Green Lantern Corps #36

Green Lantern Corps #36
All hell is breaking loose on Oa, the Corps can't seem to deal with one red lantern and their Sciencells prisoners. Sodam Yat has a moment of pure epic heroics on his home planet and Sinstro reveals a lot about his long term plans. Good solid Green Lantern action, I just hope that Blackest Night doesn't ruin all this good build up.

Solomon Grundy #3

Solomon Grundy #3
A confused Grundy gets flashes of his life from the 1800's and encounters Poison Ivy. Slightly above average reading this issue, I do like the Solomon Grundy character but I don't think they've hit the sweet spot yet. The art can be cluttered but suits the flashbacks.

Battle for the Cowl - Arkham Asylum

Battle for the Cowl - Arkham Asylum
A surprisingly good one shot under the Battle for the Cowl crossover, but nothing to do with it. Some original non violent inmates of Arkham and the descendant of Amadeus Arkham reclaim the burnt out shell of the Asylum. Pity it's only a one shot, hopefully we will see some of these interesting characters again.

Green Lantern Corps #35

Green Lantern Corps #35
All hell breaks loose from the cells in Oa and Daxam's lost son returns to his shitty home planet. The art remains great, with the world sized snake Sinstro Lantern is my favourite image. This issue is less about the plot and more about the light based slugfests, which is no harm. If this is a taste of the war a light to come the Corps are not as prepared as they think.

Secret Six #8

Secret Six #8
This month a fun little departure from the usual with date night, where Deadshot and co attempt not to kill anyone for one night. Also in the issue, a look into ragdoll’s childlike brain. This book continues to be the amusing bad guys as anti-heroes DC title. Nothing to brain melting, just entertaining.

The Flash: Rebirth #1

The Flash: Rebirth #1 (of 5)
So Barry Allen back after his death in 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths and penned by Geoff Johns. First issue means an explanation of who the current Flash people are and where Barry has been. The art is attractive and a lot of information is imparted in this one issue. A good start, but remains to be seen if a good Flash plot can be carried through to completion.

Battle For The Cowl: Man-Bat

Battle For The Cowl: Man-Bat
Kirk Langstrom must control his Man-Bat / Jekyll and Hyde urges. Seems like an excuse to have two Batman villains face off, the plot is a bit poo. The dialogue is decidedly average; also there is an equally average preview of the new Powergirl run.

Commissioner Gordon: Battle for the Cowl

Commissioner Gordon: Battle for the Cowl
Gordon and some of the GCPD deal with riots because there’s no batman to sort things out. The art is quite nice and Gordon versus Mr Freeze has Freeze using his freeze ray solve all his problems (as usual). Bit on the average side here, Freeze is a bit too super for a good GCPD book.

Battle for the Cowl #1

Battle for the Cowl #1
Battle for the Cowl so far is a shuffling around of the Bat Family and a reminder of who is connected to the Bat Family. Nothing new in most of Arkam being out and about. We have also have had a batman imposter before. The writing is average and it remains to be seen if this will pay off. At least it's comprehensible.

Green Lantern Corps #34

Green Lantern Corps #34
Some good character development for Kyle and crew, in particular Sodam Yat has a great scene with his mother. The slugfest from last issue resolves. I think the art is getting better. Roll on Blackest Night.

Solomon Grundy #1

Solomon Grundy #1

Solomon Grundy and Alan Scott are convict and keeper, trying to solve how Solomon was first killed in 7 days or his soul will be lost forever. Nice little 7 issue run here with a mystery from turn of the century Gotham and some good looking slugfests to come. I'm fond of all the characters that are included and I'm sure there's much more to come. It all has the feel of sympathy hulk story, with a dash of swampthing.

Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead?

Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead?
The lives of normal people in Gotham go on while Batman may be dead. Nice to see some of the bat family's support characters getting some love. Too soon to see if the Battle for the Cowl stuff will be any good, but I see Bruce Wayne back in time for the hype for the next film.

Green Lantern Corps #33

Green Lantern Corps #33
More build up and interaction between the now different coloured corps (The War of Light is coming). Slow burning character interactions, a new restrictive law for the green lanterns to follow and a prelude to a pretty good slugfest. Also at the end of the issue a pretty creepy and respectable Omens and Origins bit from a black perspective. All in all GLC is a great support book for the high drama that happens in the main GL line.

Secret Six #6

Secret Six #6
A good little villain book where you root for the nefarious team. Some good soap opera revelations and flashback histories this issue. The Orgins and Omens bit of the issue seems abit forced and leads to things feeling disjointed at the end.

Superman, Faces of Evil

Superman #684 Faces of Evil Issue- Parasite

Mostly a statement of intentions for where the writer wants to take it from the New Krypton plot arc. A reintroduction of Parasite and what he's been up to, the mindset is written fairly well (but this doesn't warrant a Faces of Evil Issue). I still don't know whether the outcome of New Krypton has left in a good place to continue on from.

Final Crisis

Final Crisis #7

There is a smattering of good ideas throughout this series that don't pay off. It ends up being a incomprehesible mess. There was a vampire and an explosion and it still sucked.

Final Crisis: Revelations #5

The best thing to come out of the Final Crisis storyline, it makes a lot more sense. It has a good biblical feel and lovely art that suits the Spectre well. It also adds a new dimension to the existing mythology, by giving the Wrath of God a counterpart in the Mercy of God (The Radiant).