52 week 6 (Spoilers)

[catman]

This is my first time writing a review so...
The book features two main plotlines. The first involving Booster was exceptional and one of the highpoints of the series. The second plotline, which introduce The Great 10 (China's new superteam) is nothing special though. The best part of this was the end with Black Adam. However, things was pretty boring until he showed up and even then it was setup for a later issue. I wish there had been more focus on other characters, I want to see Ralph every week not once a month. If the realtime thing is gonna work each character needs to be doing something each week. I understand that some of these things need to happen off panel and thats fine as long as we see development in between the various appearances of the cast. Overall a solid, if not spectacular issue. Next issue looks to be the best of the series so far. This issue individualy gets a B, but the series as a whole is still A material.

[REEKINGHAVOC]

This series is the slowest, blandest thing I've come across since I've started reading comics. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to take the DC D-list characters and put them into a weekly comic, but it wasn't. The highlight of this series so far was Black Adam tearing that one guy apart, and that was nothing but gratuitous violence.

[bluebird]

This series is the slowest, blandest thing I've come across since I've started reading comics. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to take the DC D-list characters and put them into a weekly comic, but it wasn't. The highlight of this series so far was Black Adam tearing that one guy apart, and that was nothing but gratuitous violence.


Wow. Just wow. Well, you're entitled to your own opinion of course, jsut as I have my own. I think it's a great idea, but then, I like D-List characters, and crossovers like this are the best place to see 'em...who wants to read a D-Lister monthly, after all, and how long will it last?

That two-page spread in Rip Hunter's lab was awesome...there's a TON of information on those two pages. It was a one-panel story beat, but how long did it take to read, reallY?

I don't understand how you can say it's slow though...it's 22 pages every week, meaning it's moving four times as fast as virtually every other Big Two superhero comic (presuming they ship on time, of course), and there's quite a bit of story and info in each issue. I mean, this one had a mystery and character development (the Booster Gold thing), the set-up of a big political conflict (the airspace thing with Black Adam), the intro of a brand-new superhero team, AND a giant superhero fight. Compare to, say, NEW AVENGERS, and on a compression ratio 1 issue of 52 = 15 issues of NEW AVENGERS.

[gwangung]

Wow. Just wow. Well, you're entitled to your own opinion of course, jsut as I have my own. I think it's a great idea, but then, I like D-List characters, and crossovers like this are the best place to see 'em...who wants to read a D-Lister monthly, after all, and how long will it last?

Actually, what determines who's a D-list character is how they're written. But too many people get it in their heads that XXX is a D-lister and is, thus, inherently uninteresting.

I don't understand how you can say it's slow though...it's 22 pages every week, meaning it's moving four times as fast as virtually every other Big Two superhero comic (presuming they ship on time, of course), and there's quite a bit of story and info in each issue. I mean, this one had a mystery and character development (the Booster Gold thing), the set-up of a big political conflict (the airspace thing with Black Adam), the intro of a brand-new superhero team, AND a giant superhero fight. Compare to, say, NEW AVENGERS, and on a compression ratio 1 issue of 52 = 15 issues of NEW AVENGERS.

This is about 12% in. For a regular book, that's 2, 3 pages in. Even by 1970s standards, you're pretty much just at the recap and nowhere near the bulk of the story.

[Apocolyptus]

Great review first of all.

About the D List characters, I don't know. I like reading about them. I find that sometimes they can be more interesting then A listers like Bats, Supes and WW. But just sometimes.

Here in the Philadelphia area, we're big on sports so I'm going to use a sports analogy. As football season approaches (woo hoo!), the Philadelphia Inquirer usually prints stories about guys on the practice squad and stuff. These are the players who pretty much have no shot of seeing NFL minutes outside of the preseason. The paper runs these long, elaborate stories about these no-names that, frankly, no one will ever hear of again. I really found it annoying but started, recently, to enjoy the articles. It offered a refreshing look on football, one outside of the mainstream atheletes. I found myself rooting for these guys and found their stories fascinating.

I guess I feel the same way about the characters in 52.

[KyleV]

This is about 12% in. For a regular book, that's 2, 3 pages in. Even by 1970s standards, you're pretty much just at the recap and nowhere near the bulk of the story.

That's one way of looking at it. The other is that you've spent $15 already, so if it's moving to slowly or someone considers it bland, they've just wasted a decent amount of money on 12% of the story.

You wouldn't drop a title after three pages, right? So if you gave a regular title two issues to prove it's good, would you have to give 52 11 issues, or nearly $30?

Just offering an alternate viewpoint.

[BatWolverine]

52, Week 6

Story Title: 'China Syndrome'

Writer: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Art Breakdowns by: Keith Giffen
Penciller: Joe Bennett
Inker: Ruy Jose
Colorist: Alex Sinclair
Letterer: Nick J. Napolitano
Asst. Editor: Jann Jones & Harvey Richards
Editor: Stephen Wacker
Cover by: J.G. Jones & Alex Sinclair

Review by: Batman_Wolverine

A week in two days. That’s what this issue is. And even though (at first) it might not seem at an attractive proposition, it all works out in the end.

Day 1: Can we already be done with Booster Gold and his money making schemes. Three whole pages to him (and that is without those at the end). Does he really deserve that much. I understand that ‘greed’ makes for quite a few plotlines, but get on with it already.

Anyways, getting past him and his skeety robot, we get to see the first comic book appearance of China’s foray into the world of metahumans. And with as with any other ‘product’, the Great Ten are entirely homegrown. At least that’s what it seems right now. They seem satisfactory enough, if not for those awful ‘dialogue length’ codenames, the worst of all being ‘Immortal-Man-In-Darkness’, and the zinger, ‘Mother of Champions’. Where is there dead beat father? Or is it fathers? After all, no man can go for that long. Unless….Conner had something on the side. The legacy of Superboy anyone? It will be in keeping with the cult on his name. After all, no self-respecting cult would exist without its groupies.

Moving on, we also get the return on Black Adam, getting to see what has he been up to since his last showing up (Week 3). (Avid) Readers of Green Lantern might find interesting the political climate shown in this issue, and how it plays off against the one shown in GL OYL.

There is yet another plot developing, the ‘mad scientists’ one. But its on the hush hush…for now.

Day 2: More Skeets, more Booster, although this appearance I find interesting and (somewhat) to my liking. Booster finally gets a glimpse at the effect his actions are having on the timeline.

What drew my attention wasn’t Booster or the lab or the huge video screens (playing ‘real time’ History-National Geographic-Discovery-Showtime-etc), but a writing on the wall…well, the blackboard. Pay close attention to it, there are quite a few interesting tidbits scrawled out on it. The truth/speculation about Blue Beetle’s scarab. Fate of Red Tornado. World War III. The Secret ‘Five’? Mortal Savage! Lipstick Lesb….uh, Batwoman. Son of Superman? Etc. etc.

And then….yet more of the History of the DCU i.e. more drabness.

Conclusion: Someone, please take Black Adam and get him lai… What? Oh, you say that Isis is already on her way. Then its fine.

RATING: 8/10

Newsarama Style Rating: Story: B, Art: A-

[McAlice]

So did it bug anyone else that only two days happened this week? lol

[BatWolverine]

So did it bug anyone else that only two days happened this week? lol

Wrote it down in the very first line of my review.

BW

[gwangung]

So did it bug anyone else that only two days happened this week? lol

Do we need things happening every single day of the week?

[McAlice]

Do we need things happening every single day of the week?
But after all the events that happened, nothing significant happened Wednesday through Sunday?

[Simon DelMonte]

I realyl didn't like this issue. The Chinese heroes rub me the wrong way - they seem like the kind of heroes a Westerner would assume the Chinese would create rather than the product of the Chinese Red Army. The geopolitics was clunky and just doesn't fit the DCU (and it's worse in Checkmate). And instead of seeing more of the main characters (aside from Booster), we get a hero who has his own book. It all adds up to a very dull comic.

Never mind that we don't get any follow-up on the heroes who came home in such dire shape last week.

I hope this is just an off-week. But 11 months of DCU geopolitics, and I might not be so happy.

[APeruvianguy]

I didn't find anything wrong with the Chinese names of the characters, They sounded weird and too long ? sure! actually they sounded like translated from another language

[renodakota]

I realyl didn't like this issue. The Chinese heroes rub me the wrong way - they seem like the kind of heroes a Westerner would assume the Chinese would create rather than the product of the Chinese Red Army. The geopolitics was clunky and just doesn't fit the DCU (and it's worse in Checkmate). And instead of seeing more of the main characters (aside from Booster), we get a hero who has his own book. It all adds up to a very dull comic.

Never mind that we don't get any follow-up on the heroes who came home in such dire shape last week.

I hope this is just an off-week. But 11 months of DCU geopolitics, and I might not be so happy.

That's the really clever thing about this series - it casts a broad net, and the writers realize that not everything will interest everyone. The weekly format allows the series to focus on just a couple of plots each week without the reader forgetting the plotlines temporarily pushed out of the spotlight. I have a feeling that most people won't *love* every issue (though I've really enjoyed all of them so far), but there will be more good issues than bad, no matter which parts of the story are your favorite.

I thought the scribblings in Hunter's lab were really fun - maybe a bit too convenient, but the series is doing a nice job of building up anticipation for all the stuff that's yet to come.

[gwangung]

I didn't find anything wrong with the Chinese names of the characters, They sounded weird and too long ? sure! actually they sounded like translated from another language

More like a BabelFish translation, giving a more foreign flavor.

Celestial Archer and Thundermind translate over well, I think. But Immortal Man in Darkness could also translate into Dark Immmortal for someone who wante a more Western poetic name.

Might be a nice game for folks who hate the more prosaic name to come up with more Anglicized, more superheroized names (since they would essentially the same---how do you think translators work with literature from China et al?).

[Valkur]

I liked this week a lot...it features more Booster Gold which is so far my favorite in 52 and his robot so that's alright with me (sorry BW) ...Yeah the Chinese names are too long and ridiculous but that's more like a direct translation just like previous posters have commented about...so it works out in the end...the Chinese heroes are hit and miss...the immortal-in-darkness is the best concept of all in my opinion followed by august general and the fox woman but thundermind to me was a miss...like it was too damn obvious they were gonna go that way to make a Chinese superhero (like the kung-fu guy in the cover)...the appearance of Black Adam makes it extra special too as he's also one my preferred protagonists of 52...and we get to see more of his "master plan"...but without a doubt the best part is the inside of Rip Hunter's lab...indeed you have to spend several minutes reading and looking everywhere and what I noticed first was the missing "52" number in the calendar like papers in the lower left corner...and then all over the damn board... so much info in so little space....

[BatWolverine]

I liked this week a lot...it features more Booster Gold which is so far my favorite in 52 and his robot so that's alright with me (sorry BW) ...Yeah the Chinese names are too long and ridiculous but that's more like a direct translation just like previous posters have commented about...so it works out in the end...the Chinese heroes are hit and miss...the immortal-in-darkness is the best concept of all in my opinion followed by august general and the fox woman but thundermind to me was a miss...like it was too damn obvious they were gonna go that way to make a Chinese superhero (like the kung-fu guy in the cover)...the appearance of Black Adam makes it extra special too as he's also one my preferred protagonists of 52...and we get to see more of his "master plan"...but without a doubt the best part is the inside of Rip Hunter's lab...indeed you have to spend several minutes reading and looking everywhere and what I noticed first was the missing "52" number in the calendar like papers in the lower left corner...and then all over the damn board... so much info in so little space....

Its not that I hate Booster, I just don't like him that much. Anyways, (as stated) even I agree that the scene from Rip Hunter's lab bears investigation....a very detailed investigation.

BW

[Valkur]

I find him and his ways to be hilarious...specially the robot's banter...and that scene with Fire was such a contrast (back to serious...IC serious) that I couldn't help it but like him even more...'sides he's so different from the rest...

[Cerebus]

I could see how someone could be bored with 52 already, but I fortunately am not bored. The greatest part of this issue is that now it looks as though things are building into a problem of global proportions. Countries are aligning with one another, and therefore we may be standing at the brink of a world war. Booster needs more depth in his story soon. I am beginning to tire of his make money schemes and hope there is something else going on. I thought this issue was better than the last one. Hope they keep getting better.

Story B+
Art B+

[REEKINGHAVOC]

It's not so much that I'm bored with this series as it is the fact that DC is taking characters we've seen very little of in the past several years and all of a sudden throwing them in our faces as main characters.

Booster Gold doesn't belong in a serious book. He's a parody.

Steel was born out of a gimmick.

With the exception of The Question and Montoya, these characters just aren't that great. Maybe DC's just using them to start up this series.

[BatWolverine]

It's not so much that I'm bored with this series as it is the fact that DC is taking characters we've seen very little of in the past several years and all of a sudden throwing them in our faces as main characters.

Booster Gold doesn't belong in a serious book. He's a parody.

Steel was born out of a gimmick.

With the exception of The Question and Montoya, these characters just aren't that great. Maybe DC's just using them to start up this series.
Well, atleast they aren't giving them independent series (Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, She Hulk, *upcoming* Spider-Woman)

BW

[CYOTI]

I realyl didn't like this issue. The Chinese heroes rub me the wrong way - they seem like the kind of heroes a Westerner would assume the Chinese would create rather than the product of the Chinese Red Army. You're assuming that they were all created by the PLA, when ones like Ghost Fox Killer are apparently the result of others so it's possible that some were recruited by the PRC while others were created.


The geopolitics was clunky and just doesn't fit the DCU (and it's worse in Checkmate). Yeah because we all know that China isn't trying to compete with America militarily.

[BatWolverine]

You're assuming that they were all created by the PLA, when ones like Ghost Fox Killer are apparently the result of others so it's possible that some were recruited by the PRC while others were created.

Yeah because we all know that China isn't trying to compete with America militarily.

What I don't get is that while the 'Geopoloitical situation' of the DCU is being frowned upon (by some posters), just because the balance of power/attention if being moved away from America and being (tried) to include other countries, even fictional ones such as Khandaq...the disparity in MU (616) is being touted so much that a whole mega event is based around the suposition that just because the American govt is passing a law for Superhero/villain registeration, all the other countries of the world will follow suit.

Yeah, just like when India passed the Patriot Act, and so did countries like Japan, Belgium, etc etc and even neutral countries like Sweeden and Switzerland.

Oh, wait. That didn't happen. Did it?

The only reason Marvel is able to do their 'Civil War' and DC give every other country its own metas is one simple fact....

Its FICTION.

So lets not analyze how this fictional comicverse works in Real Life. (or if we want to do it, lets get some of those retired generals that are seemingly dime a dozen nowadays....just check the news channels)

BW

[REEKINGHAVOC]

Well, atleast they aren't giving them independent series (Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, She Hulk, *upcoming* Spider-Woman)

BW

But She Hulk is hot!

You make a good point. I can see Ms. Marvel getting her own series because Bendis has a boner for her and Marvel does whatever he wants. But Spider-Woman?! C'MON!!!

Maybe they'll give her a crossover with the equally unneeded Batwoman.

[BatWolverine]

But She Hulk is hot!

You make a good point. I can see Ms. Marvel getting her own series because Bendis has a boner for her and Marvel does whatever he wants. But Spider-Woman?! C'MON!!!

Maybe they'll give her a crossover with the equally unneeded Batwoman.
Just hit the nail on the head.

The only reason I can get for the exisitence of either of these two characters is that both DC and Marvel wanted to play safe so that the other company might not use the character.

See, I get the 'girls' (as in Batgirl, Supergirl, Spidergirl), but the 'woman' moniker should have been kept for a possible female counterpart (most probably wife) of these characters (kind of like Hawkwoman)...or not used at all.

What else? A 'Mrs. America' (from Captain America) or Mrs. Marvel...well, Shazam (from Captain Marvel)

BW

[judge_mental]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forums, but I've been going through some of the threads here for about a year now, so, technically, I'm not that much of a newbie. -- but go easy on me anyway.

I just wanted to share something I noticed in this issue. I might be worng, but I have this really crazy idea as to who has been kidnapping the DC universe's "mad" scientists.

Did anybody find it strange that the T.O. Morrow/Doc Magnus scene started with a panel showing Morrow cracking an egg open. Later, we see this bald guy talking to what looks like this rotund object/thing/person. Again, I may be wrong, but I think our mystery kidnapper might be Egg-Fu, an old Wonder Woman villian from the Silver Age.

Now, I wouldn't have a clue why the writers would use Egg-Fu as one of the main villians, but Didio has been talking about appearances by really obscure DC characters from the onset, and Egg-Fu is about as obscure as you can get. So, far we've seen Terra-man, Shockwave, and EvilStar, so an Egg-Fu appearance might not be too far off.

Would anybody care to comment on this?

[BatWolverine]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forums, but I've been going through some of the threads here for about a year now, so, technically, I'm not that much of a newbie. -- but go easy on me anyway.

I just wanted to share something I noticed in this issue. I might be worng, but I have this really crazy idea as to who has been kidnapping the DC universe's "mad" scientists.

Did anybody find it strange that the T.O. Morrow/Doc Magnus scene started with a panel showing Morrow cracking an egg open. Later, we see this bald guy talking to what looks like this rotund object/thing/person. Again, I may be wrong, but I think our mystery kidnapper might be Egg-Fu, an old Wonder Woman villian from the Silver Age.

Now, I wouldn't have a clue why the writers would use Egg-Fu as one of the main villians, but Didio has been talking about appearances by really obscure DC characters from the onset, and Egg-Fu is about as obscure as you can get. So, far we've seen Terra-man, Shockwave, and EvilStar, so an Egg-Fu appearance might not be too far off.

Would anybody care to comment on this?
Don't even know who Egg Fu is!!

BW

[judge_mental]

Don't even know who Egg Fu is!!

BW

I'm not really sure about this, but Egg-Fu is supposedly an egg shaped Chinese Communist agent or army general -- people help me out here!

My mistake, though, some internet articles peg him as a Golden Age Wonder Woman villian not Silver as I previously mentioned. Egg Fu's being Chinese may tie-in with China's recent involvement in Checkmate and 52s Chinese superhero team. But, if this were the case, then I would find this terribly hokey. But, if the writers manage to do something very interesting with such an outdated character, then kudos to them.

[BatWolverine]

I'm not really sure about this, but Egg-Fu is supposedly an egg shaped Chinese Communist agent or army general -- people help me out here!

My mistake, though, some internet articles peg him as a Golden Age Wonder Woman villian not Silver as I previously mentioned. Egg Fu's being Chinese may tie-in with China's recent involvement in Checkmate and 52s Chinese superhero team. But, if this were the case, then I would find this terribly hokey. But, if the writers manage to do something very interesting with such an outdated character, then kudos to them.
I hope not. As you said, its an outdated character (Egg shaped!!), and lets keep it that way...please.

BW

[Bloodmage]

Anyone else notice that the arrows on the "It's all his fault" page were pointed at Skeets and not Booster?

[BatWolverine]

Anyone else notice that the arrows on the "It's all his fault" page were pointed at Skeets and not Booster?
Nope. Checked it again. Still looks like Booster to me.

Anyways, if its Skeets...will be a nice twist. Especially if Booster has to give him up or loses him.

BW

[SLP-23]

I'm just glad that it looks like we are FINALLY moving forward on Booster's plot. Jeez, we had to endure a lot of repetiion with him these six weeks. OK, we get it, he's freaking geedy and trying to take advantage of history. I do like the Magnus/Morrow scenes and the Mad Scientist plot in general. I want to see more of Dibny's story, though. The China thing was fine. I loved the names of the characters. And I liked GL's smackdown of Thundermind. Most of all, I'm glad Bennet was back on art chores. He's no Hitch, but compared to last's week artist, he is.

[Vazquez]

52 is one of the best ideas DC's ever had, can't wait to see where every plotline that's been shown so far is going. Luckily for me the next chapter is only a few days away.

[McAlice]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forums, but I've been going through some of the threads here for about a year now, so, technically, I'm not that much of a newbie. -- but go easy on me anyway.

I just wanted to share something I noticed in this issue. I might be worng, but I have this really crazy idea as to who has been kidnapping the DC universe's "mad" scientists.

Did anybody find it strange that the T.O. Morrow/Doc Magnus scene started with a panel showing Morrow cracking an egg open. Later, we see this bald guy talking to what looks like this rotund object/thing/person. Again, I may be wrong, but I think our mystery kidnapper might be Egg-Fu, an old Wonder Woman villian from the Silver Age.

Now, I wouldn't have a clue why the writers would use Egg-Fu as one of the main villians, but Didio has been talking about appearances by really obscure DC characters from the onset, and Egg-Fu is about as obscure as you can get. So, far we've seen Terra-man, Shockwave, and EvilStar, so an Egg-Fu appearance might not be too far off.

Would anybody care to comment on this?

Thats' exactly what I thought. I posted it on my comics shops blog a little while back.
Egg-Fu is a pretty messed up concept to use, but I'm sure its in good hands if this is what they're going with

[REEKINGHAVOC]

52 is one of the best ideas DC's ever had, can't wait to see where every plotline that's been shown so far is going. Luckily for me the next chapter is only a few days away.

Why is this the best idea DC's ever had? If you think about it, the big appeal of this comic is its gimmick.

[Vazquez]

The big appeal is that it's weekly?
Who would give a shít about it being weekly if it wasn't a damn fine read?

[REEKINGHAVOC]

The big appeal is that it's weekly?
Who would give a shít about it being weekly if it wasn't a damn fine read?

It's not damn fine.

It's crap.

They should make Wolverine: Origins weekly too.

And a Chuck Austen weekly.

[BatWolverine]

It's not damn fine.

It's crap.

They should make Wolverine: Origins weekly too.

And a Chuck Austen weekly.
Come on, a Wolverine:Origins weekly written by Chuck Austen....even a Nightwing weekly penned by Devin Grayson (or even 'better' Bruce Jones) would have a tough time with that one.

52 is miles better.

BW

[bluebird]

Why is this the best idea DC's ever had? If you think about it, the big appeal of this comic is its gimmick.

Oh come on, now you're just being adversarial. What IS it's gimmick, anyway? You mean the idea that it's a weekly story told in real time? Or that it covers a "missing year" of continuity you need to read to catch up on the OYL titles? Or that it focuses on the B- to Z-List characters, now that the A-List is all taking the year off? Or just that it's a weekly...?

Cause that's four whole gimmicks right there, rather than one.

I think it's the best idea that DC's ever had in that it's the first story that makes use of their entire, gigantic cast and their entire giganctic setting, reaching so deep into their catalogue of characters that they promote the entire line with it. As well as their core stable of writers. And a large swathe of artists.

But that's just me.

This should be an ongoing series. And Marvel should have one too. And DC should give serious thought to covering other years in the lives of the DCU. Imagine a DC: YEAR ONE weekly series, that covers the first year after Superman's arrivial...like JLA: YEAR ONE or DC: THE NEW FRONTEIR, only in greater detail and covering the whole universe.

[REEKINGHAVOC]

This should be an ongoing series. And Marvel should have one too. And DC should give serious thought to covering other years in the lives of the DCU. Imagine a DC: YEAR ONE weekly series, that covers the first year after Superman's arrivial...like JLA: YEAR ONE or DC: THE NEW FRONTEIR, only in greater detail and covering the whole universe.

SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE--WEEK ONE (now with greater detail)

DAY ONE: The Kryptonian sperm of Jor-El swims up the fallopian tubes of his lover. It makes its way into her egg.

The adventure begins...

[BatWolverine]

SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE--WEEK ONE (now with greater detail)

DAY ONE: The Kryptonian sperm of Jor-El swims up the fallopian tubes of his lover. It makes its way into her egg.

The adventure begins...
Yup, I bet that would be boring as hell...but somehow even that would be better than, WOLVERINE: Origins, 'The Tale of Nuke, the C-list DareDevil villains that NO ONE cared about....even then.'

Lets face it, 52 IS a gimmick and from the looks (and sales) of it, a damn GOOD one.

Also, why is such a great idea when Marvel tries to dupe the readers by saying that they will be presenting balanced sides/views in their mega event....when it is clear as day that the writer(s) they have in charge of it are so outspoken in their liberalism that even the anarchists would line up to take classes from them.

Every event is in the end a gimmick. Why? Because it gets the readers (both core fans and passing ones) to buy the comics, both of the event and for (atleast) a short time after that. So, whether it be an heads knocked off by an S-shield (SBoy Prime), mindwipes (Zatanna and the other 6) or whether it be unmasking of the company's mascot (Spider-Man) or just 'poetry' recitation by former prisoners of war....no, what was it, oh, yes, people in internment. Why not just use the PC term for it 'enemy combatants'?

A gimmick it is, and take it as it is....or don't. Its all our choice. After all, it is our monney and our time. (Just a general comment, no specific)

BW

[Valkur]

I personally enjoy 52 and the fact that I get a new issue every Wednesday...like BW said it's a well done gimmick and if it wasn't for the characters and plots I wouldn't be hunting it down from comic shop to comic shop...like I do now...