Brightest Day Volume 3

I came out of this volume with one thought.   The white lantern is a dick.  It brought heroes back to life just so it could kill them, it brought villains back to kill heroes and it used Deadman to make these things happen.  And then it gets to take time to tell Hawk why he failed in the mission to kill himself.  All in all it seemed a convuluted way to bring Swamp Thing back to the DC universe.

Brightest Day Volume 2

It's weird reading this after reading some of the new 52 titles.  Things that I'm used to aren't happening.  Loved the intro of the new Aqualad.  I've been watching Young Justice and I know they drew inspiration for that character from here.  I like seeing Aquaman with a range of emotions.  Deadman not being dead is still odd though.

Justice League: Cry for Justice

The art is beautiful in this. Painted and detailed and great to look at. The story? Needlessly dark. The premise is great. It's one of those where the author tries to push just how far a hero can go before he or she is no longer a hero. But then Robinson cuts off Arsenal's arm. He goes offscreen to say good night to his daughter and comes back missing an arm. Oh, then Robinson kills off his daughter to really stick the poker in. It felt a bit rushed in the end. I think he expected more issues when he started writing and was cut back to a finite series. I think he could have used a few more chapters.