The discovery of the body of a college student shot and left at a construction site becomes much more than a typical homicide when the ballistics comes back identifying Detective Kevin Ryan’s (Seamus Dever) gun as the murder weapon. This is the same weapon that was taken from him last year by the 3XK serial killer (Michael Mosley) before he escaped.
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Although no longer a member of the Birds of Prey, and not part of the initial month of the DC Reboot, the Huntress finally makes an appearance her in the first issue of this six-issue mini-series.
Helena travels to Italy to take down a human smuggling and prostitution ring. Although the issue doesn’t feature a super-villain there are plenty of ass-kicking action panels of the Huntress taking down nameless thugs.
There are two interesting points to note. The first is the Huntress seems more reserved in this new reboot. She’s using far more trick arrows than we’ve seen before and makes concious effort not to draw blood with her crossbow.
The other interesting note is the fact that Helena’s last name is never uttered (other than the cover name she offers for her hotel room). With the recent announcement that Earth-2 will exist in the new DCU that means there’s a chance (although a slight one) that this Huntress is Helena Wayne instead of Helena Bertinelli. How much interesting would the New 52 be with the daughter of Batman and Catwoman running around?
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My biggest complaint with the first issue of the series was the terribly rushed art by Miguel Angel Sepulveda. The art of the second issue is a definite improvement and the series introduces more members of the team (including their leader Adam One) and further explains the role of Stormwatch in the DC Universe.
Once the Martian Manhunter has calmed down Apollo and Midnigther the team starts to look into the problem of the moon where The Eminence of Blades has come across a hostile alien lifeform.
To keep the Justice League from getting in their way of actually solving the problem, Stormwatch uses the powers of the Projectionist and the Martian Manhunter to suggest a random supervillain is responsible for the moon’s attack of the Earth leaving the team to settle matters quietly on their own. It’s actually a hilarious idea, even if it is a low-blow to the JLA.
The second issue works well (even with the unsubtle entendres between Apollo and Midnighter). Worth a look.
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When the machine spits out the name of a soldier (James Carpinello) home from Afghanistan Reese (Jim Caviezel) follows his new target to figure out what danger might befall him. What he uncovers is a crew of former soldiers turned thieves executing precision robberies across the city.
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Writer Jeff Lemire continues to take Buddy Baker down an odd road as Animal Man grabs his young daughter, who has tapped into the source of his own power, and begins a journey to discover what that means. Their journey will take them deep into “The Red” (the mystical morphogenetic field created by all living creatures).
Of all of DC’s New 52 this is the one that feels most like a Vertigo title in DC clothing. It’s bizarre, more of a horror comic than a super-hero tale, and at times fairly creepy. Yeah, very Vertigo. It’s also very well done.
Even though I’m not the biggest fan of this type of story, and I’ll probably move on from the comic before this storyline is finished, I’m interested to see where Lemire and artist Travel Foreman end up taking the character, and how big a role the young Maxine will have in her father’s use and understanding of his powers. And given the early glimpses we’ve seen here, the exploration of The Red is going to be a trippy experience. Worth a look.
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