The Review
The third issue in this series sets up the three major obstacles for this seven-issue series (or a potential follow up series). The Justice League and other heroes are trying to find the cure or Life Equation, the villains holed up in the Australian bunker are getting ready to retake the world for themselves, and Trigon is getting prepped to rise up from hell and wipe the earth clean so that they can reclaim the souls hell has a claim on since they are currently trapped in the anti-lifers.
The art is generally more consistent and in line with the
change in style from the second issue. There is still the issue of the sound
effects not being the best, but in general, I really liked this issue.
Story-wise, I am very much looking forward to reading the rest of this series
with what has been set up in the first three issues. Should be all kinds of
comic book craziness.
If you’ve enjoyed the series so far, there is no reason to
stop now. Keep buying this.
High Point(s)
- All the plot reveals in this issue
Low Point(s)
- Damian feels a little out of character during the Batman/Gordon reunion
The Editing
General Note: Constantine’s tie is solid black almost the
entire time, except for the occasional red highlight that shows up every so
often. It was red in the second issue.
The Cover
Standard David Finch, overly dark illustration. The only
real issue is that Wonder Woman feels tacked on to the image. Especially since
Wonder Woman has had almost no interaction with Zatanna and Constantine so far.
Page Two & Three
They finally got rid of the red outline for the creators.
The smaller text is still hard to read, but it's better.
Zatanna casts a spell to blind or distract Plastic Man and
doesn't use any backward words.
Page Four
The sound effect is pretty much lost in the fire effect in
the second panel. It also isn’t continued into the third panel for whatever
reason.
The dialog bubble and the starburst font are bad in the
third panel.
Page Five
Either rewrite the two narration boxes in the first panel to
not say “I” and all that (hasn’t happened at all in the first two issues and
isn’t done again in this issue) or remove them. If removed, you can move the
narration box from the second panel into the first and the narration from the
fourth to the second.
Page Six
The sound effect for the gunfire isn’t great.
Remove the “THP”s from the third panel. It looks like
Swampthing was already shot rather than currently being shot. Remove the
“BRRT”s in the same panel or change them to a sound that reflects the sound of
a bullet entering a body.
Page Seven
Sound effects on the previous page for all the gunfire, but
now the firing guns are silent.
Page Nine
Doctor Fate’s belt is different from the previous issue.
Page Ten
An off-panel dialog box using the same box style as the
narration boxes again.
Page Eleven
Mary Marvel’s costume is different than the first issue. The
bolt should reach at least her navel and have a gold border around it. There’s
also no hint of her gold belt.
Mary looks weird in panel four.
Page Thirteen
Constantine’s dialog bubble is too close to the border of
the panel. Cross the border or don't.
Dunno what’s going on with the diagonal line through
Etrigan’s leg.
Page Fourteen
Off-panel dialog box using the same box style as a narration
box.
The sound effects in the last panel are bad.
Page Fifteen
Sound effects are bad all over this page, and completely
inappropriate in the last panel when the bullets entering Swampthing’s body
make a “BANG” sound.
Also in the last panel, Zatanna’s speech bubble crosses the
panel border on the side but is cut off on the top. Pick one effect.
Page Sixteen
In panel three, Maxwell Lord says, "I don't talk
orders…" vice "I don't take orders…"
In panel two, Max's arms can move but are bound in panel four.
Page Seventeen
The sound effect in panel two gets lost in the art.
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