It’s an occasionally goofy issue, but incredibly well-paced. Seems to be Wein’s swan song to the series and it is good worm.
Swamp Thing 13
June 21st, 2009 - Respond
Swamp Thing 12
June 16th, 2009 - Respond
And now we’re back to the Wein standard–Swampy a supporting character in his own book. But it is pretty well paced. Decent.
Swamp Thing 11
June 16th, 2009 - Respond
Wein makes a solid shift for the new artist, it’d be impossible to imagine Wrightson drawing this script. Redondo does well.
Swamp Thing 10
June 14th, 2009 - Respond
Wein comes up with good some good material, certainly writes well to Wrightson’s strengths, but his Swamp Thing’s so boring.
Swamp Thing 9
June 14th, 2009 - Respond
Who cares if Wein’s story is incredibly contrived (they only had so many scripts to reuse in the 1970s), the art is wondrous.
Swamp Thing 8
June 14th, 2009 - Respond
Yuck. Wein gives us an earth-shattering villain but resolves it by the close. The beautiful Wrightson art makes it tolerable.
Swamp Thing 7
June 14th, 2009 - Respond
Batman cameos were always a DC device to sell comics? It’s okay, really more a Batman comic than a Swamp Thing. Art is great.
Swamp Thing 6
June 14th, 2009 - Respond
Ok… so Wein resolves his cliffhanger, brings everyone (including the Conclave) together. It’s good, with some solid scenes.
Swamp Thing 5
June 13th, 2009 - Respond
Wein writes better without involving Cable and Abby. Swamp has a nice little adventure, some great Wrightson art. Good issue.
Swamp Thing 4
June 13th, 2009 - Respond
Does Wein have any sort of formula he’s following? Swamp Thing has a horror of the month thing going, but with a static cast.
Swamp Thing 3
June 11th, 2009 - Respond
Here Wein basically remakes an old Universal horror film, but with Swamp Thing and Berni Wrightson art. Beautiful to look at.
Green Lantern/Green Lantern 1
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
I know people love hating Winick but it’s a nice issue, well-done, fine concept. The Randy Green art is iffy.
Green Lantern/Firestorm 1
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
As a Firestorm fan, I like the emphasis–nice art too–but pointless as an event tie-in if a solid pilot issue.
Green Lantern/Adam Strange 1
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
Beautiful Cary Nord art and the decent handle on Adam Strange make all the difference. The plot’s a tad short.
Green Lantern/Power Girl 1
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
Technically, I suppose it’s an issue. The sort of thing a JLA annual would have done in a chapter. Woods is raw.
Green Lantern/Atom 1
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
It’s like a pilot for an Atom with kids around sitcom. It’s not totally terrible, but the jokes are painfully unfunny.
Green Lantern: Circle of Fire 1
June 9th, 2009 - Respond
Breyfogle drawing superheroes might be the lamest, most action figure box looking art I’ve ever seen. Blah.
Swamp Thing 2
June 8th, 2009 - Respond
It’s odd how Wein can write a reasonable subplot but still plot out an ludicrous, well-paced main. Amazing, wondrous artwork.
Swamp Thing 1
June 7th, 2009 - Respond
Wrightson’s art makes up for Wein’s verbosity. The plotting’s good too, lots of story covered. Just too much wordy narration.
Birds of Prey: Manhunt 2
June 4th, 2009 - Respond
Dixon’s Catwoman stinks. Like, really, really bad. I imagine it has something to do with the era, but… icky bad.
Birds of Prey: Manhunt 1
June 4th, 2009 - Respond
Dixon’s got some good moments, but some really bad ones too (the constant Joker allusions or the lousy girl talk).
Birds of Prey: Revolution 1
June 2nd, 2009 - Respond
There’s some good stuff to it. The art is a little off. But it’s all right. The cliffhanger’s just dumb though.
Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey 1
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
It is a strong concept, but a strange start. Dixon relies on the Bond elements too much; they’re weak.
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde 6
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
If it is not an in-continuity story, please take better advantage of that condition. Jeez. A narrative train wreck.
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde 5
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
Batman’s not very smart in this issue. In fact, he is embarrassingly stupid. And Jenkins’s big revelation? Malarky.
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde 4
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
Did someone actually edit this? Jenkins has awful pacing and lousy first-person narration. The art’s nice, however.
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde 3
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
So, basically, every writer has the same idea for a Batman limited series and they just make the villain different?
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde 2
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
The second issue is better. Two-Face is still a lame villain when used as a primary antagonist. Some great artwork.
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde 1
June 1st, 2009 - Respond
A not unreadable bit of Batman tripe. The Jae Lee art adds some atmosphere; Jenkins has some okay (funny) dialogue.
Justice League International 7
May 21st, 2009 - Respond
You know, I admire how much they managed to fit into the issue, but it’s just boring politics with nice art.