Also among this week's comics...

CATWOMAN #24 - End of the road trip storyline, although since it leaves the single biggest storyline unresolved - presumably for the anniversary issue next month - it's not really the end of anything.  As somebody who doesn't have much grounding in the DC Universe, this arc really hasn't worked for me.  It's largely been an exercise in yanking Selina and Holly around the DC Universe for the purpose of meeting guest stars, as far as I can see, and I have no clue what the point is of establishing links between this book and Hawkman.  Brubaker and artist Guy Davis have kept it readable enough, but it seems to have dragged the book off course.  B-

SILVER SURFER #2 - Remember this book?  It's been three months since issue #1 came out, a delay caused by the need to get a completely new artist after the previous one disappeared off the face of the planet.  Obviously, this kind of thing doesn't help the pacing much - especially when the book's on a very slow build indeed, with the Silver Surfer being kept to a very minor role as the story follows Denise Waters, the mother from last issue.  That said, this is a slow build which works, and Denise's collapse is nicely written by Chariton and Weiss.  In the greater scheme of things, it's also for the best that Lan Medina was given time to do the art properly - it doesn't have quite the same beauty as Milx's work, but it's more than up to the job.  B+

VENOM #7 - Meanwhile, the world's most painfully slow comic makes some moves in the right direction.  At least there's some degree of action in this issue, and some subplots actually get advanced.  Not that it's a desperately good story - it appears to hinge on the highly unlikely coincidence of Wolverine and Venom just happening to bump into one another in a remote village in the Northwest Territories.  Still, at least the pace has marginally increased.  A bit late now, though.  C

Last week's Article 10 is still up at Ninth Art.

Next week, Exiles #37 concludes the "Fantastic Voyage" storyline; Sentinel #9 continues "No Hero"; Weapon X #15 kicks off a new arc; Wolverine #7 does the same; Wolverine: The End #1 begins a curious six-part miniseries; and X-Statix ships its third issue in as many weeks, dragging itself back onto schedule.

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