This week was really difficult to rank. Some comics improved a lot, others were good, but not great. So here’s the real rankings, from worst to best:
- 52: Week Eleven: Eh. Even Batwoman can’t really save this. Some nice Renee/Question stuff, but I think I’m out with the next issue. Funny seeing the Question wearing a shirt with an atom on it.
- Shadowpact #3: So Nightshade-Ex-Machina is pretty much able to take out almost all the villains in two pages? WTF?
- Checkmate #4: Issue 4, and we’re still getting the “White King’s Bishop –Michael Holt–Mister Terrific” captions? If they have to keep telling me who everyone is, then the creators pretty much failed at making them unique and recognizable. It also annoys me that they just keep referring to them by chess piece or their real names at random. And isn’t it funny that Alan Scott wears his patch under his mask?
- Flash #2: Much, much better than #1. This issue sets things up in a much more enjoyable way. This should have been the first issue.
- Uncle Sam And The Freedom Fighters #1: I’m not fond of the art, but the story is interesting, though the “secret government meta-human organization” is overused.
- Supergirl And The Legion Of Super Heroes #20: This comic would have scored higher had they actually shown Bizarro-Brainiac.
- Robin #152: I wonder what super-villain will be killing Zoanne in the future? I’m going to go with Riddler, in the Batcave, with a giant penny. Anyhow, this was a great issue: we get some good Bruce/Tim interaction, a new mystery, and an unexpected team-up.
- X-Factor #9: Whee. More Civil War. That’s a strike already. What is it with precognitives always mentioning who they will be marrying? Anyhow, another good issue. Still, it’s a crossover and it requires me to know what’s going on in other comics. That’s a death kiss.
- Manhunter #24: I love supporting casts. I miss them. Manhunter has a great supporting cast. We get the wrap up of the Dr. Psycho storyline, and an interesting direction for the series.
- Justice League Of America #0: Wow. I really liked how this came together. It was a respectful traipse through time from an interesting set of perspectives.
The Justice Leaugue wins, due to its playing on my nostalgia. Flash gets a “most improved” award from the last issue. The Legion falls in the ratings, but not because it was bad: just that other comics were better. Losers this week: Checkmate and Shadowpact, which both close their first arcs with whimpers.
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