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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 16, 2021 16:05:56 GMT -5
Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle #4Written by Cavan Scott Art by Francesco Francavilla and Chris Fenoglio Summary: Lina, Jaxxon and Hudd travel to Musafar, but along the way Lina is plagued by the ghosts of Star Wars past, present and future.
Plot: This was another fun entry by Scott, using ghosts of Anakin Skywalker as a child, a demonic Jedi in his prime and then as Vader in a kind of play on the Chrismas Carol which while not a Halloween tale by any stretch is definitely a ghost story so it works none the less. Creepy kid Anakin chasing Lina through the corridors of the Rabbit's Foot also gave the story a kind of Shining vibe which was a nice touch. I think my favorite element however came at the end when the Ghost of Vader reveled to Lina that he was actually her brother which tied the various horror call backs back to Star Wars with a play on the cave scene from Empire Strikes Back which seriously gave me nightmares as a kid. Outside of these holiday specials Star Wars has seldom played into horror but that scene from Empire really went into it hard, the darkness coupled with the obscured sight-lines and claustrophobic feel of the set all came together to prey on your emotions and Scott did a similar trick here with the narrow halls of the starship really bringing on a delicious sense tension to the book.
Art: While Fenoglio's style was a little too cartoony to really create an appropriate horror mood to match the tone of the plot but the five pages Francavilla did at the end pulled it all together.
Grade:7/10
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 16, 2021 16:09:50 GMT -5
That was part of the Original Sin story.... don't remember the exact details, but Tony Stark was definitely involved. I haven't seen it retconned, but I suspect (like Tony really being adopted) they'll just never speak of it again. I decided to trade Wait on the Batman:Imposter book... it did look very good, but I suspect it'll read better as a trade. X-Men #4 : I didn't love the power level for Jean it required, but this was a great Halloween themed done in one story. It referenced the recent Death of Doctor Strange without it being a tie in, and offered tidbits of the ongoing plot, and was a fun story... well done! Challenge of the Super Sons #7 : I somewhat predictable ending, but still awesome. All the hulabaloo about Jon's sexuality is missing the bigger point... he a WAY more interesting and fun character at the right age than as a teenager.... he can grow up later... we have PLENTY more stories of him as a kid first that can be told. If I had my way, I'd lock Tomasi in a room and not let out until he writes all the Super Sons adventures he offered in the flash forward. I mean, how awesome would grampas Damian and Jon babysitting the super great grandsons be? I just need more Tomasi writing Jon and Damian. Yeah, Jon works really great as a kid, aging him up was hands down the worst decision DC has made in a while. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 18, 2021 16:34:46 GMT -5
That was part of the Original Sin story.... don't remember the exact details, but Tony Stark was definitely involved. I haven't seen it retconned, but I suspect (like Tony really being adopted) they'll just never speak of it again. I decided to trade Wait on the Batman:Imposter book... it did look very good, but I suspect it'll read better as a trade. X-Men #4 : I didn't love the power level for Jean it required, but this was a great Halloween themed done in one story. It referenced the recent Death of Doctor Strange without it being a tie in, and offered tidbits of the ongoing plot, and was a fun story... well done! Challenge of the Super Sons #7 : I somewhat predictable ending, but still awesome. All the hulabaloo about Jon's sexuality is missing the bigger point... he a WAY more interesting and fun character at the right age than as a teenager.... he can grow up later... we have PLENTY more stories of him as a kid first that can be told. If I had my way, I'd lock Tomasi in a room and not let out until he writes all the Super Sons adventures he offered in the flash forward. I mean, how awesome would grampas Damian and Jon babysitting the super great grandsons be? I just need more Tomasi writing Jon and Damian. Yeah, Jon works really great as a kid, aging him up was hands down the worst decision DC has made in a while. I really don't understand why people are so upset about this.To me, Jon is far more interesting as a teenager. He was just an annoying waste of panel space as a kid. But then, admittedly, I have no interest in kids. Never have had. I could never be a parent, I wouldn't have the patience. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 18, 2021 16:46:50 GMT -5
Yeah, Jon works really great as a kid, aging him up was hands down the worst decision DC has made in a while. I really don't understand why people are so upset about this.To me, Jon is far more interesting as a teenager. He was just an annoying waste of panel space as a kid. But then, admittedly, I have no interest in kids. Never have had. I could never be a parent, I wouldn't have the patience. The family aspect with Lois, Clark and Jon worked better as a kid and of course Damian and Jon together is a blast when ever they team up...as a teen who grew up apart from his parents though it's just a bland young Clark Kent. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 18, 2021 16:58:53 GMT -5
I really don't understand why people are so upset about this.To me, Jon is far more interesting as a teenager. He was just an annoying waste of panel space as a kid. But then, admittedly, I have no interest in kids. Never have had. I could never be a parent, I wouldn't have the patience. The family aspect with Lois, Clark and Jon worked better as a kid and of course Damian and Jon together is a blast when ever they team up...as a teen who grew up apart from his parents though it's just a bland young Clark Kent. I'm just not really interested in the family aspect. I get that a lot of people inexplicably find kids interesting or cute. I just don't. They're annoying and make no sense. Damien is the exception, but that's because he's a superintelligent little psycho. And he's still my least favourite Robin. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 18, 2021 19:45:12 GMT -5
If I want to read about an angsty teen, you can't wave a stick in either universe without hitting one.. A fun, innocent 13 year old with superpowers is alot more rare and, IMO more interesting. His teaming up with Damian is just fantastic.. could read about them all day.
Angsty teen Jon is just boring to me, I've read that story 100 times.
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