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Hey there all! X here to kick off another New Comic Day! Huzzah!! This looks like another strong week, as there are several comics that I have huge expectations for coming out today. Here's the books I'll be picking up a bit later... Hellblazer #300, Nightwing #17, Red Hood and the Outlaws #17, Saga #10, Alpha #1(!), Captain America #4, Captain Marvel #10, Daredevil #23, Dark Avengers #187, Indestructible Hulk #4, Nova #1, Superior Spider-Man #4, Thor: God of Thunder #5, Ultimates #21, X-Factor #252. So yeah, a big 15 book week for yours truly. I should have 3 comics up for review come Thursday evening, and yes, one of those books will definitely be Alpha #1. Because Alpha rules. Besides Thursday, as always, I'll have reviews up on Saturday and Monday too. And now it's time for me to hand things off to The Man, The Myth, The Legend... Yes, it's JT time! X out.
Hey everybody! (Hi Dr. Nick!) JT here after an awesome intro by my ol' pal X, thanks mi amigo. Now, like X mentioned, this is actually a pretty big week for comics, so let's see what I'm picking up. My comic haul consists of Green Lantern #17, Justice League #17, Nightwing #17, Red Hood and the Outlaws #17, Saga #10, Alpha: Big Time #1 (ALPHAAAA!!!!!!), Captain America #4, Indestructible Hulk #4, Morbius The Living Vampire #2, Superior Spider-Man #4, and Thor: God of Thunder #5. So with a total of 11 (REALLY?!) books for me, I plan on reviewing Superior Spider-Man, Red Hood and The Outlaws #17 (I'm shocked too...) and Green Lantern #17. So expect those on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday, and until next time, this is JT, signing off!
20 Şubat 2013 Çarşamba
19 Şubat 2013 Salı
Superboy #17
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One more review from me and I'm done for the week! Huzzah!! Tonight we finish off the week with DC and Superboy.
Superboy #17:
Summary: We're reaching the end of the H'El on Earth storyline, as we have Superman, Superboy and Wonder Woman facing off against H'El and Supergirl. The three heroes realize that their main objective was to halt H'El's machine from destroying the Earth, but before they can make a move, they are attacked by H'El himself. H'El destroys Superboy and sends him flying, so Supes tells WW to check on SB before taking on H'El himself. SB pulls himself up and heads after H'El's machine, but is intercepted by Supergirl. Supergirl batters SB for a while, but he is saved by WW, who decides to deal with Supergirl herself. With nobody left in front of him, SB makes a dash for H'El's machine, ending this issue
Thoughts: Damn has this week been mediocre thus far! Much like most of the other comics I've read this week, I can sum this issue up in a word. That word? Meh. Once again, this wasn't a bad comic book. Tom DeFalco knows how to write a good comic book(unlike a certain writer who used to do SB...). This WAS an okay comic. It just wasn't really for me. I'm not interested in the H'El on Earth storyline, and I'm not following it at all. I haven't read an issue of Superman or Supergirl, I haven't spoken to anybody about what's been going down in those books, nor have I read any reviews on those books. I'm just not interested. I do think fans of Supes and this storyline would enjoy this comic. For me though, it was just meh.
Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.
Should H'El really be calling anybody an abomination?
Superboy #17:
Summary: We're reaching the end of the H'El on Earth storyline, as we have Superman, Superboy and Wonder Woman facing off against H'El and Supergirl. The three heroes realize that their main objective was to halt H'El's machine from destroying the Earth, but before they can make a move, they are attacked by H'El himself. H'El destroys Superboy and sends him flying, so Supes tells WW to check on SB before taking on H'El himself. SB pulls himself up and heads after H'El's machine, but is intercepted by Supergirl. Supergirl batters SB for a while, but he is saved by WW, who decides to deal with Supergirl herself. With nobody left in front of him, SB makes a dash for H'El's machine, ending this issue
Thoughts: Damn has this week been mediocre thus far! Much like most of the other comics I've read this week, I can sum this issue up in a word. That word? Meh. Once again, this wasn't a bad comic book. Tom DeFalco knows how to write a good comic book(unlike a certain writer who used to do SB...). This WAS an okay comic. It just wasn't really for me. I'm not interested in the H'El on Earth storyline, and I'm not following it at all. I haven't read an issue of Superman or Supergirl, I haven't spoken to anybody about what's been going down in those books, nor have I read any reviews on those books. I'm just not interested. I do think fans of Supes and this storyline would enjoy this comic. For me though, it was just meh.
Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.
Should H'El really be calling anybody an abomination?
Scarlet Spider #14
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Hey guys, JT here(and X too! Move over JT, I'm crashing this here review!!!) with the last review of the comic week before the new books drop tomorrow. Today's review, is Scarlet Spider(Ugh, why did I decide to crash THIS one?!), and it's actually less of a review and more of a rant(Sweet! I love rants!), so if you're looking for an in-depth review, you shan't find one here(That's par for the course with you, JT! :P).
Scarlet Spider #14
Summary: Aracely ran from the wolves and ran into a street gang called the Sharks, they fought the Wolves by shooting them(How else would you expect to fight werewolves?!)... Meanwhile, Kaine had a dream while dying and after fighting the fact that he's a monster, he finally gives in and agrees he's a monster, giving himself to "The Other"(UGH!!). The issue ends with Kaine sprouting forth from a cocoon with no facial hair, costume or whatever, just looking weird, claws extended and with six eyes.
Thoughts: And I thought Batman and Robin was bad.... X complains about the books he had being mediocre and I get this(Yes, I complained about the mediocre books I had this week... But at least none were painfully bad like this one!). Really? Before I jump into "The Other" stuff, let me say this. Houston must have the baddest ass ghettos ever... because not one person in the Shark gang seemed to be shocked or afraid that they were fighting legitimate werewolves... I mean, I'm from Detroit, and I don't know much about gangs, but I know a bit, and I know that if a gang was confronted by an honest to god werewolf... they probably wouldn't provoke it into a fight(See, I'm from New York and yes, we WOULD provoke a fight with a werewolf! On sight, actually! Furry bastards...). But not the Sharks.... they went to war for Aracely... and I guess Street Cred(Street Cred IS important...)... I was waiting for one of them to say "TEAM EDWARD, MUH'F***A!!!!"(HA!! I love that line...) But... I digress...
For those who don't know, this "Other" crap is from a story called Spider-Man: The Other(Makes sense), in which Peter Parker died and was reborn with new powers or something equally stupid. Anyway, it's generally regarded as a horrible story that's pretty much ignored except when Kaine returned in Spider Island, he told Pete he was reborn with new powers. Anyway, all of that aside, I don't think anyone was lobbying for the return of The Other. Especially considering as JW pointed out, Kaine's been struggling with his "monster" side for the better part of this series, so him finally moving past it, only to literally become a monster in the next issue felt like a slap in the face. I'm hoping he turns back to Kaine soon(Word!), like at the end of the next issue soon, but it really hurt the flow of the character development for me, I mean even if he is becoming a monster to protect Aracely... Kaine seemed pretty capable before he had to give in the The Other. I wasn't a Chris Yost fan before this series due to his subpar run (in my opinion) on Red Robin, but I gave this series a chance and was happy to see how well Yost did with the series and Kaine's character, but if this is gonna be a constant struggle of "I'M A MONSTER!!! I'M A BIG RED MONSTER!!!"(It's Kaine!!) I can't see myself sticking with this series, especially considering the return of The Other...ugh(Damn, one bad issue and JT is all, "I'm out!"). So yeah, all in all, not a fan of this issue or the developments here, here's hoping things go back to how they were two issues ago, as soon as possible.
Score: 1/10. (Yup, my score would have been roughly the same.)
Kaine: NO! (I said the same thing when I saw The Other.)
Scarlet Spider #14
Summary: Aracely ran from the wolves and ran into a street gang called the Sharks, they fought the Wolves by shooting them(How else would you expect to fight werewolves?!)... Meanwhile, Kaine had a dream while dying and after fighting the fact that he's a monster, he finally gives in and agrees he's a monster, giving himself to "The Other"(UGH!!). The issue ends with Kaine sprouting forth from a cocoon with no facial hair, costume or whatever, just looking weird, claws extended and with six eyes.
Thoughts: And I thought Batman and Robin was bad.... X complains about the books he had being mediocre and I get this(Yes, I complained about the mediocre books I had this week... But at least none were painfully bad like this one!). Really? Before I jump into "The Other" stuff, let me say this. Houston must have the baddest ass ghettos ever... because not one person in the Shark gang seemed to be shocked or afraid that they were fighting legitimate werewolves... I mean, I'm from Detroit, and I don't know much about gangs, but I know a bit, and I know that if a gang was confronted by an honest to god werewolf... they probably wouldn't provoke it into a fight(See, I'm from New York and yes, we WOULD provoke a fight with a werewolf! On sight, actually! Furry bastards...). But not the Sharks.... they went to war for Aracely... and I guess Street Cred(Street Cred IS important...)... I was waiting for one of them to say "TEAM EDWARD, MUH'F***A!!!!"(HA!! I love that line...) But... I digress...
For those who don't know, this "Other" crap is from a story called Spider-Man: The Other(Makes sense), in which Peter Parker died and was reborn with new powers or something equally stupid. Anyway, it's generally regarded as a horrible story that's pretty much ignored except when Kaine returned in Spider Island, he told Pete he was reborn with new powers. Anyway, all of that aside, I don't think anyone was lobbying for the return of The Other. Especially considering as JW pointed out, Kaine's been struggling with his "monster" side for the better part of this series, so him finally moving past it, only to literally become a monster in the next issue felt like a slap in the face. I'm hoping he turns back to Kaine soon(Word!), like at the end of the next issue soon, but it really hurt the flow of the character development for me, I mean even if he is becoming a monster to protect Aracely... Kaine seemed pretty capable before he had to give in the The Other. I wasn't a Chris Yost fan before this series due to his subpar run (in my opinion) on Red Robin, but I gave this series a chance and was happy to see how well Yost did with the series and Kaine's character, but if this is gonna be a constant struggle of "I'M A MONSTER!!! I'M A BIG RED MONSTER!!!"(It's Kaine!!) I can't see myself sticking with this series, especially considering the return of The Other...ugh(Damn, one bad issue and JT is all, "I'm out!"). So yeah, all in all, not a fan of this issue or the developments here, here's hoping things go back to how they were two issues ago, as soon as possible.
Score: 1/10. (Yup, my score would have been roughly the same.)
Kaine: NO! (I said the same thing when I saw The Other.)
Mimosa Justice League of America 1
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This is Justice League of America 1, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) +/- 1963-1964.
It reprints the cover and story from DC Comics' Justice League of America 23 (1963):
"Drones of the Queen Bee!"
It also contains this story from DC Comics' Adventure Comics 250 (1958):
"The Green Arrows of the World"
32 pages, glossy colour cover, black and white newsprint interior.
Here is the cover of issue 1 and DC Comics' original cover:
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It reprints the cover and story from DC Comics' Justice League of America 23 (1963):
"Drones of the Queen Bee!"
It also contains this story from DC Comics' Adventure Comics 250 (1958):
"The Green Arrows of the World"
32 pages, glossy colour cover, black and white newsprint interior.
Here is the cover of issue 1 and DC Comics' original cover:
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Mimosa Comics
17 Şubat 2013 Pazar
Ultimate X-Men #22
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First of two reviews tonight is Ultimate X-Men. Here's hoping this is a good one...
Ultimate X-Men #22:
Summary: Many of the world's governments are mistrustful of the mutant seed the citizens of Utopia came up with, and aren't interested in using it, basically because it would put all of the farmers of the world out of business. Third world countries welcome it though. On top of that, Husk returned to Utopia, much to the delight of Iceman and the chagrin of Kitty. After Iron Man halts another attempted attack on Utopia, he comes up with a plan with Kitty to make the world think the mutant seed was destroyed while Tony worked behind the scenes to get the seed accepted by the world's governments. This one ends with Mach Two leaving the main Utopia area with her group of miscreants (now including Husk and Iceman), Iron Man finally leaving the reservation, and a shadowy group of government types plotting against Utopia.
Thoughts: Yeah, needless to say, I was not feeling this comic at all... It just never grabbed me... I'm honestly not all that interested in Kitty vs Mach Two(who would be?!), and couldn't care less about those two having a power struggle. I guess that's probably my main problem with this comic in a nutshell actually. The only character I care about at all is Jimmy. I don't like 616 Kitty, Ultimate Kitty, any Kitty! Add the fact that this series has been kind of stagnant since the mutants arrived in Utopia, and I can easily see myself dropping this series after another issue or so. Here's hoping something interesting happens soon.
Score: 6 out of 10.
Fun, movies, women, Tony gets it all!
Ultimate X-Men #22:
Summary: Many of the world's governments are mistrustful of the mutant seed the citizens of Utopia came up with, and aren't interested in using it, basically because it would put all of the farmers of the world out of business. Third world countries welcome it though. On top of that, Husk returned to Utopia, much to the delight of Iceman and the chagrin of Kitty. After Iron Man halts another attempted attack on Utopia, he comes up with a plan with Kitty to make the world think the mutant seed was destroyed while Tony worked behind the scenes to get the seed accepted by the world's governments. This one ends with Mach Two leaving the main Utopia area with her group of miscreants (now including Husk and Iceman), Iron Man finally leaving the reservation, and a shadowy group of government types plotting against Utopia.
Thoughts: Yeah, needless to say, I was not feeling this comic at all... It just never grabbed me... I'm honestly not all that interested in Kitty vs Mach Two(who would be?!), and couldn't care less about those two having a power struggle. I guess that's probably my main problem with this comic in a nutshell actually. The only character I care about at all is Jimmy. I don't like 616 Kitty, Ultimate Kitty, any Kitty! Add the fact that this series has been kind of stagnant since the mutants arrived in Utopia, and I can easily see myself dropping this series after another issue or so. Here's hoping something interesting happens soon.
Score: 6 out of 10.
Fun, movies, women, Tony gets it all!
Fantastic Four #4
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This is going to be a rather speedy review, because(spoiler alert!) nothing really happened here! Onward!!
Fantastic Four #4:
Summary: Reed and company visit an alien planet and discover that there were cave paintings depicting the Foursome well before they arrive. Sue decides to let the aliens treat her like royalty for a while, while Reed heads back to the spaceship. Eventually Sue feels guilty about the way the aliens doted over her and heads back to the ship where she confronts Reed, telling him she knew he was hiding something. After that we learn that Reed had painted the cave drawings himself with the use of a time machine... Reed promises to come clean with her to end this one. Oh yeah, and Franklin has some more nightmares.
Thoughts: Meh. That, in a word, sums up my feelings for this issue. Much like Ultimate X-Men before it, this is a series that just isn't doing it for me... It's okay and all, but there's no one character here that I'm a fan of... I can't stand the two kids, and the other four are just plain boring. There's nobody for them to interact with, its just the Four, and nobody else. And that is already starting to get tiresome for me.
Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.
Reed Richards: Father, scientist, artist.
Fantastic Four #4:
Summary: Reed and company visit an alien planet and discover that there were cave paintings depicting the Foursome well before they arrive. Sue decides to let the aliens treat her like royalty for a while, while Reed heads back to the spaceship. Eventually Sue feels guilty about the way the aliens doted over her and heads back to the ship where she confronts Reed, telling him she knew he was hiding something. After that we learn that Reed had painted the cave drawings himself with the use of a time machine... Reed promises to come clean with her to end this one. Oh yeah, and Franklin has some more nightmares.
Thoughts: Meh. That, in a word, sums up my feelings for this issue. Much like Ultimate X-Men before it, this is a series that just isn't doing it for me... It's okay and all, but there's no one character here that I'm a fan of... I can't stand the two kids, and the other four are just plain boring. There's nobody for them to interact with, its just the Four, and nobody else. And that is already starting to get tiresome for me.
Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.
Reed Richards: Father, scientist, artist.
Batman and Robin #17
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Hey comic crew, it's a JT day, I know, I know, contain yourself. Today's review is Batman and Robin, and with the recent events of Death of the Family and the...um... death of the family, let's see how Batman and Robin cope with the fallout.
Batman and Robin #17
Summary: So this issue is basically three stories about the three main characters, Bruce, Damian and Alfred, having dreams about the recent events in their lives. First up we see Damian's dream, where his mom, Nightwing, Joker, Red Hood, and Nobody are all drowning as Damian looks on from a submarine. Damian is approached by another Damian, showing the two sides of him, as he argues with himself about why he kept a batarang, as it was Bruce's way of showing him two sides of himself, like Damian did, as he holds Bruce's head, cowl attached in his hands. He suddenly notices Alfred drowning as well as the other Damian says there's nothing any of them (the family) can teach him anymore. Damian screams Alfred's name while watching him drown and wakes up. When he wakes up he sees a Robin in his room and he and Titus the Dog follow it and it leads them to Bruce's study as a giant bat is sucking the blood out of his neck, and Bruce asks Damian to join them, so Damian screams and wakes up again. Alfred's dream consists of helping Thomas and Martha Wayne before they went to the theater, then he goes into the Batcave door which is the fridge (?) and asks Bruce and Damian if they need help, and he arrives in the basement to see the Bat-Family all Jokerized and Joker swinging a hammer. Alfred tells Joker to surrender and pulls out a shotgun, but Joker says make me, so Alfred blows his head off... well alrighty. Alfred then wakes up from his dream, smiles and goes back to sleep. Bruce's dream consists of him making a paper boat which turns into a real boat and his parents fall off of it, because why not. (This is the part where I just wanna finish the review) Also, Damian and the rest of the crew drown or something. Bat's boat is then pursued by his Rogue galley and he says he doesn't need them as a giant whale comes up and eats his boat and says "HA HA HA HA HA!" as he jumps off of it and is saved by Damian pulling him out of the water. Bruce wakes up and goes to check on Damian and the issue ends as we see Damian dreaming about being on patrol with his father and the two of them ending the night sitting on top of a church and watching the sunrise.
Thoughts: This comic was weird as hell... I... I don't... have words. I could try to say this was their subconscious telling each of them what they secretly wanted and such but I'm not a philosophy major... I'm a guy that reads comics for enjoyment and reviews them for the same reason. So... yeah... Alfred shooting Joker and the artwork is the only reason this got any points.
Score: 2/10
Alfred: I told you that was enough. (I know Alfred... but I bought this issue anyway...)
Batman and Robin #17
Summary: So this issue is basically three stories about the three main characters, Bruce, Damian and Alfred, having dreams about the recent events in their lives. First up we see Damian's dream, where his mom, Nightwing, Joker, Red Hood, and Nobody are all drowning as Damian looks on from a submarine. Damian is approached by another Damian, showing the two sides of him, as he argues with himself about why he kept a batarang, as it was Bruce's way of showing him two sides of himself, like Damian did, as he holds Bruce's head, cowl attached in his hands. He suddenly notices Alfred drowning as well as the other Damian says there's nothing any of them (the family) can teach him anymore. Damian screams Alfred's name while watching him drown and wakes up. When he wakes up he sees a Robin in his room and he and Titus the Dog follow it and it leads them to Bruce's study as a giant bat is sucking the blood out of his neck, and Bruce asks Damian to join them, so Damian screams and wakes up again. Alfred's dream consists of helping Thomas and Martha Wayne before they went to the theater, then he goes into the Batcave door which is the fridge (?) and asks Bruce and Damian if they need help, and he arrives in the basement to see the Bat-Family all Jokerized and Joker swinging a hammer. Alfred tells Joker to surrender and pulls out a shotgun, but Joker says make me, so Alfred blows his head off... well alrighty. Alfred then wakes up from his dream, smiles and goes back to sleep. Bruce's dream consists of him making a paper boat which turns into a real boat and his parents fall off of it, because why not. (This is the part where I just wanna finish the review) Also, Damian and the rest of the crew drown or something. Bat's boat is then pursued by his Rogue galley and he says he doesn't need them as a giant whale comes up and eats his boat and says "HA HA HA HA HA!" as he jumps off of it and is saved by Damian pulling him out of the water. Bruce wakes up and goes to check on Damian and the issue ends as we see Damian dreaming about being on patrol with his father and the two of them ending the night sitting on top of a church and watching the sunrise.
Thoughts: This comic was weird as hell... I... I don't... have words. I could try to say this was their subconscious telling each of them what they secretly wanted and such but I'm not a philosophy major... I'm a guy that reads comics for enjoyment and reviews them for the same reason. So... yeah... Alfred shooting Joker and the artwork is the only reason this got any points.
Score: 2/10
Alfred: I told you that was enough. (I know Alfred... but I bought this issue anyway...)
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