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Free for All

I picked this up because I recognized Patrick Horvath’s name from Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees.  This one-shot has an intriguing concept: randomly selected billionaires, chosen by lottery, must either donate half their money to the public or fight to the death to retain it.  A wonderful basis for a story, but the execution is just a touch lacking.  Still entertaining, but it focuses on the combat, while I would have liked to see more about the society in which this policy exists.

Absolute Wonder Woman 6

Mattia de Iulis is the guest artist for this two issue arc, and he’s an excellent stand in.  This continues Kelly Thompson’s streak of awesome issues in this title, digging into the origin of Diana’s arsenal of weapons.

Absolute Flash 1

Wave 2 of the Absolute line begins here.  Jeff Lemire doesn’t immediately grab my attention the way Thompson and Scott Snyder did, but things are still interesting enough for me to stick around for at least a little longer.

One World Under Doom 2

Doom continues to outmaneuver the good guys, and turns Ben Grimm back into a human.  

Fantastic Four 30

Those ramifications are handled here.  In a nice twist, Ryan North writes Ben as someone who’s gotten used to, and indeed loves, being the Thing.  After spending so many years wanting to return to normal, he’s completely turned around on the issue, understandably so.  It’s a nice character study by North.

Detective Comics 1095

A filler issue by Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin where not much happens, but at least it looks beautiful.  

Absolute Batman 6

Big, burly Bruce Wayne resolves the Black Mask situation.  This’ll be fun to re-read all at once.  I’m definitely around for more of this.