DC Universe

The art of the stand-alone, one-and-done superhero story is not in fact lost.

Superhero comics do not all have to tie-in to the latest mega event sweeping their respective shared universe in order to be worthwhile.

Relevance to modern continuity, as it turns out, does not matter one bit.

I state these facts outright without a modicum of doubt because J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz's first two issues of The Brave and the Bold proved them quite definitively. Without tying into Blackest Night or any of the other storylines going on in the current DCU, JMS and Saiz have crafted two timeless, poignant, entertaining and very moving adventure stories that make profound statements on DC heroes of both the iconic and obscure varieties. This is the type of superhero series I always yearned for but never thought enough of to demand.

Read the full review of THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28!