The Brave and the Bold #13

I can't understand why people are not buying this title. With all of the continuity driven events going going on, this book stands outside of all of that and gives some pretty good team ups month-to-month. This month we get the unusual team up of Batman and Jay "The Flash" Garrick. Writer Mark Waid deftly handles the dialogue between the veteran Flash and Batman. The similarities between the two are a bonding point, but Batman gives a pretty realistic reaction to Jay's questions. While I loved George Perez's art on the earlier issues of this series, DC has not missed a beat with the addition of the superb Jerry Ordway. His classic renderings are a perfect fit for this book. He draws a very nice Golden Age Flash.

Art Rating: 4 out of 4
Story Rating: 3 out of 4
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4

I heard the announcement that J. Michael Straczynski is taking over the reigns from Waid. While I believe that Waid has done an excellent job over the first year of this series, I have read a lot of JMS over the past few months ("Supreme Power", "The Twelve", etc.) and I think he is certainly up to the task. From what JMS has said in interviews we will see more quirky team ups and I'm all for that. "The Brave and the Bold" should be a comic that anyone can pick off of the rack and enjoy the read. This issue is one of those types of reads.