Wednesday Comics #3

By Gaiman, Allred, Berganza, Galloway, Pope, Palmiotti, Conner, Didio, Lopez, Nowlan, Calwell, Kubert, Kerschl, Fletcher, Simonson, Stelfreeze, Azzarello, Rossio, Gibbons, Sook, Baler, Bullock, Heuck, Acudi, Bermelo, Busiek, Quinones

I hate to say it, but I think the honeymoon between DC’s Wednesday Comics and myself has come to an end. Trust me, I hate to say it, but I think its true. This week’s offering wasn’t only mostly poor, it didn’t set up anything interesting for next week, which leads me to suspect that the next few weeks will be lulling in mediocrity.

I’m going to break from my last couple of reviews on this series and go though each story, briefly.

Batman: No Batman except for him playing peeping Tom. The rest of the story involves “soap opera like” moments of little interest. Grade: D

Kamandi: The swashbuckling continues. Great art and nostalgic feel, too much talking animal dynamics. Grade: B

Superman: Such a big drop off. Boring. Bland. The personality traits of Superman fans hate.But, beautiful art. Grade: C

Deadman: Fun and fast paced. Great use of panel proportions. Most interesting personality in this series. A surprise hit: Grade: A-

Green Lantern: Nails the whole Hal as a stud in the comfy world of Ferris air. But not enough ring power in this strip. Hal looks inconsistent. Grade: B-

Metamorpho: Why is this series so bad? Both of these creators are perhaps the best of the best. Terrible. Two weeks of them entering ruins? Really? Only saved from an “F” because of the art. Grade: D-

Teen Titans: Not sure if I’ve ever cared less about a story and its characters. Art is geared for a 4 year-old. Grade: F

Strange Adventures: Amazing! What a work to behold. Clicks on every level. Paul Pope for president! Grade: A+

Supergirl: Great, fun stuff. Art matches tone of script perfectly. I’m loving the cat chase here. Animals are super expressive- apologetic dog, determined cat, etc. Grade A+

Metal Men: Good, but illogical. Why would the doctor force a kidnapper’s hand? Why is a metal robot scared of a gun? Grade: C

Wonder Woman: I need to take dramamine to read this. Didn’t have any on me, so didn’t read it. That says it all. Is this the worst colored comic of all time? Grade: F

Sgt. Rock: Love the tough guys, but not much happening here. Nothing we don’t know. Watching Rock get beat up for three weeks is getting old.  Grade: C+

Flash: Love the split comic. Interesting dynamic and fast-paced plot Grade: A

Catwoman: Did I miss something? Where did this villain come from? Anyway, not bad. Selina is solid. Grade: B-

Hawkman: Crazy and fun. Love the grainy art. Unexpected turn of events that changes the tone of the strip. Grade: B

Final Grade: C (overall)

-Rob G.

WCBR’s Top Picks

Ray’s Top Picks

Best of the Past Week: Blackest Night #1 – What a wild and strong first issue. With moments like the Ralph and Sue Dibny scene, everyone is in for another Geoff Johns masterpiece.

Most Anticipated for this Week: Green Lantern #44 – The Martian Manhunter returns, and Sinestro is back to reclaim his Corps! With the focus on those two characters, how can this not be an A-grade book?

Other Top Picks: Blackest Night Tales of the Corps #2, Wednesday Comics #3, Amazing Spider-Man #600,  Incredible Hulk #600,  Avengers The Initiative #26

Kyle’s Top Picks

Best of the Past Week: Wednesday Comics #2/Deadpool #12 (Tie) – With the exception of a few misses (Example: Superman sounded like an angsty, pissy, teen), Wednesday Comics #2 proved that the summer series is definitely more than just a cool format.  As for Deadpool #12, it read and looked like a twisted saturday morning cartoon for grown-ups and that, my friends, is a good thing.

Most Anticipated for this Week: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #8/Captain Britain & MI:13 #15 – The first title marks the end of an absolutely exception mini-series.  The second title marks the pre-mature end to a series that never found the audience that it so rightly deserved.

Other Top Picks for this Week: Gotham City Sirens #2, Cyberforece/Hunter-Killer #1, Fusion #3, Aliens #2, Ms. Marvel #42,  Avengers: The Initiative #26, X-Force #17, Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #5, Deadpool: Suicide Kings #4

Rob’s Top Picks

Best of the Past Week: Blackest Night #1 – Such a solid mythos with tons of interesting developments and situations to expand and explore. Not to mention the plain fact that DC Heroes are becoming cosmic zombies, for real; not in some pocket universe.

Most Anticipated for this Week: Invincible #64 – Just edges out this weeks Green Lantern as its the conclusion of the spectacular, dramatic, and game-changing Conquest arc. No telling what Kirkman has in store for the best Superhero in comics today.

Other Top Picks for this Week: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600; FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #5; GREEN LANTERN #44; GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #16; INCREDIBLE HULK #600; NOVA #27; WEDNESDAY COMICS #3; WOLVERINE ORIGINS #38; WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #8

Alex’s Top Picks

Best Of The PastWeek: Incognito#5 – Ed Brubaker’s pulp-noir superhero world keeps getting better as it nears its undoubtedly bloody close.  Pitch-perfect atmosphere combines with perversely likable characters to forge a cannot miss comic.  Self-identity has never been foggier.

Most Anticipated: Invincible #64 – Any Invincible reader worth his or her salt should be ready to kill for this issue, considering what happened last month.  This once bright and happy comic looks to take a decidedly darker tone and I can’t wait to see the lengths to which Mark is willing to go.  Can it get any more brutal than last month?  Well, this is Robert Kirkman we’re talking about…

Other Top Picks for this Week: Nothing else.