This cover is interesting to me, simply because it took me a few looks to figure out that fleshy, goo-ish blob is actually a person unmasking. I don’t know why their creative team chose to portray the unmasking in the form of sculpted ground meat, but it’s their decision, so who am I to question […]
Oy gevalt. So far in Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller’s characterization has been weak and pathetic, which has amounted to a major annoyance but not much more. This issue was CHARACTERIZATION BRUTALIZATION for our Waller, and baby, does it hurt. In related news, I wish the covers would stop showcasing Harley so hard, especially since she’s […]
This issue, I decided that the only character I like is King Shark. Mostly because he only gets two words per issue, and they only have to do with eating things/people. The cover this time around is mostly inoffensive, but absolutely atrocious. Every inch of his body is rippling with muscles, probably in an attempt […]
Okay, so overly-long, unofficial hiatus over. Say hello to Suicide Squad Issue #9: It’s kinda ugly (which is hardly a departure from the norm), but there’s really nothing otherwise noteworthy about it. Except maybe King Shark’s face. Jeez.
If this is very confusing for you, you can find previous issues of recounted misery here. I skipped issue seven, so here’s a basic recap: Glass further desecrated Harley’s origin story, Savant sounded like an idiot in every piece of dialog, and Lime dies for basically the stupidest reason. No I mean really, she gets […]