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We come to the penultimate issue of Task Force Z, and it might be the weakest of the series yet; which doesn't bode well for the story going out on a high next time.
The biggest problem with this issue is the pacing. Things don't happen in order here, and there are time-jumps and flashbacks to the point where I'm not sure what order everything happened in. It was honestly quite confusing at times, and I don't think it did anything to serve the story.
And the story here is a bit weird at times too (which is saying a lot for this series). Gotham is back in control of his body, though is now huge and filled with venom. Gotham Girl turns up out of nowhere looking for her brother because she somehow knew where he'd be.
Bloom has gotten hold of the Batman Rookie suit as well, and is using it to fight Jason's team, whilst Jason fights Blooms team, which consists of old members of Jason's team. Which doesn't really work with Deadshot as he didn't want to come back, died again to help Jason so that he didn't have to come back, and is now happily working against Jason for Bloom because Bloom brought him back. It just doesn't quite sit well.
I found it hard to really enjoy this issue, and in a lot of ways it felt like it was just being used to move pieces into place for the conclusion; but in ways that wasn't really fun or in the best service of the story.
I'm hoping that these issues will be cleared up for issue twelve, and that the series can go out on the high it deserves.
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