Apparently this is a regular feature now. Neat. As always, letter ratings are an entirely subjective and random way of making an easy comparison between my predicted opinion and actual opinion come Wednesday, so take them with a grain of salt.
Final Crisis #6: Should be pretty awesome. I've been enjoying this series wholeheartedly from the start, despite a few minorly frustrating moments. Thinking about the way it's structured, I really admire the level of craft involved: Morrison is always talking about making comics that really interact with the reader and transcend the physical page, which he used to do in a more literal way by having characters break the fourth wall and so forth. This series takes that to the next level: just as the characters talk about time being sped up and out of whack, the story itself is speeding up, with quick, disjointed scenes starting & ending at odd moments. I'm not sure if it's 100% successful at what it's trying to do, but it's an interesting (and admirable) attempt. Anyway, yeah, this should be cool.
Predicted Rating: A
Young Liars #11: I can't even begin to predict what's actually going to happen, since every issue has been a complete shock so far. I can predict that it will leave me with my head spinning, and wanting to immediately re-read every issue in order to see how this stuff actually lines up with what's gone before. And that is a good thing.
Predicted Rating: A
Captain Britain & MI: 13 #9: That title is actually really annoying to type, by the way. Anyway, this is a book I really, really want to love every month, especially after loving the first arc. But, y'know... I dunno. You know when you're reading a comic, and everything is cool, and everyone else loves it, and you just can't figure out why it's not making you giddy like it should? That's how I am about this. Maybe it's the fact that it's magic-focused and I never really care for that sort of thing. Although, Cornell did totally suck me in with Captain Midland's betrayal last issue, and I think I'm the only one who had a strong emotional reaction to that, so maybe I'm just totally backwards. That's probably it.
Predicted Rating: B+
Gravel #8: I actually did eventually get issue 7 after all, and it was really good. Probably my favorite issue of the series thus far, actually, so I'm glad I did. Gravel really is a total bastard, and after setting up a possibly nicer side of his personality over the prior issue they really managed to hammer that home beautifully in issue 7. I'm curious to see where this arc is actually going, and this issue will probably determine whether it goes on my monthly list or not.
Predicted Rating: B
CBR Review: The Authority: The Lost Year #4
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I recently reviewed *The Authority: The Lost Year* #4 for CBR and, in the
process, wrote the following sentences: "The basic idea of this issue isn’t
bad,...
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I reread every Gravel story (save Strange(r) Kiss(es)) the other day and noticed that the ongoing book is much more focused and precise in its goals than the previous stories, which were more quick little one-off ideas. I think the character benefits from this approach--although, pretty much every other member of the Minor Seven considering him a barely literate thug was a bit much--even Sykes, who liked Gravel, ultimately viewed him as an attack dog and nothing more. A little bit of over-kill to make the point that, yeah, they were all pretentious assholes. Though, the end of the first arc was a fantastic one.
And, here we are, one week later and another issue comes out. First, it's a week of all four Ellis books from Avatar and, then, it's another issue of one a week later. Damn strange.
I'm buying the same bunch of comics plus The Death-Defying 'Devil #2 (it's a Joe Casey comic, so...), Faces of Evil: Prometheus (I dig the character and am reviewing it for CBR), and Punisher: War Zone #5 (as I've gotten the first four issues and why would I stop now?).
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