The Canterbury Cricket may not come with a button, ring, or other promotional item, but it does come with a solid artist and a writer who knows how to write a tie-in.
Mike Carlin is more an editor than a writer, but he does a nice job filling out Flashpoint's England. The issue follows the a bunch of freaks fighting as the resistance to the Amazon takeover of the British Isles. The team includes Etrigan, Ms. Hyde, Godiva, and Green Tooth. There are some fun cameos from the Ambush Bugs too, a team including Blue Beetle, Queen Bee, Firefly, and a few more bug-themed characters.
The Canterbury Cricket is on both teams, and while it seems he's benefiting from some holy luck, that protection sure doesn't seem to protect his teammates. The Cricket has a solid origin, although I'm still not quite sold that he has what it takes to be a real hero.
(Incidentally, I have a new theory on the white-haired woman in the Justice League, I think it is Ms. Hyde, a new creation making her debut in this issue.)
Rags Morales is such a top-drawer artist, how the heck did he get saddled with drawing this book? I shouldn't complain, it looks nice, but man, it's hard to see his signature facial expressions on a bunch of monsters!
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