Who Was Who Is Who #50

So for want of anything better to write about on a Monday, I'm going to go through all my copies of Who's Who and see if I can predict who will make it over to the new DCU by the end of 2012, who might make it and who hasn't got a Whip's chance.

THE WANDERERS - far as I know, they're unlikely to be wandering around the Legion's time line before the end of 2012, and Dave Sopko, the official COEP Legion go to guy, agrees "Have not been seen for a long time. Doubt we will see this roaming band of adventurers again."

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #69

• Black Terror #7 - this series kinda seems to be stumbling from one big fight to another but does so with such abandon that I'm still enjoying it - plus it gave me this week's quote for the banner.
• Blackest Night: JSA #2 - oh, those sneaky, tricksy Black Lanterns! Who'd'a thought so many heroes could be so easily duped?
• Green Lantern #50 - Hal Jordan appears as Green Lantern and Parallax in the same issue and has the Spectre along as well. Jeez, it's like all his ex's turned up at once!
• Justice League: Cry For Justice #6 - was it just me or was this issue actually not that bad? Of course, we can all guess how it's going to turn out because of . . .
• Justice League of America #41 - . . . which takes place after the events of Justice League: Cry For Justice #7 which isn't out yet, but even this issue wasn't too bad. Poor old Reddy's been dismantled again but the time-travel aspect with Tomahawk and Miss Liberty looks like a nice set-up; even Green Arrow's grim hunt for Prometheus didn't impair it too much. For the first time in several months, this series seems to be picking up.
• Justice Society of America #35 - this was a really good issue; Mr Terrific's refusal to play by Mordru's rules; Wildcat's prison; even Dr Fate's drooling on the floor all worked superbly. Only one complaint: Flash's dialogue just didn't sound like Jay to me.
• Teen Titans #79 - have to admit this didn't work for me at all; it didn't flow at all, just jumped about everywhere: page 3, the Titans are all working out together and Static says he has to head home; page 4, Static's at his sister's apartment having travelled all the way to Dakota; page 5 and the Titans have just finished their workout. The rest of the issue's just as clumsy, really.
• Ravager co-feature - Ravager manages to break free of the bad guys but doesn't get the answers or closure she needs. Still better than the main story, though.

And what made me smile:

Never a truer word said.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #43

• Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #2 - not as good as the first issue, but still well worth a read;
• Green Lantern #42 - Blackest Night comes one step closer!
• Justice League of America #34 - well that explains how the Milestone characters ended up in the DCU;
• Justice Society of America #28 - as my wife said, when will Green Lantern, Flash and Wildcat stop interfering in Stargirl's love life?
• The Last Days of Animal Man #2 - Mirror Mistress isn't good enough but she settles for Prismatik?  With a 'K'?
• The Question: The Five Books of Blood trade paperback - looking forward to reading this!
• Tarot Witch of The Black Rose Vol 7 trade paperback - my secret's out: I read Tarot tradepaperbacks!
• Teen Titans #72 - is it just me or was Joe Bennett's art this month just a bit weak? Miss Martian's arm in panel 3, page 6 look a bit weird to anyone else?

And what made me smile this week:

The Green Lantern of Earth in the future is a blue whale!  Genius in the pages of The Last Days of Animal Man #2.