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Alpha Flight Special
(Fabian Nicieza / Michael Bair)
"..beyond the concept, the execution is a tad prosaic."
Aquaman
(Keith Giffen / Robert Loren Fleming / Curt Swan / Al Vey)
"This isn't a bad mini-series, but it's seriously flawed..."
Armageddon 2001
(Archie Goodwin / Denny O'Neil / Dan Jurgens)
"..the concluding issue becomes somewhat problematic..."
Avengers: Celestial Quest
(Steve Englehart / Jorge Santamaria / Joe Staton / Scott Hanna)
"..appealingly self-contained, telling a story that is meant to exist in these pages."

Batman: The Ankh
(Chuck Dixon / John Van Fleet)
"..you can kind of wonder why it was made..."
Batman: Run Riddler Run
(Gerard Jones / Mark Badger)
"maybe that's the best part of the saga -- it feels like a romp..."
Batman: Year Three
(Marv Wolfman / Pat Broderick / John Beatty)
"..the story genuinely works on the level of a human drama, and a suspense tale..."
Batman/Catwoman: Trail of the Gun
(Ann Nocenti / Ethan Von Sciver)
"..detractors notwithstanding -- Trail of the Gun is pretty good."
Batman / Grendel
(Matt Wagner)
"the story starts to bleed logic and plausibility..."
Black Canary (New Wings)
(Sarah E. Byam / Trevor Von Eden / Dick Giordano)
"..Byam's ear for dialogue and her feel for characters is decidedly more sure."
The Black Panther
(Peter Gillis / Denys Cowan / Sam de la Rosa)
"..this emerges as a fairly compelling saga."
Black Panther: Panther's Prey
(Don McGregor / Dwayne Turner)
"..uneven...but...in some ways brilliant."

The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty
(Fabian Nicieza / Kevin Maguire / Kevin West / Steve Carr / Terry Austin / Joe Rubinstein)
"(it) begins to suffer from its own light-weightness..."
Captain Canuck: Unholy War
(Riel Langlois / Drue Langlois)
"it's a likeable effort with a likeable hero..."
Cinder and Ashe
(Gerry Conway / Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez)

DC Comics Presents
(various)
"overall, each issues offers at least some entertainment."
DC Retroactive -- the 1970s
(various)
"..taking one (ostensibly last) nostalgic look at past creative eras..."
Deadman
(Andrew Helfer / Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez)
"Though it's not boring or draggy, little really sticks with you either..."

Ex Machina Special
(Brian K. Vaughan / Chris Sprouse / Larl Story)
"This...reverses (the regular series') formula..."

The Falcon
(James Owsley / Paul Smith / Mark Bright)
"I'm not sure why I don't like this more than I do..."
Marvel Selects: Fantastic Four
(Stan Lee / John Buscema / Joe Sinnott / others)
"One wonders if there was a...struggle between those who pitched the project...and those who were hoping to kill it..."
Flash Gordon
(Mike Schultz / Al Williamson)
"..full of charm, and wonder, and old fashioned escapism..."

Green Arrow
(Mike Barr / Trevor Von Eden / Dick Giordano)
"(Barr can) infuse the scenes with asides and character dialogue, that makes the moments live and breathe beyond just progressing the plot."
Grifter / Shi
(various)
"..I can't say I'm off scouring back issue bins for further adventures, (but it's) moderately enjoyable..." 

Legend of the Hawkman
(Ben Raab / Michael Lark)
"This may not be the best Hawkman story it could be...but...it's enjoyable."
Patsy Walker - Hellcat
(Kathryn Immonen / David Lafuente)
"..it's not even really super hero, so much as whimsical fantasy like Alice in Wonderland."
Hulk: Nightmerica
(Robin D. Laws / Brian Ashmore)
"..one wonders if this was intended to be a road trip across the soul of America."

The Jack of Hearts
(Bill Mantlo / George Freeman)
"..thanks to Mantlo's seeming conviction, and Freeman's atmospheric art, Jack of Hearts is a pretty good read."
James Bond: Permission to Die
(Mike Grell)
"..(it's) a moderately enjoyable adventure..."
Jemm, Son of Saturn
(Greg Potter / Gene Colan / Janson & McLeod)
"..sometimes flawed...but also reasonably intriguing..."
JLA: Destiny
(Arcudi / Mandrake)
"..genuinely seem fresh and provocative -- at a time when I was beginning to think these sorts of (Elseworlds) sagas just recycled the same themes and scenes."
JLA: Incarnations
(John Ostrander / Val Semeiks / Prentis Rollins)
"..As a grab bag of self-contained larger-than-life adventures, it's pleasantly entertaining."
JSA: Strange Adventures
(Kevin J. Anderson / Barry Kitson / Gary Erskine)
"..I don't know if (Anderson) is deliberately "writing down" to his perceived comic book audience."

The Krypton Chronicles
(E. Nelson Bridwell / Curt Swan / Frank Chiaramonte)
"(not) a must read... But there's a charm to it."

The L.A.W.
(Bob Layton / Dick Giordano)
"starts out kind of fun...but starts to drag...
Legend of the Hawkman
(Ben Raab / Michael Lark)
"This may not be the best Hawkman story it could be...but...it's enjoyable."

Magnus Robot Fighter / Nexus
(Mike Baron / Steve Rude / Gary Martin)
"The initial concept is sound enough, but it doesn't really go beyond that..."
Martian Manhunter: American Secrets
(Gerard Jones / Eduardo Barreto)
"..it's atypical for a superhero tale, more familiar for a conspiracy/alien invasion tale."
Marvel Selects: Fantastic Four
(Stan Lee / John Buscema / Joe Sinnott / others)
"One wonders if there was a...struggle between those who pitched the project...and those who were hoping to kill it..."

Nightcrawler
(Dave Cockrum)
"Cockrum manages to be funny...while still maintaining the logic of the character..."
Northguard: The ManDes Conclusion
(Mark Shainblum / Gabriel Morrissette)
"by virtue of being a dramatic wrap up, there is a visceral effectiveness to (it)..."

Patsy Walker - Hellcat
(Kathryn Immonen / David Lafuente)
"..it's not even really super hero, so much as whimsical fantasy like Alice in Wonderland."
The Phantom Zone
(Steve Gerber / Gene Colan / Tony DeZuniga)

Ragman
(Keith Giffen / Robert Fleming / Pat Broderick / Romeo Tanghal)
"..arguably the creators seemed to have lost touch with the very point of the character..."

The Silver Age
(various)
"..not an unqualified success, but entertaining."
Six from Sirius II
(Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy)
"..doesn't necessarily hold up to great scrutiny...but is enjoyable..."
Spider-Man: Lifeline
(Fabian Nicieza / Steve Rude / Bob Wiacek)
"..Lifeline ultimately delivers a refreshingly fun, fast-paced story..."
Spidey's Totally Tiny Adventure
(various)
"..darn it, it was kind of enjoyable..."
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Hearts and Minds
(Mark Altman / Rob Davis / Terry Pallot)
"..a self-contained story that emerges as a pretty good romp."
Star Wars: Devilworlds
(various)
"..an anthology collecting a bunch of shorter tales featuring the talents of soon to be fan-favourites..."
Superman: The Last Family of Krypton
(Cary Bates / Renato Arlem)
"The overall result is a saga that kind of grows on you."
Superman: The Secret Years
(Bob Rozakis / Curt Swan / Kurt Schaffenberger)
"..(it's) actually a better, more compelling tale than...Superman for All Seasons..."
Superman/Supergirl: Maelstrom
(Jimmy Palmiotti / Justin Gray / Phil Noto)
".. this neither warrants nor justifies five issues!"
Super Powers (first mini-series - 1984)
(Jack Kirby / Joey Cavalieri / Adrian Gonzales)
"It's goofy, it's juvenile, but it's refreshingly...fun..."