Supreme Power #9: This is a rather amazing bit of story... on how the general who was responsible for Hyperion stayed responsible for him into adulthood, and even tried to take back control once Hyperion learned the truth of his origin. As normal, there's a small shift to other characters, but also as usual there isn't much of that. Overall, this one is just very good. 
Amelia Rules: Superheroes #2: Oh, I really hate to say this... but this issue was a bit too disjointed. Amelia is often disjointed, and I understood what was happening, but bits of this issue felt like they were ratcheted into place, instead of fitting together like a good puzzle like previous issues. I can't quite put my finger on what bothered me the most, though, so I feel like my criticism is invalid. It's still a very good book which I highly recommend, though, even if this one issue threw me off a bit. 
Banana Fish Vol 1: A friend loaned me this, but warned me that she wasn't that impressed with it. I pretty much disagree with her on that, as I liked it overall. Ok, there was a sterile sense of something missing: the book never quite engaged me fully. I think that might be because the intended audience is Japanese, but I'm not positive. Reading backwards can be difficult, but since the layout was very standard, it worked well with this book. The story is a bit more problematic. It's set in New York, among a street gang with a charismatic and handsome young leader, Ash. The plot involves a mysterious drug called "banana fish" that apparently destroyed the mind of Ash's older brother in Vietnam, and now has made a reappearance. Throw in a couple of Japanese reporters, and you have an epic in the making. This volume ends with nothing resolved, which is slightly annoying. Also annoying, or perhaps even disturbing, is the way the artwork portrays black people. Taken out of context, it would be considered racist. Even in context, it wasn't quite comfortable to read. Overall, not bad, but it had too many faults for me to go after the remaining volumes.
Coming April 14th according to the latest shipping list: PS238, Age of Bronze, 1602, Fallen Angel, Green Arrow, Aquaman, JLA, H-E-R-O, and JSA.
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