Probably Spoilers in here, so take care....


Birds of Prey #56 was pretty darn good. benes is... well, he's getting a lot better. He still relies a little too much on cheesecake and he gave Dinah a really wierd elongated body in a lot of panels but he's a good visual storyteller and he's got a really nice way of showing facial expressions. The story is a slow start I think and Gail over at the DC boards has said that she likes to write stories where things aren't quite what they seem so I'm pretty intrigued as to where she's taking it. And really nice banter between the girls too.

Outsiders #1. I wasn't going to pick this up after the mess that was Graduation Day but the art is so pretty that I thought I'd give it a go. And while I wasn't blown away I'll almost certainly get the next issue as well. It's mostly set up and the reasoning behind the make-up of the group is pretty OK (my initial thought was it didn't make sense for the Titans to disband and then two of their main members to rejoin another group but that's dealt with). Two problems though were the seemingly arbitary ways that Metamorpho and Indigo came back. OK so the Metamorpho ressurection is a mess anyway (fine for heros to come back from the dead but at least usually there's a reason for it) but there's also the big thing about him not remembering much. We've been there before in JLE and he was in BoP a couple of months back looking perfectly normal and happy. And they reprogrammed Indigo? Does that mean we're not going to get any explanation of why she came into the past then? Hmmm. And why was she coloured so differently from on the cover?

Lucifer #39. Oh. My. Gods. Mike Carey is a bastard. I just hope that the last page isn't really all it seems. Spera and Gordium as little balls of glowing light is pretty damn good though. Especially when you compare the way the two of them are speaking. [biiiig grin] I'm really feeling that I'm gonna have to go back and read the whole series now though to make sure I know exactly what's going on. And I know Mike hinted that the series *might* end with #50 but at the very least that's where it was building up to so I can't wait to see what he's going to do in the next 11 issues. The bastard.

And finally Too Much Hopless Savages #1. I adore Hopeless Savages. Absolutely love it. And this looks like it's building up to be another great story. Fabulous to see the original team of Jen and Christine back together again and the art for the flashback is really lovely. Fits in perfectly. Actually I think possibly the flashback is my favourite bit, just for all the stalls. He he. And nice to see that this time around it looks like Arsenal and Twitch (to a slightly lesser degree) will get the limelight. We've already had two focusing on Zero with Rat being a main player in one as well but the middle siblings have sort of taken a back seat a bit. Time for them to step up and take the lead. I love Arsenal and Twitch is just so cute. Nice to see a gay character who isn't there to make a point about being gay. Oh, and the two grandmas (Savage and Shi) look like they're going to be fun. As for what's in the package, haven't got a clue. But I can't wait for next issue dagnabbit.