pickWe meet a new Green Lantern, Sojourner Mullein, in the furthest reaches of space, assigned to a city with a population-wide ‘emotion suppressant‘ in place. No violent crime has occurred here in hundreds of years, until now. What starts as a murder mystery, slowly expands into an exploration of what it means to keep the peace in a multi-species society rebelling against the status quo. A fantastic story with a great new character. Recommended!
so-soYeah liked it ok- my super “compact” format did not do it justice- my eyes are not good enough for this DC!
pick71/150 Part II of the Thy Kingdom Come storyline. While I enjoyed the whole Gog plotline, my favorite part was Power Girl back on Earth-2, meeting Justice Society Infinity (a merger of the JSA and Infinity Inc), and seeing these characters drawn again by Jerry Ordway. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
71st book finished for #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65
pick70/150 The Justice Society of America has always been one of my favorite teams, and even though I haven't kept up with their adventures lately, this was easy to follow and did a good job of introducing new characters. As a sequel to the Kingdom Come miniseries, the Superman from a dystopian future comes to the current DC continuum and joins up with the JSA. He hopes to prevent the future he came from, but it might already be too late. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Graphic Novels get their own 2024 mid-year faves list. In the case of Batman/Superman World's Finest, Nightwing and the Human Target, the fave goes for every entry in the series. Had to slide in my favourite art and picture book, as well.
pickThe spontaneous marathon is complete! Just got a good momentum, and realized I really wanted to know how everything ended. The answer is: the only way it could. After everything that's happened, all the loss and mistakes, tying off some loose ends means acknowledging things won't ever be the way they were. 1/?
so-soWow, that went by really fast. Definitely has its share of dark moments, seemed to be almost entirely fight scenes and planning to fight scenes. Highlights were Hal Jordan's hallucinated 'Jiminy Cricket', and Javelin joy ride complete with alarm saga. ⚠️Animal death
“Starro the Conqueror.“
You named the evil galaxy-eating space star fish STARRO? You felt it necessary to CREATE an evil galaxy-eating space star fish? I- you know what, why not?!🤷🏼♂️
And last but certainly not least, quarterly graphic novel faves. Had some truly outstanding Batman finds these past three months, but nothing topped Far Sector. Human Target made a splash near the beginning of the year and both volumes have stayed in my mind. Brooms is just wonderful. Graphic novels are a great balancing point for tackling weighty non-fiction, as long as they're good. 😏
