I was super excited to read a couple of these this week. They didn't disappoint.
Fifth Place:
Futures End #33
Aaron Lopresti is responsible for drawing probably the grossest thing in Futures End so far. That thing is called Father Time and its an alien octopus-like parasite that lives on the brain stem. The Atom sees it when he enters the brain and its pretty gross. Kudos to Lopresti for inspiring such a visceral reaction.
Elsewhere, Fifty Sue (who may be calling herself Sequel now) tracks down Grifter after delivering a scientist to King Faraday. Plastique makes Terry McGinnis question his entire existence and the new diverse Firestorm meets the New 52's Doctor Polaris... who has an incredibly dumb suit. But in the context of the character that's created it, I guess it makes sense.
We're getting closer to seeing the cyborg hybrid characters we were promised in early solicits. Lopresti also draws a pretty gruesome Brother Eye-infested Plastique. I'd say he was on his game this issue.
Fourth Place:
Wytches #3
My fingers never want to comply when I try typing "wytches." Its unnatural. Then again its a pretty unnatural story so I guess it works out.
The creepy stuff continues this month, but goddamn was this a hard issue to follow. Mainly because the art is such a distraction. I thought it was Jock's fault. Its not. Due to the handy color breakdown at the end of the issue, its colorist Matt Hollingsworth's fault. His actual color pallet for the story is great. Gives the perfect tone of the book. But its the color splatter overlays that I find unnecessary. Some panels make it hard to see the ink underneath and you're left wondering if that's part of the story, or something you should just look past.
A good issue, and very enjoyable too. But like our next book on the Pull-List, slightly confusing to follow.
Third Place:
Batman #37
What do you know, Scott Snyder again (he also writes Wytches). At some point when this run is over, I'm going to sit down and read the entire thing front to back and see if it makes total cohesive sense. So far, each issue I pick up leaves me asking, "wait, what happened?"
The story itself is classic. The Joker has paralyzed the city with a Joker virus and its up to Batman and Jim Gordon to save the day. The most intriguing tidbit of the story is the intimation that the Joker has been around terrorizing Gotham for a century. A demon spirit like Pennywise murdering throughout the decades. I can't imagine that will be a real thing that becomes canon, but it's pretty cool.
I stopped following Greg Capullo on Twitter because he Tweets too much, but he's still one of the bests artists in the game. Always a pleasure.
Second Place:
Batman & Robin #37
I guess the Hellbat suit (created by Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman et al) should be enough to help Bruce fight Darkseid in a fist fight, but I will always find it improbable that he lasts more than 5 seconds. He DOES get his ass handed to him, which makes me feel a little better.
So, Damian is back. Brought back to life through comic book science, and I guess its okay. I really did enjoy Pete Tomasi's version of the character. Being that big changes are in store for next June at DC, writers are going to have to get their tables set moving forward.
This Robin Rises story concludes next week with the Andy Kubert-drawn Robin Rises: Alpha. Its been a good story. Maybe a little larger in scope than I prefer from Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, but still doing their character and their time on the book justice.
First Place:
Justice League #37
Man, Geoff Johns is on his game. Lex has created a virus to stop meta-humans, and its been accidentally released on the public. The meta-humans are sick and regular old people are dying.
Its a nice, tight story centering on just a handful of characters in Metropolis trying to fix the problem. Its more character driven than anything and its great to see. The quiet moments between Lex and his sister, and Bruce and Clark really give the greater Amazo virus story depth.
And holy shit is Jason Fabok's art beautiful. I had no idea this dude was this good until he hopped on this book. Art-wise it's damn near flawless. His page layouts, much like Ivan Reis, give the story a big budget movie quality. Art and story, this is a damn good book.
Splash of the Week:
I couldn't NOT make this the Splash of the Week. Jason Fabok's Wonder Woman from Justice League.
-Gint
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