Gotham Central, Great Ten, Green Arrow

Gotham Central 25-40

Breathtaking story after story, that’s what Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker have bombarded me with in this stellar, extraordinary run. It’s all so, so very good.  That’s all I really have to say at this late hour. Read this if you can.

A cheap gag, but at least it's not just the men anymore?

Nora lost her hand issues ago.  Poor editing.

Regret buying: No 

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Pure joy 

Great Ten 1-9

Don’t know how much is because I’m Chinese and how much is pure Tony Bedard and Scott McDaniel magic, but this is a really fun series.  This is essentially the origin stories of nine Chinese superheroes, expertly tied together by a plot that doesn’t really matter at the end of the day.  Each story is expertly told, some with clear inspirations and others with powers and tropes that pleased me with their originality. I don't know how much of it is from Bedard, and how much from team creator Grant Morrison.

Cute take on the change in the phonebooth.

Cute homage to the wink of the olden days.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sick of the stereotypical, overweight Chinese bureaucrat with the slightly thinning hair and large round glasses.  

I'm sad that this planned ten-issue series was truncated to nine, and that there haven't been any more comics with this team since.

Regret buying: No 

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Really good

That’s it for DC Box 2!  Summary:

Box Summary:

Time spent reading: 19 hours, 59 minutes

Issues read: 202

Issues cut: 25 

Highlights (Good or better): Flash - Blitz storyline, Grayson: Future’s End, Gotham Central - the entire run, Great Ten

Project Summary:

Time spent reading: 25 days, 16 hours, 50 minutes

Issues read: 5127

Issues cut: 701

DC Box 3 is entirely Green Arrow.  I’ll be reading the adventures of Ollie Queen (and Black Canary and Connor Hawke) for the foreseeable future.

Green Arrow: Year One 1-6

Andy Diggle and Jock reunite after their awesome work on Losers.  The result is a perfectly readable version of Ollie’s origin, but nothing to write home about.  Or a longer review.

Regret buying: No 

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice