Green Lantern: New Guardians #13
This book immediately loses points for bad artwork. Are there really that few good artists out there that a big company like DC has to rely on mess like this?
"Artists" Andrei Bressan and Amilcar Pinna take turns shitting on this issue. The story, which has been pretty solid by Tony Bedard also dips a little. Atrocitus just appears to make Kyle feel rage. Nothing is really explained about how he got there, or how Kyle's green ring can suddenly channel the red and blue spectrums. Atrocitus shows up, makes Kyle mad, Kyle kills some terrorists and that's it. Issue over. AND I'm pretty sure our esteemed artists didn't bother looking up how to draw Atrocitus or Carol Ferris' new costume either.
Ugh... this book has really had potential the last few issues and this one pissed it away.
Wonder Woman #13
Its a good thing Tony Akins' art is similar enough to Cliff Chiang, because if it was drastically different, I couldn't take the change from month to month. I know Chiang is great and all, but he needs to start being faster.
Azzarello's story goes on. What once started as a great story has really begun to slow down and drag on a little bit. For those of us that appreciate a shared universe, Azz is really holding out on us. Its making me appreciate Gail Simone's run even more as she made Wonder Woman a real hero of the people, and not just the lead in a story about gods.
For as nice as the book looks, I'm getting bored.
Supergirl #13
Gint-favorite artist Mahmud Asrar is off issue #13. Seems like a thing this week. In his place is Sami Basri who does quite an effective job. Still, there's some subtle qualities that Asrar delivers on that Basri could use in his own work. But the art was enjoyable regardless.
Michael Green has left the book to pursue some of his other work and left Mike Johnson at the helm. #13 felt a little wordy and I don't know if that was just this issue or what's to come from Johnson going solo.
Kara beats the new and improved Simon Tycho once again, and pretty handily too. Tycho doesn't seem to be much of a threat yet. Tycho helps her discover that part of her ship broke off in the ocean and created her own Fortress of Solitude called Sanctuary. I know this is really more of a clubhouse than a home, same with Supes, but I'd really like to see writers do away with the Fortresses and just have Supes and Kara fly off to their own apartments in the city. You know why no one can relate to the Super-characters? Because real people don't have Fortresses of Solitude.
Other than that I still really enjoy this version of Kara and where this book is going.
Sword of Sorcery #1
This is one of the best looking books on the shelves these days. Between Aaron Lopresti on the main Amethyst title and Jesus Saiz on the Beowulf backup, you'll be hard pressed to find a better looking book.
Christy Marx and Tony Bedard's stories in each respectively take us to world's loosely tied to the greater DCU. I imagine we'll see more of that as the series goes on. Beowulf started looking like its own universe until we see him fight a couple Waynetech Wardrones.
The only critique I can think of is having them get an inker for Lopresti, but that's small potatoes for the great work he's doing.
Justice League #13
This is what I like from my Justice League book. Yeah, we got some action, but we also got a good look at the interpersonal relationships between our heroes. If we don't care about them as people, why should we care about them as heroes? Geoff Johns understands this like few other writers.
The remaining six members of the League set off to help Wonder Woman track down the Cheetah. What we learn is that the Cheetah is a virus that can infect Superman. We also learn than Wonder Woman and Supes' relationship post-kiss is complicated.
The best part of this issue? I forgot how fucking good Tony Daniel's artwork is.
Panel of the Week:
Tony Daniel's work on Justice League is phenomenal, but its Tomeu Morey's colors that really make this the Panel of the Week.
-Gint
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