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Well, this week saw the return of Peter Tomasi to Green Lantern Corps, and Part 2 of Ring Quest.
Its another cracking issue. Once again, Tomasi juggles the large cast admirably, showcasing most of the main characters with a page or two showing them being hauled back to Oa by the Guardians, as they are [...]

There’s not much really I can say about Countdown #04. As I’ve already really made clear, I’ve found the series a dissappointment overall and I’m basically only sticking with it because there’s only a few issues to go. I’ll say this though. Jamal’s artwork was really nice this issue. And [...]

Right, catching up with my comics ranting
Countdown #5 continued the transformation of the Earth to the world of Kamandi. While this and issue 6 were an interesting read, they also felt like a diversion from the main event of Countdown. I realise the Great Disaster’s been what the Search for [...]

Next week’s Countdown should be a lot of fun. There’s definitely a sense its been building to this. Tricked by the Monitor Solomon into thinking that Earth-51 is “his” Earth, Superman Prime isn’t too happy to find Monarch laying waste to the place.
“I’m going to kill you to DEATH!” is just such a [...]

So, this week brought us Peter Tomasi’s third issue of Green Lantern Corps.
And it was another cracker. I’ve loved the fact that he’s picked up on the GL’s lives “off-duty”. It was something that was sorely missing (at least as far as Guy was concerned) from the previous run. While [...]

Ok, I’ve caught up a bit more on my reading.
Green Lantern Corps #19 provides another great epilogue to the Sinestro Corps War, and also gives us the first proper taste of new writer Peter Tomasi’s take on the title. I was really impressed with this, and it was an enjoyable read. [...]

So, the latest entry to the Countdown stable was released this week.
Countdown Arena continues the plot that’s been slowly building for a while (since Ion?), of Monarch building an army to take on the Monitors.
Countdown Arena is a weekly event whereby Monarch has captured various versions of the DC heroes from across the multiverse, and [...]

The previews for this week are now up at Newsarama, including the latest installment in the Search for Ray Palmer series, based on Gotham By Gaslight.
I actually re-read the Gotham By Gaslight trade last night, and its a cracking read (although the first story is a lot better than second I felt. So [...]

Well, the spoilers are all over the web now for Countdown #24 and it seems the Countdown itself has now finally kicked into gear. I’m due to nab the issue tonight, but Prime’s rampage through Earth-15 sounds fairly brutal, and also gives me pause for thought.
Earth-15 was one of the (many) interesting new Earths [...]

Remember all the fuss when DC ruined Kyle’s fate in the Sinestro Corps War by having him turn up in Countdown?
Remember everyone being really hacked off at DC for ruining part of the most successful event of the year?
Lets just say, anyone that’s not already seen the Countdown #24 preview might want to [...]