I finished The Black Mirror, it was really very good. I'm not entirely sold on Dick-as-Batman, but I do like the variation Dick brings to the Batman style, and how Snyder politely calls attention to it without beating anyone over the head with it. In some ways, despite Dick's time as adult Robin, Nightwing, etc., the Batman he portrays is similar to the feel of Batman: Year One.
Seeing as Year One is my 2nd favorite Batman comic ever, I intend that as high praise.
That said, I felt a bit jumbled in terms of "who is doing what to whom?" - There are several villains, it's not clear who is in play at any given time (probably intentional), and the wrap-up is vaguely unsatisfying. Between this disjointed story path and the switch off between two very different art styles, this feels less like an arc, and more like a collection of ongoing stories. Which I guess it was.
I'm currently working through Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl, which I've never read, for some reason. So far, so good.
Also reading She-Hulk: Single Green Female, which was one of my half-off TPBs. It is surprisingly entertaining. She-Hulk gets kicked out of the Avengers' mansion and is offered a job at the most prestigious law firm, but only under the condition that she operate as Jen Walters in the office. Some clever cases are brought before her; it makes for good set-ups and punchlines.
I picked up Dead Ahead at ImageCon in Oakland on Saturday. I met the creators, and they seemed like nice guys, so I picked up their show-special book and poster, got them signed... Unfortunately, the art is a bit too subservient to its roots in the style of Alex Niño without understanding why Niño did some of what he did. It's pretty though! The writing is pretty good, though the dialog is full of unnecessary exclamations, one-liners which would feel better in an action comedy. And there's not enough comedy.
And then there is this:
