DC Comics Quick Takes For the Week of February 19, 2025
What are you reading this week? What’s your favorite comic for this week? Thanks for joining me here for some of the DC Comics being released this week. Leave comment about you’ve been reading from the week of February 19! There’s not always time for a full review, but check these Quick Takes!
The New Gods #3
This is a difficult issue to jump into if you aren’t familiar with what’s transpired in the first two issues. The art is quite good, but the script is fairly dense almost impenetrable. This does not fit the idea that “every comic is someone’s first comic.” The relationship between Barda and Scott Free is a little awkward, and I think it’s supposed to be, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good awkward. There is some interesting things in the the history that we get, but for the most part it’s a bit of a disconnect if you’re not already invested in this series.
Titans #20
This comic does a lot of things right! It grabs you right away, even if you have no idea what’s going on. It also focuses on the characters in the Titans, especially Donna, Roy, Raven and Gar (Beast Boy). The trouble they find in Central Park is a different kind of trouble that’s related to what Raven’s been going through since the All In initiative started back in the fall. What’s really nice is that you don’t have to have read any of them to understand what’s happening in this comic. Even better, the surprise reveal at the end of the issue is a doozy that fits perfectly with the emotional theme of the issue. Toss in the throwback style cover and there are a lot of reasons to like this comic, probably enough to get you to come back for issue #21!
Wonder Woman #18
Well, Daniel Sampere continues to deliver great art on Wonder Woman. This issue feels a little stronger than most of this run, Diana feels like she’s featured more than most issues. However, that’s not saying much. It’s a classic case of “too little, too late” to improve the overall assessment of Tom King’s run on the character. Too much of the issue relies on buying into Tom King’s weak approach to the entire story and lackluster use of Diana. He also finds it necessary to throw in a “poop joke.” It almost feels like this would’ve been a good place to start the story so that the blanks could’ve been filled in as things progressed. The script has a “by the numbers” feel to it. Even though King’s tenure on the title is supposed to go beyond issue #19’s finale of the Sovereign storyline, one can always hope it won’t go much further and Wonder Woman fans can put all this behind them and move into a legitimately good era for the Amazing Amazon.
Be sure to leave a comment about what comics you read the week of February 19!
