New comics

A month’s worth of new comics!

Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League 6

Surprise surprise, Klarion was in on it the whole time.  The ending’s very Ocean’s 8, but it’s still nice to see a different kind of comic on the shelves.

Absolute Batman: Ark M 1

The origin story of Absolute Arkham Asylum.  A fine addition to the Absolute Batman canon.  

Absolute Superman 14-15

Superman fights Ra’s Al Ghul, tries to heal him with love, then meets Absolute Hawkman.  Brainiac looks for Lex Luthor.  This title is just on the border of being average enough for me to cut, but Jason Aaron always manages to have just enough nice moments to nudge it to the keep side. 

Wonder Woman 28

Wonder Woman secures her victory over Mouse Man and Tom King introduces The Matriarch, Diana’s nemesis in the far future.  A transition issue, hopefully to something better than the Mouse Man arc.  It wasn’t bad, but King’s done far better work.

Planet She-Hulk 2

The Stephanie Phillips story is fine, the Aaron Kuder art is magnificent.  That’s enough for me for now.  Shout out to colorist Sonia Oback, who has a lot to do with the popping visuals.

Detective Comics 1104

Love the writer.  (Tom Taylor.)  Love the artist.  (Mikel Janin.)  Don’t love the resultant comic, but it’s still really good.  I’m almost certainly not going to think about it when listing the best Batman comics out there, but it’s super super solid.  

Capes 2

I spent the whole time reading this issue thinking that Mark Englert was doing his best Erik Larsen impression.  Cut to the back page essay by Englert and I learn that his first gig was for Larsen’s Might Man.  This is no-calorie work by Robert Kirkman, and I’ll finish out the original miniseries before quitting.