Superman/Batman Generations III #6: Popping around from century to century following characters we hardly know and never get a chance to really understand. It's not impossibly bad, it's just not that impressive.
Green Arrow #27: The art is beginning to grow on me, and the story is pretty solid still. Good cliffhanger, good plotting. The story moves along without racing. Nice.
JSA #49: Too... many... characters... And too much happening too quickly to understand. This needs to be read with other issues. JSA is looking more and more like a book that would be better read in collected form.
Superman: Red Son #2: This one wasn't as good as the first issue. The story moved along at the same sort of pace, but the art wasn't quite right. This is a very good tale. Definitely one of the best Elseworlds to come along in ages.
Still to review: PS238, Akiko, Cardcaptor Sakura, Aquaman, and Hulk.
And for a different take on Elseworlds (the last story has a very similar premise to Superman: Red Son):
Superheroes (edited by John Varley): This is an anthology of 25 short stories by some of the big names in science fiction writing. The underlying theme is as simple as the title, but the stories ring in very differently. The biggest problem with this one, I think, is that it's hard to tell which stories are going to be pure humor and which are going to be dead serious. Some twist quite unexpectedly. All-in-all, however, this is really a good ride.
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