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I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.   

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Separate Orbits
Yael Mermelstein
Progress: 119/427pages
BATMAN #53 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman53, TomKingBatman53
BATMAN #54 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
MattWagnerBatman54, TomKingBatman54
BATMAN #52 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman52, TomKingBatman52
BATMAN #51 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman51, TomKingBatman51
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer (2018) #1 (of 2)
Al Ewing, Humberto Ramos
Champions (2019-) #4
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente
SUICIDE SQUAD #46 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSS46, RobWilliamsSS46
SUICIDE SQUAD #45 ((SINK ATLANTIS)) ((DC REBIRTH )) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSuicideSquad45, RobWilliamsSuicideSquad45
Champions (2019-) #3
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente

The Japan of the Future

Valiant Masters: Rai Volume 1 - David Michelinie, Don Perlin, Ivan Cohen, Joe St. Pierre

This was done with a bit more respect to the original culture than Shadowman was, in my opinion, while still being a bit problematic.   Anytime someone writes a culture that they aren't intimately familiar with, it's hard to get all the details right. 

 

The sense of honor seemed more to fit the story than the culture; it felt tacked on to people who didn't really feel all that different from what I'm used to, or Americans. 

 

And the story was a little more convoluted than in the reboot, while there wasn't quite as much internal conflict with Rai.   There was a chance to heighten the tension with his father, but it wasn't really played out as successfully as it could have been. 

 

I enjoyed it more than I didn't enjoy it, though, so three and a half stars.