Our regularly scheduled program from last week was interrupted by the onset of the flu. So here is a quick recap of last week’s titles. The comic haul consisted of a 15 titles (DC/Wildstorm: 6, Marvel: 8 and one Indie). This week was hit and miss, the good books were pretty good while the bad books were pretty bad. Only JLA fell somewhere in-between. Less abbreviated reviews will return this week.
Reading List
February 23, 2010
AZRAEL # 5
CAPTAIN AMERICA # 603
GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 45
GREEN LANTERN # 51
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 42
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM # 9
DARK AVENGERS # 14
SPIDER-WOMAN # 6
BLACK WIDOW: DEADLY ORIGIN # 4
AMAZING SPIDERMAN # 621
OUTSIDERS # 27
INCORRUPTIBLE # 3
In the “read me” queue
TALISMAN # 4
ENDERS SHADOW: COMMAND SCHOOL # 5
STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS # 4
Good
AMAZING SPIDERMAN # 621 – Despite the “Gauntlet” Amazing continues to shine, even in this Black Cat-centric transition issue. Grade: A
CAPTAIN AMERICA # 603 – The Two Captain Americas storyline is better than the previous Bucky-Cap storylines. Grade: B
SPIDER-WOMAN # 6 – Bendis at his masterful best. Jessica Drew takes on the Thunderbolts. Grade: B
INCORRUPTIBLE # 3 – A more character-driven story than the main “Irredeemable” storyline, this title is getting better with each issue and is adding to the core story by fleshing out some interesting backstory for the Plutonian Universe. Grade: B
GREEN LANTERN # 51 – A surprisingly well done installment of the Blackest Night saga. Grade: B-
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM # 9 – Still misses Paul Dini at the helm, the story is a barely decent detective team-up story for Commish Gordon and Batman. The real prize in Streets is Nguyen’s artwork and the superbly executed Manhunter backstory. Grade: B
Bad
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 42 – JLA #42 should have been better, but winds up being another transition issue. Grade: C
BLACK WIDOW: DEADLY ORIGIN # 4 – This mini-series tells both the (original) Black Widow’s origin and also a modern day tale that is supposed to reflect back on the origin. The origin is well written and illustrated. The modern story lacks in imagination and the art is poorly executed. Grade: C-
DARK AVENGERS # 14 – This issue is so out of time (takes place before Seige and the last issue of Dark Wolverine) that it is basically pointless. Add to that it is a Sentry-centric story and you may as well skip it. Grade: C-
GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 45 - The best Blackest Night stories are character driven (mostly because the whole intergalactic-rainbow-zombie war is ridiculous). GL Corps #45 is character driven and still ridiculous. Grade: D
AZRAEL # 5 – Azrael is a title on the brink. Azrael #5 is preachy and subtracts from the title character more than it adds and at this point, this title needs all the help it can get. Grade: D
OUTSIDERS # 27 – Following the exciting revelation at the end of last issue, Outsiders #27 reverts to what you might expect from an Outsiders title without Batman. Not very interesting at all. Grade: D
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