Well, sad to say, this is Judd Winick's final issue as the scribe. It's been around 5 years that's he's been associated with this title, so . . it'll be sad to see him go. Next issue, Andrew Kreisberg takes over for him. I'm thinking that we'll probably get a new artist too, but . . I'm just guessing. As always, I love Cliff Chiang's work . . even if it is only on the covers. I think that Mike Norton is doing ok. Personally, I just think he needs a better inker. His stuff can look pretty decent, but, in this issue, it all seems kind of simple . . and boring. Don't get me wrong, I like the guys work. He definitely has talent. This issue everything just seemed kind of 'scaled-down'. But it could just be me. Anyways, we dig into some more of Connor's mystery here. Since his return, both physically and mentally, he can regenerate and he seems to have a very high threshold for pain. Doctor Midnite and Batman are guessing that under Dr. Sivana's care he may have done some experimental surgery on Connor with some of Plastic Man's tissue. But really, they're just guessing. Also, he seems to remember all of his physical attributes, but no personal ones. He doesn't remember that he's a buddhist, or a vegetarian, but he can remember how to fight. But what's really bothering Ollie is that he doesn't remember how to shoot. But he's trying to be as supportive as possible. You have to give the big 'ol teddy-bear some credit. "Part of me was glad that you couldn't land an arrow anymore. I thought about it for a little while . . . and I started entertaining the idea of you living a normal life . . a life of not putting yourself in danger every day. I could get used to that. Maybe everything you were will come rushing back, or maybe it won't. Maybe you're becoming someone new. Connor, things change. We change. Fate has an ugly way of dragging us through doors. You can give up, or you can rise to meet this challenge. But, you know whatever it is, whatever road you feel you have to travel down . . . I'm always going to be there for you." It'll be interesting to see if Andrew can handle this interaction and dialogue between these characters as deftly as Judd did. I guess we'll find out next issue.
I'm really going to miss Judd's work on this series, as he really seemed to have a very good handle on each character in this title.
ReplyDeleteAs for Andrew Kreisberg, off the top of my head, I can't really recall anything he has worked on... I was wondering if you knew of some of his previous works, because I'm drawing a blank.
I looked him up on Wikipedia, and it says that he's written a few issues of Justice League and the Simpsons. Other than that his writing background is mostly television. I've heard about a lot of that in the last few years . . . TV writers coming over to comics, or comic writers going over to TV. Look at Jeph Loeb, Mark Millar, etc.. Anyways, the main thing to me is that I hope he puts the same depth of character into this book that Judd did. Ollie is one of my favorites, but I think it was Diana, Mia, Connor and the rest of his supporting cast that made this book so strong.
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