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Post by The Captain on Sept 23, 2022 14:56:06 GMT -5
OFF THE RACKS!Read Readers, Honest Reviews!  Better late than never! Let’s talk about what new comics we got and read this week |
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Post by majestic on Sept 23, 2022 21:16:44 GMT -5
WORLD'S FINEST #7. Written by Mark Waid. Art by Dan Mora.
The untold story of Superman's "forgotten" sidekick: Boy Thunder. The start of a new arc that reveals a kid sidekick that Superman takes under his mentorship. His origin is a combination of Superman's & Batman's origins.
This is yet another Silver Age throwback styled story. And I am loving this series. And Waid is really doing well with the last page cliffhanger.
Mora's art is absolutely gorgeous. One of the best titles right now.
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Post by majestic on Sept 23, 2022 21:22:05 GMT -5
STRANGE #6. Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Lee Garbett.
This issue focuses on Wong. Someone has stolen parts of Wong's memory. Him and Bats the Dog seek out help from the hero community to find answers.
And he gets answers...
Great issue focusing on Wong. Really enjoyed this issue with nice art by Garbett. This volume of Dr Strange has been really good.
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Post by majestic on Sept 23, 2022 21:28:33 GMT -5
NIGHTWING #96. Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Bruno Redondo.
The conclusion of the Blockbuster storyline.
While I still love this title the way Taylor wraps up the Blockbuster storyline was expected. He sort of wrote himself into only one or two possible endings with Blockbuster finding out that Dick is Nightwing.
Beautiful art by Redondo as usual.
And next issue we find out if Dick and Babs make their relationship more permanent...
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Post by The Captain on Sept 24, 2022 12:53:08 GMT -5
STRANGE #6. Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Lee Garbett. This issue focuses on Wong. Someone has stolen parts of Wong's memory. Him and Bats the Dog seek out help from the hero community to find answers. And he gets answers... Great issue focusing on Wong. Really enjoyed this issue with nice art by Garbett. This volume of Dr Strange has been really good. I liked this issue, but felt confused at the same time. Has the idea of W.A.N.D. been introduced somewhere else, because I had never heard of it before, so the impact of it was lost on me. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 24, 2022 20:19:31 GMT -5
STRANGE #6. Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Lee Garbett. This issue focuses on Wong. Someone has stolen parts of Wong's memory. Him and Bats the Dog seek out help from the hero community to find answers. And he gets answers... Great issue focusing on Wong. Really enjoyed this issue with nice art by Garbett. This volume of Dr Strange has been really good. I haven’t read Doctor Strange on a regular basis for a very long time. The 1980s, maybe? But Strange #1 came out about the same time as a couple of my recent Marvel favorites were canceled - Spider-Woman and Black Widow. I read so few Marvel comics that I started looking around for another Marvel series to read, and I ended picking up the first three or four issues of Strange the same day. I really like it! This was another good issue! |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 25, 2022 17:22:32 GMT -5
NIGHTWING #96. Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Bruno Redondo. The conclusion of the Blockbuster storyline. While I still love this title the way Taylor wraps up the Blockbuster storyline was expected. He sort of wrote himself into only one or two possible endings with Blockbuster finding out that Dick is Nightwing. Beautiful art by Redondo as usual. And next issue we find out if Dick and Babs make their relationship more permanent... While I didn't love Hearless(still hate him) killing Blockbuster...that scene with Dick and Babs gave me an ear to ear grin, "Nightwing and Oracle, Batgirl and Robin, Dick and Babs...Forever." Sounds like a solid wedding vow to me. |
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Post by majestic on Sept 25, 2022 18:44:09 GMT -5
STRANGE #6. Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Lee Garbett. This issue focuses on Wong. Someone has stolen parts of Wong's memory. Him and Bats the Dog seek out help from the hero community to find answers. And he gets answers... Great issue focusing on Wong. Really enjoyed this issue with nice art by Garbett. This volume of Dr Strange has been really good. I haven’t read Doctor Strange on a regular basis for a very long time. The 1980s, maybe? But Strange #1 came out about the same time as a couple of my recent Marvel favorites were canceled - Spider-Woman and Black Widow. I read so few Marvel comics that I started looking around for another Marvel series to read, and I ended picking up the first three or four issues of Strange the same day. I really like it! This was another good issue! Dr Strange has been really good the past few years. First with Mark Waid and now with MacKay writing the book. |
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Post by majestic on Sept 25, 2022 18:47:06 GMT -5
NIGHTWING #96. Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Bruno Redondo. The conclusion of the Blockbuster storyline. While I still love this title the way Taylor wraps up the Blockbuster storyline was expected. He sort of wrote himself into only one or two possible endings with Blockbuster finding out that Dick is Nightwing. Beautiful art by Redondo as usual. And next issue we find out if Dick and Babs make their relationship more permanent... While I didn't love Hearless(still hate him) killing Blockbuster...that scene with Dick and Babs gave me an ear to ear grin, "Nightwing and Oracle, Batgirl and Robin, Dick and Babs...Forever." Sounds like a solid wedding vow to me. I only saw 2 possible solutions to Blockbuster knowing his ID. Kill him or hurt him bad enough that he has brain damage and forgets Dick's secret. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 1, 2022 2:39:49 GMT -5
STRANGE #6. Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Lee Garbett. This issue focuses on Wong. Someone has stolen parts of Wong's memory. Him and Bats the Dog seek out help from the hero community to find answers. And he gets answers... Great issue focusing on Wong. Really enjoyed this issue with nice art by Garbett. This volume of Dr Strange has been really good. I liked this issue, but felt confused at the same time. Has the idea of W.A.N.D. been introduced somewhere else, because I had never heard of it before, so the impact of it was lost on me.
W.A.N.D. has been mentioned before, can't remember where. (quick google and apparently they were in a version of Thunderbolts, which I haven't read, but I have seen them mentioned elsewhere).
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 1, 2022 3:06:13 GMT -5
X-terminators #1 by Leah Williams and Carlos Gomez. (we had some shipping problems over here, so everything got delayed, but I think it came out this week.):
I liked this a lot, it's light and breezy, but it's exactly what it sets out to do: Dazzler has dumped her boyfriend (who I don't recognize, but they had only been together 2 months, so he's very probably a new character.) So to forget her sorrows, she invites her friend Jubilee for an evening of drinking and dancing and Jubilee drags Boom-Boom along. They get drugged and wake up in various traps (which make me suspect Arcade, because it sounds like his M.O., but apparently this was planned for a longer time and specifically aimed at Dazzler, so maybe not.) So we get 3 slightly-to-very drunk superheroes, who tend to solve their problems by blowing things up even when sober, trying to escape from death traps.
Legion of X #6 by Simon Spurrier and Jan Bazaldua. This wraps up the first story arc from Legion of X. It's not quite as good as Way of X which was one of my favourite comics of last year (Legion of X has a bit too much moving parts in the story at the same time; the intro page has short blurbs for 15 different characters. Not all of them having a significant role in this story, but some other characters that play an important role in this story are not included).
The mutant bodysnatcher Switch had their powers amplified by the trickster god Tumult and is causing trouble on Krakoa, by taking over Legion's body. Tumult was created by Ora Serrata, one of the rulers of Arakko, to create chaos (long story short: Arakko is ruled by a Council of 12 Seats and depending on circumstances different Seats are in control. Ora Serrata's Seat gets to take control in times of war). It's up to Nightcrawler, Zsen and the rest of the Legion to stop them.
The story wraps neatly at least, but the next issue is part of a multi-title crossover and I'm not looking forward to that. Still I like the writing and characters a lot in this and I have confidence that Spurrier can get a decent issue despite being bound by a crossover.
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Post by The Captain on Oct 1, 2022 7:26:50 GMT -5
I liked this issue, but felt confused at the same time. Has the idea of W.A.N.D. been introduced somewhere else, because I had never heard of it before, so the impact of it was lost on me.
W.A.N.D. has been mentioned before, can't remember where. (quick google and apparently they were in a version of Thunderbolts, which I haven't read, but I have seen them mentioned elsewhere).
Thanks! I don’t read a ton of “new” comics, so I sometimes feel lost when they introduce something in another book but make it a big deal in one of the few that I’m reading. I do appreciate, however, how Hydra’s D.O.A. continues to be used. It was first introduced back in Nightstalkers in the 90s, then resurrected in the Fear Itself event a few years ago. It’s a cool concept and plays off the very real-world history of Adolf Hitler’s obsession with religious artifacts with reputed supernatural powers. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 1, 2022 7:51:05 GMT -5
Between W.A.N.D., S.W.O.R.D., T.I.M.E. , A.R.M.O.R. etc. even if I hadn't seen them before, I'd have accepted that S.H.I.E.L.D. has an appropriate department with its own acronym for just about any fantasy/sci-fi thing.
for instance: I just made up these guys:
Sanguinerian Terrorist Assault and Kill Enforcement. (S.T.A.K.E., S.H.I.E.L.D.'s anti-vampire squad).
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 6, 2022 22:20:20 GMT -5
I think my trip today was 3 weeks worth of stuff...
anyone else reading Fables? I've found recently alot of authors (comics especially, but other media too) should stick to the 'you can't go home again' trope... when they go back to tell more stories of a beloved francise/comic run, it seems most often they left when they were done and that should have been that.
While that's not the case (yet) with Fables, I do think the pacing is a BIG issue... 5 issues in, and we barely know what the story is about.. there's just too many disparate bits all getting a page or two. The Wolf cubs quests should have been an issue each, not a couple pages for each. It would have been very easy to do, and have flowed WAY better.
That said, I'm still intrigued, the art is still great, and I'm glad it's here.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 9, 2022 13:58:41 GMT -5
I think my trip today was 3 weeks worth of stuff... anyone else reading Fables? I've found recently alot of authors (comics especially, but other media too) should stick to the 'you can't go home again' trope... when they go back to tell more stories of a beloved francise/comic run, it seems most often they left when they were done and that should have been that. While that's not the case (yet) with Fables, I do think the pacing is a BIG issue... 5 issues in, and we barely know what the story is about.. there's just too many disparate bits all getting a page or two. The Wolf cubs quests should have been an issue each, not a couple pages for each. It would have been very easy to do, and have flowed WAY better. That said, I'm still intrigued, the art is still great, and I'm glad it's here. I dropped it after the third issue, it wasn't bad...but it just wasn't interesting to me. I read most of the original Fables in trade so I might try this when it gets collected to see if I like it better. |
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