Justice Society of America #12: The current JSA series, in most part, has one major thread weaving through it and while initially it might have had to share space with other elements like…well, actually telling a story (a novel concept?!), it doesn’t seem to the case anymore. What is that thread? Simple. How soon and how much can Geoff Johns shove the Kingdom Come characters (and concepts) into present time/continuity DCU. At this point I won’t even bother to tell which characters are introduced this issue, only that with its membership threatening to cross the two-dozen point the JSA, both as a team and as a title is stretched so thin that its just not possible to give any worthwhile time to any individual character. The KC fanboy slobber-fest continues with the villain of the arc, and if the solicits are anything to go by will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Conclusion: The best, screw that, ONLY good thing about the issue (and title)? Dale Eaglesham’s art.

RATING: 1.5/5

Witchblade #114: With First Born still fresh, writer Ron Marz (and guest writer Ian Edginton) seems to be taking it easy (for a while). Now this does not mean that he’s throwing back and lounging with long neck in one hand and a roasted chicken leg in the other, (who knows he just might be doing that). The ‘taking it easy’ part comes from the done in one story that both the previous issue and this one have. Oh, sure there are elements feeding into a grander storyline but overall both the date (for Danielle) and the ghosts bit (for Sara) are pretty much limited to this issue. Of these two, we get to see more of the new man’s in Danielle’s life in the next issue but the ghosts, well, given the thrashing that Sara gives them for their attack on Hope; this is probably the last we see of them. Sami Basri continues to handle the art and will do so until Stjepan Sejic debuts with #116.

Conclusion: A nice (temporary) change of pace after the blockbuster pace of First Born.

RATING: 3.5/5