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What If: Runaways 1
I picked this up because Rainbow Rowell wrote it. Unfortunately, it falls into the same two-prong trap of many What Ifs.
With only a single issue to tell the story, there isn’t enough space to properly explore the posited alternative scenario. The story feels thin and superficial.
The heroes end up where they do in the primary timeline, maybe with a few minor modifications. Which is what happens here.
Five Years 1-5
Picked this up used for five bucks. Totally worth it. Terry Moore is just so easy to read. He’s such a good writer, and an even better artist. His stories flow so smoothly and completely engage me. This induced me to go out and get more of the Moore comics that I’m missing from my collection. (Serial and Parker Girls.)
Absolute Catwoman 3
The MacGuffin is lame and the tech in this story is advanced beyond reasonable believability. But it’s fun enough and I miss reading an all-women team. It’s been too long since Birds of Prey was good.
Detective Comics 1112
Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin almost make me believe that the retconned-into-their-lives Prion is worth the emotional weight that Batman, Green Arrow, and Black Canary assign to him. This is the best issue of the arc, and while I doubt Prion will ever be mentioned by anyone ever again, he was worth the introduction.
Flash 36
I shouldn’t have doubted Ryan North. Green Arrow calls out the creepy nature of Wally’s new application of his powers. It does feel a little out of character for Wally to not see it himself. I’m going to chalk it up to him being excited by what’s essentially a pretty cool new toy, and that he’ll come to his senses pretty quickly.
Powers 25 12
Brian Michael Bendis neatly wraps up the mystery, but as with most of his Powers stories, the fun was in the journey. I’m super happy he came back to this with Michael Avon Oeming, and hope they’ll continue to produce more Powers.
Last Driver 1
I’ll try anything that Sean Murphy writes and draws. This story’s got fast cars and lots of action, so he’s definitely writing to his strengths. I’ll stick around.
Death Vigil 1
I never read volume 1 of this series by the legendary Stjepan Sejic. This is more plot driven than the usual character-heavy fare of Sunstone and Fine Print, but I’ll stay with it for a while longer. (And I’ll also try out the earlier story as well.)
