DC’s final week of relaunched #1 comics is an peculiar one that can’t decide between sure things and novel experiments.
We get a hunk of the Justice League in Superman, The Dark Knight, Aquaman, Flash, Hawkman, and Firestorm – plus a second Green Lantern team book. Those are all marquee titles, plus the high-visibility Teen Titans.
There’s also a strong oddball contingent: a Vampire book, a Wildstorm refugee, another miltary book, a western, and a reverse image of the Justice League in their “Dark” title.
What will the best title be? Will we see a repeat of weeks one and two, with several stories that will make your stomach do jumping jacks of excitement? Or, will it be more like last week, with a middle ground of titles that promise future excellence?
Whatever the case, when the week is through we’ll see just how successful DC’s highly controversial reboot really was.
All-Star Western
Written by Justin Gray & JImmy Palmiotti with art by Moritat
I know, when I saw the title I slipped into a deep slumber too. Is DC really taking it old-school, to when the newly devised comic code sent superheroes into hiding and we wound up with a newsstand full of westerns and romance comics? Not quite, because this book follows supernatural-tinged gunslinger Jonah Hex. Also, it’s written by veteran storyteller Jimmy Palmiotti, who got his start as an inker for Marvel comics (and, especially for Joe Quesada). The time period still isn’t a surefire hit for me, but there’s enough here that intrigues me that I can give this book a fair shake.
What else is out this week, including not one but two books I am absolutely salivating over?