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ComicsAlliance Reviews Every Comic in DC’s New 52: Week 2 The second week of new #1 DC Comics has arrived, and the biggest question for most fans facing racks and racks of new books is simple: Which ones should I try? The ComicsAlliance staff has...

ComicsAlliance Reviews Every Comic in DC’s New 52: Week 2

The second week of new #1 DC Comics has arrived, and the biggest question for most fans facing racks and racks of new books is simple: Which ones should I try? The ComicsAlliance staff has gathered together to help answer that with a roundtable review of every relaunched DC book this week: Batman and Robin, Batwoman, Deathstroke, Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Green Lantern, Grifter, Legion Lost, Mister Terrific, Red Lanterns, Resurrection Man, Suicide Squad, Superboy. Join Let’s Be Friends Again writer Curt Franklin, Chris Sims, David Uzumeri and Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk as they rate each book on a scale of 1-10 and try to gauge the success of DC’s bold new experiment.

RESURRECTION MAN #1

Douglas: A perfectly decent issue of a moderately OK series that ran for a couple of years in the ‘90s. (And this week’s second Madame Xanadu appearance.) I have no idea why anyone thought it needed a revival, though. 4

David: I actually had way higher hopes for Resurrection Man, and it didn’t deliver at all. Abnett and Lanning have been doing great work at Marvel, but their Flashpoint minis were pretty lame. Fernando Dagnino’s an alright artist. I really liked Resurrection Man in DC ONE MILLION. There was really nothing here that got me super-excited to come back, though, and I can’t pin on why. It’s a cool idea, but the execution just didn’t pull me in. The villains were pretty lame, too, especially the supermodel hitwomen. Competently executed, but just not very compelling. 4.

Curt: I’ve never read a single issue of Resurrection Man before, so I came into this blind, and, other than seeing that a guy gets new powers every time he dies I don’t see how this has enough appeal to continue for very long. It was readable, which isn’t high praise, but I don’t know if it did enough for me to even remember the plot of this one by the time the second issue is out. 4

Chris: No mention of Resurrection Man being from South Carolina. 0/10

Chris: Nah, not really, though I was definitely hoping that Mitch Shelley would start ending sentences with “y'all” and telling people that he was going to do stuff “right quick.” I had high hopes for this one based on how much I like Abnett and Lanning on other stuff – particularly Legion of Super-Heroes and their cosmic stuff at Marvel – but it felt a little choppy, and didn’t really do a great job of illustrating the strength of the character, in that his constant, ever-changing super-powers make for an interesting visual dynamic and storytelling tool. I did like the scene with the Body Doubles, though, even if they were a little Joker-lite. 5/10

Douglas: I really like Abnett and Lanning’s cosmic Marvel things, and their ability to synchronize what’s going on in multiple titles. So why take another crack at their early-career training-wheels series with absolutely no substantive changes?

Average rating: 3.25 out of 10

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