Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #2
Two issues in, I have to say this is one of the worst pieces of crap I've read in a while. (But, that has to do with expectations held somewhat high.) From the amnesia ... to the witch trials ... to the band of heroes getting a most confusing explanation of events at the Vanishing Point, it's all just making me appreciate Brubaker's Cap: Reborn that much more.
I guess I'm just reborn, returned, and remade out! One good thing to say about this comic is each issue could be seen as a separate Elseworld's type tale; it's just as Elseworlds go, it's nothing that great or original. I'm already waiting for it all to be over. (And, that's another thing I'm very tired of: The promise of a return that is dragged out as an event, and that holds no mystery or surprise. I miss the old days where a major character returns without any preceeding hype ... kinda like what we saw in the last page of this week's Thanos title.)
War Of The Supermen #4
Ahhhh...this is much, much better. FINALLY, we get the end of the New Krypton storyline. And, for the most part, I enjoyed it very much. My complaints lie in the fact that everything got wrapped up too neatly, and this final issue could have been stretched out a bit more. (Seriously, I don't think a single issue of a comic has wrapped up so many storylines at once. We get Zod and company all returned to the Negative Zone, Superman's adopted son, Chris, also returning there to keep track of those villians, General Lane putting a gun to his mouth and blowing out his brains, and all the New Kryptons gone from the Earth ... or not wanting to be known, as Superman can't find a trace of them anywhere). It's almost like going back three years and saying everything that happened since never did happen.
I also wonder how others found the ending. The defeat of Zod and company happens so quickly and in such a way that doesn't fullfill the amount of payback you want them to receive. Same goes with General Lane, taking his own life instead of facing the charges that should be rendered against him. I guess it's just DC wanting to be done with the whole thing in one fell swoop.
Northlanders #28 or, the final chapter of The Plague Widow
Interesting final issue of this long storyline from Northlanders. It's been my favorite so far; but, Brian Wood has a way of ending these stories in such odd ways, as I don't find them fullfilling. This issue focuses on the mother and daughter trying to survive the long winter after they've been exiled from their town. There are some great scenes; and, I liked how the daughter shows what she's learned from her mother in the end. But, I wanted more, and I wanted to see more of what happened to the mother after the final page. Still, overall it was a pretty good story about the steps a mom will go to protect their child. I hope Brian Wood revisits these two again some time in the future.
If you've got a world filled with sci fi and magic, you've basically got carte blanche to do anything, and I love that Cornell embraced that. Brian's resurrection may have been a bit corny, but I love the symbolism of a hero so loved by the people that they literally won't let him die. I had to suppress the urge to jump up and cheer when the flags parted to reveal Brian. 
