Forever Evil

Forever Evil is a great event book from DC Comics it takes place on a grand & small scale.  Grand in terms of global domination but small in terms of regaining control from the Crime Syndicate.  One of the major differences in this event verses other events of the past characters are not just subdued but they are eliminated.  I have to say as far as villains go some of the Crime Syndicate are very lackluster characters.  The real breakouts in this story are Lex Luther, Captain Cold & Sinestro.  The majority of the Justice League is restored to world at the end of this story but & the big reveal of who destroyed Earth 3.

A Song of Ice & Fire: A Dance With Dragons

Finally I have completed all of the published books in this series & I am eagerly awaiting the following two editions. The Winds of Winter & A Dream of Spring.  I have fallen in love with this series for all of the intrigue, misdirection & Machiavellian schemes that drive the characters in this epic series.  I some trouble finishing this particular book knowing that there wasn't sixth book to pick up next.  As a fan I am upset that it takes Martin so long to write one of these books & we have two to wait for, but as an artist I respect that this is Martin's baby & it will be done in due time.  I have complete respect for George R.R. Martin & he rushed this it would suffer in quality compared to the previous editions.  I pray that Martin finds the time to finish this series & get over any writers block because this is an extraordinary body of work & when it is finished I am sure it will be one of my all time favorite series.  This fifth book sets up so many characters & leaves so many cliff hangers that have fans screaming for more.  Meereen is set for war & the siege of the city has begun.  Lord Varys has returned to Kings Landing.  There is an upcoming battle in snow in the north between The Warden of the North & King Stannis's Army.  The Iron Born are moving toward Meereen.  One dragon is in Westeros while Daenerys's is in the Great Grass Sea facing down a Dothraki hoard.  John Snow has fallen in some strange way the Lanisters have been put through the ringer just as much as the Starks.  While other characters fates remain unknown for now.  I must wait for this next book like A Dream of Spring the wait is the long winter.

Trinity War

I have to give DC Comics credit where credit is due this is a nice mini event the fact that they played this up as being some big crossover only to have this be the prelude to something much bigger was brilliant.  I like how Marvel sets everything up for its readers while DC plays it closer to the chest the result is always similar when it comes to events from the big two; you either hate them or you love them.  As for Trinity War this was a decent event I enjoyed it more I think because I was not familiar with the Crime Syndicate but what I did love about this series was the misdirection and in this area DC excels over Marvel.  I would love to read more Marvel stories with this level of misdirection.  Secret Invasion had a certain amount but not on the same level; bring on Forever Evil.

Justice League Dark Vol. 3: The Death of Magic

This third volume of Justice League Dark takes the team to another dimension.  Several characters have left in this volume Amethyst & Andrew Bennett.  I really like this group of characters however I would like to see more of the Shadowpact characters make an appearance in this title.  Deadman & Constantine are still my all time favorites of the group but Frankenstein is coming pretty close to knocking Constantine out of the top two spot.  In this other dimension something is reversed for each of our heroes, Xanadu is old, Deadman is alive, Black Orchid becomes a creature & Constantine can't tell a lie.  Timothy Hunter's destiny is revealed, the final part of this collection reveals a secret about Madame Xanadu.  Next up is Trinity War & then Forever Evil.

Thief of Thieves Vol. 5: Take Me

The fifth volume of Thief of Thieves sees Conrad try to retire a second time & reignite his relationship with his ex-wife.  Except this time Audrey finale gets through to him that there is know way to win her back.  On the plus side Conrad is closer to his son now that the events of the previous two volume are over.  Celia is the main focus of this volume, she thinks she can just take over the Redmond persona but she is in way over her head.  We see the return of Liz Cohen in this volume & Redmond saves the day by the end.  So much for retirement but not all is as perfect as it seems.