JLA #95: Ug. Vampires, "mystery group", and stilted plot. I spoke too soon, can we go back to Joe Kelly's stuff? 
Green Lantern #175: Yet more cosmic stuff, but at least the ending is somewhat promising. 
Avengers/JLA #4: It's been so long since the last issue that I forgot that Aquaman showed up two-handed... so for a short time I was thinking that Perez had made a mistake. In any case, this was one very long fight. I enjoyed Aquaman's parts in it, especially the sudden appearance of the current Aquaman, who is a future Aquaman to this plotline. But for the most part, it was just battle after battle, and not that interesting. As a whole, the series was fun. Perhaps even better than expected. Yeah, I'm happy with it. 
Arrowsmith #6: I can't believe it's over. I'll be looking for the next series impatiently. I can't say a lot about this issue, there was too much in it for a short review, and I don't have the strength to write a long review at the moment, not without getting into politics and what's happening in Iraq. So I'll leave you with this thought: If you didn't buy this in individual issues, I recommend the collection (APR04 0352 - $14.95 - out in June). This is at least as good as Astro City, and maybe even better. 
Usagi Yojimbo #74: Contrasting Usagi's nature with Jotaro's is a neat device, considering that Jotaro is very much like young Usagi was in all those flashback stories. And isn't it funny that even with Katsuichi around, Usagi just can't stay out of trouble? I'm also excited about the announcement in the letter column that Usagi and Gen will be showing up on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, as well as the fact that they are already preparing extras for the DVD release! In any case, another good issue of a consistently wonderful book.
That's all that I got for this week (the late books showed up yesterday and I went down to the store to grab 'em). However! There are more books for me to review. In my last Flipping Through Previews post, I mentioned that I wanted to read Demo. To my surprise, I got an e-mail from Larry Young at AIT/Planet Lar offering to send me "some copies" as long as I review them on my blog. Hey, free comics! I figured that a couple of issues would give me a good feel for the series and wild horses couldn't keep me from reviewing them, so I eagerly accepted the offer and sent him my mailing address. Yesterday I received a thick envelope from him... with the first FIVE issues of Demo, and a Demo patch to boot. FIVE issues, folks. I would've been delighted with just one or two. And a patch. And the turnaround was only four days... I'm impressed. Go buy Colonia from them. And within the next couple of days I'll let you all know what I think of Demo, too.
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