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Rare Flavours 2

A really slow first half for the issue, but things pick up in the tail end.  Not sure where this is going, but I’m still in.

Nightwing 108

Good clean adventuring from Tom Taylor.  Is Bruno Redondo never coming back?

Batman: Off-World 1

Picked this up because Jason Aaron’s usually worth a try.  This is off to an awesome start.  An early-in-his-career Batman goes into space so that he can train to be a better fighter by getting the crap kicked out of him by slaver aliens.  This doesn’t work without stellar execution, and Aaron pulls it off flawlessly with Doug Mahnke.  Goes on the pull list.

Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong 1-2

The concept is too bonkers to not try out.  Brian Buccellato grounds it by setting this crazy showdown right before Clark’s proposal to Lois.  Dude can’t catch a break.  

Animal Pound 0

Tom King attempts to equal George Orwell’s masterpiece with an adaptation updated for today’s political climate.  He literally says that he’s shooting for “masterpiece” here.  A tall order and a little pretentious, but I wouldn’t put it past him.  

Fantastic Four 13

Human Doctor Doom and T-Rex Doctor Doom team up to rule the world.  They would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for their inevitable betrayal of each other.  Super obvious, but still super fun.

Superman 8

That’s it for me, I’m done with this title.  The Chained is a stupendously boring villain, and even the prospect of Bruno Redondo coming on as artist isn’t enough for me.  Maybe I’ll check it out on the shelf.  

Penguin 3

Having recruited The Help, Penguin moves on to finding a goon squad, focusing his attention on the former member of the Force of July.  I’ve never heard of them, but I assume they’re a C-list team from the past.  It’s a nice standalone issue.  Tom King’s doing the slow burn thing again, and he’s doing it nicely.