Ian Brill and James Silvani
"Done in One:" After my brilliant Darkwing Duck article last week (You need to read it if you haven't), I had to come back and review this issue as soon as possible. After 3 four issue parts and an epic Annual, the series has its first single issue with a new villian, for which there has never been a more apt name.
Summary: After the final panel of the last issue, the apparent disappearance and/or death of Morgana, Darkwing is massively depressed, andseeking a psychic to contact the other side for answers and help. The opening panel once again has a Disney cameo, this time O'Malley the alley cat. While darkwing is busy, we are introduced to Carmichael Q. Anthony, a monkey, and the pitcher for the local baseball team. Unfortunately, he suffers from an OCD problem where he cannot throw the same item more than once. he is quickly fired after he has run out of balls and is throwing a fish, a banana, a blender, and a dalmation puppy (cameo). He is fired from the team and is contemplating suicide (yeah, I told you last time, this thing is dark in places). There's a knock on his door and he finds a present when he opens the door. Attached is a note suggesting he "start playing a new game" and inside, Carmichael finds a trenchcoat. Upon reaching inside, he pulls out a multitude of objects, showing that it is a bottomless coat of stuff. As he rejoices, the ink from the note slips off and stays on his hands. He then covers the wall in objects in the shape of Darkwing's head, and announces his new job: killing Darkwing. Then there's this:
Nightmare fuel
Cut back to depressed Darkwing, as he watches television at home. The local museum is opening up a wing devoted to superhero gadgets (mostly gas guns) in honor of Darkwing. Of course, this is interupted by our villain- One Shot. This is a stroke of brilliance on every front- Bullseye+ Deadshot+ apt name for a one shot comic villain. Darkwing shows up to stop him, but is outmatched and the mayor is kidnapped. Darkwing is plunged further into depression and Gosylen runs away as she's figured out who One Shot is. Of course, she is captured, but it is interesting to find that what we saw as One Shot talking to himself, was actually the coat talking out of his mouth. Darkwing shows up to confront the villain and save his daughter and, now driven by a purpose that overwhelms the depression, Darkwing actually finds a way to defeat him. By tricking him to throw something enormous, like an H-bomb, the item is too heavy for him to hold, and it crushes him (this is a weak ending, I admit), the bomb is set to go off in a minute, and upon realizing the coat is bottomless, they throw the bomb in there. One Shot is arrested, and the coat is taken into evidence. There is a great bit of dialogue from the news anchor here though: "His coach has said 'Anthony donning a disguise and drawing on the power of a supercoat which can draw objects from one, or perhaps more, dimensions of space and time? I really should have seen this coming. All the signs were there.' Anthony will be taken to Quackwerks Detention Home for the Criminally Crafty, but will not expected to play on their already legendary softball team." The real surprise here is the mayor resigning, leading Darkwing to seek the office.
UPDATE: After rereading the issue again, I found another piece of brilliance and it "threw" me. I don't know how many of you remember the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, Secret of the Ooze. That was actually a test... I would never be friends with anyone who doesn't remember that film... Anyway, my point revolves this scene:
If you can't read it, that sucks, because its a great line, but really, its ok. You just need to focus on this item in the middle of the far left. The scene could have just had that item with no words and the reader go "Well, that was just another item." But no, they go the extra mile to make sure you're childhood is being tickled:
Yeah... TGRI, the fictional mutatagen making company from TMNT II. Thing is... I'm pretty sure that the turtles are owned by another company entirely. Not sure how many times I can say to go read this book. Darkwing Duck NEVER disappoints to do everything right.
High Points: This thing is fantastic from start to finish. No real complaints.
Low Points: Except the goofy way that One Shot is beaten... its just dumb.
Verdict: A+. What can I say that hasn't already been said? START PICKING UP THIS BOOK. Its amazing.
Summary: We open to Bruce and Jason in the Batcave on one of his first nights as Robin, where Bruce explains that its not about being fluid and staying calm, but taking control of any situation. Cut to present time, jason is being taken by the animals who assure him that he's safe which of course makes him go nuts and beat them all up. They then beat him down, saying that they are being paid to bring him in unharmed, but they don't mind beating him if necessary. Batman and Robin appear and take down the mercenaries with Jason. Jason's interaction with the two is really great and its a really defining moment for the character. Jason prepares to kill one of the mercenaries when he gets a phone call from the person who paid to release him. This mystery woman wants Jason to come, and if he doesn't, she will kill Scarlet. Batman and Robin grab Jason and get out of there, and prepare to go after Scarlet. Dick and Damien have a great moment together, reminding us how much it will suck when these two are no longer partners after the reboot. Jason gets his costume, which I personally love, and they head out to save the day.
The Kilowog story is a good setup for the character, establishing him as a hardass drill instructor, but sadly, he's only in a third of the story. The story also has a subplot, which is more of the plot, that shows Atey, a pre-cognitive Green Lantern, going to the Guardians and warning them that something bad was coming. This establishes another important part of the Green Lantern mythos: the Guardians are dicks. Cutting back to Kilowog and his recruits, they are attacked late one night by The Spider Guild (every comic, cartoon, live action, or anything series has a Spider guild... Every. Single. One). After they all are killed and or webbed, Kilowog deactivates the simulator. He then chastises the rookies but is called off for an emergency. He meets with Tomar Re, who tells him that Abin Sur is dead... and that there's a new Green Lantern chosen from a backwoods primitive world. Spoiler:
Tomar Re is really given a lot of personality not afforded to him in the comics in this issue and its nice. He is shown to be patient, intelligent, and fascinated by primitive cultures. He is given a mission from Salaak to go out and hunt down a wanted killer, who has killed over a billion people living on a distant moon. As he heads out to help with the relief efforts, the damage upsets him so much that his skin begins to glow reddish (foreshadowing?) with rage as he chases off after the criminal's ship. He takes out the boosters and the criminal escapes the crashing ship, and begins firing. Tomar hears something, that we do not know, but it does cause him to worry, and as we all know, fear weakens Green Lanterns. As he is being beaten, Tomar finds the courage to capture the criminal. The criminal points to his ships wreckage, showing some surviving hostages. Tomar has to make a choice as he doesn't have enough power to carry all of them. He calls for help to come for the survivors and takes the criminal, hoping he will be forgiven if anything happens to those people, and hopes that his choice hasn't brought about the world's doom. Its a good issue and the art is better than Kilowog's but the story seems to be missing something. A-

Summary: Virgil and his family are waiting outside of a prison for his uncle to be released after being falsely imprisoned for ten years. He is, of course, innocent and he is an uncle that Virgil has always looked up to. After being arrested, Virgil did everything for his uncle to help get him free from prison. He even goes to the law offices of McDuffie, Cowan, Davis, Dingle- named after the four creators behind Milestone. After years, it had finally paid off. Not long after he gets out, while he and Virgil are jogging and discussing life, they are stopped by a car full of gang members. The leader is man who was actually responsible for the crime his uncle paid for. The leader is also a "bang baby"- people like Static, who got powers after an accident in the city- with a forcefield. Virgil is beaten up and his uncle taken. We see the events that led to the bad blood between the two men. Virgil becomes Static and goes after his uncle and saves him, maintaining his anonymity. After bringing his uncle home, for a "Welcome Home" party, Virgil tells his uncle about his secret life. His uncle is so proud of him, and is having a great time at the party, and dancing when he begins to fall, groans, and is dead before he hits the ground. He never made it to his 40th birthday. Turns out he had always had chest pains and just thought it was heartburn, and it was actually a heart attack. (This is very similar to what happened to McDuffie) After the funeral, Virgil realizes how to beat the gang leader. By changing the frequency of his powers he could short out the forcefield. Defeating the leader, and bringing him to justice, Static has a fond moment with his uncle a the gravesite. There are two backups that are absolutely beautiful here. The first is Dwayne walking through a comic shop while Static and another character of his, Rocket, eulogize the man, and welcome him to their world. The next bit is a collection of artwork and a nice story about him. 
Summary: This will be brief... it wasn't that good. and it jumped around in time. 8 months-We see sunken Rome, as Aquaman admires the world that he has sunken. 11 months- We see Geo Force, king of Markovia, who after losing his sister, Terra to Wonder Woman's armies forge a treaty with the Atlanteans. Present- Aquaman is preparing for war with the Amazons, with a nuke. Apparently, Terra did not die, and was recruited by the Amazons and killed Mera, Aquaman's wife. 10 months- geo Force meets with Mera to forge his treaty. We find out here that Aquaman originally was to marry Wonder Woman, but had her mother killed at the wedding. Present-We see that the treaty with Mera was a lie, and it was a trap to trick Geo Force into becoming a weapon for them. Aquaman plans to use Geoforce to trigger the nuke and sink all of Brittain, killing the Amazons. 8 months ago- We see Rome destroyed and sunk by Geo Force's powers wepaonized by Aquaman. Present- Aquaman plans on killing Terra, and then killing Geo Force once its all over.