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.
Echo 3
June 12th, 2009 - Respond
It should be good, it seems like, but there’s something awkward about it. It is too confused in telling, basically, an origin story.
Echo 2
June 12th, 2009 - Respond
The second issue introduces more characters and hints at troubled relationships, but it doesn’t really explain anything. It is okay.
Echo 1
June 12th, 2009 - Respond
You know, there’s some good scenes in it, but it’s way too soon to tell. The art’s nice, very non-superhero–and great static shots.
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.
Hero Squared: Love and Death 3
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
Really busy final issue–should’ve been double-sized. Lots of comic commentary, but real human conflict too.
Hero Squared: Love and Death 2
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
Great talking heads stuff, some good action, but… it’s a planned “final” story, which hurts the potential.
Hero Squared: Love and Death 1
June 10th, 2009 - Respond
The art’s not as strong, but the writing’s just as great. The end requires a bit of trust, but they earn it.
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.
Special Forces 4
June 8th, 2009 - Respond
It’s the pacing, the pacing is what’s off. It doesn’t matter since Baker’s new style for this issue is so damn compelling.
Special Forces 3
June 8th, 2009 - Respond
There’s something definitely off this one. Baker goes a little too Weekly World News, a tad too far out. It’s still solid.
Special Forces 2
June 8th, 2009 - Respond
I find it amusing I can’t fault Baker’s pacing, even though it is about five minutes of action, nothing else. Art’s great.
Special Forces 1
June 8th, 2009 - Respond
Is Baker really drawing? It looks like he’s really drawing. Can’t tell if the line work is digital. Good comic, great art.
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.
Mister X: Condemned 4
June 7th, 2009 - Respond
It’s kind of like Ultimate Mister X. It works, certainly relaunches the series–but it easily could have been longer.
Mister X: Condemned 3
June 7th, 2009 - Respond
Misstep is probably too strong a word. The scenes are still good; Motter works best when he’s space. He doesn’t here.