Review of this weeks Weekly Comics

Right, it's now the weekend. Time for me to review my latest weekly comic purchases. I did buy a couple more than I was going to, but that's cause I read the previews online and they looked interesting. So, without further ado, here's me reviewing comics :D

The Atom and Hawkman #46
This one was one I wasn't planning on buying until I read the first five pages - looked quite good from it. Now, admittedly, it does focus more on The Atom than it does on Hawkman, but really, what do you expect? Hawkman's sortof dead at the moment...
I still can't take the Atom's new costume seriously though, the tribal look has never suited him. Still, at least he's wearing trousers... Something I didn't get though was since when can Jean shrink? Still, the issue was good, it finally shows him moving on and getting over what Jean did by blowing her to smithereens. What a good way to deal with crazy ex wives.
Plus this comic provides more exposition on the Indigo Tribe, which is always nice, and with them being undead, we do get to see Ray being really badass (which he's done throughout the entire time he's been fighting Black Lanterns really).

Batman and Robin #7
Dammit Grant! I was going to drop this one if it wasn't very good, and although it was the usual confusing mess of Grant's latest comics, it had an interesting premise.
Question 1: Why was Batwoman in a coffin?
Question 2: Wasn't Batman's body buried? If so, who was risen by Nekron in Blackest Night?
Question 3: Who the hell designed those bikes? They're terrible...
Anywho, the artwork in this issue was alright, nothing special, don't get why Quitely's not been doing this since issue 3. His artwork really does suit Grant's form of storytelling (a jumbled jigsaw that forms a mostly understandable picture when finished). And huzzah for Damian being looked after by Talia. Relegated to just two pages of this issue. Two pages too many, but was a damn relief...
And whoever did the word bubbles on page 19 really needs a slap. You'll see what I mean when you get there...

Detective Comics #861
Now, I don't know how I can review this. I'm just a big damn fanboy for the main feature in this... Still, I can try. Plus, it's got Jock doing the internal artwork, who I do really like. What's nice that although you can tell it's definitely his drawings, he does channel a little bit of J.H. Williams III, who is another damn good artist whose non-showing in these issues is a shame, but more than made up with Jock's appearance. The story itself is pretty average, the usual creepy killer stalker ideal woman making chappy, but he's got a cool and somewhat creepy appearance. Unique at that... But would people stop stabbing Batwoman? She does seem to have a "Stab Me" sign on her... And another nice thing? A realistic thermal scanner. Wow...
On the second feature, well, I was a little disappointed with it. Neither were bothered about there secret identities being compromised, why couldn't they just have beat him up and stolen his laptop, etc etc? Did seem quite out of character and I agree with Tot on that one... I did like Zeiss' Terminator vision though, and the artwork was good, as always.

Gotham City Sirens #8
This was an interesting one - not a silly jokey comic like the other Sirens, but a more serious, one issue plot, er, issue... It was strange as it was written by an artist, like the current Batman issues, except someone else wrote the dialogue, and it was actually a non-confusing, well thought out story. On it's own I did enjoy it, the artwork was pleasant yet not eye-poppingly good. It actually reminded my of Dark Knight Returns, what with the TV segments and layout in places. All in all, shame it wasn't a silly one, but good that it was a serious one, if that makes sense...

Green Lantern #50
Holy smeg on a cracker was this comic awesome. So Mera never wanted children and then vomits on Aquababy? The Atom suddenly learns Indigoean (yeah, let's make up a name for their Nok Rol'ing language), which was a bit strange, and then the Spectre finally shows up after quite a while of nothing and shows why he shouldn't be allowed as a hero (you know what I mean). Now, sure, Geoff can't really write the Scarecrow, but come on, we meet the Fear-asaurus again.
On a note I hadn't really thought about until now, but hasn't Wonder Woman become one of the most powerful (and slutty) beings in the universe now?

Justice League: Cry For Justice #6
It's great for me having not been reading Justice League itself, as it means I don't have to worry about the timing of this and that issue. It's a shame as I've enjoyed this mini-series alot, even if it does have it's problems. It's just a shame that JLA has to spoil alot of how this series ends. Also, does anyone know what happened to Mauro? He was doing all the art up until last issue, where he didn't do all the pages, and then he's only done the cover this issue... As it isn't as tight as it was with Mauro, which is a shame as it was really nice artwork. Anywho, the issue itself was mostly just Prometheus beating the shit out of 18 heroes (and 1 villain) before finally getting 'beaten'. This really was James upping Prometheus' villain counter ALOT. It's just a shame his final plan was just revenge, as he's been doing alot of work to get this far. Now, I've always liked James' end of issue commentaries, as it were, a nice bit of the behind the scenes, his own likes and dislikes, and his acknowledgement that this isn't a perfect piece...
It's just a shame we have a Batwoman origin, as we just had her origin over the last three issues of Detective Comics... Personally Vixen, Starfire, Firestorm or Donna Troy (although her's might well be impossible, considering her history) would've been a better choice. Maybe that's just me though?

Superman: Secret Origin #4
A quick review as although this isn't the last review alphabetically, it is the last one I'm writing... Artwork was good as always, the story was solid, though it really isn't much of a 'secret origin'. Just a nice and strong new post-whatever-Crisis origin story that doesn't change much but is just damn solid...

Teen Titans #79
This was another I bought because of the preview I read online - the artwork's clear and concise, it focuses alot on Static (I'm trying out Milestone in the DCU stuff ya see), and the story seemed interesting from what I could tell. And yes, it was all three of those. The problem I had is that I didn't know about half the characters. I didn't even know there was a new Aquagirl on the team, had no idea who this silver girl was (and can she become that brown haired chick?), I'm assuming Cyborg isn't part of the team anymore, and where's Static been all this time? I assume with the Titans, but then why hasn't he called etc. Still, it didn't hamper the story too much. Just one last question: where did Megan go after she had a migraine? She just vanished.
I can't review the Ravager second feature as I hadn't followed that and it was in the middle of a story. Looked good if I knew exactly what was happening though...

And now I'm burnt out from all this reviewing. So, just to finish off this post:
DAMN YOU MORRISON!!!