Rapid Reviews - 24 December 2003 - Part I

Shrek #3: Only two weeks after the second issue, the third and final issue comes out. It's funny, and there is certainly enough here to make a cool ongoing series... if not for the problems that turned the four issue mini into a three issue mini of which two issues were really late. This one had both Shrek and Donkey pulling their weight together for the comedy, and had great writing and art.

JLA #91: Tan Eng Huat's artwork is very odd. It worked in Doom Patrol, but I don't like it much in JLA. Add in the apparent environmental message (alien comes to earth to find species that Man has destroyed, hmmm, where have I heard that before, eh?) and it just does't do much for me.

Birds of Prey #62: While the Lady Shiva and Black Canary plot was interesting enough, it's the subplot of Oracle's computer problems that really drew me in. It's a testament to how much Batman trusts Barbara that he didn't do a double-check on the house she led him to. This one ended on a double-cliffhanger, too.

Still to review: Amazing Spider-Man, El Cazador, and Phantom.