Rapid Reviews - 3 March 2004 - Part II

Akiko #52: I tried to take the price tag off the cover. I'm so used to dealing with old price tags... it was just natural for me to see if I could remove it. It took me a moment after I started to try to remove it to realize it was part of the cover. Then I looked at the rest of the cover and finally got the joke. The contents of the book were quite fun, but it was the cover that really got me. And I'm still wishing for a longer story, instead of a bunch of shorts. Oh yeah, and the back cover made me laugh aloud.

Justice League Adventures #29: Yah! Seattle! *ahem* This one was a nice tame story, with a villain that I didn't recognize and an international flavor that ought to be emphasized more often. If anything, I'm slightly disappointed that we didn't see more of the chaos as various places on earth were mixed up with others. The cover is really misleading, as it suggests changes in time as well as space. And what happened to the lab assistant?

Still to review: Birthright and Supreme Power.

And in other comic book news, Jeff Parker tries to clarify his opinion on his blog: "We still need escapism, but as I said in that extended metaphor, we've literally loved that genre to death." I seem to recall saying the exact same thing about five years ago. It's an obvious problem. The solution, if there is one, is far from clear.