Amanda

Obligatory complaint about how not a single one of these characters exists in these forms in the rebooted DC universe. When they exist at all. I want to love you, DC, but you will not let me.

... Too bad for you, I guess. Off to Marvel.

Love the dialogue and characterization. Deducting a start for the Andrade art, because yeah. Everyone looks like they're melting.

Cried a lot. Everything else I want to say is a spoiler, but I love these two girls.

Like the characters a lot. Have no idea what's going on with the plot. A lot of mystery and not enough answers for me yet.

So happy I found all of these in trade! Like I said in my review of the volume 3, this run is the reason I got into comics. Steph is one of my favorite characters, and probably my favorite non-Marvel female character. Miss her.

Loved this. It's fun, and it seems like a lot of comics are in a competition to see who can be the most dark and Christopher-Nolan-influenced. This reminded me of Stephanie Brown's Batgirl series, which is what got me into comics. Not everything has to be “MY PARENTS ARE DEAD,” and a lot of stuff is better if it isn't. This is among the reasons I'm much more into Marvel these days - that and Marvel doesn't seem hell-bent on destroying all its good female characters. I really enjoyed Jen as a character. I'd only read her in Fraction's FF (which is great) and this makes me want to continue this series. Back to the used book store it is! (I should deduct a bit for the inaccuracy of the legal stuff, but eh. If you're not a lawyer, it won't bother you, and if you are, suspend disbelief.)

Loooooove this. Hadn't been much of a Natasha fan, but that was because I was dumb. Great story and wonderful art.

Holy hell, this book is a mindfuck. And not really the best thing to read when you're four months away from getting married, but too late now!

Love Emily. And all the various and horrible aunts.

Read in floppies, reviewing in trade. Batgirl is what got me into comics but this book is my favorite currently running. (Maybe my all-time favorite?) Kate Bishop owns you all.

This took me forever to finish, and I think it was because I wasn't really all that interested or invested in any of the characters. The Fenris is an interesting concept, but I wasn't clear on if it's every one of them that has to be a seventh son of a seventh son, or just the Potentials. In which case ... that seems like a lot of people to meet that requirement. I wanted this book to be a lot better than it was.

I really enjoyed how each girl reacted differently to her placement on the list. Danielle was my favorite, but they all were alternately frustrating and winning. I wish I'd gotten a better idea of the lister's motivation throughout the story.

Loved this book. It was realistic and complex and resisted the easy answers. I loved Deanna and her brother and Stacy.

Notes, May 2013: I wish Lee had been a bit more developed. I have no idea why she forgave Deanna and I wish Deanna had been the one to start that conversation.

Middle section dragged like crazy for me. Didn't pick up again until the case broke. Cannot believe how different trials were then - no Miranda? No mandatory appeals? Capote seemed to think that alleging ineffective assistance is a personal affront, but it's not. I don't know. I'm looking at it from a defense lawyer's perspective.

The first two issues of this book are another stupid editorially-mandated crossover. Not a fan at all. The arc in hell is pretty damn fucked up and therefore amazing, especially what each of the team members' hell would be. Bane's plot in the last two issues seems sort of abrupt and out of nowhere, but it's well done. The one good thing about the reboot, I guess, is that characters who were killed off in old continuity can come back. They probably won't, because if I like a character, DC editorial probably hates them, but at least it's a possibility. I'd love to see Scandal and Catman back at least.

Three stars because it's pretty dang uneven. Eli's and Kate's stories were my favorite by far. I had a hard time caring that much about Cassie and the Vision, and the other two were decent, but not outstanding.

(read in digital, not trade)

I have a hard time reading pre-reboot DC Comics, because all these amazing female characters I adore are just GONE, and it makes me sad. None of the leads of this book are in current continuity in the form they were in here, and ... yeah. Sad.

I can't believe I haven't read this before. If anyone thinks this is boring ... Don't go to law school.

Probably more like 3.5 stars. Not something I feel the need to reread, but decent, if less Fraction-y than my favorites of his (Hawkeye!). Maybe there just isn't as much humor on Asgard. Mini-Loki was fun, as was the side story with the Broxton residents.

2013 reread - yay, delicious fluff!

LOVED IT. Loved that even the more minor characters got some depth and layers. This book made me want to visit Paris again.

Meh. Didn't hate it, certainly didn't love it. Mostly I was just bored. Took me forever to finish.

2013 reread. Needed something fluffy and this fit the bill.

Another reread in trade. Stephanie Brown as Batgirl is the reason I'm a comics fan. It makes me sad that she hasn't been seen since the reboot.

I read these as individual issues, but reread as an arc in the trade. Carol is probably my favorite female superhero (that's currently being written, anyway). I love the dialogue and writing on this, though time travel plots make my head hurt a bit. The only problem I have with this book is the art. Dexter Soy was a bit odd at first, but really grew on me. Emma Rios, the other artist in this book, I am not a big fan of. Everyone sort of looks the same and I don't see much of the attitude and solidity that Soy gave the characters. I love the Banshees and hope they somehow turn up again, though it doesn't seem likely.

Final nitpick: the character history/dossier in the back lists Carol as 5'11” and 145 pounds. Uh, no. She's not a model, she punches out sharks and dinosaurs. Girl will need way more muscle than that.

Very hard to read, but better than I thought it would be. Loved the different dynamics between Lia and all her family members. Also the Elijah thing.