There are other mysteries going on in Black Mirror though. There's never any doubt that James Junior is involved though.

Yeah, the way I understood it, other than Arkillo and Amon Sur, Van Sciver basically created all the Sinestro Corps members but they could not be more Johns-y if they tried.

I mean, I get that but I don't understand why that's enough to justify paying top tier talent for shit comics.

Black Mirror, Batman RIP, Who are Leviathan, Who is Otto Netz, The Riddler's puzzles in Zero Year, do you want me to go on?

Thor was the last thing he wrote at Marvel although I'm sure he could get another book from them anytime he wanted. Loeb's almost as bad but at least they've farmed him off to their TV shows where he's easier for me to ignore.

Honestly, I think JMS is a writer that has legitimacy to a certain segment of the non-comics buying world. He's written TV shows that people like and books that people didn't spontaneously bleed while reading, so DC is super happy to have him but I refuse to pay for any comic he's involved in. I think he's probably on…

Sure, that's the case 30 years ago but I don't think you can really make that argument today.

I'm honestly surprised Earth One has lasted this long. I know Batman sold well but none of them have really been the breakout hits that DC so clearly wants them to be and they've attached ancient talent to these books. I mean, seriously, you're trying to introduce new readers to your comics and you're going with…

Honestly, he'll probably do 6 issues then bow out. I can't imagine him writing the tie-in heavy book I am sure Marvel will want him to do.

I honestly don't understand what DC is trying to do with the Earth One titles. They seemed to initially be trying to appeal to the bookstore market but I can't imagine that's been too successful. The cinematic comparison is probably right but would you honestly want to engage with these comics more knowing that? It…

Yeah, you can never top "Atrocitus" or "Kryb," the alien who is a crib full of screaming babies for top, ridiculous Johns characters.

I'm a big Wildstorm fan and was really disappointed in how the character was used at the beginning of the New 52. Turning him into more of a spy character than a straight-up asskicker was inspired and pairing him with Grayson was fortuitous timing. I think he's a strong character in a lot of different stories but…

SPOILER FOR A VERY BAD BATMAN COMIC

Just know that there's a scene where Midnighter realizes that he's dealing with Grayson when he sees Grayson's butt, leading to the immortal line "I'd never forget that ass."

I think it's finishing up with issue #12 or #13 so I imagine there's a second volume coming. It's also loosely connected to Suicide Squad and Grayson and there's a heap of references to old Wildstorm stuff..

They were together at the beginning of the New 52 and sometime between the end of Stormwatch and the beginning of the Midnighter solo book, they broke up.

It really is the Virgin Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

Seriously, I can live with all of the Supernatural/Dr. Who/The 100/Sherlock obsessives all over the internet because '70s Star Trek fans were fucking nuts.

I reread it maybe a year ago or so and it's sort of hard to ignore. Ross draws Magog and some of his other gang as close to X-Force as was probably legally allowed, meaning they're like, I don't know, C-List Youngblood characters in Kingdom Come. I think if maybe you didn't know what it was referencing, it might play…

I'm sure. I was mostly joking because there seems to be such minimal writing in the issue. It's good to see Samnee get tons of credit.