Winick annoys me. I find his characterization and dialogue to be good, but I find his pacing to be too drawn out. We are on issue 8 now, and I don’t feel we are getting very fay on this Connor plot. Also, the comedy in this issue was a little too much and a little too forced, especially in light of what’s at stake here. This is a title that’s on the cusp of being dropped for me, not because it’s bad, but because it meanders and may read better in trade form.

Mike Norton does a nice job on the art, but it doesn’t pop for me like Chiang’s art did.