This is the final issue in a miniseries about the first meeting between Superman and Captain Marvel, two of the biggest superheroes in history. So why is this story so dull? Basically, Sivana sends a band of killers to murder Billy Batson, causing an angry Captain Marvel to come looking for revenge. That is it: no action, no dramatic tension, no major conflict. Sure, there is the usual inner struggle within Cap between personal vengeance and respect for human life. But did anyone really think Sivana was going to get killed? If not for the decompressed storytelling, this issue could have been done in eight pages. Even the villain, Sivana comes off as just a minor crimelord, not the world's maddest scientist. There is an attempt to make Superman some sort of older brother to Captain Marvel but I thought the idea was to show them as equals. Sadly, Winick seems appointed to be the resident writer of all future Captain Marvel stories at DC even though his handling of the character is spotty at best. The art is a nice, colorful change of pace from the usual comic book fare. It just looks rather humdrum, not the history-making tale it was supposed to be. Frankly, I expect this entire miniseries to be retconned in about five years, when the next "hot" writer decides to do an updated "origin" of Captain Marvel.
The Losers: Volumes One & Two
Secret CIA wars, War on Terror politics, patriotic questioning, and a remarkable cast of characters with nothing to lose comprise one of Vertigo’s best revamps of an older property.
American Vampire #1
Lite on bite, but stellar on story, Vertigo’s return to vampire tales starts off strong.
Supergirl #51
Supergirl, Mon-El, and The Legion of Superheroes battle to repel Brainiac’s attack, and at times each other...
Batman #697
I’ve always been told, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Well, I’ve been biting my tongue for months now in regards to Tony Daniel’s Batman, and I just can’t take it anymore.
