Thanks!

I thought of picking up the Puppet!Angel cover. . . maybe I will if there are any left next time I'm at the comic shop. . .

Okay, anyone else who's read the TT/Outsiders crossover, which concluded in today's Outsiders (#25) am I seeing things, or -- did the artist forget that Tim's arm was broken? Because the 4 issues (TT #24, Outsiders #24, TT #25, and Outsiders #25) don't have any lag-time between them, so -- whither Timmy's cast?

I picked up Outsiders #25 (obviously), WW #217, Batman #640, OMAC #3, and Batgirl #65.

With the exception of Batgirl, I can see how all the different titles are trying really hard to get their timelines closer together. Like, in Outsiders, Dick leaving at the end of it (though he's not on crutches, but whatever, right now I'm only trying to make sense of time continuity, not injury continuity) paves the way for his Goodfellas schtick in Nightwing (even though that started a few titles ago -- so I'm assuming that TT and Outsiders are a few issues behind Nightwing, although -- I guess -- TT and Outsiders must be *ahead* of Robin, because Tim doesn't have a broken arm in his own title -- arrrrrrrrgh! head hurty!!!).

Batgirl isn't ignoring time continuity; I just think that right now it has the least potential for continuity fuckups, since she pretty much sticks to her own title, with occasional guest appearances in other Bat-titles.

And speaking of Batgirl, I am really loving it right now -- not so much for the current storyline, but just because I *love* Gabrych's worldbuilding in Bludhaven. I know, you're going to say, there was no "worldbuilding" required, since the 'Haven had already been established in Nightwing. But the Bludhaven we see through Cass's eyes is different from the one we saw in Nightwing. Not radically different; Bludhaven is still a cesspool -- I just mean little details like the coffee shop (and the owner, who I swear has a crush on Cass, and I say hell yeah to the hot Batgirl/coffee girl action), and the neighborhood she lives in. It's just enough detail to make Bludhaven *matter* to the reader, without slowing down the A-plot.

Winick wrote Batman and Outsiders, and while I like his grasp of character continuity (more or less), he's a little melodramatic of a writer, isn't he? Dude, CHILL.

And rounding out today's purchases was Rucka on OMAC and Wonder Woman. I thought that WW was a little predictable in some places (I could see Wonder Woman's choice of "reward" coming about 3 issues ago, along with the bonus!eyesight -- cancel the trip to Lourdes, I guess), but not in others (I didn't expect Cassie's father to be Zeus; I really thought it was Ares -- and poor Ferdinand!). On the whole, though, I liked it.

OMAC is kicking ass and getting even creepier. I can't quite suss out what happened at the end (I mean, I know *what* happened, on the page; I just don't know *how* it could have happened, how it could have been set up and then carried out). Oh, and, can I just say -- SupEs & bATs 4EVah!!1! OTP!!! All that was missing was Superman giving mouth-to-mouth to Batman. The art in OMAC was a little weird though -- it almost seemed like it switched artists halfway through, particularly on Superman.

RE: Steph's comment on WW (which I haven't read). I learned way back during 10th grade for a Trivia Bowl we did, whenever the Greek gods are involved and you have doubts as to someone's parentage , always bet on Zeus.

Heh. You're not kidding. I still crack up at the Disney Encyclopedia's family tree of the Greek Gods, where Zeus' entry looks like a spirograph design with dozens of lines radiating from a central blob .

(and the owner, who I swear has a crush on Cass, and I say hell yeah to the hot Batgirl/coffee girl action)

Heh. The coffee girl is hot, dude.

The art in OMAC was a little weird though -- it almost seemed like it switched artists halfway through, particularly on Superman.

It did. If you look at the credits, you can see that Saiz pencilled pages 1-14, and Cliff Richards and someobody else were credited with the remaining pages. If you recall, Cliff Richards pencilled quite a few of the Buffy comics. I think his art has improved, but he still has a problem with getting detail on faces for panels less than a quarter-page. At least none of the characters looked like a mole.

Now that I *finally* got my comics...

This week, the sparkly pink hearts go around the words Batman and Batgirl.

I've really been digging the main Bat title, because it's been reminding me that Winick can, when he chooses, be a FUN writer. He's got a good hand with dialogue, and his Jason is, frankly, charming. (And probably right about Gotham.) I'd been a little worried that Winick, who is on record as voting for Jason to live back in the infamous day, would be basically writing Jason Sue (based on interviews where he basically said what direction he wanted Jason to go in for this), but the character is fleshed out, and more importantly, stays fairly true to post-Crisis pre-Death Jason, both in his original incarnation and in the way he's been show in flashback tales. Also, I'm madly in love with Onyx.

Which leads me to... Batgirl. If Shiva is her mother, this thread totally called it. I'd Nilly the link, but I'm too busy giggling. I adore the completely fucked yet oddly loving relationship that Cass has with Cain, and the final panel with the note and the damaged flower was perfect. And? More Onyx!

Batman Allies SFO had what I think is the most perfect picture of Montoya ever. I'm not whitefonting that, because it's not a spoiler.

Flash: always nice to see Bart, but other than that, this wasn't as exciting an entry as last issue.

Outsiders: the end of the crossover arc was predictable, but I liked the teamwork between characters who haven't had as much play lately, like Anissa and Jade. Winick is managing to make me actually like Starfire, which is a blessing. I still have my extratextual issues with her, but she's feeling more human (you know what I mean) here than I've seen her elsewhere. The anvils were a touch heavy, but Shift having to kill Indy still managed to hurt. Not quite heavy enough to make me feel dirty, but close. I miss the sense of fun (see above re: Batman). I'm having Buffy S6 feelings about the title at the moment, mixed emotions about grim for grim's sake and nothing much to lighten it. The grim hits harder if there's a little light.

There were more books, but Steph already covered WW, GL was okay, but still exposition central, and I haven't read Planetary yet.

Oh, and OMAC, I like.

I think I should see if Batman Allies:SFO is still available.