*Grumble, Grumble*

And so it's come down to this. I'm now resorting to quoting monsters from the Legend of Zelda instead of reviewing comic books... Well, what can ya do? My comic book reading is all messed up right now, all thanks to this damned postal "error" I've been dealing with. Instead of reviewing a comic book tonight, I figure I'll review my sad comic book situation.

What Happened: On October 8th at around 5 PM, X-Man75 placed an order with his favorite comic book shop. The order contained two weeks worth of comic books, and the only reason he placed the order was because he had added enough comics to the shopping cart to qualify for free shipping. X-Man's comic package wound up making its way to the Philadelphia mail sorting facility(as usual)on the 12th of October, and X-Man was happily thinking that he'd be reading his comics by the end of the week. However, that was not to be. The comic book package strangely remained at the sorting facility until the 15th, which was about when X-Man was expecting to receive the package. Dutifully, X-Man checked the USPS website everyday, expecting to see that the comics were headed his way, but every day he was met with the same screen, telling him his package was still sitting at the sorting facility. One day, X-Man came home from school, and checked the USPS website and was mortified by what he discovered. His package of comic books were now considered "dead mail" and were being sent to a Mail Recovery Center! Upon learning this dread news, X-Man wrote an e-mail to the USPS and to the comic shop from where he ordered the books to begin with, wanting to know what has happened and what he should do next. The following day(October 30th)the comic book store responded and told X-Man that usually when this happened, postal officials at the Recovery Center would open the package looking for some sort of identifying feature(such as an invoice)and from there, they'd reseal the package and either deliver it or return it to the comic shop, usually the latter. The comic shop then assured X-Man that once they received the package they'd send it back out as soon as possible. On November 3rd, the USPS responded to the e-mail and said that it appeared that X-Man's package was sent to a Mail Recovery Center(which he already knew!). The e-mail then asked X-Man to provide a description of the package(which he never received)so they could forward the description to the Recovery Center. Since X-Man had never seen the package because he never got it, he responded to the e-mail as best he could, telling the USPS representative that it was a cardboard box of a few pounds that contained comic books. Since then there has been no new information. X-Man contacted the comic book shop late last week and was told that they still haven't received anything, and the e-mail he sent to the USPS last Friday still hasn't been responded to. Thanks to this situation, X-Man has been unable to read the latest issues of Action Comics, Secret Six, Teen Titans, Superman: Secret Origins, Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gotham City Sirens, Dark Reign: The List, Blackest Night Titans, Avengers: The Initiative, Blackest Night Superman and REBELS. After finishing this post, X-Man intends on sending another e-mail to the USPS in the vain hope that they may have some good news for him.

What I Thought: What a lousy story! Poor X-Man75! You've got to feel sorry for the guy. It's got to really suck that he has all of these comics sitting around, but he can't read them because he doesn't have the previous issues. For example, the poor guy has Blackest Night Superman #3, but Blackest Night Superman #2 is lost at a Mail Recovery Center somewhere. Sure, he could just go ahead and read BN Superman #3 without reading #2 first, but who wants to read a story with a big hole in the middle. No, he'll probably wait until his comics finally get to him and then try to catch up. Of course X-Man is definitely tempted to just buy the missing comic books from the comic shop again so he can read the comics he has, but that would just be a crazy waste of money. No, X-Man has no other recourse but to wait...

Score: 1 out of 10(hey, the story was pretty bad!).Poor X-Man, just sitting all alone waiting for his comics to arrive...

A Quick Look at Superman/Batman #65

Writers: Peter Johnson & Matt Cherniss. Artists: Brian Stelfreeze, Brian Haberlin, Kelley Jones, Joe Quinones, Federico Dallocchio... Wow, that's ALOT of artists for just one comic book!

What Happened: During a battle between Batman & Superman vs the terrible twosome of Joker and Lex Luthor, the Scarecrow gasses all four of the rivals with fear gas. From there each man falls asleep and is forced to live through their worst nightmares. Supes fears failing his friends and loved ones, Joker fears being laughed at, Lex Luthor fears becoming Jimmy Olson(HA! So do I!)and Batman fears murdering his parents. Scarecrow decides to bury all four adversaries in a graveyard, so that the world would never know what became of them, but just as Batman murders his father in his dream, he is jolted awake by the shock of it all. Bats pulls Superman out of his Kryptonite encased casket, and then goes after Scarecrow, forcing him to ingest his own fear gas. Supes and Bats arrest Lex and Joker while they're still coming to, and this issue ends with a glimpse of Scarecrow's nightmare, being the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.

What I Thought: You know, I liked this issue. It was a stupid little Halloween story, but I definitely enjoyed it. Most of the nightmares were pretty well done(especially Bats and Lex's), so I can't complain about them, the art was acceptable and I've always been a fan of Scarecrow, so I'm always happy whenever he pops up. I do have to admit that Lex's Jimmy Olson nightmare had me laughing... I might have to say being Jimmy Olson is the ultimate nightmare! All in all this was a pretty good one and done comic that required no real thought process, and every now and then I enjoy that.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.If only the Daily Planet staff knew just how right they were!

A Quick Look at World's Finest #1(of 4)

Writer: Sterling Gates. Pencils: Julian Lopez.

What Happened: We start with Red Robin battling some bikers in Amsterdam. As RR prepares to eliminate the last biker, he is helped by some tactile telekinesis. Assuming it was Superboy helping him out, RR turns around and finds Nightwing hovering in the air above him. Nightwing calls RR by his first name, which irritates RR, but NW reveals to RR that he is actually Chris Kent(who RR met a while back)and that he needs the assistance of RR. NW explains that his partner, Flamebird was kidnapped by the Penguin and his associate, the Kryptonite Man. Something in the Penguin's building is interfering with NW's x-ray vision, and with Penguin operating out of Gotham City, NW was hoping RR would lend a hand. RR is very reluctant to help at first, but finally relents and the two heroes head to Gotham. By this point, Penguin is holding an auction to sell Flamebird to the highest bidder, with Kryptonite Man keeping her sedated. RR winds up breaking into Penguin's base and attacks Penguin and his goons. NW soon enters the fray and dumps liquid lead on the Kryptonite Man(rendering his radiation harmless to Kryptonians)and proceeds to heat the lead up to the point where it solidifies on Kryptonite Man. RR knocks Penguin out and NW takes RR and Flamebird back to Amsterdam. Flamebird and Nightwing help RR fins some 200 year old letter he was looking for in Amsterdam before the two Kryptonians head back to Metropolis. This issue ends with the Toyman rescuing the Kryptonite Man from his lead casing and strapping him down to an operating table.

What I Thought: Well, there was some good here, along with some bad. I guess I'll start with the good. The story was solid and fast paced, and I liked the dynamic between Red Robin and Nightwing. Besides the good story, the art was also well done, so no complaints there either. No, my main complaints would have to deal with the choice of villains thus far in this mini-series. I've never hid my hatred for the Penguin. He's a short, fat guy with an umbrella fetish. What the hell does the Penguin bring to any comic book? In my opinion, absolutely nothing. But then Sterling topped the Penguin with the even more useless villain, the Toyman! Ugh, what's next, an evil talking monkey?

Score: 7 out of 10.Um, shouldn't Red Robin have at least tried to deny that Tim was his real name? Jeez, when did the Bat-family get so lax with their secret identities?

A Quick Look at Dark Reign: Young Avengers #5(of 5)

Writer: Paul Cornell. Pencils: Mark Brooks.

What Happened: The Young Avengers arrive at the hideout of the fake Young Avengers and discover not only the fake Young Avengers, but Norman Osborn and some of his Dark Avengers. Needless to say, from there we have quite the brouhaha. The fake YA and the Dark Avengers take the battle to the Young Avengers, while fake YA Coat of Arms stands on the sidelines, conflicted over what to do. Surprisingly, the Young Avengers manage to gain a slight advantage in the battle, so Osborn calls Sentry in to help out. Wiccan tries to reason with Enchantress, and he tells her that she isn't really an Asgardian like she originally believed, but that she's just a regular girl who Loki empowered to mess with the Avengers. Sentry doesn't take kindly to Wiccan's continued talking, so he blasts him to the floor. At that point Coat of Arms has seen enough, and she links herself, Enchantress and Wiccan via a magic chain and Wiccan uses his magical powers to transport Sentry away from the battle. With Sentry defeated, Melter of the fake YA figures he made the wrong choice aligning his team with Osborn and company, so he has Enchantress teleport the fake YA away from the battle. With the fake YA's gone, Sentry transported to who knows where and Bullseye injured, Osborn decides to retreat, telling the Young Avengers that the entire battle never happened before taking his leave. And that for all intents and purposes was the end.

What I Thought: I liked this mini-series. That's really the best thing I can say about it. I like most of the fake Young Avengers, and I've always liked the original Young Avengers. I also liked the way Sentry was easily defeated in this issue, I've never liked the Sentry, so I definitely enjoyed seeing him humbled. All in all this was a pretty good mini-series... Except for the last page. I don't know WHAT the hell it meant. I'll post it, and if anybody has any clue as to what it means, by all means, drop me a line!

Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.??????

A Quick Look at Superman #693

Writer: James Robinson. Pencils: Fernando Dagnino.

What Happened: This comic was all about Gen. Lane of Project 7734 trying to recruit Mon-El into joining his forces against the world of New Krypton. Lane tries to reason with Mon, which doesn't work, he has him beaten up by Atlas, which once again, doesn't work, and he has one of those damnable talking apes in the DCU experiment on/torture Mon, which also doesn't work. After a few weeks of this, the Parasite, who is also being forced to work with Lane, visits Mon in his cell and offers to help him escape, provided he takes Parasite with him. With no other real recourse, Mon agrees, and after allowing Parasite to leech some of his power, the two make a break for the portal exit of the Project. Parasite activates the portal and races away, and when Mon exits the portal, he is met by Lane and a surprising amount of carnage. Mon can't imagine Parasite caused so much damage in such a short timeframe, and Lane explains that it wasn't Parasite who did this damage, but Lex Luthor and Brainiac(from Adventure Comics #2)when they made good their escape from the Project. With Lane's super-powered defenders after Lex and Brianiac, Lane tells Mon that there's nothing he can do to force Mon to stay, so if he wants to go, he might as well. Mon is surprised, and threatens to expose Lane's evil activities, but Lane could care less, explaining that Superman is persona non grata on Earth, all thanks to Lane. Mon leaves swearing to fix Supes bad image. This issue concludes two days after Mon and Lane's meeting with Guardian and the Science Police preparing to battle Bizarro, who is menacing the skies of Metropolis again.

What I Thought: For the most part, I liked this issue, but not for the reasons one might have expected. The torture/experimentation on Mon-El actually became very tiresome after a while, it just kept dragging on. I do wonder if that talking ape(it's the DCU, OF COURSE there was a talking ape here!)may wind up discovering the cure for Mon's impending death, but that's neither here nor there, although if that does indeed happen, remember, I said it first! No, the parts of this comic that featured Mon were almost universally boring, with one exception, whenever Gen. Lane was involved. I thought James did a wonderful job with Lane here, he's not just another crazy super-villain with an axe to grind, Lane seems to firmly believe the Earth is threatened by the very existence of New Krypton, and he is going to do everything in his power to protect the planet. Sure, some of his actions aren't "nice"(torturing Mon for example), but everything he does seems to be for the greater good. I liked the fact that Lane actually showed remorse at the sight of the soldiers who died during Luthor and Brianiac's escape as well. The fact that he seemed truly bothered by the loss of life definitely had me looking at Lane in a different light. It's funny how one simple, well written scene can totally transform one's ideas about a character.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.My god, WHAT is DC's obsession with talking apes?!?

The best of the rest.(Nov. 6-Nov. 12)

Since I'm still waiting on my comic book order of over a month ago(has it really been THAT long?)I've been reading a lot of my rainy day back issues this past week. Sure, I'll get a few new books here and there thanks to my various subscriptions, but that blasted mail snafu has put a major crimp in my comic book reading. I've got like a dozen or so comics that I can't read because I don't have the prior issues. Unfortunately there's not much I can do here... I sent out an e-mail to the comic shop I placed the order with to see if they've heard anything from the USPS earlier today, but they still haven't gotten back to me. After that I guess I'll send ANOTHER e-mail out to the USPS and see what they have to say. *sigh* Besides that, the weather's been nice, school has been rapidly moving towards winter break, and everything else is pretty good. Well, with the formalities out of the way, it's time to get into the comics.

Titans #18- I read this comic a few weeks ago, but never got around to doing a proper review for it. Whoops. So, instead of wasting a post on a month old comic, I figure I'll just talk about this issue here. It was a spotlight on Raven and her evil brothers. The main gist of it was that one of Raven's evil brothers told her that no matter what she did, she'd always be Trigon's family, with Raven retorting that she considers the Titans as her family, even though the Titans are currently a very fractured bunch. By the end of this issue, Raven is wondering where she should go from the Titans(hint:the Teen Titans.). For a Raven story this was OK, I've never really been that into Raven's character, so I wasn't exactly doing cartwheels over a comic that spotlighted her. If you like Raven, then my guess is that you'd enjoy this comic. I don't like Raven, so to me this comic was OK, and nothing more. Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.

Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 & 4- I've got to say, I've been very happy with this series thus far. It's definitely earned a permanent spot on my pull list. The main feature has been very good, and the Second Feature starring Manhunter has been fantastic. I really don't have anything negative to say, so I'll just post my score and move on. Score: 8 1/2 out of 10.

Batman Annual #11- My sister gave me this comic a few months ago and I can distinctly remember her telling me that she thought this was a very funny comic book. It wound up in my rainy day comic book pile until this past week, and you know what, it was absolutely hilarious! The annual dealt with two separate stories, the first was about Clayface(Preston Payne)and his love affair with Helena, who just so happens to be a mannequin... The second story dealt with the Penguin falling in love with a woman and deciding to turn over a new leaf, although the Batman didn't believe the Penguin was a changed man. The Penguin story was good, and remember, I hate the Penguin and I still liked that story, so that should say a lot right there. The Clayface story was positively genius. All I can say is Clayface accusing Batman of having an affair with Helena and Batman's subsequent reaction was laugh out loud funny stuff. Score: 9 out of 10.

JLA 80-Page Giant #2- This comic had 7 different stories in it, and I'd say the good definitely outweighed the bad. For the record, here's the story listing. Batman and Green Arrow starred in the first story, which consisted of GA and Bats early days and GA trying to prove that Bats was actually Bruce Wayne. Story two featured the dysfunctional silver-age JLA, while the third story told a tale of the late 1990's League dealing with realistic robots. The forth story was a tale about Wonder Woman trying to bring Huntress and Big Barda together, #5 featured Superman and the Atom taking down a living intergalactic spacecreft. The sixth story was about Orion being forced into a partnership with Plastic Man to save the west coast, and the final story featured Justice League A from the DC One Million event. For me the high point was the GA/Bats story, while the low point was the Wonder Woman, Huntress, and Big Barda one. All in all, this was an OK collection of stories that I'd give a mild recommendation to. Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.

War of Kings: Warriors #1 & 2- These two comic tied into the War of Kings x-over from a few months back. While I enjoyed War for the most part, I wasn't exactly blown away by these two comics. The first one featured a story on Gladiator's origin(yawn)and a feature on KING Blastarr of the Negative Zone. The second comic featured stories on Crystal and an origin tale on Lilandra. Seeing as that I don't like Crystal, Gladiator OR Lilandra, that should give you some idea of what I thought about these two comics. I definitely could have found a better way to spend $8... Score: 5 out of 10.

OMAC Project TPB- This trade collected Countdown to Infinite Crisis, The OMAC Project #1-6 as well as Wonder Woman #219. We really get a little bit of everything here. Ted Kord's death, Maxwell Lord's insanity, angry robots, Maxwell Lord's death, and Brother Eye taunting Batman. To me that's the recipe for a pretty good story! I've always liked the idea of Brother Eye and the OMAC's, so this trade was definitely right up my alley. I'm still not sure how/why Maxwell Lord went from the JLA's inept liaison to an evil mastermind, but whatever I guess. This was a good trade with a good story, the only thing that sort of bothered me was the fact that the story actually finished up in Infinite Crisis, not in this trade, but since I read IC, that's really no biggie. Score: 8 out of 10.

Superman/Batman #53-56- The story here was that due to some magical mishap, Batman and Superman swapped powersets. So, Bruce gained all of Superman's powers and Supes gained... Well nothing, he was left totally powerless. While Superman and Zatanna try to track down a way to reverse the spell, Super-Batman decides to eradicate crime the world over. This was a very good story for a few reasons. First off, it was just cool to see Bruce flying around in his Batman gear with glowing red eyes. If I was a criminal, that right there would scare the hell out of me! It was also interesting to see Bruce decide to dedicate himself to using Superman's powers to travel the globe halting all crime everywhere. On one hand it really made me wonder why Clark couldn't do the same thing. In the blink of an eye the guy can go from one part of the planet to the other, he doesn't need to sleep or eat, and with his speed, strength and other powers, why doesn't Supes stamp out all crime planetwide? On the other hand though, if Supes did decide to take such drastic actions he'd seem more like a tyrant then a hero, and that was kind of the crux of this story. Bruce kept becoming more and more enamoured by his powers and abilities and allowed himself to get completely out of control. Of course in the end there was a cop-out reason as to why Bruce acted in the manner he did, but for the most part this story was very well done. Score: 9 out of 10.

Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood TPB- This trade collected Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #1-6. On a rainy night in Gotham, the cops find a dead mobster floating in the river with a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest. Batman arrives on the scene and immediately figures Huntress was responsible. Bats stops by Huntress' apartment and discovers her drying her wet hair. Huntress claims she didn't kill the mobster, and that she had just taken a shower. Bats gives her the benefit of the doubt and leaves. The next day, a newspaper reporter runs a piece slamming Huntress, and Huntress decides to pay the reporter a little visit, since the reporter is obviously in the mobs pocket. Upon arriving at the reporters apartment, Huntress discovers the woman dead with several crossbow bolts gutting out of her chest. On top of that, the police were called by somebody, so Huntress makes a quick escape and runs right into Batman and Nightwing, who are now severely doubting Huntress' claims of innocence. The three wind up fighting, Batman is accidentally shot by Huntress' crossbow, which enrages Nightwing, and Huntress winds up getting knocked off the rooftop where they were doing battle, landing in a river, where she is pulled out by the Question?!? From there, the Question helps Huntress get out of Gotham and the two decide to try to clear Huntress' name. This was a highly enjoyable mini, especially for me, since so many of my favorite characters were placed in prominent roles. I've always been a big Huntress fan, and it was great to see the Vic Sage version of the Question make an appearance here as well. The end of this mini was a little vexing, but other then that, this was a very good trade. Score: 9 out of 10.

JLA: Crisis of Conscience TPB- This trade collected JLA #115-119 and came spinning out of the events of Identity Crisis, namely the JLA deciding to force Batman to forget about their mindwiping of the evil Dr. Light. Flash(Wally West), who found out about what the JLA did to Batman during Identity Crisis, calls the JLAers who made up the team during the Dr. Light/Batman mindwipings and tells them that if they don't tell Batman what they did to him, he will. Before the JLAers can decide whether or not to tell Bats what they did, they are interrupted by the Martian Manhunter, who when told what happened is sure Batman already knows. Before the League can go to Batman, they receive a distress call from the Red Tornado, and when the League arrives to help, they find Tornado wrecked and are ambushed by the Wizard and his Secret Society of Super-Villains. The Wizard and his crew defeat the heroes and transports them all to Gotham, where he runs into Batman. Wizard reveals that him and his Society know all of the secret identities of the JLA members and that they intend on attacking the League through friends and loved ones. The villains make their exits, thus leaving the JLA with the same choice they faced years ago, what do you do about a collection of villains with knowledge of your secret identity and no qualms about using that knowledge to hurt or kill your loved ones? Now this was a great story. Which is no real surprise since it was written by Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg(Young Avengers). The story and characterizations were great, so it should go without saying that I highly recommend this trade. Score 9 1/2 out of 10.

Whew, that was a lot of comics! That's it for this week, as always, Long Live The Legion!

A Quick Look at Booster Gold #25

Writer & Artist: Dan Jurgens.

What Happened: This issue begins with Booster, Rip and Skeets returning to the present after fixing the messed up timeline that occurred due to Dick Grayson's death. With that business taken care of, Booster wants some down time, but Rip instead sends him back to the Batcave to retrieve the photos of Booster trying to prevent Barbara Gordon's shooting at the hands of the Joker. Booster heads to the Cave and runs into Damian, the two briefly fight until Dick arrives on the scene to see just what was going on. Meanwhile, Rip Hunter thinks that TO Morrow may know something about the true identity of the Black Beetle, so he heads to Morrow's layer, only to find Morrow being driven slowly insane by his chrono-viewer. Rip takes the viewer off of Morrow, and is promptly attacked by the Black Beetle. Black Beetle taunts Rip for a while before damaging the power core in Morrow's lab, forcing Rip to beat a hasty retreat. Back at the Cave, Dick sends Damian away, and Booster levels with him, showing Dick the photos of himself, Babs and Joker. Booster and Dick do some bonding, and as a show of good faith, Booster takes Dick 15 years back in time and allows Dick to watch his younger self celebrate Christmas with his parents, bringing this issue to a close.

What I Thought: This was a nice little story. Nothing much really happened, Dick and Booster bonded, Rip ran into and was outsmarted by Black Beetle again and I didn't bother to read the Blue Beetle back-up feature(as usual). All in all, this was a good, if unspectacular comic book. Next issue begins the Blackest Night x-over stuff, so I'm definitely looking forward to that. Before I end this post I want to get something off my chest. I'm sick and tired of DC's Second Feature experiment. It was OK for the first 2 months or so, but now it's just really annoying. It really bothers me that I have top pay an extra $1 to read Booster Gold because there's a Blue Beetle back-up story... I HATE Blue Beetle! And quite frankly, I'm probably not the only one! If there was a large Blue Beetle fanbase, he'd still have an ongoing series. Enough with the Second Features. There have been a few good ones(Streets of Gotham), but for the most part this whole experience has been a large waste of my money, and if it doesn't stop soon, I'm going to have to cut many of these Second Feature books out of my budget. End of rant.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.How in the world does Dick deal with Damian? If I had to put up with that kid, I'd have gone insane a LONG time ago!

A Quick Look at Dark Wolverine #79

Writers: Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu. Pencils: Stephen Segovia.

What Happened: As per Norman Osborn's orders, Daken attacks Moses Magnum and his gang of losers in a warehouse. Norman plans on having the entire fight recorded and then sent to the media in an effort to repair Daken's poor public image. Daken attacks the losers and takes them out, until it's only him and a woman named Emmy Doolin. Daken arrogantly tells Emmy to shoot him. However, she refuses, claiming that there is no way he is the real Wolverine. This momentary distraction is all Moses needs to blast Daken into unconsciousness. Moses' gang debates killing Daken, but ultimately Emmy convinces the rest of them to make a run for it in case the rest of the Avengers are around. Before leaving, Emmy taunts the semi-conscious Daken and the villains make good their escape. Daken crawls around in his own blood for a while, which leads to Norman Osborn berating him through an earpiece he was wearing. Daken also imagines his father, Wolverine, telling Daken that it isn't as easy being Wolverine as Daken may have originally thought, which enrages Daken. The villains figure out that Osborn double crossed them, so they decide to blackmail him with surveillance footage of Osborn approaching Emmy just prior to her breaking Moses out of court last issue. The villains call Osborn and threaten to release the footage, which would surely hurt Osborn's image. Osborn tells them that if they turn themselves in, he'll have them arrested and sentenced, after which he'd have them secretly released under false names. This issue ends with the villains agreeing to Osborn's deal, and Osborn contacting Daken, telling him to capture these bozos already, and that this time he was planning on sending live television cameras to the scene, so Daken had to not only capture the villains, but he'd better look good doing it.

What I Thought: As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed this comic. I especially liked the fact that Daken suffered what could probably be considered his first major loss to Magnum and his gang, especially Emmy. I do have to wonder exactly what Osborn is thinking sending a live news crew to capture Daken's exploits, seeing as that Daken tends to have one hell of a vicious streak in him, and with his actions being filmed live, there's no room for error, if Daken messes up, or gets to violent, it's going to be a major black eye for Osborn and his Avengers. So what's Daken to do? He could royally piss Osborn off by deliberately becoming overly violent in capturing the criminals or he could play the role of good soldier(for once)and take the villains in by the books, especially with the camera crews present. With the way Daken is always playing mind games, I'm honestly not sure which way he'll go. I think he wants to prove he can play the role of Wolverine as well as his father, so I wouldn't be surprised if he took Magnum and his crew in by the books, just to prove to himself that he can. But then again, after the way Emmy taunted him after his defeat this issue, Daken might just be of the mindset to gut her, which wouldn't look very good on the 6 o'clock news. I guess that's the thing I enjoy the most about both Daken and this comic series, it's extremely difficult to figure out which way Daken is going to go. Daken's actions aren't easily guessed, he's one of the most complicated characters in comics today, and personally, I love that fact.

Score: 8 out of 10.I love the fact that when Daken hallucinates about Wolverine, Wolvie is holding a big mug of beer. How very unthreatening.