Body counting is no fun

another fluff-coated gush upon corpses in comic books:

- “Infinite Crisis” continues in DC’s mainstream superhero titles, and the body count is growing higher as Superman, Batman and other major characters undergo some startling changes. If you’re confused, DC is releasing “Rann-Thanagar War” and “Villains United” ($12.99 each), TPBs collecting two of the four miniseries leading up to the Crisis. (The other two, “OMAC Project” and “Day of Vengeance,” are already available.)

Sorry, not interested. Been there, done that. Not to mention that “body count” is nothing new either, nor is it any fun. This sensationalizing of death in comics is getting old and tired by now.

- Marvel’s own crisis continues this month in a number of books, detailing how the Marvel Universe is going to look now that most mutants (including many X-Men) have lost their powers. A highlight is “Son of M” No. 1 ($2.99), following the de-powered Pietro Maximoff, formerly Quicksilver of the Avengers and the son of Magneto. But, like with DC’s Crisis, all of the books are surprising in their ambitious efforts to change everything we’ve come to expect from our friends in Spandex.

And to change everything back again, no? Yawn. I think I’ll go to sleep. This is neither surprising nor ambitious, I’m afraid. It’s just run-of-the-mill, is all. And we can certainly do without it, if you ask me.