My Week In Comics: 8-26-09

So I'm going to Baltimore for a couple of days. There's a function where I can schedule a post to be published at a certain time. If it works properly, this will post Thursday night. If not, well, either you'll see it right away or you won't see it until I return from Baltimore. Anyway, six books this week. The more books I buy, the harder it is to keep up with these weekly updates.

Superman 691, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Special 2: Finishing off the "Codename: Patriot" story and setting up the next stage in the overall plot, the events in these books find General Lane now out in the open and feeling very good about his plans, while things look dire indeed for Superman and the various other stars in the Super-books -- and especially for Jimmy Olsen.
Gotham City Sirens 3: A very odd thing for a series that's three issues old: the stars of the book -- Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn -- are each in it for one page (and Harley's only seen on a TV monitor). Still a good read, though. The story focuses on The Riddler, Edward Nigma, who now is (or seems to be) solving crimes instead of committing them. Both Nigma and the new Batman are looking into a pair of peculiar suicides of prominent citizens, and Nigma quickly deduces that there's someone else wearing the cape and cowl.

Green Lantern 45: Continuing with "Blackest Night" but focusing on events occurring elsewhere in the universe with some of the other-color ring corps. Owing to my lack of familiarity with much of the backstory, it didn't hold my interest very much. I'll be careful to sample this book in the store before buying it in the future.

Detective Comics 856: So did I mention that Batwoman is now a lesbian? In case it was hard to figure out, in this book Kate Kane, after getting some unexpected assistance in escaping the clutches of Alice and the Cult of Crime, shows up at the Gotham City Police Department's Charity Ball. Wearing a tuxedo. And she meets Maggie Sawyer, captain of Gotham's Major Crimes Unit. Also wearing a tux. And guess what? Maggie's single again, since her partner stayed in Metropolis when Maggie moved to Gotham. Woo-hoo!

The Flash: Rebirth 4 (of 6): Long-dead, Barry Allen returned in "Final Crisis," and this miniseries is his official coming-out (no, not that kind of "coming out"), even though he's currently involved in "Blackest Night." As with some other books, there's been a bit of a delay in issues hitting the stores, making it a little more difficult to remember what happened previously. I can't help but think I should hold off on some of these and wait for the trade paperback, so I can read it all at once.