Things That Made Me Happy...

in my comics this week.

• Okay, bravo; whoever came up with that solution deserves a Leslie Thompkins Humitarian Award! Elegant. In character. Explanatory!
• "Why don't you call it the Star Chamber?" He really does have a good sense of humor, you know.
• How fabulous is spooky new Sandy "Sandman" Hawkins? Very.
• "It doesn't matter; we always show the victim's family."
• His last name is Miller? How perfectly generic and delightfully unspectacular!
• The Faust Family photo.
• Zowie, that Dexter Bennet's a corker; at least JJJ was an HONEST bastard.
• I have to admit these are very interesting new versions of the Fourthworlders... .
• John Stewart designed that "room"? LOL, how many seconds did that take?!
• Giant metal banana.
• So I assume that strip joint used to be the old Central City Community Theater...? It would explain a lot.
• Why the jar can't be opened; now that's comic book irony.
• "She really loved that tray." Is Spider-Man becoming one of my favorite books, and does this signal the end of the world?
• Lightning's battle cry; wish I'd thought of it first! It's almost as good as "This is going to be oomphy!"
• Batman cheering up Superman by visiting him in jail.
• "My toof!"
• Catwoman gets back to business without missing a beat, thanks to Pfeiffer.
• Paparazzo Parker; clever idea.
• The Redbird; now, why didn't I think of that?
• "Is that a euphemism?" made me laugh out loud.
• Okay, seeing Wonder Woman's head on Aquaman's body is darned disturbing.
• Good bless you, zany Tom Peyer, for making Flash not only readable but wacky fun.
• The Penguin's meta-commentary.
• Clever use of Lichtenstein, Mr. Slott.
• Yeah, I'd be hesitant to admit I'd been fighting Mr. Polka Dot, too.
• Best. Finger-puppets. Ever.
• "Somebody flattened her." Snort!
• Thank you, Dwayne, for writing a conversation between the Big Three that actually sounds like a conversation between the Big Three.
• "You only need to make him scream, Dad; I'll handle the rest." Oh, you naughty, naughty man!
• The new Snapper Carr.
• If getting their butts handed to them by the Human Flame doesn't prove Red Arrow and Hawkgirl don't belong in the League, I don't know what could.
• Even I am impressed by a slash page that quotes both Williams Shakespeare and Charles Schulz.
• If those kids don't get codenames soon, I'm going to have to assume they're going to die soon.
• Paper Doll; great villain.
• Granny Goodness discovers a new mode of transportation, including its disadvantages.
• Sigh; if only he'd pour himself down MY throat... .
• Even Batman has to smile at the fact that, well, Batman's not stupid.
• The Flash's winter jacket.
• The Godmobile.
• Felix's sign; no home should be without one.
• She's reading "Faust"? Isn't that a little over the top, even for them?
• "Let me give you my six secrets of survival!"
• The Human Flame making a fool out of Lex Luthor.
• Oh, and for those of you who don't already know it: Athena's eyes are famously grey, not green.