this....this issue broke me. this book is bad and this run was wasted. It started off with a lot of promise but ultimately the only good thing about this run has been that it does somewhat elevate Black Lightning. Orphan wasn't a character, she's a badass button: "we need some badassery, press the badass button!" and the she beats some ass. Katana, why was she even on this team? Lady Shiva was kinda cool but she doesn't really do anything either. Sofia could've been dope too, but the minute she joined the team she stopped being a character; she doesn't even have a name. don't even get me started on Duke (my *****, what was the point of those bullshit shadow powers?) they burned 16 issues of build up for this big confrontation with Ras that ended in a couple of one-sided hits and an abundance of derivative uninspired dialogue. -sigh- can they just drop the last issue so I can wash my hands of this series. I wanted to love this series because you don't see too many creative teams of color writing a book composed primarily of heroes of color but Hill dropped the ball (and dropped it HARD) with tedious pacing, repetitive dialogue, ill-conceived and half-formed characterization, and constantly focusing more on Batman's beef with Ras over developing his cast in a meaningful way. I'm feeling a light 5 to a strong 4
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