Do you have one of those friends or relatives that YOU KNOW is the last person you should be letting borrow money? You keep your distance for a few months and then you get a familiar phone call: “Hey what’s up, man?! You wanna hang out this weekend?”
With no recent disappointment burned into your memory, you figure it’s okay. So-and-so can’t possibly be trying to hit you up for money again, right? And it seems like everything is going well for most of the night. Then it gets to the end and it’s time to pay for the drinks: “Awww man I’m totally broke! Could you cover for me? It’ll get you next time.”
DAMN IT! They did it again! Well guess what? DC Comics just did that to me this Wednesday with Detective Comics #844. I reviewed Detective Comics #843 last month and the issue was awesome. When I didn’t get #844 sent to me for free with last weekend’s advanced comic books for my reviews, I decided to buy the issue.
How bad could it be? Last issue was a genius display of storytelling by Paul Dini. His Zatanna was incredible. She stole the show and I wanted more. Detective Comics #844 seemed like such a good bet that I didn’t even flip through the book in the store. I just tossed it into my short stack and took it up to the register.
And then I read it. SON OF A BITCH! Burned again by DC Comics! This happens almost every time I try out a new DCU book. It happened on Green Arrow by Judd Winick and Scott McDaniel. It happened on Wonder Woman when it relaunched.
Hell, it’s even happening now with Dwanye McDuffie on Justice League of America. His story arc started off great, and then it just got average. Then there were unexpected fill-ins. Then he was randomly gone for a month! Now he’s back, but I’m hesitant to believe that it’s going to get better…
You know it’s bad when DC Universe #0 only costs $0.50 and you still want your money back. I should have known better than to pick up Detective Comics #844, let alone a DC Comics set in the DCU. And you know what the worst part is? I’m going to do it again! In about a month, I’m going to forget how pissed I am right now and I’m going to pick up something and hate it. It’s a never-ending cycle of pain.
P.S. For the record, I am enjoying Green Arrow / Black Canary right now. If they @#$% that up I’m going to be really pissed.
Fantastic Four #551 is so uncannily good that I can barely contain my affection for it. Black Panther is back, but it’s T’Challa from 75 years into the future. He’s joined by Namor as he warns the adventurous foursome of something bad they’re about to do. To top it off, they’ve brought along future Dr. Doom.
Fantastic Four #550 is the best of McDuffie’s tales yet on this run. It’s smart, bold, big, and human. It takes the team from the furthest reaches of space and reality back to their kitchen. It’s pure sci-fi superhero fun. It’s also thoughtful and very compassionate, which really sold me.
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