Echoing what a lot of you have said, I WANT to like what Bendis is doing. He's bringing back characters and concepts I really like that DC hasn't been interested in for a long time. Kate Spencer's Manhunter is back!!!
When he's good I really like his work. I liked his Superman run a lot. I really liked Batman Universe.
But this was just Secret Invasion again. Issue after issue of absolutely nothing with a sudden garbage ending.
And Justice league is just his Avengers run again. I look forward to the Legion of Doom essentially taking over the US government for a year in a story that somehow goes nowhere with nothing happening.
"Has Sariel summoned you here, Azrael? Have you come to witness the miracle of your brethren arriving on Earth?"
"I WILL MIX THE ASHES OF YOUR BONES WITH SALT AND USE THEM TO ENSURE THE EARTH THE TEMPLARS TILLED NEVER BEARS FRUIT AGAIN!"
"*sigh* I hoped it was for the miracle."
Dan Watters' Azrael was incredible, a constant delight and perhaps too good for this world (but not the Forth). For the love of St. Dumas, DC, give us more!!!
I kept me far from this title cause I don’t have trust in Bendis anymore.
Is it worth to read or is the usual inconclusive amount of speeches?
"Never assign to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity or ignorance."
"Great stories will always return to their original forms"
"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable." James Baldwin
I love the idea Bendis was bringing to the table, but jeez.... the execution was bloody awful.
I stuck with it as long as I could, but this isn't worth my time or money.
"My name is Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive!"
I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.
Personally, I don't think Bendis' ideas were worth a damn.
I've always liked that DC's spy stories never hinged on one person/organization, because that limits growth and identity. Things will always snap back like a rubber band, and we'll have even less consequences.
Leviathan really is the best example. We've literally come full circle, with Talia as the head, just like she was BEFORE this damn crossover.
DC's terrorists and spies had their own roles and identities. Bendis took that all away, with barely any thought to the most important element of any spy story, the HOW.
HOW did Mark Shaw become some messiah for the espionage world?
HOW did he sweep up entire US agencies? I know comics have outlandish ideas, but can you imagine say, everyone in the FBI being recruited and vanishing without a trace?
Bendis wants praise for his ideas, but like with Secret Invasion, he doesn't want to put the work in.
I read the entire thing - definitely a surprise.