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DC’s Faces of Evil: Review Number One

DC Comics could have been taking a page from Marvel with their focus on the villainy of their […]
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could have been taking a page from Marvel with their focus on the villainy of their universe with the January Faces of Evil specials, but they’re taking it in a different direction by using these issues to either tell the story from the baddie’s point of view and/or displaying what their role in their nemesis’ life is.

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With several major titles and smaller ones taking part, a massive amount of reading is to be done! Below is a review of six of the issues with another review on the way, rated on a scale of 1-6, one being meek and mild, six being really rotten.

Secret Six #5: Deadshot – It seems odd that DC would choose to highlight a villain in a book that’s already about villains, but Deadshot gets to narrate the action in this month’s issue. Although his narration is an interesting change from the series’ usual storytelling, it’s not much more than a “so?”. A villain-driven series has to do a bit more than add narration from one of it’s characters, that doesn’t add much to what we already knew of Deadshot, by the way. Plus, the biggest shock of the issue had nothing to do with Deadshot. All in all, pretty unscary: Terror Scale Score: 1

Detective Comics #852: Hush – Terror Scale Score: 6
Supergirl #37: Superwoman Faces of Evil Terror Scale Score: 3
Action Comics #873: Lex Luthor – Faces of Evil Terror Scale Score: 4

Birds of Prey #126: Calculator – Not really known for his physical prowess, but certainly

Birds of Prey Terror Scale Score: 6

Wonder Woman #28: Cheetah – Much like her namesake, Cheetah is sleek and silent,

always Terror Scale Score: 4