Legion of Super-Heroes #7 - Now this is how you write a book with multiple characters. They’ve had decades of practice when it comes to the Legion. If they could do this with JLA and JSA, I’ll be happy.
Grade: B+. Mon-El beats Earth Man without throwing a punch and Tyroc is finally being used is an interesting manner.
Lucid #2 - Magical black ops teams working for the American government, Illuminati, secret histories, conspiracy theories and the return of Camelot. All this in a fast-paced story.
Grade: B+. Art needs to be a little clearer, but the story makes up for this deficiency.
Mindfield #4 - Take Lucid, remove the magic and put in a black ops team with psychic abilities. And like Lucid, it’s good.
Grade B+. Artwork is a problem here.
Phoenix Without Ashes #4 - When Harlan Ellison writes a good story, it just pops and leaves you wanting more. I picked up issue 1 as an impulse buy and I’ve never regretted it.
Grade: A-. How can you mess up Amish people in space?
Power Girl #18 - There is a disturbing trend in this book. Regardless of how good the story is, they all follow a simple pattern: 1) Power Girl gets attacked. 2) Power Girl gets her ass beat senseless. 3) Power Girl defeats bad guy. Admittedly, I am not the biggest Power Girl fan. I’ve always wondered why she was kept around after the first Crisis. I fully understand Kara can be lumped in with Starfire and simply viewed as nothing more than fan service, but this pattern the stories take is bound to get boring real soon.
Grade: B. It’s still a good book with good art and is better than a lot of the crap on the racks these days.
Supergirl #58 - Questions, questions. 1) Isn’t the female Doctor Light an astronomer? When the hell did she become a geneticist? The Dollmaker?!?! Really? More Superwoman? I haven’t dropped this book yet?
Am I a glutton for punishment?
Grade: D. Why, oh why?
Superior #2 – Typical Icon book? Pages and pages of story that normally be told on a couple of pages. Talk about decompression.
Grade: D.
The Avengers #7 - Once again, Wonder Man talking to the Avengers and once again, he’s being a dick. For some reason he seems to think the Avengers shouldn’t exist but never says why. It makes him look like a big bitch. He makes a bunch of threats, but my main question is: Does anybody even think Wonder Man has a chance against Thor and Iron Man? Oh yeah, and we get the Red Hulk a character I loathe.
Grade: B. The art is still God-awful, it’s the Avengers doing big things like they’re supposed to.
The Boys - Highland Laddie #4 - Poor Wee Hughie. He finally meets a good woman and she turns out to be something he is totally against. The one thing I like about Dynamite Entertainment side series is that they are essential to moving the main story forward and gives you plot elements that can’t be presented in the main book due to a lack of space. They also do the job of closing up plot holes that exist up until that point.
Grade: B. If you think The Boys are a one-trick pony, you’re wrong and you should give the book a chance.
The Flash #6 - Why is a book featuring the “fastest man alive” always late? This book has been around for damn near a year and we’re only on issue 6. Makes me think it’s an Image or Aspen book with all the delays. But here we are and the first story arch has come to an end. Late as it may be, it’s still a good book.
Grade: A. Is it me or do all the members of the Satellite League now have these big, sweeping storylines that only a Justice League ember should have?
Thunderbolts #150 - Basically, we got a story full of moralizing, and holy-than-thou speeches. About why there we need the Thunderbolts. Captain America even goes as far as to tell Luke Cage, the Thunderbolts are doing better than some “pure hero” teams. This is a complete pile of bullshit. If the Avengers are about training, you mean to tell me a team of heroes can’t do the Thunderbolts job? Oh wait, there is a team that does it. They’re called the Secret Avengers. I’m more than likely dropping this book, so que sera, sera.
Grade: C. No new ground covered here.
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