Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Lots of differing opinions on RRL. You can find two extremes here and here. Personally I’m enjoying the story line. Yes it’s a little hokey, setting up a whole universe of colour coded intergalactic space warriors. But on another level the colour concept story feels almost inevitable, like Silver Age-y hi-jinks that someone should have written up a long time ago. “Hey, we’ve got this character called Green Lantern, now I’m just spitballing here, but what if we had a RED Lantern as well?”
Genius.
Justice League of America #26
Honestly, I don’t know why I still read this title. My affection for the first 75 issues of the aborted JLA series has kept me reading this turkey well past its best before date. You’d think that a comic about most of the heavy hitters in the DCU would be, well, good. But sadly that hasn’t been the case for quite some time. Justice League of America is so concerned with being a mirror, accurately reflecting events and changes in the DCU proper, that it never goes out and creates any lasting changes of its own on that same world. I’m done with it and the mediocrity it imbues.
No Hero #2
Say what you will about Ellis reusing his favourite story motifs, but I still find that whatever he puts his hand to is more interesting than the majority of mainstream material out there. With some notable exceptions, superheroes have traditionally fallen into the game by accident or as a result of extraordinary circumstances. Very rarely do people seek the profession out. In No Hero, Ellis is exploring what happens to the desire to be a superhero when it gets all wrapped up in the vestments of corporate and institutional interests.
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