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I liked the first story but the Question tale was just dull, capping five issues of competently scripted, nicely drawn boredom featuring a character who was once unique but is now a faceless follower.

@edward: 'Did anyone actually know who David Bowie's kid was before 'Moon' came out?' What's your point? It sounds as if you're being mean for no reason at all; is there any reason we should have heard of the guy? Give him some credit for making his own way.  British and gay here, so yeah, Constantine (sounds like the river). The pronunciation difference that most intrigues me is th...

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I'm another one who hates credits that take forever to come. (Is there a term? Tantric credits?) It's not like they add anything by arriving later; as Flapjaxx says, they delay my settling into a book. And credits at the end? Playing with tradition for the sake of it. I once counted the time it took Alias to get underway and the record was 18 minutes or something.

I've not read this week Irredeemable yet but I'm intrigued at the idea that he goes off on one cos he can hear everyone in the world wanting his help. Conor (I think it was Conor in the main review, it may have been Josh or Ron interjecting) said that DC would never deal with this is a Superman comic. Luckily I'm old! http://www.comics.org/issue/32030/cover/4/?style=default

Canny piece Ron. I think I'm more agin hair colour change than physical tweaks - Lois Lane looked totally wrong when John Byrne made her a brunette with short hair, his Superman was grey originally and I still wonder who that redheaded imposter is who claims to be Natasha Romanov* * Obvious comicy Black Widow story that someone has surely done by now, unless it's just too obvious/crap - we kn...

I'd give the Detective Comics art a 4 out of 5 (waits for gasps/laughter) . . . yes, it's lovely to look at but the layouts are so often showy that they pull me out of the story. Batwoman is still faboo, though. As for the Question strip, thank you Cully Hamner for getting rid of the 'orrible fedora and suit, but I'm finding the story merely competent - there's been no wow factor at all.

What a grumpy comment, even for Alan Moore. There's nothing wrong with mining old material and, hopefully, putting an extra spin on things. See For the Man Who Has Everything, Swamp Thing, Marvellman, Supreme  . . .

I also had problems following Tan's storytelling on Batman and Robin, with individual panels such as the final page one of the Red Hood firing completely bamboozling me until I turned the page sideways; mind, the colouring didn't help. Blackest Night was OK, I loved the focus on Firestorm and great moments for Mera, and was intrigued to learn that the indigo light's speciality is exposition. ...

@RonMarz 'cinematic storytelling' eh? But these are comic books, can't we let films do what they do best and comics what they do best? I can't remember the last time I saw a bunch of basically repeated panels which were hitting a beat so subtle, so clever, that it was more interesting and effective than altered angles, focus etc would be. These books are expensive, I don't want to look at...