This guy is just plain nasty. I wonder if his 'no finess, hit em hard' philosophy will put him at odds with the new bowman hinted at in the letters pages? And speaking of the extras after the story, that essay/rationale by Latour regarding his awesome fundraising variant cover was a fantastic touch. This issue did a lot to remind us just how terrible and lawless Craw County can be, which we needed as we've been focused on the horrors around football lately, but needed a reminder that Boss and his boys are horrible in most all aspects. more

The fake-out at the end was quite good, as the bonus previews from the previous three issues are replaced with something else here. Still don't know a thing about that cross-dresser from the last issue, but this finale does wrap up in a satisfying way, with multiple layers to the fictional narrative. It's complex in the best ways, but like a lot of interpretive art, it leaves you really wanting to have a sit down with the creators so they can connect the dots for you - which of course they never would, being true artists. I like the faux-meta moment in the middle, which the characters themselves call out by name, and it makes the final bit of post-modernist storytelling at the end feel nice and right and legit. more

A few cool moments with non-linear storytelling, but the backgrounds need more attention as the art gets more stylized in this issue. But please tell me what is going on with the bookends of the cross-dresser on the first and last page. And where did my notes go? Loved those things at the bottom of the page in issue two. No doubt about it though - each issue seems to have a different "thing" going on that makes it wholly unique from the others. more

Okay. Something happened here. This comic just got a lot 'smarter'. The villain is shown to have crossed over with the protagonist via flashback. Neat. The origin of the villain's insanity is depicted and echoes back to a rant he gave in issue #1. Strong. But then there is a forth-wall breaking bit of post-modernism (or "meta" as the internet seems to love to call it). Very cool. And the notes? In the first issue there was just one side-note and it was a soundtrack suggestion. Here we get at least a half-dozen notes at the bottom of certain pages that do a variety of things: point out allusions, echo dialogue, provide context, or get poetic. Excellent. Although there was a shift away from the real "authentic" profanity-laden dialogue I applauded last issue, issue #2 of Mayday felt like many massive steps forward. I'm in! more

Had to work to read some of the panels in terms of where characters were in the space, also when multiple scenes were presented simultaneously and because after-party hotel shots of passed out nude girls seem to be a common setting here. But I like how the characters talk and act like the people I know; these people seem to have ended up how we would have if we wouldn't have embraced societal responsibilities. Thus the dialogue and tone feel authentic to me - I'll give it a few more issues to see if Mayday can make me fall in love with it. Right now it needs a bigger hook than Hunter S. Thompson homages and a few literary allusions...when almost every character can kill-at-will with little repercussion, killing people can't be the hook that evokes my emotional buy-in and ties me to the protagonists. more

The dialogue doesn't feel right at all, the plot is basic and clunky, and for the first time in a long time Syaf doesn't bring the ruckus with his pencils. A skippable issue.

More cops, less Batman focus and more interesting artwork, and we'll have a winner. Poor Detectice Comics. From Daniel to Layman/Fabok to this current team, to the next one - no one can find their footing on this title. We need a nice long consistent GCPD run with lots of detective work going on. And the occasional cameo from Bats. If the main book is summer blockbuster, this one has to be character-driven and more of a slow, intelligent build. more

This gives me the story of character reactions and hesitations about the idea of a new Officer Batman that was missing from Snyder's book - which I liked. But I need better art. I know we were spoiled by Manapul, bit the pencils need more dynamics, especially in the action sequences. Seeing Montoya back with Harv is nice though.

Was it just me, or did Officer Batman's second encounter with a villain read exactly like his first? His know-it-all attitude when it comes to the identities of street thugs is alright, but also feels repeated. And that sleek non-armoured suit does look good. The full Bruce reveal and Gordon confronting him didn't need to be doubled up in the last few pages.

Good to see Julia, not sure if I bought Gordon's physical transformation, but with his uncertainty it doesn't always feel like Jim Gordon. In the field he's still obviously a cop, and the creators did a good job showing why he was the only pick to go into the suit. The self-referential humour was appreciated too.

The dialogue be is silly at times, and a few plot points seem ridiculous and unnecessaryy - like the two leads putting on a disguise for two pages. And Clark comes off as the worst boyfriend...just talking about how hard his childhood was while Diana sits there and nods and listens to his selfish pity party.

Good moments of real heart in the writing out balance the few moments of cheese. Solid artwork throughout, but we've only got background in around half the panels.

The level of violence in this surprised me. And I clearly missed something critical in the 8 page preview. But I 'get' the struggle and met a few of the characters, and with King at the helm, I'm confident this title will only get bigger and better.

In King, I have great faith. And Bagenda's art is in my preferred style. Issue two tells more story tp than issue one, and I like it.

Very good stuff here. Dick continues to face moral dilemmas the way we all hope we would - with instinct and clarity and bravado. Is he the ost likeable hero in comics? He channels James Bond in his initial actions this issue, and channels Batman himself in his final action.

That was awesome! Sustained tension throughout, and this was the first time since Templesmith left the book that I loved the artwork. In fact Ferreyra trumps Templesmith by finally getting the character models consistent throughout. I love how Fawkes gets the various forces (internal investigations, supernatural demons, the Spectre himself) that threaten our character to converge, and I love how he depicts them all as painfully broken people trying to do their best, and shoulder loss. How could working in that division of the Police force do anything else but crush you? And the concept of the apathy demon seemed super creepy to me...it just plants into you from the floor and you allow it to take your life...simple but so creepy! more

I wanted to love this, but it simply did not deliver as it should have. Reis is the man, but I'm not sure he does technology all that well, which is what Cyborg and his new crew of villains is all about. Remember Aquaman #1? It had a nice fresh take on the classic character, built some heartfelt moments, had a few laughs, and had stunning Reis artwork? Yeah, Cyborg #1 doesn't approach that level of "popcorn comic" excellence. But it should have. more

Just not enough story for my four bucks. The art was often quite good, especially the colours and the facial expressions. But the story didn't move enough or have enough weight for me. I'm out on this series.