Superboy #14
I don't know how long Superboy is for the Pull-List. My love of the pre-New 52 Connor Kent has pulled me through 14 issues of the New 52 version in hopes that at some point they'd dovetail into each other. It doesn't look like they are.
The Superboy portion of H'el On Earth starts here and the Teen Titans are involved. I don't like the New 52 Teen Titans, so this is somewhat of a put off. The story is pretty basic. H'el shows up and kicks everyones ass and absconds with Kon. I guess this continues in Supergirl and Superman, but my interest is limited. The character of H'el just seems like a bad attempt at making a better Bizarro.
R.B. Silva's art this issue, which I normally like, its geared to look more like Kenneth Rocafort's (who's leading the H'el story in Superman), which I also like. The melding of the two doesn't work out as great as Silva's standard sharp efforts.
This book got off to a great start, but is seriously flagging.
Batman and Robin #14
The art on this last issue before Death Of The Family kicks off is split by two artists. The book is not better for it.
Patrick Gleason and Tomas Giorello split the art and whats normally a great issue by Gleason takes a little bit of a hit. Giorello's work is fine, but Gleason's art is best read uninterrupted. He's capable of flowing his art from panel to panel and the Giorello pages are a distraction from the whole.
Peter Tomasi writes a nice story surrounding the Saturn Club and if Death Of The Family doesn't interrupt too much I'd love to see a little more from this group of whack jobs.
Saga #7
#7 kicks off the second arc after a couple month break. It picks up just as good as where it left off.
We learn a little bit this issue about Marko's parents via a flashback from Hazel's narration. They seem like loving parents if not a little brutal. After "killing" Isabel, Marko and his mom take off to go find where she was banished leaving Marko's dad and Alana to have a little heart to heart.
Its an incredibly smooth issue and a great kick off for the second part of the story.
Batman #14
The first issue of Death Of The Family was quite amazing. This one took a little more suspension of disbelief that pulled me out of the story. Rare for a Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo production.
Joker has already taken Alfred and this issue he does something to Gordon causing him to bleed out. But its never really explained how he does it. He also manages to have a ton of novelty teeth shoot out of the water and tie up Batman on a bridge. Its understood that you just have to believe things happen in comics but the story takes it one step beyond.
We're still in the early stages of the story, and there's a lot of time for things to be explained (like how Joker knows everything he does). And though you're asked to just "go with it" that doesn't mean its not an exciting story.
Green Lantern Corps #14
Moreso than any other book that frequents my Pull-List, each issue of Peter Tomasi's Green Lantern Corps reads like a major motion picture.
Fernando Pasarin continues to be the best big budget artist in the business. Yeah, Greg Capullo and Jim Lee are always gonna be hyped, but Pasarin flies under the radar really understanding the world that he's drawing. His scope, framing and movement really support the movielike quality of the book.
The Third Army is attacking all over the Universe and the Guardians are masterfully puppeteering the downfall of the Corps. Guy loses two hole platoons of Lanterns in two books and is forced to resign. Meanwhile John Stewart is out in space doing busy work trying to put Mogo back together. He and Kyle Rayner are the last Earth GL's the Guardians need to take out of the picture. (Simon Baz doesn't count yet.)
Tomasi, working with Geoff Johns on bigger-scale stories are easily the best writing team-up in the biz.
Panel(s) of the Week:
Greg Capullo's subtle not to Bruce's tapedeck resembling the Joker was a shoe-in for Panel of the Week. But how could I NOT include Fiona Staples incredibly disgusting effort from Saga?
-Gint
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