mysteriousmre's Reviews (1.22k)

The big battle in Rumble Town continues with the team clashing with the wizard controlling the local Nemeses! Again, lots of action like the last volume, but it felt better paced this volume and Valente introduces us to some new teams and characters while fleshing out previous ones. Grimm gets a great spotlight this volume, as do the Thaumaturges. The Domitor Wizard was a good foil for Seth, though I wish we had more time with her. A satisfying ending with some nice hooks for the next volume. Definitely recommended!

Not a big fan of Lopez's art (specifically his faces), but otherwise this was a decent read. In the wake of Logan's death, his cloned daughter, Laura Kinney, takes up the mantle and gets to work as the All-New Wolverine!

First of all, out of all the transitions and identity swaps during this period of Marvel, Laura becoming Wolverine makes the most sense. Her "father" is dead so it makes sense she would try to honor his legacy. The story doesn't do much to catch you up on Laura's back story so people new to the character would benefit from watching a YouTube video on her history before reading this. I do like the small ways they've differentiated Laura from Wolverine. They're very similar personality wise, but Laura has far more restraint when it comes to killing

"You're the best at what you do, but that doesnt mean you have to do it."

I also like, as you can tell from the title, that she's been given some family to take care of. I wasn't wowed by this story (I think this mainly exists to set up Laura's new status quo), but I'm interested to see where the story goes from here.

Some superhero comics I've read that feature characters with impairments/disabilities simply give the character powers to get rid of their disabilties. That's not inherently a bad thing by any means, but I love it when they do things like this, where Cass' ways of communicating are limited in a traditional sense, but the way she's learned to communicate in spite of her limitations and work around them gives her advantages we could only dream of. This is a solid retelling of Cassandra Cain's journey of self discovery, recovery, and transformation into the new Batgirl and one of my favorite of DC's YA books.

I actually really enjoy most of the characters featured here...just not in this volume. Both of the Green Lanterns have interesting backstories (Jess recovering from anxiety and trauma, Simon struggling to support his family and fight against prejudice), but their personalities come off as very 1 note or undercooked. Likewise, the Red Lanterns have some interesting revenge-fueled motives, but none of that is used or explained here. They're bad for badness' sake and that's a shame. They could have made interesting foils for Simon, given his experience with prejudice and hate crimes. I remember liking this series a lot more than I did here, so I'll keep reading and hope it gets better as it goes along.