Week two gives us thirteen more titles. These are not detailed reviews, just hit 'em fast and move on first impressions.
Action Comics: Since I haven't drunk DC's kool-aid, I'm not predisposed to nominate Grant Morrison for sainthood for deigning to write Superman. Philosophically, though, I do like the approach. It is actually fun, as a comic named Action should be.
Animal Man: You can tell they like Morrison around here.
Batgirl: I'd almost rather The Killing Joke be written out of continuity than see Barbara freeze in a crisis because of flashbacks to it.
Batwing: Even in-story, marketing is the reason this character is wearing a bat. Have you no shame? (At least he isn't being called the Black Bat, which must have been tempting.)
Detective Comics: Ew. Thanks for reminding me why I stopped reading Batman. Is there supposed to be any detecting going on around here?
Green Arrow: When Green Arrow is a better Batman book than Detective, you're in trouble.
Hawk and Dove: Why does this look like an unused (with good reason) inventory story from 24 years ago?
Justice League International: Why does the Hall of Justice even exist? Why are we getting Justice League spinoff titles before the actual Justice League title begins telling contemporary stories? The book is counting on us already knowing and liking these characters: I thought this was supposed to be an All New DC Universe?
Men of War: Wow, real continuity. This isn't Frank Rock, who still served in WWII.
OMAC: Finally someone remembers OMAC is a Kirby concept. Surprisingly good.
Static Shock: Skimmed it. Found nothing that demanded a closer look.
Stormwatch: Week two of The New 52, and already we're getting footnoted flash-forwards to books that haven't been published yet. DC Editorial, this is a Calendar; Calendar, DC Editorial. Get to know each other, will you? Characters I don't know are introducing themselves clumsily and giving me no reason to like them. J'onn J'onzz' presence just looks intended to manipulate me into buying the damn book. Interesting how they mention his Justice League roots here, but not in Justice League or Justice League International. If they don't think he can carry his own book, why do they think he's going to lead me into Wildstorm? I think I'll start calling him "the Martian Moses."
Swamp Thing: Alec Holland and Superman stand around and talk. *Yawn*.
1 comment:
Hey, I have mostly the same opinions. Check it out, I think you might like my observations on the "meh" ones.
In general, the problem is that none of them really exploit the 22-page format properly. Story arcs or multiple part stories are ok, but at least a some storyline should have the full structure within each issue. Most of the new 52 I've read felt like trailers for the upcoming trades.
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