That wouldn't surprise me - too much of the Soule-written books I've read end up making me feel the same way. I took a chance on this one because I've been hankering for good mathematical fiction(!) and that's theoretically where this is headed.

I think this technically counts as last week's stuff(?), but I came to mention that I picked up the Green Arrow: Rebirth issue - based at least in part on favorable mentions here - and whaddayaknow, I liked it. Here's a character that I have really no track record with and no particular interest in, but somehow, now…

I agree - but the (as you succinctly put it) "weirdly explicit" nature of the story actually really turned me off. I read the issue as a completely direct condemnation of and/or apology for the New 52 - and one level, I'm sort of impressed that DC would even publish such a thing, even in the name of setting things…

I believe Geoff Johns is on Seth Meyers' show tonight, so we'll see what he has to say for himself - though I expect he'll dodge any real discussion of his new role vis a vis DC films.

Can I make a quick pitch for JMS' Ten Grand (if you haven't read it)? I feel like that book came and went without as much notice as it deserved. I read it at a time when I was kind of coming back to comics after a long absence, and I quite enjoyed it, in spite of / because of a mid-series artist shakeup.

I enjoyed it quite a bit for most of the way, but then (sorry, this might be a bit spoiler-ish) the "twist"/"how they bust out" moment in issue #5 felt unbelievably, shockingly cheap. I kind of figured it wouldn't improve from there. But yes, looking forward to Albuquerque on Batgirl.

Good to know. I should check out some of the Carey run - I heard it started more strongly than it finished, but I'll have a look.

It's been a slow week for me, but a good one in a couple of ways:

Had you read much Constantine before? Curious what longtime fans have thought of the Doyle/Tynion/Rossmo version.

I picked up a few issues of Ed Brubaker's Captain America run in the Comixology sale underway right now. (I'd read the initial death/Winter Soldier arcs, but not, e.g. the "Heroic Age" story.) I did this in part to wash out the taste of Dan Jurgens' run, which was just the corniest silliness I could imagine.

So many great points here - I wonder sometimes what would've happened if Snyder had remained on Detective ("The Black Mirror" stands as one of the best runs in that series in modern history, at least to me, and I've read it off and on for twenty years). I really liked Court of Owls and certain moments of every run…

I almost choked up recently simply trying to *describe* to a colleague the "you're much stronger than you think you are" sequence from All-Star Superman. And then this week I learned that (of course) that wasn't even the only time Superman saved someone standing on the ledge of a building (basically with empathy…

Nice picks!

This week reminds me of all the things I'm trade-waiting:
- this final Snyder/Capullo arc + #51 - do I even want to read this? I'm not sure. I have a feeling I'll appreciate Snyder's writing more once I have more distance from it, say, a year from now.
- this final chunk of the New 52 Batgirl run, which I've mostly…

I'm not particularly mad at anything here, really. But I'm also not deeply passionate about most of it either (and certainly that could owe to the fact that I'm less familiar with some of the short story and anthology entries, for example).

I think it was G.I. Joe, probably issue 12 or 13, when I was at camp in the summer of 1983. The kid in the bed next to me had a batch of comics and let me read some. It's funny how the habit starts…

I don't know, I think the colorist role looks pretty great on you. Awesome work.

I credit Snyder's Black Mirror run for getting me BACK into comics after many years away. Since I hadn't read much of Morrison's run by that point, I didn't approach Snyder with that in mind. I just really enjoyed it for what it was - and yes, I can see parallels to certain parts of Morrison's stories, but I think the…

One of the only titles I'm reading in single issues these days is Huck, the Image limited series from Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque. I was very ready for Millar to try a sort of upbeat take on a superhero story and I've actually really enjoyed it… until this past week's release of #5. No spoilers, but the answer…

I'm actually only reading one of his numerous creator-owned books - after starting and dropping Low, I'm just keeping up with Black Science - but I think your take on his depictions in that book is correct. I've really liked that title in general - no one conveys that sort of inner insecurity - or, ultimately,…