Finally Simon Spurrier's finally of The Flash and we can get some actual Flash stories. So great to read the Flash fam again where everyone is written naturally to the characters. Though its a shame this book gets bogged down over explaining KO (like so many other books this week), its at least great to have a fun romp with Bart and Wally.

Waid's been putting out some great stuff with his return to DC but his events have all been a mess with each one having so many lingering effects that just convolute things so much it takes away from any intrigue or suspense from the next event. The concept of following a bunch of temporary heroes isn't doing it for me even though he's trying to add some depth to how they feel, it mostly fell flat. more

After the rushed/hand wavy "event", Adams get back to what he does best in this cool down/set up issue full of fun dialog touching base with where all the characters are at and setting up the threats coming forward. The art is great. Super energetic making an issue full of talking feel more exciting.

Though the explaining the process for getting everyone off planet is fairly boring (thank god not brutally boring like Teen Titans), Williamson at least has some good dialog in those moments. The end with Lois and Prime was fun and should make for some good issues to come.

This issue was tons of fun and was not only the first issue with Mark Russell involved that I've ever enjoyed let alone been able to tolerate. He still couldn't help himself repeating some bag gags that fell flat but all in all this was the fun one off this series needed after running stale of late.

Jeff Lemire is one of my all time favorite writers but man this series is really struggling from pacing. Just when things ramped up last issue to get things going, we're bogged down with a flashback issue that could've been shown in less pages and would've fit better in an earlier issue.

This series is just a fun read and feels like Slott has found his groove balancing some cheesy fun with an interesting story.

Another month, and another month where I wonder where the good writer I was told Dan Watters was?
Seriously, the comic has good art, good colors, look, he brought in a cool villain, and...... nothing. Nightwing doesn't do anything, Bryce and the lesbian cop get all the attention. The main "plot" develops so slowly that sometimes I wonder if it even exists.
Please, a new writer, and it doesn't even have to be someone big. An Ed Brisson would do just fine. more

I'm a huge Nightwing fan but this series just keeps getting more painful to read. The dumb concepts were bad enough but all the Killer Moth "jokes" made me physically cringe.

Man this issue was painfully boring. The whole moving the whole population off planet from KO is ridiculous enough that the less explanation the better so it's a shame this series had to get bogged down with a tie in issue to explain the process. Way too much unnecessary text and can't wait for the series to get back to it's own story. All that said, I really liked the scene with Tera & Raven so there was at least one moment worth reading. more

This issue was just a slog to read but thankfully got more interesting in the final couple pages.

I made an account just to dog on the sheer stupidity of this comic.
This stupidity I reference is ultimately displayed in Ryan North's character's portrayal of Doctor Doom during this issue. It is revealed that Doom has been incarcerating the citizens of Latervia and using them as a battery for his own selfish desires. I swear, just writing that gave me an aneurysm because of the betrayal of how this character has been represented.

Doom is selfish and authoritarian, yes, but also deeply protective of his nation. Time and again, stories have shown him as a jealous yet fiercely compassionate ruler who genuinely believes he’s the best guardian of Latveria. North’s portrayal strips away all but his authoritarian side, discarding 60+ YEARS of nuance and history


So I wonder why can't North prioritise how the only bad aspect of Doom was his authoritarian control and people's lack of the right to vote for their leader, so Reed and the other heroes are forced to make a change to prove they are superior. Furthermore, I have genuinely no clue why this was done again, only now making him enslave his people when on multiple different occasions, the people who found out that he enslaved his country, only just found it out now.

In conclusion, just retcon that their slavery was also an illusion, and he's protecting them in like a pocket dimension or something. more

I liked North's FF run but have been struggling with this event but this reveal that Doom is sacrificing the people of Latveria to make the world better is garbage and totally goes against the character. Just another example of how awful Marvel has become and a lack of good editorial staff. This would have been fine if it was any other nation but Doom is all about his people and only his people so sacrificing them to help other nations is just awful and so disappointing to see how low the Marvel line has become. more

I had plenty of fun with the characters in this issue and event but there was far too much hand wavy moments that really took away from the issue. The worst part of the event was the generic villains where had they stuck with Nate as the big bad as it started, would've been so much more interesting. Still a fun read and looking forward to the future issues of both series now that the event put things back in place. more

I really liked all the character moments at the school and with the parents but the whole shift where Captain Comet was just testing Clark by betraying him after we explicitly saw him working with Lane felt very unnatural where the concept would've been fine without that scene in the previous issue.

Still the best Batman book out there. I wasn't happy with Fraction's last issue, and then I read this. We have a mystery, a viable threat, and a father-son budding relationship that is hampered by duty. I hope that he doesn't draw it out like the Momento story. Six issues is good. Love the Penguin in here as well.

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This was such an excellent issue and shows what PJK is capable of. I like his writing but find he gets so bogged down in lore that it often kills any momentum to, or even interest in, his stories yet his character work and general concepts are fantastic. If he learns to consolidate the lore to his stories and tighten up the amount of issues for a story, he'll be a great writer.

I felt this issue was really firing on all cylinders. The character work between Bruce & Damien was fantastic, all the character voices were authentic, the pacing was perfect, the angle of Damien & the "strays" continues to be awesome, the concept of the quiet man is cool & the reveal wasn't brutally dragged out (like the last story), and the Penguin, Harvey, & Ventriloquist are 3 of my favorite Bat-villains so really enjoying how this is going. more