On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:06:02 GMT, Brenda Clough <clough@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>I only just got hold of these two issues, due to the pressure of
>other Life Events in June and July. There was a brief sagginess
>in #3, but I think the slump has been averted. Certainly events
>roll briskly right along.
>
>The other pleasurable feature of this series so far is that all
>the characters really act like themselves. None of those
>situations where you say, "Now wait a minute, Black Canary would
>never do that!" or "I'm sorry, it is incredible from all that we
>have ever seen of him that Elongated Man would collapse in that
>way" as the characters are shoehorned willy-nilly into some
>cranky and too-big plot. Batman knows all, Brainiac-5 is
>obnoxious and overbearing, Invisible Kid is a huge (huge!) fan,
>Supergirl uses her microscopic vision. Delightful!
>
>There is also a fine mastery of the cliffhanger and the
>drop-dead quip ("You've killed the Batman!") that is fun. See?
> It takes so little to keep the reader happy.
>
>Brenda
Personally, I'm waiting for the real Brave and the Bold co-stars Adam
Strange, Green Arrow, The Spectre, and Wild-Cat. Those were the best
co-stars for Batman. Best written were by Mike W. Barr
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