No, I'm baffled.

heh.

As a spur-of-the-moment purchase, Claws was a good buy. When was the last time anyone tried to put Wolverine in a playful book? Or even a playful story? Hell, a playful panel would suffice.

(oh, wait, Astonishing X-Men. nevermind.)

Unlike the last Black Cat miniseries, this one is so far treating all its characters with respect, so that's a big bonus right there. The depiction of Logan as a near-Neanderthal is much more interesting than the "scruffy-looking nerfherder" he's become ever since Jim Lee took a shot at him. The premise is well-worn, but can work for these two characters, and the villain behind it both makes perfect sense and demands an explanation. Good art, decent plot (or is it story? Which one is events and which one is words?), interesting hook... the only thing to worry about now is where it goes from here, and how the remainder is handled.

It’s a shame that practically all reviews I’ve seen of Robin recently have to come with that disclaimer/preface

Agreed, but man, the Batgirl stuff is just SOOOO stupid, I can see why people would want to steer clear of the book where it happened.

I can’t believe you were so easy on the abysmal Claws,

I thought it was "dumb fun." Not good enough to be recommended, though!

e: UFF Annual 2…

The art changed in the modern scenes because it didn’t change in flashback it changed when Mole Man was narrating. He was narrating those present scenes as well and I thought it tied the two together visually really well - merging them like that at them end.

Interesting. Good point! Please note that I didn't really have a problem or anything with it, as Irving's art was excellent. I just thought it was odd.

I still think the “It’s all His Fault” in Rip Hunter’s lab is referring to Skeets. Not Booster.

Very astute pick-up! I believe you are correct!!

If so, I didn’t take that to be a repudiation of her personality for the whole series, but rather that she was playing dumb to try and catch the elder Wilder off his game, and stopping the ruse when she concludes it’s not working.

But Wilder pretty much states that she WAS using the fake personality with everyone, and Molly doesn't correct him - in fact, by "dropping it," she seems to confirm that that is what she is doing.

But if someone has a copy of Runaways #17 handy, I'd gladly like to be shown that I am misremembering, because, like I said, I didn't like the implication that Molly's personality was fake.

Edward Liu:
The Jeff Parker MA: Avengers is almost criminally fun, too. I’m amazed nobody thought to turn Janet Van Dyne into Giant Girl before.
They did. Unbelievably, it was Chuck Austen, in the one good thing he did while writing Avengers.

(Oh, I see someone else hs alredy said tatt. Sorry.)

And is Giant-Girl Janet? I don't recall her name ever being mentioned, and I'd assumed she waas Cassie Lang. Either way, she's easily the title's least well-developed character, and her costume is awful.

gabeummers

The Pulse conducted an interview with Moll that delved into his time as an artist assistant. You can check it out here: http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003597

The art changed in the modern scenes because it didn't change in flashback it changed when Mole Man was narrating. He was narrating those present scenes as well and I thought it tied the two together visually really well - merging them like that at them end.

Not sure who/what is Supernova at this point. Why would Booster wear an identity worn by Superman in the silver age? Why does the costume have the logo of the TV station Clark used to work for? I give up. More Question/Montoya & Ralf /All-Straw Sue please.

Kind of a pity, really, because having a fifty-foot woman certainly seems like a more logical asset than having one that can shrink down to an inch.