Batman: Battle For the Cowl #2 (of 3)
Written By Tony Daniel
Art By Sandu Florea
I think this is supposed to be an important crossover, but does anyone really care what happens. I mean, you know Bruce Wayne's coming back, and therefore the whole "Battle for the Cowl" is moot.
Anyway, in this issue, various former and current Robins dress up as different versions of Batman and fight each other over who will become the interim Batman. Meanwhile, the mysterious gun-toting Batman from last issue, well, to the surprise of no one, it turns out to be Jason Todd, a fact dramatically revealed not once, but twice!
Of course, you could make the case that, for the most part, the Bruce Wayne side of Batman hasn't really been an important part of Batman stories for a while, which would mean that it really doesn't matter one way or the other.
Exiles (v4!) #1
Written By Jeff Parker
Art By Salya Espin
There's something about the concept of the Exiles that some one at Marvel likes a lot. I mean, most new books can barely survive a year, but Exiles is up to something like almost 115 issues of near-constant publishing.
Not only that, but it's been written by Judd Winick, Chuck Austen and post-1990 Chris Claremont. This book should not be alive today, but here it is, getting another re-launch.
Here's the thing though, since the whole "alternate Marvel heroes fight to save alternate Marvel continuities" concept has now been tried for over a hundred issue, I feel pretty confident that it's always going to be one of those books that just kind of "there." I mean, it's basically a resurrection of the old "What-if" series except with recurring characters. Originally, I thought this is a series that people would either mildly enjoy or not care about at all, but then I remember there are a lot of people like Chris Sims in the world, and this the book for them.
Timestorm 2009-2099 #1 (of 4)
Written By Brian Reed
Art By Eric Battle
Hey kids, remember the 2099 imprint from the '90s, you know, the one that was an abysmal failure that helped drive Marvel to Bankruptcy? Well, it's back, and now you get to see all your favorite 2099 characters again, like, Punisher 2099, Spider-man 2099, and so many more.
Now the rest of you readers are probably thinking, but wait, I don't give even a single shit about these historically-bad characters. Well, just for you, we're bringing in characters for normal continuity so that you can see the meetings between the popular characters of today, and their hated, poorly designed counterparts from the future.
But seriously, I blame the comic speculators of the '90s for initially buying many copies of the 2099 imprint, which has somehow led to the borderline insane notion that the 2099 characters and world should ever be discussed again.
Green Lantern (v4) #39
Written By Geoff Johns
Art By Phillip Tan
First off, "Agent Orange?" Well, the Vietnam War's only been over for thirty-four years, so here's another winner of a name, right on the heels of "Atrocitus" and "Saint Walker." I understand that coming up with alien names is hard because it's so easy to end up with stupid-sounding name, but using mangled English words and phrases to name your alien characters is not a good substitute.
There's a lot that could be said about this issue, the upcoming "Blackest Night" and how unpleasant a character Hal Jordan often is, but I can't get past the idea that, very soon, there are going to be Indigo Lanterns. I mean...come on...really?
Also, since Hal Jordan now has a green and a blue ring, doesn't that make him "The Turqoise Lantern?"
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