http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:10:14 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/01/155826.php#comment-21364 Well said. I've enjoyed a lot of Loeb's work ("Superman for All Seasons," for one, and, yes, the "Yellow/Red/Blue" origin retellings, too), but this just plain reads too much as "I'm going to put my stamp on things, badly, no matter how much I stomp all over continuity, 'cause, man, I've got Jim Lee drawing this stuff!" And, tell me, was it a cheaper trick to pretend that Jason Todd (!) was back, or to have it turn out not to actually be Jacon Todd? The "anyone can be the villain, and we'll pretend everyone is for one or more issues" schtick was passable in "The Long Halloween," but here it just got wearisome. I was more than ready for Part 12, and was most disappointed to find it the weakest issue of the series. Bah. 21364@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:10:14 EDT