Review Time

Robin #153 - A fun trip through the booby trapped hideouts of Batman's rouges as Robin and Boomerang Jr. try to find the Joker's nuke. Boomerang offers to bury the hatchet, but Tim just isn't ready to be friends with the son of the man that murdered his father. One gripe: how does Owen know Robin's identity? Hawkgirl knowing Batman and Robin's IDs I can buy, she's been a hero for a while now, but who would tell Boomerang something like that? I know that he's been a white hat for at least some time, but he was still a member of The Rouges & The Society as little as year ago DCU time. Batman may be kinder and more trusting than he was pre-IC, but this is a bit of a stretch.

Nextwave #7 - This may have been the best single issue of the year. We get the secret and convoluted origin of The Captain's name. Monica and Else discussing whether or not Captain America is gay, and how much they wish he was. And what may be the best exchange ever.
Tabitha - "They shot their muck all over me!"
Aaron - "Like that's never happened before."
Tabitha - "Shut up and die, Robot face."

Ion #5 - Hal & Kyle try to interrogate Nero, but he's crazy and doesn't know squat about what's been happening, so Kyle goes to confront the Guardians. That's about it. Yeah there was a fight with Nero, and the mute girl from the artist's commune in #1 finds a Thanagarian ship, but nothing really happened here. Combine that with mediocre art, and I'm jumping ship.

Civil War: X-Men #2 - So the Sentinels are freaking Gundams now? After Evangelion-lite appeared in the Sentinel series, and another Sentinel in this issue looks like an old Decepticon? I know American comics are trying to attract manga readers, but this is assinine. Other than that, it was an okay issue that lays the groundwork for mutants re-entering society.

Quick Hits
Shadowpact #4 - It's too early in the series' run for a single character one shot.
Runaways #19 - Two Runaways deal with Gert's death by bumping uglies. While believable, it was still a little shocking to see, even in tame form.