Green Arrow #19 (2013)

Cover:

 

Stabby stabby.

 

Plot:

 

Green Arrow has a confrontation with Komodo and gets some more new information about what happened in the past.

 

Our Hero:

 

With all of those arrows, he is the archer equivalent of a boy scout: always prepared.

 

Our Villain:

 

The man sports a badass mask and a badass daughter.

 

Our Side Characters:

 

Cool enough, he’s taking all of this really well.

 

Action:

 

Boom!  Headshot with an arrow!

 

Dialogue:

 

When you say you killed him, the world went white and red.

 

Art:

 

Speaking of color schemes, ever notice how the world goes white during some violent moments?

 

Most Memorable Moment:

 

And down goes the helicopter.

 

Final Page:

 

Thud?  Did he just fall over or did someone hit him?

 

What We Should Take from This Comic:

 

Green Arrow needs to find out what all of this means and how exactly Komodo ties into his past soon.

 

What We Do Take From This Comic:

 

Man, the little girl moved fast to get from one place to another so quickly.

 

Yay or Nay?

 

Yay

Animal Man #19 (2013)

Cover:

The paparazzi know little of this called tact.

Plot:

If Bruce Wayne thought his life was hard, here comes Buddy Baker!  After the death of Cliff at the end of Rotworld, Buddy’s entire life has crumble to pieces all around him.

Our Hero:

He and Bruce should form a support group.

Our Villains:

Eh, why not call the Red the villains at this point.  They certainly acted like this.

Our Side Characters:

Poor Maxine, caught in the middle of all this insanity.

Action:

There we go!  That’s how you deal with the paparazzi!

Dialogue:

Buddy, you really need to work on how to talk to people at funerals.

Art:

It looks icky entering and leaving the Red.

Most Memorable Moment:

Whoa!  His breath has got to stink.

Final Page:

Hey wait a minute!  He didn’t enter the place wearing his costume

What We Should Take from This Comic:

With everyone having cast him out of their lives, what is Buddy suppose to do now?

What We Do Take From This Comic:

Being a superhero with a son right now just flat out sucks.

Yay or Nay?

Yay?

Constantine #1 (2013)

Cover:

He has the power of pentagrams!

Plot:

A buddy of Constantine has a problem and he seeks him for help.  Trouble can only ensue.

Our Hero:

Hero is questionable regarding him.

Our Villain:

So she must use magic to keep that outfit on.

Our Side Characters:

So long kid, you’ll join the rest of Constantine’s friends in the place they always end up.

Action:

None, unless you count that taxi and ice hotel being destroyed.

Dialogue:

Magic sounds like it sucks.

Art:

Eh… it’s art.

Most Memorable Moment:

Ow, that’s a lot of splatter.

Final Page:

And now what?  Where to go?

What We Should Take from This Comic:

Constantine has the first part of this magic compass, but with having it, it makes him a target.  He better hope he can obtain the rest of the pieces before he dies next.

What We Do Take From This Comic:

Outside of Zatanna, Constantine’s buddies’ life expectancy must be rather low.

Yay or Nay?

Yay?

Green Arrow #18 (2013)

Cover:

I can’t tell; is he going to stab him with his broken bow now?

Plot:

Komodo is destroyed almost everything Oliver Queen has and now he wants to put him down for good.  Oliver has 48 hours to figure out a plan to deal with all of this chaos before the Justice League of America rolls in to town.  Another crazy day in the city.

Our Hero:

Bah, you’ll be fine.  I’ve seen you do pretty well with less arrows in the past.

Our Villain:

0___0  Your daughter creeps me out.

Our Side Characters:

Boom headshot.

Action:

This guy has some incredible aiming skills to hit that rope in the dark.

Dialogue:

Well if she said please.  Then it’s perfectly fine to let your daughter watch you kill someone.

Art:

Quick!  Use zoom in boxes with red coloring!

Most Memorable Moment:

Do we really need two helicopters for this?

Final Page:

That’s a weird face to have while you are falling.

What We Should Take from This Comic:

All of this insanity and world changing events for Oliver all seems to have to deal with the Island he was trapped on long ago.  However, what does his dad have to do with all of this and what is Komodo’s true goal in all of this?

What We Do Take From This Comic:

Komodo keep your mask on!  You look cool with it on.

Yay or Nay?

Yay

Animal Man #18 (2013)

Cover:

Kkkkhhhhaaaannnn!!!

Plot:

It’s all over.  Rotworld has ended and Buddy Baker has gotten back to his normal time and place.  However, will he be able to save his family regardless?

Our Hero:

Well… your life is at least sort of better than Swamp Thing’s.

Our Villains:

I hate that kid.

Our Side Characters:

That’s right Maxine, you kick that evil boy’s ass!

Action:

Ah… they were dissolved into goo.

Dialogue:

Who wouldn’t want a costume with your kind of powers?

Art:

Hooray for one artist this time!

Most Memorable Moment:

Taproot?  Ascension Chamber? … are we perhaps hinting at something with Black Orchid?

Final Page:

I’m not sure what to say.

What We Should Take from This Comic:

Buddy managed to save Maxine from infection by the Rot and she managed to uncover something rather surprising about the Hunters 3.  However, with all of this success, tragedy still struck.

What We Do Take From This Comic:

Great, now Buddy has to go find Grant Morrison again and see if he can undo this.

Yay or Nay?

Yay

Justice League Dark #17 (2013)

Cover:

 

Frankenstein is unimpressed with your silly machine.

 

Plot:

 

John and his compatriots are under lock and key in a mysterious lab while Zatanna and Timothy Hunter begin their march on the futuristic city with the help of the mystical creatures of the world.  Meanwhile, this world and their homeworld are starting break apart.

 

Our Heroes:

 

The true awesome hero here is Frankenstein.  Always so awesome.

 

Our Villains:

 

So in this world, doctors are clones?

 

Our Side Characters:

 

I’m sorry, but I don’t a relationship between a green giantess and a very short, yellow… mole thing will work out.

 

Action:

 

Frankenstein always knows how to throw a punch.

 

Dialogue:

 

Stop expositing and just figure out how to fix this mess!

 

Art:

 

*Shivers* Man can that artist draw an extremely old woman.

 

Most Memorable Moment:

 

Frankenstein Smash!

 

Final Page:

 

And now… CHARGE!!!

 

What We Should Take from This Comic:

 

Before Madame Xanadu passes out, she delivers a message that not everyone will be returning home when all is said and done.  However, with everything collapsing and a war about to break out, just how many will exactly get to go home?

 

What We Do Take From This Comic:

 

Frankenstein is awesome and that’s all you need to know.

 

Yay or Nay?

 

yay