In defence of the art, remember that 52 was a weekly, so this comic must have been drawn in about a week.

Nah – the book had rotating artists. Personally I was happy with the art in 52 though. It was never spectacular, but competent all the way through. (with the exception of about 1 artist who didn’t turn up too often)

I’ve also been dying to catch the brief boxing session from O’Neil’s run on The Question in here. #10 I believe.

Skimming the list of moments so far, I see an alarming lack of Alan Moore Swamp Thing. Maybe that’s a future theme-week? At the very least for the Arcane moments (thinking of a chilling exchange in Hell, in particular). Or fighting Batman. Or the “give me a number” killer. Or early Constantine. Or the world’s creepiest assassin, the Invunche.

Quite a lot of fodder there is all I’m saying.

I’ve never read 52, since I avoid mega cross-overs (and books that are likely to cross-over into one) like the plague. It has made me a much happier reader. This is certainly a fun moment. Black Adam is exactly the sort of character that provokes schadenfreude.

In fact, the top five comic book characters that are best on the receiving end of a total beat down are:
1. Namor, the Sub-Mariner
2. Black Adam
3. Thor
4. Doctor Light
5. The Question

Black Adam should have made mincemeat outta these other losers. In any case, kudos to the 52 writers for making Morrow cool again even if he looked more liked Floyd Lawton here.