Only one book had a fill-in artist this week and I couldn't believe it.
Green Lantern: New Guardians #27
Musical Artists continues this week at DC as Brad Walker rides the pine in favor of Andrei Bressan. He does a nice job. Keeping up with Walker's talents is tough business. The only problem with Bressan's work is character inconsistency. At times, characters look different from panel to panel.
As far as the story goes, Justin Jordan has been doing a good job. He's writing a solid book of Kyle Rayner and the Templar Guardians taking care of business in the Universe. The introduction of the alien Exeter is a nice addition to the GL Universe.
If Jordan would just quit hinting around at a proposed romantic relationship between Kyle and Carol Ferris, I could fully support his work.
Batman #27
Though it pains me to say it, I might be losing interest in Zero Year. The first arc was a quick, interesting look back at Bruce's first days at being a costumed hero. Arc Two, Dark City, is starting to drag.
Greg Capullo's art is still top notch. Each page is masterfully crafted. Turns out you CAN be a successful, on-time artist while dealing with a Twitter addiction. Capullo has been pumping out each page of this series with RARELY a fill-in. Makes me wonder what other DC artists are up to that they can't make 2 issues without help.
The only thing I'd like to start getting away from is the light pastel color palette by FCO Plascencia. Its a little too bright and abstract. I'm ready for a more traditional dark Bat-pallette.
Justice League #27
Starring CYBORG! When the fate of the world is left in the hands of Cyborg, I just can't get interested. Geoff Johns has been doing his best to make him interesting for 27 issues, but it's just not taking. I miss the Pre-New 52 Justice League that included Martian Manhunter.
Besides all the touching pages about Cyborg and his father's reconciliation while he gets rebuilt and upgraded, Johns digs deep to show us the real reason Victor Stone is a hero. Its not just because of his cybernetic enhancements, he's a hero at heart. We also get a quick glimpse of the New 52 Doom Patrol who gets quickly dismantled by the Crime Syndicate. Much like Cyborg on the Justice League, they make me miss the Old 52.
Though it sounds like I loathed this issue, Johns and Ivan Reis RARELY do subpar work. And while this isn't the greatest issue of Justice League, it's still a solid chapter in the Forever Evil series.
Batman and Two-Face #27
Pete Tomasi and Patrick Gleason's story of Harvey Dent vs. Erin McKillen continues. This story has been so good I'm looking forward to reading it all in one sitting once its finished.
Two-Face and Erin McKillen are at each others throats trying to kill each other all while the crime familes of Gotham try to kill them. Batman gets caught in the middle trying to save them both. Tomasi and Gleason are both pros. They've been doing this long enough, and with each other that its no wonder the storytelling is so smooth.
I expected this to be a shorter story arc, but either way its playing out as a great Batman story.
X-Men #9
Terry and Rachel Dodson draw a hell of a book. Even if you don't like the story you're reading, they still make the experience still enjoyable.
That's not the case here. The story is plenty enjoyable. Brian Wood is putting together a great X-Men run focusing on the women of the X-Men. The Dodson's know how to draw sexy ladies and that just augments the the book for me. Wood has brought in two characters that I know nothing about, John Sublime and his siter Arkea and has made them instantly intriguing. He's also made me give a shit about the X-Men that I'm usually disinterested in.
Wood and the Dodson's are writing a basic, heroes vs. villains story. But basic doesn't mean bad. The last few issues have been some of the most satisfying books on the Pull-List lately.
Animal Man #27
Its going to be a real bummer when this book ends. At least it will end on Jeff Lemire's terms and he'll get to close it out properly.
The big showdown inches closer for Animal Man and Brother Blood, whose taken over the Red pretty successfully. Rafael Albequerque has been a great artist to pick up after Travel Foreman and Steve Pugh. Each artist has brought their own style of super creepy to Lemire's fucked up scripts. Fucked up in a good way, that is.
Only a couple more issues to go til we say goodbye to one of the best things to come out of the New 52.
Panel of the Week:
Patrick Gleason's Harvey Dent in Batman and Two-Face looks like it was based on the Animated Series' Harvey.
-Gint
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