Comics For 8/8/2007

Countdown #38 4/5

Much better this week. We had Mary Marvel trying to stop the last remaining Deep Six member before he got killed. Oracle and Calculator going head to head virtually. Piper and Trickster "proving" their innocence to Batwoman and Renee with a puppet show. Robin proving to Jimmy Olsen that he isn't a superhero. And the monitors finally getting around to what is so dangerous about world jumpers. This series could still be better, and I have a feeling with the rotating artists and writers that certain weeks are going to be better than others depending on which team does them. But it also could mean they are finally starting to find their voice and the quality will continue to improve.




Batman #667 4/5

I like Grant Morrison and I like Batman so those two together is a good thing. Batman and Robin head to an island to meet with the Batmen of all Nations. Basically a silver age campy thing that Morrison turns deadly as a mysterious villian starts killing them off one by one. I liked the issues writing, but the artist changed and not for the better or else it would have been closer to a 5.