Yeah, Ennis is definitely writing for the trade. He finishes this issue with a little joke he started in the last one. On the first or second page. It wouldn’t have any context if you were reading it a month apart.
This issue continues the split between Starlight and the Seven (the Justice League stand-in, which is probably what got Levitz so upset) and Hughie and the Boys. Ennis again plays the Seven for the humor, even though they’re really mean people–which is why the jokes are so funny–and a relatively straightforward story for the Boys.
Except Butcher’s “date.” I think Robertson’s best work on the series has to be Terror’s expressions. Terror (the dog) is along on the date. Very funny.
As for Hughie, Ennis only remembers the comic’s about him towards the end. It’s too little, too late, but the issue’s so fun it passes.
CREDITS
Cherry, Part Two; writer, Garth Ennis; artist, Darick Robertson; colorist, Tony Avina; letterer, Greg Thompson; editors, Kristy Quinn and Ben Abernathy; publisher, Wildstorm.
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