Talon #5 – Review

By: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV (story), Guillem March (art), Tomev Morey (colors)

The Story: Always check before you let a recently revived serial killer in.

The Review: With the cancellation of both Sword of Sorcery and Team Seven, that leaves Talon as the only “Third Wave” title left on my pull list (for better or worse, I’ve always avoided the Dan Didio-penned Phantom Stranger).  Considering that I also see Talon as a fairly uninspired series across the board, I think I can safely conclude that DC’s “Third Wave” has been the weakest set out of the new 52.

In the case of this series, it’s always suffered from a lack of originality or even freshness.  Even if you can set aside the fact that it’s mostly an attempt to strain every last drop of excitement generated by the Night of the Owls storyline, there really hasn’t been much about Talon that’s distinguished it as a must-read: the characters aren’t memorable; the plotting is thin at the best of times; and none of the concepts have been particularly thought-provoking.