#73 - Heroes in Crisis (Part 3)

Oh goody, Heroes in Crisis, time to put this garbage to bed. Here’s a recap of what I’ve covered so far: A bloody massacre as occurred at the strange and stupidly run facility known as the Sanctuary, tapes that shouldn’t exist were leaked to Lois Lane and rather than giving essential evidence to the Justice League, she wrote an article.

Superman makes a statement to the press rather than actually looking for the killer. That honour goes to Booster gold, who after claiming innocence under the Lasso of truth, something I will not drop btw, is pursued by Harley Quinn and Batgirl who still think he’s the murderer for some reason. On his side is Ted Kord, who has donned his pre-new 52 appearance because Tom King and Jamie S Rich don’t know jack about DC continuity. And most of you are probably still wondering why I spent half my first review giving you the backstory of Wally West when he’s been dead the whole time. But don’t worry, answers will follow. Also, this is all that’s happened in 5 issues.

#72 - Heroes in Crisis (Part 2)

OK, we’re back to this, and there’s a lot to cover, so there isn’t gonna be a long preamble like last time

Previously on Heroes in Crisis: Writer Tom King destroyed the premise of his own story by starting with a massacre at a trauma centre known as the Sanctuary. Booster Gold and Harley Quinn fought, both blaming the other for said massacre. And that’s it.

Once again, trigger warning, I’m going to be describing offensive scenes and not all of them from Heroes in Crisis. Violence, death, suicide, mental health and sexual assault/rape may be covered in this review.

4 issue test #35 - Blue Beetle

 

If there’s one thing I learned from watching Young Justice: Invasion again is that Jaime Reyes is a fascinating character. Well, that coupled with Linkara’s retrospective on the character last year.

He hasn’t had a great history in comics, both his series were cancelled due to low sales but they’re trying again, but they have a new gimmick. Ted Kord, the previous incarnation of the Blue Beetle made his reappearance in the New52, his father was killed by Lex Luthor in the opening issue. Well, technically he was blackmailed and the crime syndicate killed him whilst Luthor ignored him but semantics. Anyway, Ted Kord was a Blue Beetle in previous continuity but it appeared that they’d retconned it, especially given how young he was in that.

Speaking of continuity, far as I can tell, this book brushes the previous Blue Beetle continuity under the rug and sets it on fire for good measure. Given what I’ve heard about it, I’m not sad about that. We have a fresh start; can they make good on it? Let’s take a look.