Comic Books: December 2006 Archives

Detective Comics 826 proves that Grant Morrison has formidable competition with the writing of Paul Dini. We finally get Dini's take on the Joker and Robin as well! Robin is fleeing a gang of gun-wielding thugs and makes the mistake of his life when he jumps into the Joker's car in order to get away. The Joker proceeds to take him on a car ride through Gotham that resembles "Death Race 2000" with David Carradine. There's a great scene where the Joker enters the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant and vents his frustation on the imcompetent employees. Don Kramer captures the maniacal look in the Joker's face perfectly, and I love that Santa hat he's wearing. I think the Joker's coming back in Morrison's book, but how can he top this? Nuff said.

Hokey smokes, the Flash has gone from the top of my reading pile to the very bottom, so I only read The Flash #6 just now. The writing is terrible; Bilson and Demeo seemed to get worse with each issue instead of better. There's nothing really written into Bart's character that makes me want to accept him as the Flash. I could go on and on, but this issue does have a surprise at the very end. If you've read Infinite Crisis and Justice League of America #0, you may have noticed hints that there is a new parallel Earth in the DC Universe. From the time I saw it in JLA #0, I always believed we would find Wally West tucked away on this world. Flash #6 proves that is true. Not only are Wally, Linda, and the twins there, but there is an alternate version of Jay Garrick. There's a scene on that Earth set just after Superboy broke out of prison, which looks like it was hooked up to a number of Red Sun generators. Wally passes the ring to Bart and sends him packing back to DCU Earth-1, loaded up with all the Speed Force in the world. Let's hope eventually Wally gets it back. Nuff said.

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