Comic Book Reviews for 11/14/12
♦ by Unknown Wednesday 14 November 2012
This was enormous week for comics, as it ushered in four new Marvel NOW! titles -- Fantastic Four, All-New X-Men, Thor: God of Thunder and X-Men Legacy -- while also giving us the next chapter of the epic Batman story Death of the Family. Not to mention, the first issue of the last Locke & Key mini-series hit, along with a bunch of hot Image Comics titles -- including the much-beloved Saga.
A little housekeeping before you go forth and ponder our scores: there will be no review round-up next week, due to the Thanksgiving holiday and our bellies being full of turkey and other such deliciousness. There are some big titles releasing next week though, so we'll have a sprinkling of single issue reviews.
DC COMICS
"The Joker’s return to Gotham City means a lot for the Bat-family, but Batgirl takes the cake. When the Joker paralyzed her in the classic tale The Killing Joke, her life changed forever. With the New 52, Gail Simone has given Batgirl her legs back, but the emotional scarring of the incident has always shown through. Now, all of that pain and fear comes to a head as Batgirl must confront the Joker once again, and the results might surprise you." -Joshua
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Final Score:
8.5
"The Joker made his presence well known with a theatrical slaughtering at the Gotham City Police Department in issue #13, but now he’s out to show the entire Bat-family that he’s back and he’s gunning for them. Batman #14 is another chilling installment of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Death of the Family story arc, and one that builds on its predecessor by amping up the tension to even greater heights. There are sprinklings of great character moments here, but ultimately this issue celebrates dread and atmosphere above all else." -Joey
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Final Score:
9.3
"Yeah, so, I’ve never really been very heavy into the zombie genre. I mean, the classics are good: Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and 28 Days Later. After that, it’s kind of background noise for me. That’s a big reason why Batman and Robin #14 failed to grab me." -Poet
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Final Score:
6.2
"Demon Knights #14 showcases all the stuff that makes this series so wonderful. It's funny, epic and intriguing. You'll get to last page and wish the next issue was in your hands already. The only major bummer about this issue is that it is one step closer to Paul Cornell's departure from the series, and that is some seriously depressing news." -Ben
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Final Score:
9.0
"The first original graphic novel spinoff in the Fables franchise, 1001 Nights of Snowfall, hit the stands back in 2006. In addition to exploring many new angles in Bill Willingham's colorful universe, it served as an excellent primer for new readers. I'd even go so far as to recommend it as a better starting point than Fables Vol. 1. With that book being such a creative and commercial success, it's a bit surprising that its taken so long for a second Fables OGN to emerge. Werewolves of the Heartland is neither the accessible gateway to the franchise nor as creatively engaging as its predecessor. However, fans of Bigby Wolf's misadventures will be pleasantly entertained." -Jesse
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Final Score:
7.0
"I’m really going to miss this book when it’s gone. Issue #14 is infused with the same strong balance of emotional gravity and comedic whimsy that Matt Kindt, Alberto Ponticelli, and Jeff Lemire have cultivated since the series’ instantiation. Take a trip with Frank on this bittersweet quest to save the world." -Poet
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Final Score:
8.3
"At what point does willpower become arrogance? Peter J. Tomasi answers that question in Green Lantern Corps #14 when Guy refuses to call for a retreat during a rather gruesome fight between his Lantern team and the Third Army. The Guardians have been setting Guy Gardner up to fail in a big way, and now that their goal nears completion, Guy must deal not only with them but his own ego. While Tomasi has been not-so-gracefully planting clues to the Guardians’ shenanigans throughout his run on this series, he does manage to use them to good effect here." -Joshua
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Final Score:
7.2
"I want to like The Phantom Stranger, but too often it seems as though this series goes out of its way to make me hate it instead. For all the potential it has in showcasing a new, more human version of the character, the book is more interested in cycling through an endless series of cameos than building an ongoing and engaging storyline." -Jesse
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Final Score:
3.8
"Punk Rock Jesus is finally bringing the punk in a big way. Last issue started to let it loose, but it is in full effect here. Chris and The Flak Jackets are keen to bring punk rock's message to the world. They are heading down a path that can't end well. This issue is mainly setting up the final showdown of sorts, so it covers a lot of ground and breezes through things a bit too quickly, but it's still of the same high quality that this book has been since day one." -Ben
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Final Score:
8.8
"The tendency with any Batman-related crossover these days is for one writer to tell the actual story and all the other writers to be saddled with pointless, superfluous tie-ins. Death of the Family is proving to be no exception so far. Suicide Squad #14 has more direct connection to the event than the first issues of Batgirl or Catwoman did, but it still does a poor job of either adding something meaningful to Death of the Family or furthering its own plot threads." -Jesse
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Final Score:
5.8
"I don't disagree with the assertion that Team 7 is a pointless series. It's sort of an inherently pointless exercise to showcase a team formed in the early days of the New 52 universe and comprised mainly of characters that have their own solo books set in the present day. We all know where this is leading for most of the players involved. But the most important thing is that I'm enjoying reading the adventures of characters like Black Canary, Deathstroke, and Grifter more in this series than I am in their own books. So yay for Team 7." -Jesse
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Final Score:
6.8
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