BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #3 (DC): As “light” as the previous two issues were (and as much as the animated series is), this issue took the camp factor to a whole new level. And while I get that this series (as also the cartoon) is aimed at a younger audience) the Super Friends, the cartoon not the Johnny DC series of the same name, throwback didn’t quite work for me. Do the creators of this series (and the cartoon) really think that they can’t make a series that along with be for the younger crowd can still be a little less goofy? It has been done before, just see the Teen Titans cartoon and the Teen Titans Go! comic series. The back-up character bios (from the Bat-cave files) was the best thing about this issue. (6.5/10)

CARS: THE ROOKIE #1 (Boom! Kids): Man, wotta way to screw up a perfectly good story/movie?! Even though I didn’t pick up last week’s Muppet Show #1 I did get The Incredibles #1 (which was fairly above average) and if this is any indication of things to come Boom! Studios’ newest venture is off to a faltering start. Cars: The Rookie is nowhere near The Incredibles comic let alone the movies that inspired both series. This mini is in serious need of more characters because (pre-movie) Lightning McQueen is one major too-into-himself loser. (5/10)

FRANKLIN RICHARDS: APRIL FOOLS No. 1 (Marvel): My first buy of the Franklin Richards’ comics I didn’t quite NOT like this comic. It had some good bits, especially seeing puppy Lockjaw. However, given its pricing (one of the reasons why I passed on the previous FR special), I am not ready to commit to getting a kiddy tale for $4+ Cdn. It was okay for a one-time try…not bad not very impressive either. (6.5/10)

INCREDIBLES: FAMILY MATTERS #1 (Boom! Kids): Ah, The Incredibles, the first family of Disney-Pixar Animated superheroes. How long have you taken to make the trip from the big screen to the print media?! Why so long? And yeah, I recall the comic version of the movie but that doesn’t count. As the first (true) take-off from the movie this series has some pretty big shoes to fill, and while it doesn’t quite fit properly it seems that it just might do that. The family dynamic is there, so are the humor and hi-jinks, even though it all seems quite not as dynamic, as fluid as in the movie. Then again given how fast paced the movie was this (feeling) was bound to popup. Still, it does have promising start. (7/10)