Comic Picks By The Glick

The title of this volume proves to be particularly apt, as Mark Grayson starts to realize that he’s not really making a difference in the world just by stopping the bad guys.  Like just about every superhero ever, he’s simply maintaining the status quo.  That all changes here.  It starts small, with him talking things out with a would-be supervillain named Gravitator, helping misguided foe Powerplex achieve a breakthrough in dealing with the loss of his family, and finding a way to free Universa and get her planet the power it needs.  Then he sees that one of his biggest foes, who achieves a stunning “Watchmen”-esque upset in this volume, was actually right and teams up with him to help save the world.

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