Zatanna: without a real purpose
0 Comments Published by Avi Green on Monday, October 23, 2006 at 1:53 AM.
I looked up about the premise of Catwoman #58, which has Zatanna in a guest appearance, but is that great news? They sure know how to take out all the excitement that could've been had in a story with her. This review sums up the current problem:
And Zee and the JLA did nothing wrong by punishing Dr. Light*. He comitted a crime, he started it, and he requires a sound punishment for what he did. That's not saying that I want the crime of rape Dr. Light pulled in IC to be part of his canon, but if this had been done believably, they would've told the audience clearly that he'd committed a criminal act.
The Savage Critic isn't pleased either.
* The problem of course is that the way the punishment was meted out was so silly, it took away any seriousness from the subject even there. If Zee and the JLA were really serious about punishing him, they would've done something like what Clark Kent had Lana Lang do in Superman's Lost Hearts storyline: handed Sue Dibny a steel pipe and told her to break his legs with it.
I'm really, really tired of her every appearance being about the mindwiping. It's not the only thing she's ever done, people. She's turning into a DC deus ex machina with extra angst for flavour, and I don't think it does her justice.Of course it doesn't. If they're going to do little more than make any appearance of hers an excuse for bludgeoning the whole premise that began with Identity Crisis over the head of the readers, then they're not developing her as a character, and making her less appreciable or admirable. If this sets the tone for any further appearances Zee makes, then it's coming close to character assassination, and only adds to the gloomy and negative tone DC's been setting.
And Zee and the JLA did nothing wrong by punishing Dr. Light*. He comitted a crime, he started it, and he requires a sound punishment for what he did. That's not saying that I want the crime of rape Dr. Light pulled in IC to be part of his canon, but if this had been done believably, they would've told the audience clearly that he'd committed a criminal act.
The Savage Critic isn't pleased either.
* The problem of course is that the way the punishment was meted out was so silly, it took away any seriousness from the subject even there. If Zee and the JLA were really serious about punishing him, they would've done something like what Clark Kent had Lana Lang do in Superman's Lost Hearts storyline: handed Sue Dibny a steel pipe and told her to break his legs with it.
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