52 #11

52 #11
Cover: Batwoman Begins - Ha ha. What exactly does the cover mean by saying "Elongated Man: Unhinged?" No more so than he already was! And once again the cover illustration has very little in common with the actual events within the book that it is supposed to portray.
p.1 Completely skipping to day 5...what nothing of note happened on the other 4 days?
The beard is back.
p.2 When was Ralph in contact with Bea? Why?
p.3 Guardian cigarettes? And since when do cigarettes actually write the word cigarette so prominently on their packaging?
p.4 Gotham Gazette: Gordon Back? Has the corruption all the way to Akins already been uncovered? And wouldn't it have been nice to at least have a mention of it? And anyways, this doesn't fit in with the chronology already established in OYL Batman titles.
The design on Vic's shirt changes from panel 2 to panel 3.
p.5 Ridge-Ferrick Holding? I've never heard of them...any ideas?
p.6 Intergang would make sense, as they've always had access to Apokalyptian technology.
Renee and Kate were lovers 10 years ago? Great, more retcons.
p.8 What happened in Ohio in 2004, and what does Luthor 986 mean?
[Edit: received the following response re: Ohio 2004:
raphaeladidas said...
Ohio 2004 is a reference to the theory that Kerry actually won the state.
6:44 PM ]
p.9 How long does it take for Renee to smoke 8 cigarettes?
p.10 Shipment from Khandaq. But isn't Black Adam completely opposed to Intergang operating in his country?
p.12 Abbott is a werewolf? Whisper is the new Copperhead?
p.16 So, Renee taught Kate how to hit?
p.20 So the cult is creating a Sue effigy? What exactly would be the point of theat?
HOTDCU
p.1 Segues are awful.
For instance: description of what OMAC is leads to creation of satellite by batman and appropriation by Max Lord, leading to Wonder Woman killing him, leading to the Crisis refugees taking action? First off, what's with the misdirection? We already know that Luthor and Superboy had been acting for a long time previously with Villains United, the Planet Heist, the kidnapping of J'onn J'onzz, and the retrieval of the Monitor's corpse. And what action could Lois possibly take?
p.2 "But they had to keep fighting the OMACs--" Uggh, awful dialogue...who are "they", and why do "they" have to keep fighting the OMACs? Jurgens hasn't even talked about what the OMACs were doing yet!
p.3 Conner didn't know he couldn't beat Superboy.
"Where do we go from here?" uggh
p.4 "A shadow has crossed the barriers." WTF??? What the hell kind of shadow? What are these so-called "barriers"?
What is "The divergent path"?
"Explain. Now." Uggh.
"Because of this strange deviation in realities...Monitors have chosen not to make their presence known...yet"? WTF??? And sudenly a Monitor shows up out of nowhere and Donna ends up wearing Harbinger's orb as a hat?
YAY IT'S OVER!!!
Dear DC: Please eliminate the backup feature and give us four more pages of story. And maybe start Secret Origins volume 2 to do the backup stories?
Another EH to OKAY issue, but Jurgens is AWFUL as always.
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