Supergirl #15
Mike Johnson holds the writing reigns in navigating the Supergirl issues through Scott Lobdell's H'El On Earth storyline. I haven't been reading it, so I'm hoping its over soon and we get back to what made Supergirl a great book when the New 52 launched.
Mahmud Asrar is still on art and he's still doing a fine job. But tying into an uninteresting story... we'll you can't shine a turd. H'El somehow has the power to shrink Kara down and send her into the bottled city of Kandor to steal Kandor power source. He's tricked her into doing this of course.
It seems like a crazy-ass silver age story. I don't know why so many Superman writers are so beholden to that time in Super-history. I guess because that's what they grew up on. If it was up to me, Superman would't have a Fortress of Solitude and Kandor would have just been destroyed with the rest of Krypton.
Lets get back to the real Supergirl please. The sooner the better.
Wonder Woman #15
I had no idea what the hell was happening in this issue. I think I might have an idea. But at the end, I'm really not sure.
Orion, of the incredibly overrated New Gods shows up and needs help from a bum who has some kind of seeing power... but he's blind. I guess he's Diana and Lennox's brother? And Hephaestus shows up out of nowhere and gives Diana more powers? I'm sure Azzarello has a plan he's working toward, but like the last few issues, this one seems to set up more questions than give any answers.
The positive is that Cliff Chiang drew the whole book. Its a great looking book. Its just a shame the story around it isn't.
Sword of Sorcery #3
Alas, the great consecutive run of Aaron Lopresti's art is over. He's limited to 15 of 20 pages this issue, presumably because he's fallen behind schedule and the book needs to stay on time. His fill-in, Claude St. Aubin does a more than capable job, but when you (me) buy a book just to see Lopresti, its a blow (not in the good way) when he's not there.
We learn more about the world of Nilaa in that its populated by all Earthlings. I assume we'll learn more about it as the story continues, but apparently people of Earth found Nilaa and its magics and settled there. Neat little twist for a story that could of easily made them just people from a different world.
The first arc of Tony Bedard and Jesus Saiz Beowulf wraps up and for as much as I like Amethyst, this backup story is really what I get excited for. The setting of Beowulf is a He-Man-type world of medieval times couple with technology. The technology left over from a world where homo sapiens destroyed the world in a war with meta humans. ($oss take note: this is a sweet dystopian future).
I haven't looked at the numbers for this book, but I'm really enjoying it so I hope it sticks around a while longer.
Green Lantern: New Guardians #15
According to this interview here, it sounds like Aaron Kruder will be the new artist on New Guardians after a few different artists were in an out of the title.
In the past I was a little hard on Kruder's art. I think it had a lot to do with his style being so different from what I'm used to on a Green Lantern title. After hearing him talk about being on the book, and seeing him handle a whole issue, I'm on board. His style is kind of an indie/Quitley style, but I like it anyway.
The problem I'm having with what was a very entertaining issue, is how Kyle can channel each color corps without a ring for each? I know its crazy nerd stuff, but how can he channel each corps with only a Green ring which isn't built to handle love, compassion or any of the other emotions? Even in comics you have to adhere to the science that's already been established.
Overall, good stuff and a worthy book for the Green Lantern Universe.
Green Lantern #15
Since 2004 this had been the book I most look forward to reading.
Simon Baz is the center of the book. And before each month I think "man, I wish Hal was the lead again." And I still do. But for as much as I think I don't care about Simon Baz, Geoff Johns makes me give a shit. Baz gets into trouble with the FBI and the terrorist who he's been framed for and saved by... B'Dg, a Green Lantern squirrel. Assumingly the same alien squirrel species as C'hp.
What also makes this book great is the art of Doug Mahnke. Since he's been on the book, he's never missed an issue or even split duties with another artist. Yeah, there's five inkers including himself, but the pencils are all Mahnke all the time.
Page of the Week:
A sample of the great stuff Jesus Saiz is doing on the Beowulf back up in Sword of Sorcery.
-Gint
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