Its Crossover Week on the Pull-List as two of three books are parts of other stories.
Superboy #9
The Culling crossover continues in Superboy. R.B. Silva is back on pencils and that's where he needs to be. Superboy has been one of Scott Lobdell's better efforts of The New 52, but Silva's crisp, clean artwork really pushes it to another level.
The main battle this issue takes place between the Titans, the Legion and the Ravagers. We mostly focus on Superboy and get some hints about Kid Flash's past/future and where he came from and get more hints that Superboy might be evil. Every Connor Kent story has an arc involving him turning bad and having to fight his dark side. I'd love to see Lobdell skip over that played out record and spin something new. Considering the foreshadowing we're getting, I don't think I'll get my wish.
Part 3 of The Culling continues in Legion Lost which will have to wait because my local comic shop was out of it. Understandable. Who expects such a rush on Legion Lost?
Batman and Robin #9
Crossover week continues with Batman and Robin's entry for Night of the Owls. For as much as I trust Scott Snyder to write some good stories, and as cool as Night of the Owls sounded, I've opted to NOT be roped into another multi-book crossover and continue to get what I was already getting.
Going into this issue I was sure I'd be on the outside and confused jumping right into a Night of the Owls book. Not so. Peter Tomasi does what he does best and takes care of his readers. This issue, though part of a larger story, reads like a cool one and done story about Robin saving an army General.
Series regular artist Pat Gleason is off for this issue and Lee Garbett is in. Garbett and inkers Ray McCarthy and Keith Champagne do their best work mimicking Gleason. This book should fit seamlessly in both the Night of the Owls collection and the Batman and Robin collection.
Green Lantern #9
After a slight hiccup after the New 52 launch, Geoff Johns has successfully taken Green Lantern back to its pre-Blackest Night heights.
Hal and Sinestro are trapped on Nok, the Indigo Tribe's homeworld where Sinestro is captured and made one of them. After many hints and a long wait, we finally learn the story behind the Indigo Tribe and Abin Sur's involvement. It doesn't paint Abin Sur in the best light and shows us that everything surrounding the Indigo Tribe is pretty fucked up.
Doug Mahnke and the art team continue their fantastic run on this book setting up the conclusion of The Secret of the Indigo Tribe next issue.
Panel of the Week:
Nice subtlety as Damian cuts off this Talon's head and leaves it to look like an owl in a tree.
-Gint
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