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calls Mera neglected and undervalued by the annals of comics lore. She has long been Aquamans equal, and even of late a Justice Leaguer, would be a service to either character anyway. The character arc of the book is predictable. But at a time when the most recent collection not have had time for but thats a good thing to take care of in a miniseries. Read more » Review: Mera, Queen of Atlantis trade paperback (DC Comics) begins not with a ba*g but with a whimper (or a whimper-ba*g); in as many times as we think weve read this particular kind of story before, King finds a way to defy expectations and still deliver, and then follows with a second story that confuses and confounds the topics at play all the more. Nearing as we are 80 years of Batman, that any writer should find something new to say month in and month out is a minor miracle on its own; that King not only has new to say but also manages to toy with comics as a storytelling form at the same time is After Jason Todd died, after Batman was branded murderer and fugitive, and surely a half dozen other times, we know full well were in for a spate of Batman cant control his anger and goes nuts stories before the Bat-family of your current continuity talks him down from the belfry. Such mightve been the case under most writers after Catwoman jilted Batman at the rooftop altar last time around. Instead, King tells a story that takes place largely in a jury deliberation room, a story that — while not completely absent punching and kicking — mostly involves Bruce Wayne and his jury duty cohorts sitting around and talking. It is a Batman play; clearly theres meant to be shades of (colorist Elizabeth Breitweisers pastels deserve some credit, too). Read more » Review: Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days trade paperback (DC Comics) hasnt been glowing, though a recent interview I saw with Lobdell suggested his run was knowingly temporary, too. Apparently Eric Esquivel was supposed to follow, but DC has nixed that even before officially announcing it. Preface to all of that yet-unresolved