tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post2533412709119296790..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Suicide Squad: Get Joker! hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-84235876834134363042022-10-09T22:16:44.503-05:002022-10-09T22:16:44.503-05:00>> "What's the urgency here?"
...>> "What's the urgency here?"<br /><br />Right, yeah, given the end, I went back some pages in the book (as one does) looking for where the "turn" was — at what point did this become the crisis point that lead to the conclusion? And Jason kind of makes peace with Peacemaker, kind of decides things have gone too far with the kids getting killed, kind of comes to an understanding with Harley -- but yeah, I'm not sure any of that really adds up to a logical equation.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44557059253174197432022-10-05T11:27:08.590-05:002022-10-05T11:27:08.590-05:00Your review spurred me to get around to this one. ...Your review spurred me to get around to this one. Big fan of Azzarello and Maleev, but it feels a bit like there's a fourth issue of this that we didn't get.<br /><br />The Russian thing ends up being a red herring (no pun intended), likely added for topical/timely flavoring and to set up the Red Hood pun -- if there's one thing Azz likes, it's wordplay. I think you're right about the Toyman, but the bigger question here is why Amanda Waller wants to kill Joker in the first place. Is it because he's colluding with the Russians as their agent-of-chaos-for-hire? Does he have some other endgame (or does he ever)?<br /><br />And why does the book have to end with Jason or Joker dying? What's the urgency here? I didn't buy that the book abruptly becomes a war for Jason's soul, nor did I believe that any version of Jason /wouldn't/ kill Joker, given the chance. The book starts with Jason doing what the law won't, but then somehow he falls headlong into a Kobayashi Maru that actually seems (from his perspective) pretty winnable.<br /><br />But I kept expecting one more shoe to drop. It seemed they were setting up more for Larry than just out-Wallering Waller by sending his own Task Force X (more violent and more movie-centric). And you rightly called out the Harley thing, which doesn't go anywhere. There's a version of this book where the ending works, but I needed a few more pages to get there.<br /><br />I was very much entertained by the book overall, but it left me needing a little more.Zachary Kinghttp://cinemaking465.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44617807512770528002022-10-04T08:38:35.752-05:002022-10-04T08:38:35.752-05:00Excellent review. I enjoyed this....artwork, but t...Excellent review. I enjoyed this....artwork, but that ending....just felt like there was all this build up and then an abrupt ending. Not sure if thats just Azzarello doing what he does or changes by editorial....the ending for me didnt provide a satisfying conclusion...just kind of limping to the finish line. Is Joker dead....is Jason.....who knows....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com