Batman: Nevermore #5: This is the ultimate, "Why didn't I think of that?" team-up, and this story was everything I would have hoped for, but not entirely what I expected. While the ending was telegraphed, it was telegraphed properly, and the whole thing worked as a story. I really liked this series.
Detective Comics #785: I've said that I prefer Detective Comics to have some detecting in it... and while the first issue of this story-arc delivered, the second issue let's down just a little. It's not bad. In fact, it's still pretty good. I was just hoping for more detecting than Bats beating up thugs. The back-up story is quite promising.
Faction Paradox #1: I stopped reading the original Doctor Who novels some years back, mostly because I was having trouble keeping up, but also because I was losing interest in them. They were increasingly self-referential and complicated, and I got a little bored with them being so unlike the TV show (which was goofy and willing to laugh at itself even when it tackled serious ideas). I continued to read books by the particular authors that I liked, but at this point I haven't read a Doctor Who novel in years. And so, even though it was published six years ago, I haven't read Alien Bodies which contained the first appearance of the Faction Paradox, nor have I read any of the Faction's other Doctor Who related appearances. In fact, this is the first I've read of the Faction Paradox, though I know that their roots are in the Doctor Who multiverse. And so my first reaction upon reading this first issue was "Huh?" Despite Lawrence Miles efforts to make the book new-reader friendly, it really was a tough read. That's not to say that I disliked it... I'm a fan of Jim Calafiore's artwork and I'm intrigued enough with the concept to keep reading the comic. But maybe it could have been a little more friendly to the new readers. Especially the ones that aren't going to buy it because of its relationship to an old British cult science fantasy show.
Still to review: Justice League Adventures, Supreme Power, and Cardcaptor Sakura.
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