Dial H #6 is the funniest "two superheroes sit around arguing while nothing happens" comic I've read in ages. It kinda reminds me of the Booster Gold episode of JLU.
So, okay. For those of you just joining us, Dial H is about a dial that gives the hero a different superhero identity every time he uses it. Some are cool, some are not, and all of them are pretty much Mieville and Santoluoco (and cover artist Brian Bolland) going nuts with crazy one-off ideas. (It kinda reminds me of X-Statix, except in that book new heroes showed up, died, and got replaced; in this one, new heroes show up for one issue and then go away.)
Anyway. This issue Nelson dials a racist stereotype Indian Chief character, and Roxy insists that he can't go out like that unless it's a real emergency, so mostly they just sit around in her apartment arguing while he watches emergencies happen on TV and then other people come to the rescue.
Maybe that sounds boring? I dunno. I love superhero stories that just go totally mundane. This was a legitimately funny example of that. I'm loving this series.
MEANWHILE:
Sweet Tooth is all over but the crying. If you've been waiting for the trades, well, the last one should be out in just over a month, because there's only one issue left.
It's been a good ride. No big surprises, I don't suppose, certainly none in this issue's big climax. All the things that happened here were inevitable.
But it HAS been a great character piece. I've come to really like the cast. Gus's journey toward adulthood and Jeppard's toward redemption -- it's been satisfying. And I love Lemire's art. Hopefully he'll be drawing something else soon.
Not sure what he'll do with the final issue. But I'm hoping for a full-on "50 years later", something along those lines. I'd love to see Gus as an old man, looking at the new world he's helped build.
Maybe it won't be that. Maybe Lemire will surprise me. But again -- this series hasn't been about surprises.