She-Hulk #37 (4th Series)
Written by Peter David
Art by Steve Scott
Listen, She-Hulk at its core isn't really a strong enough concept to sustain an ongoing series. I mean, the character doesn't have interesting powers, and the whole superhero lawyer thing can only take you so far. I think Slott made it work about as well as it possibly could, but then he left, and Peter David felt the need to make his mark by junking the supporting cast and making Jen a bounty hunter....and it didn't work.
So, She-Hulk has been cancelled, but she's going out with a climatic clash against one of her most deadly foes...unfortunately, that foe is Man-Elephant.
I did like the art.
Incredible Hercules #125
Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente
Art by Salva Espin & Clayton Henry
You know, I like this book, and I'm not sure why. I mean, the whole 'reality has been altered and only our heroes can change it back' has been done before; let's be honest, they could have called this story 'House of XX' because that's what it is.
On the other hand, it's well-paced, the dialogue is well written, and the characters all seem well-defined in both iterations of reality. In fairness, I also like Cable & Deadpool too, so I may just be a sucker for buddy superhero comics.
Justice Society of America #23
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jerry Ordway
Once upon a time there was this comic called JSA, and it was a rocking comic about Golden Age superheroes and their successors, and it was fun, and it was interesting, and while it did introduce a few new characters, it primarily made good use of characters already in continuity.
But that was a long time ago,
Justice Sociery of America has told about two stories in two and half years. The first story was the team coming together to fight Nazis...who apparently are still pretty steamed fifty years later that America stopped the Third Reich, and attempted to take revenge on the JSA. Of course in the grand tradition of villainous vendettas, they only killed a character no one had ever heard of, a few assorted civilians, and managed to make a couple new heroes in the process.
The second story was an unimaginably long tale about the Kingdom Come universe, you know, the one with the old Superman and the Alex Ross art? Right, well, apparently old Superman shows up on Earth-Regular (or whatever it's called at the moment) and proceeds to team up with the JSA as they stand around dumbfounded for a year's worth of issues about whether a guy who proclaims himself to be a god and demands worship is up to no good (spoiler: he is).
But now it's time for Geoff Johns swan song, wherein I am sure he will come up with a suitably dramatic story that will....Black Adam? Again? Seriously?
Fuck.
Titans #9
Written by Judd Winick
Art by Howard Porter and J. Caliafore
Wow, with the all-star writing team of Winick and Porter, I can't imagine how this comic can go wrong.
Anyway, this issue boldy continues Judd Winick's proud tradition of stealing Titans stories from the past and updating them with crappy dialogue and art. In this thrilling new version of Titans Hunt (which wasn't even a good story in the hands of Marv Wolfman), Jericho has come under the control of all of the people he has possessed over the years, because apparently that's how his power has always worked.
Great.
There's not a lot of action in this issue, which is to say that the entire issue consists of the team waiting around and Jericho telling Nightwing his new and updated origin story. Why won't this comic die?
War Machine #2
Written by Greg "Rhodey don't bleed" Pak
Art by Leonardo Manco
First of all, I don't how this ever seemed like a good idea. I mean, at least the Titans were at one time the most successful franchise DC had, whereas at his best War Machine was a knock off of Marvel's...say about fifth most popular hero. And it's not like the first series was even that good anyway.
If there ever was a Marvel character that summed up the problems of the mid-90s, it was War Machine, he was basically a darker and edgier Iron Man with a metric fuckton of guns and that was basically it. Of course, things have changed since then, and now War Machine is a cyborg with the ability to graft himself onto whatever machinery happens to be laying around, which in this issue leads to War Machine turning himself into a tank.
So, if you're under the age of sixteen and have never experienced the joys of Dark Age comics, with implausible amounts of weaponry, nonsensical plots and crappy art, all War Machine needs is a scantily-clad female character with patently impossible anatomy and we'd be there. Of course there's always next month....
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