Injustice, New comics

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Nightwing 2002 Annual

Heartless gets his origin story, a nifty little variation on Bruce Wayne and his faithful butler.  As an added bonus, it’s tied directly to Dick Grayson’s origin as well.

In the second story, Dick trains Jon Kent, beautifully demonstrating both how he learned from Bruce and how he chose to be different.  A great story from CS Pacat, whom I’ve never heard of before.

Human Target 9

This issue is all about Batman living rent-free in Christopher Chance’s head.  That and Greg Smallwood drawing Ice and Chance looking at each other and looking great doing it.  His character acting is so good.  It’s unfair.

You could teach a class with just these three panels.

Injustice: Year Zero 1-14

Has it really been over a year since I last read this?  I wasn’t looking forward to reading this again so “soon,” but Tom Taylor, Roge Antonio, and Cian Tormey quickly made me forget all of my apprehensions.  The idea of Joker with mind control powers could so easily go poorly in execution, but Taylor walks that tightrope adroitly and skillfully.  His destruction of the Justice Society is chilling and makes for an excellent read.  

Taylor writes one of the better Harleys.

I never thought about it like that.

Joker as Flash is amazing.  Great art by Roge Antonio.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Good

Injustice 2 1-6

With Superman incarcerated in the previous series, Ra’s Al Ghul and Black Adam position themselves as the foils to Batman and his team.  Even after the original Injustice, Taylor hasn’t come close to running out of people to kill in emotionally affecting ways:

One of the few times Booster Gold doesn't suck.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Good