DC Comics April 13th 2011 Part 1
Batman and Robin #22
A really clever story exploring the nature versus nurture argument, as a killer targets every single blood relative to every single Arkham Asylum inmate. At times I feel this book slips into the duller darker Batman of before rather than using the much more exciting and interesting characters of Dick and Damian to the fullest. The White Knight's end game is to kill all of the Arkham inmates and making a spectacle of the whole thing. There are some funny comments from the various drowning inmates but apart from that it's a pretty sombre issue. With an explosion causing the White Knights own wings to become fused to his body and he's caught and stuck in a cell himself.
Also Batman's cowl ears can be fired at people. Who'd have thunk it?!
The Flash #10
So Hot Pursuit is from an alternate world and it's his bike that gives him speed, he's come here to get fuel for it from the generator of the Speed force- Barry Allen himself! Ok this is feeling like a major story now.
Other than that there is another aged body that has shown up and this time there was a witness AND tyre tracks from a motor bike. Is Hot Pursuit really a good guy?
I do like the stylised sketchy look to the art. It feels weird on a major DC title, that would normally be done by some hyper realistic super detailed artist, which explains why it isn't to the usual Flash fans taste. But Manapul's art suits the book a lot more and I feel like it would be more beneficial to open the book up to wider audience especially as this book is the lead in to the major event Flash Point. Geoff Johns knows exactly where he is going with this and although the story moves slowly there is definitely some good plotting going on here.
Justice league: Generation Lost #23
I know that Wonder Woman Killed Max the last time but other than Max taking control of several government departments already, what does he hope to gain by just killing Wonder Woman?! I just noticed this not-really- a-plot-hole, but more a minor worry. I hope there is something larger at stake if he does get her and that he wasn't just being a deluded villain. This issue Max Lord tricked the Justice League International into giving him the location of Wonder Woman and then stopped his OMAC attack to release the OMAC prime, which is now replicating the remainder of the teams abilities.
The Global OMAC search for Wonder Woman felt a bit more epic than the finale of brightest day in which the reborn heroes and villains are fighting a dark tree in a forest they are stuck in. It's just a shame the two books didn't crossover as it would have helped sales on what is clearly the better book.
A really clever story exploring the nature versus nurture argument, as a killer targets every single blood relative to every single Arkham Asylum inmate. At times I feel this book slips into the duller darker Batman of before rather than using the much more exciting and interesting characters of Dick and Damian to the fullest. The White Knight's end game is to kill all of the Arkham inmates and making a spectacle of the whole thing. There are some funny comments from the various drowning inmates but apart from that it's a pretty sombre issue. With an explosion causing the White Knights own wings to become fused to his body and he's caught and stuck in a cell himself.
Also Batman's cowl ears can be fired at people. Who'd have thunk it?!
The Flash #10
So Hot Pursuit is from an alternate world and it's his bike that gives him speed, he's come here to get fuel for it from the generator of the Speed force- Barry Allen himself! Ok this is feeling like a major story now.
Other than that there is another aged body that has shown up and this time there was a witness AND tyre tracks from a motor bike. Is Hot Pursuit really a good guy?
I do like the stylised sketchy look to the art. It feels weird on a major DC title, that would normally be done by some hyper realistic super detailed artist, which explains why it isn't to the usual Flash fans taste. But Manapul's art suits the book a lot more and I feel like it would be more beneficial to open the book up to wider audience especially as this book is the lead in to the major event Flash Point. Geoff Johns knows exactly where he is going with this and although the story moves slowly there is definitely some good plotting going on here.
Justice league: Generation Lost #23
I know that Wonder Woman Killed Max the last time but other than Max taking control of several government departments already, what does he hope to gain by just killing Wonder Woman?! I just noticed this not-really- a-plot-hole, but more a minor worry. I hope there is something larger at stake if he does get her and that he wasn't just being a deluded villain. This issue Max Lord tricked the Justice League International into giving him the location of Wonder Woman and then stopped his OMAC attack to release the OMAC prime, which is now replicating the remainder of the teams abilities.
The Global OMAC search for Wonder Woman felt a bit more epic than the finale of brightest day in which the reborn heroes and villains are fighting a dark tree in a forest they are stuck in. It's just a shame the two books didn't crossover as it would have helped sales on what is clearly the better book.
DC Comics April 13th 2011 Part 1
Reviewed by Matt
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Reviewed by Matt
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