Star Wars #17
Isn't this book over yet? Since I'm so close to the end I'm going to stick it out, but it hasn't been very good in the back half. I'd say moderately entertaining at best. My favorite part of this issue was a brief chat between Han and Wedge. Its a movie moment that never happened that was neat to see.
Princess Leia is set to marry a prince from a planet that's supposed to be the new Rebel base, but they're conspiring with the Empire. Is it too much to ask that our heroes had a quiet year or so between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back where nothing much happens? I guess that wouldn't be a real page turner.
I've given Star Wars media a chance outside of the movies and it always lets me down. Some moreso than others. Disney/Marvel be damned, once this run is done, I think I'm also done with Star Wars comics.
Futures End #2
That was a lot of talking. In issue #1, Green Arrow dies. In #2, Buddy Baker gives him a two page eulogy. We don't need to read that. If this is the kind of decompressed storytelling Futures End is going to give us, this may be a short series.
On top of the extraordinary number of words in this issue, two of our main characters, Ronnie Raymond (half of Firestorm) and Mr. Terrific, are total assholes. I understand not everyone can be the bright shiny heroes, but these two just come off as arrogant and unlikable.
Jesus Merino handles the pencils on #2 and its not as good as Patrick Zircher's work on #1. Merino, whose art I thought I liked, comes off as a poor man's Mark Bagley.
Superman Wonder Woman #8
Chapter 2 of the Superman: Doomed crossover reads as just that - part of a larger story. Charles Soule and Tony Daniel do a nice job catching the reader up but... I wish this was just Charles Soule's story.
When this issue starts, Superman has apparently killed Doomsday in Smallville, but while doing so has contracted Doomsday spores which are turning Clark into a Doomsday himself. I guess its an interesting twist on the original Death of Superman, but its not so interesting that I'm going to go buy the other parts of the story.
Soule and Daniel had a really good thing going on when this book kicked off. This issue wasn't bad. Few Tony Daniel-drawn books are bad. But I'd be more interested if this was a self contained story in this title alone.
Green Lantern Corps #31
This was a pretty standard issue... right up until Van Jensen drops a bomb on you at the end. This is a crossover I'm surprisingly, NOW, pretty excited about.
After playing down the limited ring energy angle, the creative teams on the Green Lantern books have focused on the invading Durlans. The Durlans have captured at least 19 Green Lanterns, until their rings locate them and help them break out. The issue is a lot of GLs fighting Durlans and Khunds, right up until the end when a surprise guest star reminds you why you've been reading these books for so long.
Van Jensen ties back into the old GLC run by Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason to bring back a fan favorite to tie this whole mess together. The GL team was losing me, but I think I'm back in.
Justice League United #1
Image Matt scoffed at this book when he saw it on my desk. He thinks its corny to put a team in Canada just for the sake of that. Well, Jeff Lemire has written the first two issues around who these characters are, not where their first battle is.
Issue #1 advances the story at a pretty quick pace. You're bounced between Moosonee, Ontario and outer space as the two stories begin to dovetail together. I'd love to see Lemire keep up the quick pace and allow this story to become a nice busy run.
Mike McKone's art seems stronger on this issue. I expect each issue to get tighter as the team moves along.
Panel of the Week:
Its no often Clark Kent needs to be a total asshole, but Tony Daniel does a nice job with the angles of his face and the slight resemblance to Christopher Reeve.
-Gint
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