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james_desantis 's review for:
Heroes in Crisis #4
by Tom King, Trevor Hairsine
This issue was middle of the road for me. Building the plot forward but nothing really outstanding.
So this issue jumps around a lot. A moment with Batman and The Flash actually working their jobs but coming to different conclusions. Batgirl hunting down Harley to try and "save" her. A moment with Booster Gold and Blue Beetle that's pretty great. Then we run into a trinity fight because...well they always disagree.
I know the big twitter beef right now with this issue is the Batgirl image. I'm not going to talk much about this because I don't see this as sexualized AT ALL. Especially in the context of the issue where each character has done their moment of talking about their issues/fears and this, of course, is Babs biggest hurdle she's still trying to get over. Just because she pulls down her pants SLIGHTLY and shows her bullet wound, does not make it sexual, at least to me. When I'm viewing this panel, especially in the context of the story being told, I don't go "ohhh man look at that. Hot. So sexy, she pulling down her pants just a inch or two and there's the bullet wound! PERFECT". My views are more liberal than anything but this "shock" and "how dare you dc" shit is getting out of hand and this is not a "sexy" page at all.
Anyhow, on to the good and bad.
Good: I liked moments here a lot. The one with Lois and Clark rings true to marriage. My wife and I always seem to talk about serious issues right when we're getting ready to bed, and it just felt very down to earth for two larger than world characters. I thought the moment with Batgirl was actually great, no words really had to be said, and it hit the emotions right. The art remains extremely good as always. The flash and batman moment was lolz.
Bad: I didn't love the Booster/Blue moment. I felt like it was kind of just okay. I get what it was going for but it felt a little out of the blue. I also thought the Harley/batgirl moment was just okayish.
Overall a decent issue. Feels like the bridge issue that will work well in the graphic novel format. So for that this is still a 3 out of 5.
So this issue jumps around a lot. A moment with Batman and The Flash actually working their jobs but coming to different conclusions. Batgirl hunting down Harley to try and "save" her. A moment with Booster Gold and Blue Beetle that's pretty great. Then we run into a trinity fight because...well they always disagree.
I know the big twitter beef right now with this issue is the Batgirl image. I'm not going to talk much about this because I don't see this as sexualized AT ALL. Especially in the context of the issue where each character has done their moment of talking about their issues/fears and this, of course, is Babs biggest hurdle she's still trying to get over. Just because she pulls down her pants SLIGHTLY and shows her bullet wound, does not make it sexual, at least to me. When I'm viewing this panel, especially in the context of the story being told, I don't go "ohhh man look at that. Hot. So sexy, she pulling down her pants just a inch or two and there's the bullet wound! PERFECT". My views are more liberal than anything but this "shock" and "how dare you dc" shit is getting out of hand and this is not a "sexy" page at all.
Anyhow, on to the good and bad.
Good: I liked moments here a lot. The one with Lois and Clark rings true to marriage. My wife and I always seem to talk about serious issues right when we're getting ready to bed, and it just felt very down to earth for two larger than world characters. I thought the moment with Batgirl was actually great, no words really had to be said, and it hit the emotions right. The art remains extremely good as always. The flash and batman moment was lolz.
Bad: I didn't love the Booster/Blue moment. I felt like it was kind of just okay. I get what it was going for but it felt a little out of the blue. I also thought the Harley/batgirl moment was just okayish.
Overall a decent issue. Feels like the bridge issue that will work well in the graphic novel format. So for that this is still a 3 out of 5.