Numbercrunching: Justice League – Rise Of Arsenal #4

Cost $3.99

Pages of new story art: 30

Cost per page: 13.3 cents.

It has become common to review Rise Of Arsenal by, basically, listing the moments that should offend you. So that you will go out of your way and buy the comic for the purposes of being offended. Well, we’re happy to help.

Knocking out someone with the stump of your upper arm while you’re still restrained: 1

Throwing someone against the wall on the other side of the room while still restrained: 1

Asking someone “where’s my arm?”: 1

Ghostly zombie child aunting the proceedings? 1

Security guards stabbed by “hero”: 1

Double page splash with Green Arrow hitting Arsenal in an attempt to increase the price of original artwork: 1

Will it work? Possibly. They’re starting from a low base.

Metatextual moment where Arsenal stabs Executioner looking straight at the camera as if to say “Go on! Be offended by this! Go on! Just like you were when Ollie killed Prometheus. And isn’t he a hypoctite now”: 1

Consideration that Arsenal has killed people before: Who?

An entire security team in a previous annual. Oh yes. Well, o then.

Houses burnt down to “kill” ghostly zombie kid? 1

Even though she doesn’t look like a ghost anymore. Yup.

So it’s basically burning down a house with a screaming kid inside it? Yes.

Still, any horrifically dodgy sexual scenes? 0

And what about dead cats? 0

Probablility that all this fus is causing havoc with Arsenal football fans attempts to find information about their team in the run up to the new season. 30%