Friday, January 15, 2010

Comics this week

Secret Six #17 – Suicide Squad #67 works because it was barely a Blackest Night tie-in. All the focus was on the Suicide Squad and the Secret Six, and the Black Lanterns were an afterthought. That’s why #67 worked. Unfortunately in Secret Six #17, the Black Lanterns are front and centre as both teams are attacked together by a host of Black Lanterns. Result is a lackluster issue that just did not have the coolness of Suicide Squad #67. It says a lot that the best scene this issue belongs to the NHB fight between Bronze Tiger and Catman, a scene that does NOT have a single Black Lantern around. If only the rest of the issue was like that.

S.W.O.R.D #3- I always thought Beast was a strange addition to the cast of S.W.O.R.D. A X-Men, a mutant, an ex-Avenger; he has no connection to S.W.O.R.D outside his relationship with Abigail Brand. However for the first since this series started, writer Kieron Gillen made a case on why the blue muffin should be in the cast. Gillen’s characterization of Beast was spot-on as Beast finally proved his worth. His plan was clever, imaginative, the way he put one over Henry Gyrich as funny as hell, and his word duel with Unit (or whatever that robot is called) was wonderful. If Gillen keep this up, Beast may become the star of the series.

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