Jeff Lemire: writer
Steve Pugh: artist
The Solicitation
• “EXTINCTION IS FOREVER” part two!
• Guest-starring JOHN CONSTANTINE and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK.
• BUDDY BAKER seeks the help of THE TOTEMS to return to his family.
Preview
Why I Bought It
I've been enjoying this little story that is going through the title. There hasn't been too much that has dissatisfied me about the book.
What I Liked
On the whole it wasn't too bad. We had a crossover with some characters from Justice League Dark, which is a book I could care less about., but it did reveal that Mrs. Baker is the one who may be the cause of all the upcoming mess. It is a plot point that makes sense to me. She is always talking about not wanting to be involved with any of the superhero stuff that is going on and I can see Maxine taking to heart what her mother says and staying away from it all until it is too late.
The panel with Maxine telling Zatanna to let her mother go was great. In fact, the whole family had some great interactions with the Justice League Dark team. Especially Cliff's exchange with Constantine about 80's style and their celebrations of it.
Animal Man had a whole trip through the Red this issue to finally get to a spot where he meets the elders of the Red. The same thing has happened over in Swamp Thing with re-creating a new body and giving the title characters a second chance with their missions.
What really intrigues me about the next issue is what happens to Cliff. Are they really going to go down the road of killing him? That would be interesting.
What I Didn't Like
I get the sense that they are going to line up both Swamp Thing and Animal Man at some time to have a crossover, but I'm just wondering when that will happen. There is all this talk about doing it and having the characters meet up and quite frankly I was a little bit peeved that we got Justice League Dark crossing over into this book before Swamp Thing.
Panel to Remember
Maxine telling Zatanna to let her mother go or she would be turned into a toad. She just has this look of "don't fuck with me" to her that is awesome.
Grades
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 9/10
Recommend: Yes, but not for the crossover aspect so much. More so for all the great dialogue between the characters.
Buy Next Issue: I am still keeping this book on my pull list. Should be interesting.
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