I'm going to be a bit snarky here - the cover should read "Who cares who dares to challenge the Arsenal?" Though it's the main story, and has some nice action pieces with the team, the far more interesting story in this issue is the Chief's infatuation with Madame Rouge. And it really due to the reasons I pointed out yesterday - SPOILERS!!!! -
If you've read Morrison's and the subsequent versions of the DP, you have a different take on Niles. It's one of the things I'm finding most interesting about watching the current television series with my wife. She's never read the comics, so her take on Timothy Dalton's (masterful) interpretation of the character is different from mine. I'm suspicious, whereas she sees him as kind and benevolent. And, of course, we don't know who he is, or who he's going to be, really. But reading Niles' experiments on Madame Rouge, regardless of the excuse he makes of righting a wrong, as simply a continuation - it's chilling.
Oh, just for completion's sake, the back-up stories have been sort of "Meh" thus far. Larry's stuff was okay, and actually kind of cool read as the experiences of a gay man in denial. Note that Larry's story is happening at the same time that the original series was being produced, so it's easy to read the character as the original Larry Trainor. But the Beast Boy baby-in-the-jungle stories are just bad. I really think it's the pseudo-toddler dialogue that's given to Gar. It's almost as bad as his pseudo-hip lingo in main stories. Comic characters in the 60s talk to themselves too much. Action makes just as good an exposition.
"Thank you, Mr. King -- but me want no new Daddy! Me live here in own tree house with monkey friend!"
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