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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 10, 2019 9:30:40 GMT -5
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 12, 2019 10:18:39 GMT -5
Star Wars #68Written by Greg Pak Art by Phil Noto Summary: Before the Rebels can regroup and move into their new base they first have to shake the dragnet of probes Vader has spread across the galaxy.
Plot: Despite loving Planet Hulk, Pak has seldom excited me but I decided to come back and try Star Wars under his pen after tapping out during the preceding run...and so far I don't regret it. Now, don't read that the wrong way, this issue didn't blow off the barn doors but it was fun, which is all I want out of a Star Wars book. You have Luke and R2 on a desert planet trying to distract probes from finding a Rebel fuel station, Cheewie and Threepio on a volcanic planet trying to take out an Imperial fleet with a dying world and Han and Leia slumming it on a corrupt planet so the team's all here and their voices are right. Would I prefer some unexplored corner of the Galaxy? Sure. But a fun adventure with some old friends isn't so bad.
Art: Noto has a great look that captures the look of the film characters with out feeling traced, which is refreshing considering what we had in the past issues.
Grade:6/10 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 13, 2019 9:26:10 GMT -5
Black Hammer/Justice League #1Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Michael Walsh Summary: Two teams of legendary heroes switch place...what could go wrong?
Plot: Despite loving how Lemire's Black Hammer riffed on classic superhero tropes I never once found myself thinking,"Man, it'd be cool if Batman showed up."...but that's precisely what this book has given us and because of the constructs that Lemire has built into the book this cross over actually works. And what's better, at least so far, is that it doesn't involve any of our heroes duking it out unnecessarily over mistaken identities or any other feeble excuses to see our favorite characters punch one an other. A mysterious character shows up(maybe Mr. Mxyzptlk?)and he swaps the Black Hammer heroes with the Justice League so now the Worlds Finest is learning to live on the farm while Abe, Barbalien and Gail are left to try and fend off Starro. It's a great way to compare and contrast the two groups while still telling a story about the nature of superhero comics, which is in essence what Black Hammer has always been about.
Art: Walsh may not have originated the looks of these characters but he really fits well on this book, giving us both the weather worn heroes from Black Hammer and the shiny heroes of the DCU without either feeling out of place. I think my favorite bit though was the taste of body-horror he brought to Barbaian's transformation; shapshifting is usually shown to be a smooth, seamless transition in comics but here Barbalian's body is shown to be physically tearing itself apart and reforming in a ghastly way which was fantastic to see.
Grade:10/10 |
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 13, 2019 10:44:27 GMT -5
Second Coming #1 by Mark Russell, Richard Pace & Leonard Kirk 
The book everyone's talking about! When a weirdo stalks and threatens Sunstar's girlfriend, Jesus tries to prevent the superhero from succumbing to rage, but God has other plans! Plus AHOY's customary offerings of illustrated short prose fiction.
I was going to get this when it was originally announced at Vertigo and followed it over to upstart Ahoy. It didn't disappoint. Anything that looks closer at religion is always interesting to me and this had me chuckling at points; a rare thing. I will say, it's in no mean disrespectful at least IMHO, and gives a nice contrast to the Superman analog, Sunstar, always solving problems with his fists.
I was unaware of Richard Pace's work but am very impressed with it and feels it perfectly fits the story. Mark Russell's work I'm more familiar with, and have always enjoyed.
Highly recommended and one of the few new titles I'm buying. |
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 14, 2019 8:41:34 GMT -5
I read these this week:
Invisible Woman #1
Batman and the Outsiders #3
Superman #32
I'm reading the original run of Fantastic Four. I plan to read at least up to the first 300 issues. I'm on issue 65 right now I think. I thought it would be interesting to read a newer title from the same franchise, so I picked up Invisible Woman #1. I'm not sure why, but I didn't expect much from the issue. Maybe the art was off putting to me. I have to say thought, this was probably the best read I had out of the three I read this week. I was confused a little bit with the status quo of the Fantastic Four family, so I had to ask some people why Sue has two kids, and to clear up the situation about both Nick Furys'. I still had fun though. The book definitely seems to be taking the route of a spy thriller/secret agent story. Sue Storm seems like the perfect candidate for that. Basic gist is that her former partner she did undercover work with has gone missing in a foreign nation (I think they worked for SHIELD?), and now years later she's going to find him on her own, even if the government says no. Special guest at the end. I'm still not too keen on the artwork. The style just seems flat to me, but it is well done. The book has received a mixed bag from around the web via reviews it seems. Still, I liked it. Mark Waid usually keeps my attention.
Batman and the Outsiders #3 seemed like a bottle episode of a TV show. At least as far as the heroes are concerned. The villain plot is advanced a bit further in a sense. Dexter Soy's artwork continues to be fabulous (although the backgrounds are a little meh).
Superman is really dragging on at this point sadly. Ivan Reis is still a boss though, so it keeps it worth looking at I guess. The Legion of Superheroes is coming back to DC, and I believe this book is connected, so I do want to see how that plays out.
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