Fifteen comic review = new high score?

And then HE sez: “52? Or COUNTDOWN? ‘Sides, the Lu-n-Val who came to the 21st Century in COUNTDOWN, JLofA and JSofA weren’t from the current series’ timeline, anyway, but the one Geoff Johns later showed in ACTION.

Good catch. Of course, I’m a man under sedation who just reviewed FIFTEEN or so comic books. An error or two was bound to slip in. :)

And then I sez: Patsy hasn’t been this much fun since J.M. DeMatteis left the Defenders lo these many years ago.

And then HE goes: Marc was the guy who made her not-fun, marrying her off to Daimon and starting her on a two-decade path to victimhood and near-oblivion several years before he (and the original book) left town. J.M. did many great things on (THE NEW) DEFENDERS — Cloud, the Seuss issue, the elevation of Candy Sothern, the gathering of the ex-X-Men — but his treatment of Hellcat definitely does not rank among them.

I liked his Hellcat, especially during the Six-Fingered Hand storyline. She wasn’t a candle to Dave Kraft’s version, but still… :)

And I sez: Cliff Chiang, however, turns in a stellar art job that makes both issues go smooth like a honey lemon cough drop.

And then HE goes: “Mike Norton. Chiang’s been off interiors for many moons now…”

Wow… new guy draws just like Cliff Chiang! Also: FIF! TEEN! BOOKS! :D

But yes, these are all valid points…

The problem with this book since One Year Later is that DC tried to pawn off the idea that there were all of these junior heroes running around — Power Boy, Miss Martian, etc. — and that, somehow, every older hero in the DC Universe had this younger counterpart that’d always been around but we just hadn’t heard of before.

Having Ravager make the team was the single good thing about Teen Titans since One Year Later.

It made sense. Deathstroke had tormented Batman by, apparently, stealing away Dick Grayson (for a while in Nightwing) and then by taking Batgirl (post-OYL) — it was fitting that the ‘gap’ was filled by Dick managing to swing Rose to the side of the angels.

I suppose now that Batgirl’s good again, and they’re trying to explain away everything that happened there, it fits that Rose goes back to the ‘dark side’ … but it would’ve been nice to let the heroes hold onto that one victory and, frankly, having Rose have something of a ’salvation’ story made her a more interesting character (rather than just relegating her to little-girl-Deathstroke) …

The puppy (named Thor… why does that remind me of something ominous) wags it’s tail and barks adorably and records everything with it’s built in camera lens. (Oh, right… THAT’S why it’s ominous.)

ANY reference to MILLENNIUM, no matter how obscure or oblique, should be considered ominous. Even in a book with other explicit ties to that “event”.

52? Or COUNTDOWN? ‘Sides, the Lu-n-Val who came to the 21st Century in COUNTDOWN, JLofA and JSofA weren’t from the current series’ timeline, anyway, but the one Geoff Johns later showed in ACTION.

Patsy hasn’t been this much fun since J.M. DeMatteis left the Defenders lo these many years ago.

Marc was the guy who made her not-fun, marrying her off to Daimon and starting her on a two-decade path to victimhood and near-oblivion several years before he (and the original book) left town. J.M. did many great things on (THE NEW) DEFENDERS — Cloud, the Seuss issue, the elevation of Candy Sothern, the gathering of the ex-X-Men — but his treatment of Hellcat definitely does not rank among them.

Cliff Chiang, however, turns in a stellar art job that makes both issues go smooth like a honey lemon cough drop.

Mike Norton. Chiang’s been off interiors for many moons now.

Thanos: “Has ‘The Raccoon’ become involved?!”

Hell, Rocket Raccoon should be the mastermind behind the whole “Secret Invasion” thing. Clearly, he has an issue with Earth having household pets.

Nothing like a raccoon with a big gun.