I have to admit, the story in this issue improved. It's gone from abhorrently bad to just dull and uninteresting. Progress was made!

The plot-holes present in this story that remains lackluster have never been more jarring than with a Lois Lane who would leave her son without second thoughts with an individual, who I reiterate for what feels like the nth time, WAS AN ENEMY of theirs the last time they encountered him. Jor-El never had a moment of redemption or contrition as Mr. X or did anything to even remotely position him as anything other than an antagonist towards his son, so having both of Jon's parents accept him as his guardian is ridiculous.

If the premise behind the only plot development an issue actually had is so dumb it makes said development unbelievable, is there any point to the issue? If you ask me, I'd say there is not.

Rather than showing the reunion of Lois Lane and Superman as a momentous occassion it felt like an unremarkable event without any impact. A missed opportunity seeing as it did nothing with what was something fans demanded. In fact stating Lois needed to be away from her family does not even deliver what fans clamored, it's the exact opposite. The Superman Family as built up in the previous volume was great and allowed for growth on each of its members, this decision is a regression in every sense of the word.

I'll end this by saying that just how Superman appeared to reminisce about the good old days looking at the framed article Lois wrote about "The Death of Superman", I also miss the days when the writing for such a storied character was not garbage. Even if that story is the moment when death lost all power in comics, it is markedly better than any of the crap bendis is crapping out for Superman.

The art was good, only worthwhile thing in the issue. Not enough to merit buying this. more

incredibly stupid. so.. your wife and son left in a hurry one night to go into outer space against your wishes... you lost contact with them.. they've been gone for months and now the wife is back without the kid and doesn't even tell you... because she just wants to write?

oh, but hey, she got super-laid and so she definitely wants him to come back again..

utterly devoid of value. maybe 1-2 panels weren't bad, if only the story didn't drag them down to the pits

from a base of 6, this gets a rating of: 1.
-2 because: the stupidest storyline ever?
-2 because: Lois and Jon were great.. before Bendis....
-1 because: can't even imagine how Bendis thought this would be cool

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Sook's art is breathtaking, but even that can't save this dumpster fire. There are far too many plot holes. Lois' written completely out of character and her reasons for not telling Clark she's back are flimsy at best and ignores two years of continuity. Clark goes along with this barely questions anything. He doesn't really seem to care that his son is with a genocidal maniac. Neither of them come out of this book looking good. more

I don't get why anyone would like this, bendis was the worst thing that ever happened to superman fans!

Who would've thought Suicide Squad can have a solid arc these days? While the issue sure is far from perfect, it's a decent read, and a good conclusion to the Kobra arc. Albeit I wouldn't mind Deadshot's hand growing back permanently instead of just disappearing like it did in the end of the comic - never been a fan of his Skywalker prosthetic, it was pretty pointless from the very beginning.
>Other than that, I'd recommend the issue, of course within margin of reason. It's still Suicide Squad, so it's better not to expect much from it. more

This gets a 6, because of the Aquaman crossover. This doesn’t take away from Suicide Squad being one of the worst Rebirth titles throughout its run, never howlingly bad but always consistingly mediocre.
No character development, the characters have been calcified from the first issue, probably in an effort to mirror the film. But with the exception of Deadshot, all of them are one note cartoons. At least this last mission had some expendables which is what made the Suicide Squad revival fun in the 80s.
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After several mediocre and shaky issues, Ed Brisson brings his A game to Old Man Logan again and the results are striking. The spectacular Juan Ferreyra art in issues 43-45 is a beauty.
Old Man Logan is at his best dealing with apocalyptic brutality and this is what he’s up against when Bullseye decides to go in a murderous rampage to get back at Logan for humiliating him during the misbegotten Kingpin arc.
There are real stakes here, Bullseye is appropiately psychopatic and terrifying, and there are good supporting characters. Seems like Brisson wants to end his old Man Logan run in a high note.
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Though the conclusion is surprisingly ironic, this is the worst story arc of Ed Brisson run. This is a Daredevil comic, not a Wolverine one.
The fact the whole story is built on Logan trying to decrypt a USB is ludicrous. Couldn’t he have called anyone on the X Men Mansion to help? Ditto, would Logan travel with a citizen at risk on the subway needlessly endangeribg him and getting him shot on the head? Why not call Nightcrawler or Magik for teleportation? Logan acts so stupidly throughout this street level arc that it’s just indigestible. Art is bad too.
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Art was again, on point! Favorites issue in the series so far! Only Quiver was, so the explosion never happened with Beast? A little part of me wishes that Esme is alive to make an arcnemesis for Laura. Though no doubt that there is a part of Sophie still in Laura's head. Tamaki deff feels like she has the dialogue for both Laura and Gabby down.

Tom Taylor’s X 23 was one of Marvel’s best titles throughout its run, making both Laura and Gabby memorable and interesting.
Mariko Tamaki gives Taylor a run for his money with her first 5 issues and first arc. Anyone who can makes The Cuckoos riveting deserves an award and that’s what Tamaki does creating a parallel between their situations and Laura and Gabby. The story’s twists and turns were surprising and suspenseful all along with first rate storytelling and characterization. more

Well written, but distracting as it comes in the middle of the big Totality storyline Snyder was telling.
I’m not a big fan of that story as it seems to be the Lex Luthor story more than a Justice League epic, but well.
The story is well paced, well told, well written with welcome apoearances by Firestorm and Adam Strange.
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On its seventh issue this seems to be one of the best revitalizations of a super hero in recent times. Al Ewing’s storytelling is brilliant and unpredictable.
If Ewing keeps it up this could be up there with Tom King’s Vision or Jason Aaron’s work on Thor.
Probably the best book being published by Marvel right now.

This issue is an improvement over the last ones, as it’s at least some fun and relatively linear.
However, the whole thing feels absolutely unnecessary and irrelevant. Why did this story need to be told? To reintroduce Warlock? He has hardly been the star at this and when he shows up, he is far from compelling.
The Marvel mashups are fun, sure, but who wants to read a series of mini series of characters who will never appear again?
Sadly, one of the biggesf failings of the mini is the art. Deodato art makes the story seems heavy handed when it should be somethinh lighter and otherwordly.
But well the biggest failing is the story itself. Or the non story?
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from a base of 6, this gets a rating of: 7.
-1 because: it was confusing.
+1 because: Wonder Woman was at least portrayed well.
+1 because: I do want to see what her domain ends up looking like

I'm glad to see characters interacting with each other in between fighting crime and saving the world, but I don't think it's for the best of the series to focus an entire issue on them. Reason being, this comic feels like a filler, and maybe because it is. And don't get me wrong - I don't dislike it for not progressing the story at all, nor putting emphasis on aforementioned interactions and building relationships. It's a fun comic, but one that ends in the same place it starts. more

DC should just completely forget the "Batman Who Laughs" and that whole pile of garbage that was Metal!

I typically really like anything written by Tynion, but he had nothing to work with here.

The story continues to be convoluted and dense. So far the real star of these 9 issues is Lex Luthor. They would have been better off calling this Legion of Doom.
Snyder continues to think the Batman Who Laughs is a fascinating creation. It’s not. In its own way it’s as disastrous a creation as Nazi Cap. You should always believe that in any universe Bruce Wayne would be Bruce Wayne.
>The concepts are interesting and yes, thought provoking, but then we get into an Aquaman oriented story to tie in with the upcoming movie.
The heroes hardly get any exposure. I think Superman and Wonder Woman don’t get to say a word in the entire issue.
Ambitious but misguided. more