Written by: Nicole Maines
Art by: Stephen Segovia
Colors by: Rain Beredo
Letters by: Steve Wands
Cover art by: Stephen Segovia, Rain Beredo (coverA)
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: May 7, 2025
Secret Six #3, by DC Comics on 5/7/25, sends the team undercover at a club where the rich and powerful hang out. A night of undercover recon turns into a multi-page complaint session.
Is Secret Six #3 Good?
Recap
When we last left the fledgling team in Secret Six #2, the members were at each other's throats, accusing each other of backstabbing or worse. Eventually, the arguments settled down when the team realized the goal was to find and capture (or kill) Amanda Waller.
Plot Synopsis
In Secret Six #3, Senator Gravenport does his best to keep his fellow compatriots from asking too many questions about how Amanda Waller amassed so much power and wealth unchecked. It turns out Gravenport aided Waller when he was blackmailed for possessing.... unsavory material. One night, Gravenport is summoned to meet with CheckMate at an exclusive club to discuss their situation, but the shadowy leader of CheckMate isn't interested in saving Gravenport's neck.
Meanwhile, the Secret Six sneak into the same club to find intel that could help them locate Waller and put CheckMate down for good. The team enters the club in their most fashionable outfits, thanks to a magic spell from Black Alice to observe and mingle.
The rest of the evening is taken up with the team members bickering with each other (again) over past slights and differences in moral attitudes. In the case of Nia and Jon, a potential romantic conflict is rising. The issue ends when Nia spots and jumps Davenport, but her efforts are stymied by the shadowy leader of CheckMate - Banshee.
First Impressions
Strip away all the thoughtful analysis and technical critiques, and you come up with the same impression. Secret Six #3 is annoying and boring. Why would anyone at DC think a superhero comic that spends most of its pages on petty bickering about past slights would be entertaining?
How’s the Art?
Stephen Segovia's artwork ranges from very good to great. I've been a fan of Segovia's longtime work at Dynamite, so it's a pleasure to see him bring his talents to the Big 2. That said, Segovia's flair for movement and off-kilter camera angles is wasted on this pointless script.
What’s great about Secret Six #3?
The art is the highlight of this issue. That's about all you could give it in terms of praise.
What’s not great about Secret Six #3?
The story goes nowhere and accomplishes nothing except provide an opportunity for a team of superheroes to sit around and spew catty grievances at each other. Plus, Nicole Maines unwisely chooses to stoke the possibility of a romance between Jon Kent and Dreamer. Nobody is looking forward to the amount of critical noise that pairing would generate.
One last point. Isn't Banshee enjoying domestic bliss as a reformed criminal with Jimmy Olsen in the Superman ongoing? What is she doing here as a top person in CheckMate? Oy!
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Final Thoughts
Secret Six #3 is a waste of time and paper. If not for Stephen Segovia's gorgeous art, there would be no reason to read this comic. Nicole Maines's ill-conceived script accomplishes nothing and spends the entire mission gawking at the team members sniping at each other.
3.5
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On one hand, I feel bad for Nicole Maines as trying to salvage Jon Kent and his love life at this point is something even a seasoned professional comic writer would struggle with.
ReplyDeleteOne the other hand, while not the worst writer, she still screams of a nepo-baby activist type who in interviews bragged about editors not saying no to her and being more concerned with her characters' sexualities.
huge problem at DC are editors not saying no to anyone
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