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Decent enough. Again, classic "closing time" chapter that prepares us for the end with several plot-points being brought together.
Solid art from Mendonca as well.
Wait, so thats it with Dick and Helena? That seemed too quick and easy.
Last edited by Godlike13; 10-18-2017 at 10:45 AM.
Boooooooo, I guess that's to clear baggage for the new writing team.
That is definitely not "it" with Dick and Helena, though I understand her switch getting flipped. It's interesting to see Raptor's "influence" on Dick in the early chapters messing with his romance now later, because of his willingness to work with the lesser of two evils going completely against Helena's hardline stance against gangsters. Nice echoes of "Spyral-era" Grayson facing off against the other Blockbuster a while back, too. Seeley has done really well handling Dick's relationshipping and Defacer gets good stuff to do here, too.
I didn't see "Pigeon works with Raptor" coming at all but it's SO OBVIOUS in hindsight that I'm kicking myself. Seeley's got some good knack for bringing neat connections together that I don't always see coming. (Same happened back with Doctor Hurt, before I ever had any inkling that Metal's villain was Barbatos).
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I like morally complex Blockbuster .
That was a logical reason for Helena to breakup with Dick and to beat the snot out of him, but coming after they've only really been together for, like, five minutes, it felt wayyyyy too soon. But I guess it makes more sense that Seeley would want to bring an end to something he started before he leaves the book.
Helena mentioning that she learned to never have complete faith in anything but God is probably the first time her faith has come up in forever. I was almost starting to think she didn't believe in God anymore.
Pigeon and Raptor go so well together that I'm also surprised I didn't see a team-up between them coming.
I get Seeley is wrapping up his story lines, but I'm just not feeling this arc at all. My dislike for Bludhaven is really pushing its way to the forefront while trying to read this arc.