JLA : Classified #37 - DC

Peter Milligan writes this book. And he's got a pretty cool concept going here. It's about a college kid, Frank Halloran, and his trouble coming to grips with his feelings, purpose in life, emotions, you know the usual 20 something personal crisis time. Come on. We all went through it. Well anyways, he's smack in the middle of it. And things are complicated when the JLA show up on his campus. They're chasing Amazo, and he comes face to face with Superman. He's awed because Superman is his hero. But at the same time, "It's weird. As I watch the big, handsome icon fly off I feel something . . . dislike. Or even . . . low-level hatred. But that's totally irrational. Why should I hate Superman?" But it turns out he really does have a reason to hate him, he just didn't know it. It turns out that Amazo is his father. Later on that day, Amazo grabs him and takes him to a rooftop to have a father son talk. "You are a Cyborg. Half human, half robot, created less than 2 years ago . . . false memories implanted in your brain by Professor Ivo. A gestation period necessary until you fulfilled your destiny." He really doesn't believe him, until Amazo decides to show him. By dropping him off the 4th story roof, and riling him up so much that he punches him and knocks him across the block. He also has a name for him, Kid Amazo. Which of course Frank thinks is lame. So now, on top of everything else running through his head, he has to find some way to cope with this. And from the last page of the book, it looks like Batman knows that something is up, because he's keeping an eye on him. This could end up being a really cool story. There's lot's of ideas and implications that could be played upon here. We'll have to wait and see what Peter decides to do with all of them. Basically he's creating a new character here. And from what we're seeing so far, he really could go either way, as far as good or bad. We'll just have to see what decisions he makes. Carlos D'Anda does the art for this book, and it is perfect for this story. I think we're going to have an instant classic here.