Just as they did around the same time last year, Marvel unleashed a big, fat, high-priced Point One issue that teases many of its most anticipated releases for the coming year. More importantly though, they released the next issues of some of our favorite titles -- Daredevil, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man.
Over at DC, Batwoman continues its rise to glory, Justice League introduces Cheetah to the New 52, Before Watchmen trucks on, and Wonder Woman starts to build its next storyline.
DC COMICS
"Oh my dear lord, I love this title right now. Listen, I know there are a lot of stellar books in today’s pantheon of top comics. Marvel, Image, Archaia -- they’re all putting out books worth following monthly and in trade. Batwoman tops them all. When was the last time you saw this much ambiance in a comic book? Maybe never. You can’t help but wince as Bette relives the sensations of being eviscerated. The foul smells of murder and squalor try to wriggle their way into your nose. The oppressive weight of being buried alive shortens your tidal breathing." -Poet
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Final Score:
9.8
"Minutemen was always the Before Watchmen book with the most potential for interesting character development. Luckily, Darwyn Cooke has been able to realize that potential. Though issue #4 is fairly scatterbrained in its focus, Cooke manages to deliver some memorable moments featuring just about every player in this troubled group." -Jesse
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Final Score:
8.8
"With his Birds of Prey run, Duane Swierczynski has developed this annoying habit of dropping plot threads without fully resolving them and diving right into new stories. That trait continues as his latest arc kicks off in issue #13. The conflict with Poison Ivy has been all but abandoned from where it ended in issue #12. Instead, we're informed that Batman randomly showed up to assist the BoP gals with their poisoning and they're now all on the mend and craving munchies. It's as if there was a Birds of Prey #12.5 that got lost at the printer and Swierczynski is relying on exposition to make up for its absence." -Jesse
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Final Score:
5.2
"Ann Nocenti began her run on Catwoman with last month's #0 issue. Among that issue's many problems were a pointlessly fractured narrative and an inexplicable attempt to marry nearly every version of Selina Kyle's origins into one bloated whole. Issue #13 at least isn't saddled with all that origin nonsense, but Nocenti once again burdens the book with a jumbled and generally unsatisfying script." -Jesse
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Final Score:
6.0
"It’s within the pages of DCU Presents #13 that we get our first look at the New 52 incarnations of Black Lightning and Blue Devil. An odd pairing to be sure, but writer Marc Andreyko takes the simple (or perhaps convenient) approach of giving overlapping investigations to the pair, though their motivations for working those cases in the first place are unclear. Ultimately though, this first chapter amounts to little more than plot setup without much character stuff, though Andreyko certainly plants the seeds at defining the 'origins' of sorts for these two heroes." -Joey
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Final Score:
6.0
"Tony Bedard has done this series a favor by utilizing a smaller cast to better focus on Kyle Rayner. The artsy Green Lantern has the ability to use any color of the emotional spectrum and must master each one in order to call on those different powers. That concept has the potential to show all the different facets of Kyle’s character, but Bedard delivers a story that -- while certainly visually stimulating -- could have been a lot more creative." -Joshua
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Final Score:
6.3
"This issue of Justice League focuses heavily on Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor, and I don’t have a problem with that. Superman, Flash, and Cyborg have a few nice moments, while Batman and Aquaman are purely background characters. Again, I don’t mind this because for the first time since this series began, I feel I have a stake in the main characters and I am genuinely intrigued by the conflict. Who would have thought Cheetah would be a more interesting villain than Darkseid?" -Joshua
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Final Score:
8.4
"Though Nightwing #13 doesn't have one of those creepy, die-cut Joker covers, it has about as much to do with Death of the Family as any other ancillary Batman title released this month. That is to say -- expect plenty of pointless references to Joker's return that have no real bearing on the story at hand. Most glaring is a short sequence where Batgirl pops up out of nowhere to complain about not being prepared for a battle with Joker before disappearing just as quickly. I'm starting to think that the best course of action may be to avoid these books entirely for the next few months if this is what we can expect from Death of the Family tie-ins." -Jesse
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Final Score:
5.8
"Who knows if I would have kept up with this series so far if it weren't for Kenneth Rocafort? The writing quality has tended to vary between mediocre and above average, so it's really Rocafort's contribution that has lent a sense of stability and vitality to the book. Sadly, with Rocafort joining Scott Lobdell on Superman now, the Outlaws have to make do with a different penciler. Timothy Green's work is decent enough in issue #13, but it suffers from the attempt to replicate the look and feel of Rocafort's style. Green did excellent work in the Rocket Raccoon/Groot features in Marvel's Annihilators mini-series, and it's disappointing that we don't see a similar approach here considering the alien setting." -Jesse
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Final Score:
6.9
"Supergirl #13 picks up where we left off before the zero issue, with Kara confronted by Simon Tycho in her new Fortress of Solitude-esque home on the ocean floor, fittingly dubbed Sanctuary. Writer Mike Johnson delivers another satisfying chapter of the best Super-family book, though my interest didn’t really pique until after Tycho was taken out of the picture. Like many villains that have shown face in this series thus far, he came off as two-dimensional and rather typical, with a pretty absurd visual design to boot. However, that might be for the best, as his relatively throw-away presence in this series results in Kara’s strongest character moment in quite a while when she unceremoniously leaves him trapped inside of Sanctuary without remorse." -Joey
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Final Score:
7.2
"DC has no real business labeling this issue as Sword of Sorcery #1, as it picks up directly where last month's #0 issue left off and would serve as a poor entry point by itself. Ahh, the delightful magic of comic book numbering. On the other hand, kudos to DC for trying to cover all the major genres with the New 52 rather than simply churning out endless superhero books. Sword of Sorcery goes a step or two further than Demon Knights in terms of exploring the fantasy-oriented side of the DCU. Christy Marx has all the ingredients for a worthy fantasy epic here -- the ordinary girl who discovers her grand destiny, a strange realm full of magical powers and warring clans, and a twisted family dynamic driving the conflict. Unfortunately, the end result feels surprisingly by-the-numbers. " -Jesse
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Final Score:
6.2
"Brian Azzarello continues to build his Wonder Woman mythology here. As it has been from the beginning, this is a story about the children of Zeus. Diana is out to find others and, we assume, once again build a team that is capable of battling her half-brothers and sisters as well as finding Zola's missing baby. The majority of the issue just features people sitting around talking and plotting. The dialogue is sharp as ever, the story deep and involving. The issue moves a bit slow, but a dude also gets the top of his head bitten off. So there's that." -Ben
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Final Score:
8.2
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