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This Review Was Submitted by Knightwingbk

Writer: Greg Rucka
Artist: Jesus Saiz

I'm on the fence with this issue, much less the whole series. The first two or three issues, I absolutely loved (Go see my old reviews!). This issue and the last issue have made me think about dropping the book to shorten my budget during college. This issue appears to be a balls to the wall action with the selection of the new Black Queen's Knight. While this issue certainly has that storyline, but it’s not as cool as one might have hoped. Most of the issue deals with Alan Scott's retirement as White King, and Mr. Terrific wanting to leave as well. Also we see some hints of future storylines with Fire and Amanda Waller and Mr. Terrific. I was going to axe the book, but right now I think I will wait and give it a few more issues for it to flourish.

Jesus Saiz's art was great in Omac Project, and the first few issues of Checkmate, but this issue did not wow me like the others have done. It felt different. No artist can be perfect every time, but with the lack of cool wow moments in this issue, there was nothing art-wise to grab me. C-