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Morning Glories #1- Not a bad first issue. 44-pages with no ads so you actually get your $3.99 worth. Six new arrivals at the prestigious Morning Glory Academy soon find out the school isn’t normal and that it houses many insidious secrets. The plot is interesting, and the script is fine although it sort of relies on hollow characterization (emo girl, popular girl, arrogant prick trouble boy, awkward outcast, so on). Considering it needed to get the premise out fast that’s understandable but hopefully there’s enough time to build up the characters so we can see if we care or not what happens to them. Art is solid in it’s layouts and storytelling if a little sparse in detail and the paneling needs to be a little tighter so less space is wasted per page. Overall an intriguing start, just needs a little sharpening. B

Steve Rogers Super Soldier #2- Y’know, trade out Eaglsham for Ron Garney and this kind of feels like a tribute to the Mark Waid run of Captain America, and I’m not just saying that for the choice of villain in this issue (although I think it’s been since the Waid run since we’ve seen him really pop his head back up). Good international espionage/spy/detective feel to the story and a good read. Would like a little more than 22-pages for $3.99 though. B

Buzzard #3- It sorta just felt like Powell wanted to just get this over and out there for me. The same drop of art quality as last issue and super quick storytelling. I had higher hopes at the start but the casual way in which he introduces and dispatches characters and tells the story through such quick pacing and large panels just made it feel rushed and unnecessary. C+

X-Men #2- Speaking of unnecessary. At best this story is worth a mini-series and yet here we are, and honestly who really gives a flying crap about vampires anymore especially in the men-in-tights genre. I probably wouldn’t even complain as much if it wasn’t a $3.99 book because the script and art aren’t that bad, but seriously as far as over saturation goes it doesn’t get much more obvious than this. Even in sales this is underperforming for an X-title at our store, so it will be interesting to see if it gets demoted to a mini-series after the fact. C+

Superman The Last Family of Krypton #1- Yay Elseworlds mini-series! I’ve missed these because they tend to be just fun opportunities to tell interesting short stories and mess around with the archetypes a little. Cary Bates offers a good alternate look at a world where Superman’s parents arrive with him on Earth and alter the course of history. Fun solid story with a great cover and solid interior art. B+