DC's CONSTANTINE #11-
The Blight branch of the FOREVER EVIL storyline continues. Generally I've thought highly of the BLIGHT arc but here we have a little bit of the problem JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA is facing. It was too much filler. Of course, the generally hopeful turn of the last few issues in this arc were missing, but that isn't too terrible, I expect a rise and fall to any thematic element, and a story would suck if it lacked this. There was something very interesting regarding the reason why the Criminal Syndicate kidnapped the original JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK team, and that elevated the storytelling some, but a lot of this book was predictable and I thought the villains here, Nick Necro and Faust, were too thin. Overall, a decent but by no means great book.
Storyline: 3 Stars
Dialogue: 3.5 Stars
Pacing: 3 Stars
Art: 3.5 Stars
Overall: 3 Stars
Zenescope's ROBYN HOOD: CINDY VS ROBN One-Shot
Man, I just don't like the direction Zenescope is going in the overall right now. This whole thing where the fairy tale characters are secret agent types, it just isn't working for me. The whole thing is repetitive and the pacing in this book really sucked. There were some good scenes with Robyn being her usual cheery (joke) self, but overall it just didn't work for me. And there was a time when I was so into what Zenescope was doing.
Storyline: 2.5 Stars
Dialogue: 3 Stars
Pacing: 2 Stars
Art: 3 Stars
Overall: 2.5 Stars
DC's SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #5
This was the moment I've been waiting for for the last few issues: Wonder Woman and Superman team up on Zod an Faora. It never really made sense in the past, how Superman could defeat several beings as powerful as he is, with the inclusion of Wonder Woman in the New 52 version of the Zod storyline, we have an answer to all of that. It annoyed me the way Wonder Woman lost one of her key weapons in this issue, and I really want that rectified quickly. But beyond that I liked the action and the way the first meeting between these power house duos worked out. Good stuff.
Storyline: 4 Stars
Dialogue: 4 Stars
Pacing: 3.5 Stars
Art: 4 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars
Dynamite's GRIMM #10
Dynamite comics' foray into the universe of the television show GRIMM continues as Nick begins a GRIMM-verse version of the 12 Labors of Hercules. First up? The Nemean Lion. The book really is expanding the television show's mythos with the inclusion of new Uber-Wessen. Here we see two super-lowen. The pacing in this book was a bit off and there were a few plot holes, but in the overall this was a good book. I liked this new avenue for the GRIMM-verse with Greek myth and the homage to ESCAPE FOR NEW YORK was awesome too. Overall, a good book. The art, as usual, shows a lot of room for improvement.
Storyline: 4 Stars
Dialogue: 3.5 Stars
Pacing: 2.5 Stars
Art: 2.5 Stars
Overall: 3.5 Stars
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