I'm a little confused about the art this issue. On the cover it says Cliff Chiang. Same as usual. On the inside, it looks like Cliff's art. Well . . close. But on the inside credits it says Mike Norton. If it is Mike's work . . he did a hell of job making it look like Cliff's. Which I wouldn't doubt because I've come to think of Mike as a pretty talented guy. Plus, if he did fill-in, they would probably want to keep things as similar as possible since it's a new book . . with the flow and all of that. Maybe it's a collaboration, because there's a few panels that just don't look quite right . . if it were Cliff's. Anyways, that's just my observation. I could be wrong. Maybe Mike's name is just a typo. Anyways, I still enjoyed the book. Although, I thought that the Green Lantern cameo was kind of lame. Ollie calls him in, because they're dealing with aliens in the ship they brought down, but when Hal goes to examine them he finds that they're just costumes. However I did like the way they get these guys to talk. You think that they're going to interrogate them with some beating and torture. After all, with the talents of Ollie, Diana and Mia they could probably be pretty inventive. But they decide to go another route. They bring in some sex-freaks and threaten to shoot compromising video and put it out on the internet. These guys are ready to sing. Anyways, long story short, they find out that the ship was owned by a thief named Dodger. Somehow he came across it, and now he rents it out to people who have a need for it. 5 weeks ago, he rented it out to someone who was desperately trying to stay hidden. "That exchange was very complicated. They insisted on running through many channels . . all kinds of buffers." After some more questions, it turns out that they work for the League of Assassins. They have something to do with Ra's al Ghul. Our group has now jumped in to a whole different kettle of fish. But you know they'll give it everything they got, because they're looking for Connor and his attackers. I've really been enjoying this book, but, unfortunately, this issue wasn't as action packed as the previous ones. Of course that'll change when they fall into the sights of the League. Also I would like to see Mia utilized a bit more. If not, after-all, why is she really along for the ride? I've really enjoyed Judd's take on these characters so far, and this storyline . . but, this issue . . it just seemed a bit off for some reason. I can't really pinpoint it, but . . it just wasn't to the same standard as the rest. Of course, that's just how I viewed it. Take it or leave it.
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