X-O Manowar #2 - This was a decent issue but I should really let this one go as my own personal interest just isn't there. I already have issue #3 pre-ordered so I'll see if I feel the same after reading that one next month.
Issue one was so bad for me, taking the character in a totally different direction, I decided that was it for me. I may come back once this run is over and anew one starts, but I have no interest in Manowar being this guy ... almost like a Thunderstrike run that I (somewhat) remember. Add in the totally generic art and yeah, not for me.
I have the rest of Bloodshot and Ria to read, both ending at issue #10 I believe but Manowar is out. The one comic I was, surprisingly, really looking forward to is the new Shadowman comic, but it has no disappeared from Valiants release calendar ... so I have no idea when/if that is hitting? I really wanted to read that one. It seemed they finally had a good approach that looked interesting. I hope it still hits. Other than that ... yeah, Valiant has gone way down in quality and the pandemic had nothing to do with that
X-Ray Robot #3 - This feels like it's been going on for six issues already and we're actually only on #3! I guess that could be either good or bad. Still pretty confusing but time travel/mulitversal stories always do at first.
"read" the first issue. Not sure I will get this when it finishes or not. I will let you guide me on that
Strange Adventures #7 - I should have waited and read this in Collected Edition. Moves too slow going from month to month and with all the out of sync story telling it's hard to understand what part in time I'm looking at. It bleeds together a little too much. I'm expecting a good payoff by the end but it's a little painful getting there at this pace.
Yep, exactly what I wanted to do. But I can't stay away. But I should. Maybe I will
DCeased: Hope At World's End #15 - Thank goodness that is finally over. A fine enough ending and wrap up to this story but overall it's a "C" to "C-" in my opinion. The art really did it a diservice by looking too cartoony.
Agree. Just a ... yeah...
DCeased: Dead Planet #6 - On the other hand...Good issue! All the different threads are coming together and a better Justice League Dark there is not. Can't wait for next issues big battles.
Agree again.
Have you tried Taylor's digital "Injustice: Year Zero" yet? If not, try the first issue and see if it grabs you. It is an alternate world tale AND it has the Joker as the main baddie, but it makes me get the feels ... in a bad way ... but dang it is worth it, to me anyway.
That Texas Blood #5 - Well that's the end of that arc. A little closer to the murderer but the path that Randy is going down is the real story. He's on a path that just can not end well. Very Criminal like, this book is and I like it.
Dang it. I was hoping that #5 would be the last issue so I could read it and be done, not just a pause. Or ... or is it going to be more like Criminal where the story is over, I can read it, and then, if I choose, come back in at v4 and read another part of the universe ... still be able to get a good story?
I suspect it is a continuing story and they are just taking a break?