Mirror's Edge
This was a book I saw listed in diamond list for this week and knew nothing about, but jotted it down, as the title did seem intriguing. One of a few new books from Wildstorm outside of their main universe, the story follows a young girl taken in by messengers in some type of totalitarian society. Which I found out about by reading Jim Lee's notes about it in the back. The story seems interesting, as does the concept, but there's no real lead up. This almost seems like the issue two, and somewhere down the line we missed the first issue or maybe the introductory page that told us where the hell we were.
Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns
I'm generally of the opinion that the two Green Lantern books are among the best being published right now. And I'm extremely excited about this new story arc. While Shane Davis may not live up to the same standards as Carl Pacheco, Ivan Reis, or Ethan Van Sciver, he certainly does a fine job of introducing us to a whole new group of unique beings and demonstrating the difference in the manifestation of their power. Also, I was very excited that the reveal of the first Blue Lantern is now and not later. I'm very excited about this storyline, though I have to say this doesn't really have a visible tie-in to the Final Crisis story.
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja #0
I've always had some interest in this character, and have only been able to acquire a trade from the post-Archie period that had terrible writing and worse art. This issue doesn't really give enough space to reveal much in terms of how it might proceed from here, but Joe Casey is ever dependable (good lord, how many books is he writing?) and the art is well done and suits the character.
Garth Ennis' Battlefields: The Night Witches
I've been rather excited upon hearing about this book, to the point I neglected to notice it was only 3 issues. Here's why I find that a problem. The first issue is great, the characters introduced, etc. etc. In fact, there's so much set up, I'm concerned as to how all of it will be handled in only 2 more issues. Trust in Ennis though, most of his Boys stories have been 4 parters, so this as a 3 will probably pan out just fine.
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes
While this issue may be filler to allow Simone Bianchi to catch up on the next issue of this storyline, it provides more depth to a story that has seemed to move a little slow. While sadly, Alan Davis' artwork seems to provide some confusion as to what is happening in the first part, the dialogue gives you an idea of what kind of person the X-Men were dealing with. And as we find out, the universe. The second part is a fantastic romp through steampunk X-Men land, with great artwork and colouring. Additionally, we see a few gadgets you may have caught if you read Ellis' Aetheric Mechanics that came out last week.
More later on notable books of the week, and a few that I wonder why I read.
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