Just... God... What the %#@, man? Why in the world would you take Bart Allen, the missing link between Binky and Barry Allen, a character, if given time, SHOULD have become the greatest Flash of them all and jump the shark by turning him into a morose, whiny little a-hole. Hopefully, new Flash writer Marc Guggenheim can bring Bart back from the mess someone else created for him.


I expected to like the Dave (Stray Bullets) Lapham Spectre stuff (I don't) but out of nowhere comes Brian Azzarello knockin' me on my ass by pulling out his old issues of "Who's Who," and using Dr. Thirteen, Capt. Fear, Anthro, The Primate Patrol, The Haunted Tank & Genius Jones in a successful attempt to f*** my brain.


I have an admission to make. The day before Gail Simone re-introduced Lady Cop to The DCU. I shit you not, I lost sleep.

I lost sleep.



These are, coincidentally, the words I expect to hear from Scip on the day that he kills me.


So what do you do when you lose your main character (Black Canary) in Birds of Prey to Justice League of America? You change the team dynamic, making it better by utilizing a rotating cast of characters. She also, along with Robin writer Adam Beechen, seemed to be the only writer to truly embrace the "One Year Later" concept as a chance to build something special.

Lady Cop aside, All-New Atom has, after only six issues, become one of my "first reads."

Villains United Infinite Crisis Special and Secret Six easily proved to be some of the finest super (hero) villain writing DC published all year.

Her books showed up on time.

Honorable Mention: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray

Honestly, I thought Battle For Bludhaven was shit but from shit something beautiful can grow. Uncle Sam & The Freedom Fighters has been beautiful.



The Outsiders.