Pick of the week 21/09/2016: Nightwing #5

Ok  so not a massive week in the books I am buying at there were some notable moments such as the 1st issue of DC Trinity and the beggining of the Bat-family crossover night of the Monster men, my pull list this week was;

Green Lanterns #7
JLA #9
Justice League #5
Green Arrow #7
Trinity #1
Superman #7
Aquaman #7
Batman #7
Nightwing #5

My pick this week goes to Nightwing #5, the Nightwing book has been excellent since Rebirth but this is a different animal as this is part 2 of the Night of the Monster Men story which kicked off in Batman #7. I liked the opening salvo of part 1 in the Batman issue, it was ok but not great, I enjoyed this much more. The story is bat-shit (pardon the pun) crazy, giant monsters tearing Gotham apart, the Monstermen appear to have been created byHugo Strange while the Bat family tries to evacuate the city and stop the rampage. I really enjoyed the mayhem and the horror movie feel to this, plus I really dug the creature models, and theres just something about about this story that really appeals to me. The pencils by Roge Antonio are also a big improvment on the dissapointing art from Riley Rossmo in part 1 which I did not like at all, over all I am intrigued to see how this plays out and I really recommend picking this book up.

4/5

Also this week. . .

We thankfully saw the end of the 1st post rebirth Justice League arc, this story just has not done it for me at all, that being said I did find the ending interesting so maybe down the line this story will ending up meaning something more.Green Arrow also didnt really float my boat either the last 2 issues havent been great and I really have not enjoyed the art for the Sins of the mother story, that being said the 1st 5 issues were so good I am definetly still on board. Aquaman 7 was brilliant and was a close choice for my pick of the week, I love Dan Abnett and this story has been great so far Trinity issue one started nicely with the Trinity meeting for dinner at the Clarke....sorry Smith residence, Green Lanterns was ok a more grounded issue taking place with Simon freaking out about his mother visiting and Jessica having to pull him back, this was ok but I still don't care about either Lantern. The closest to stealing the pick from Nighwing was Superman #7 I just loved this issue it's such fun and a really simple concept of Clark trying to hang up the tights for the day to spend some quality time with the family, he manages to sneak in some heroics and gets busted by Lois in a nice scene at the end of the book. I really love storys that make Supes more relateable.

So thats it thats my opinion this week will be back next week when I may or may not be adding some Marvel to my pull list.