stevenpiziks | Me and the New 52

Is it too late for me to chime in on DC's New 52?

HAWK AND DOVE was crap. All exposition and dumb "As you know, Bob" dialogue. Hawk/Hank was so over-the-top, he was all but ripping his hair out as he screamed at his father while they chatted in front of a mirror for no reason other than to give big lumps of exposition to the reader, and all of it just to set up Kestrel's entrance in the last panel, something that could have been done in half the time. Beyond idiotic.

GREEN ARROW: meh. No build-up. Queen lectured the reader about the nature of bad guys, and he never once took a serious hit or seemed to be in danger from the powered-up villains he was fighting, and whenever he had a problem, his Oracle ripoff girlfriend solved it for him. Snore.

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL was trying a little too hard, but the book may have potential. They're handicapped with the usual problem--a huge cast and trying to give everyone a moment in the spotlight while telling a story. I'll reserve judgement until they get going.

ACTION was surprisingly fun! Yeah, they've turned Superman into Peter Parker. But I found I liked it. It made Superman more down-to-earth
and sympathetic instead of god-like. I love the grungy "Gimme a break, I'm trying" costume. I liked Lois and Jimmy. And they got me with Lex
Luthor. I wasn't going to like him, but then the final panel made me say, "Okay, you win."