Still a women in refrigerators story?

Well, perhaps not your usual variety of one, but I think it's hard to argue that it was on a few levels. Jean Loring turning out to be the killer, for instance, made pretty much the only female character in the book with a voice a psychopath. (Although she's had a long history of mental illness, very little of which was actually addressed in the book.) Still, I liked the resolution quite a bit, and that the events drove different characters in different directions--some closer, like the JLAers, some shattered, like poor Timmy. I like that the stage seems set for a new Atom story, and even new Elongated Man stories. I like the sense from the end that Ralph, ultimately, will survive. Still, the story's treatment of women is its most serious flaw.

IC #7:

Well.

Daredevil: Ooh! This might prove interesting. Good stuff.

Ex Machina: Dude. Awesome. I am so totally a Vaughan fanboy.

Spider-Man: India: Eh. I don't think it's going to do much for me beyond novelty value. It's not different enough. Nor is it Indian enough. It annoys me that all the characters still look pretty fucking white.

Victor, about Elongated Man, I am pretty sure he is the featured in the new 'I can't believe its not the JLA' storyline with Booster, Blue, Max and the rest of the gang in a upcoming arc in JLA classified

Yeah, but that's set before "Identity Crisis." It;s basically an attempt to salvage the miniseries that was destroyed by Sue Dibny's death, although as I understand it, it will explain why Capt. Atom's alive again.

For anyone interested, I ramble incessantly about "Identity Crisis" #7 here, with many, many spoilers.

victor, that's a really nice post. Do you mind if I link to it for a disgruntled TWoPer?

P-C, go for it.

Wow, it is so incredibly difficult not to read the WF. And yet, I will wait.

Ummm, when was Robin's step-mom hospitalized ?

Also, are the pre-Willingham Robins collected anywhere?

Sumi, Tim's stepmom was hospitalized in that nebulous time after War Games and IC (yes, even though IC #7 just came out yesterday, and yes, even though it's well-nigh impossible for War Games and IC to have taken place almost at the same time) -- it was referred to, almost in passing, in the previous issue of Robin.