It's really hard to give my thoughts on this comic. It can either be an interesting cliffhanger, or a major disappointment. Only time will tell.

But one of the praises I must give is that Bedlam II: Legend of the Curly's Gold is very funny.

Simon spurrier is one of the writers whom I am not a fan of. His writing is very hard to understand, since I feel like he's more of a fan of "black magic" or "occult" or "metaphysical" stuff similar to Grant Morrison. I tried reading Damn them All, but I couldn't understand it, and he puts out confusing explanations like "entangling conduits in the quantum waveform", or "kinetic hyper stimulation of organic molecules" or "organic homunculi"

I appreciate Simon Spurrier for the new concepts he's trying to put out, but this is too confusing for me. The one saving grace is that the art looks pretty nice and great. more

I think Waid0s writing is fine. Effective, well-paced without losing sight at characterization. However, I ahve to admit I'm not the biggest fan of how he's revising Kingodm Come at the moment, and I also think David has lost something in the transition from Boy Thudenr to the much more overtly evil Thunderman.

My only grip: it would have worked better as an Ultimate Punisher Series. But, it was very good.

Man, ever since JLU turned John Stewart from a radical architect with a social conscience to a tough-as-nails marine, his character has been pretty one-note and has suffered as a result.
Plus how clichéd is it to have a GL member be a military guy.
At least this writer has said he's going to refocus on the architect part, but there's a lot of character salvaging to do here. Not there yet. more

I feel like I'm wondering through the desert myself trying to find a way to enjoy this series again. Guillen is skilled in his storytelling with Exodus and Xavier but it's not hooking me. I'll see what happens but Fall of X isn't doing it for me.
Edit: I forgot to mention Paco Medina on art was nice and he gives Selene that beautifully menacing look.

Step down from DCeased: Dead Earth

Pacing has gotten too slow

Zdarsky has lost his way. He himself is a good enough writer, but he constantly learns on poor writers to help him develop ideas and it shows. We saw how the Failsafe arc ended (The insane/dumb way Batman makes it back from the Moon was Ryan Norths idea as stated by Chip).

Now he works with Tini, a writer who books constantly drop after she takes over and who much of the time has her books cancelled due to how poorly they are written. It is clear this 'event' is being used to boost the faltering Catwoman sales and it shows.

This issue is a mess. I don't really want to go into more detail as it is depressing to contemplate this book, but skip it. Skip this event. Its not worth your money or time. Even if you are a completionist, just save yourself the money. Don't do this to yourself. more

I have never read an interesting Batman comic written by Joshua Williamson.

A little corny in parts, but overall a fun/ interesting issue that felt different than a large amount of this run so far.

The second year of Wells' run starts out in an odd place. It really feels like the title is playing catch up with itself. I guess that's necessary after a storyline that primarily took place in the past, and before that, one that ended up being a giant waste of time.

This would be a fresh start for the title if not for Ms. Marvel's death looming over everything. By far, the best part of this current era of Spidey is Norman's attempts at redemption, and I'm glad that seems to be taking a focus here again. Gold Goblin's shock-snap ending is finally addressed, which is good as it was very important for Norman's character, but then it's undone by this issue's ending. I'm not shocked by that. Queen Goblin was set up in this run as a villain; it'd be weird for her to simply disappear after the Hobgoblin arc. I feel like it immensely undercuts that Gold Goblin miniseries, though.

And for the other plot, we finally get some sort of follow through on ASM 900. I like that the story that somehow stuck out more than Dark Web is finally being incorporated into the rest of the run, but it creates this really weird tonal whiplash. Peter and Norman are both really down right now over a death they feel very responsible for, but there's a pair of Ock arms that is in love with Peter, and Jonah's getting a taste of his own medicine lol. I wish this issue would've picked a lane and stuck with it. Go dark and have a character driven issue about grief, or do a fresh start and get away from everything for a wacky, fun Doc Ock story. The book's doing a lot of juggling, and I hope it pays off for a satisfying story.

McGuinness' art is overall good, although I thought it was sloppy in places. His art is very clean but, in this instance, I don't think it helps the issue. The tonal back and forth is made worse by an art style that doesn't really have a specific atmosphere to it. You could put McGuinness on any story and it'll look very nice, but it would be on the writer to make it feel a specific way beyond that, and Wells doesn't set the tone here.

Overall, nothing here is bad or poorly written, but it feels like Wells and co. don't know exactly what story they want to tell.

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