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TexiKen
Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Batman & Robin #5 had a very good story moving three different parts ahead, despite the average art
It is Jason Todd under the hood, and he now has his original red hair (?) instead of black, because he says Bruce made him dye his hair to look like Dick. I think that's Morrison trying to fit something in that makes no sense, like Cyclops sees yellow instead of red thru his visor.
And the Flamingo is actually a guy who used to fight the mob, but he was caught and they did a lobotomy on him and he's now all crazy, and does stuff like this:
And then the Flamingo snipes Jason in the head and rides into the comic like so:
The art really brings that reveal down.
It is Jason Todd under the hood, and he now has his original red hair (?) instead of black, because he says Bruce made him dye his hair to look like Dick. I think that's Morrison trying to fit something in that makes no sense, like Cyclops sees yellow instead of red thru his visor.
And the Flamingo is actually a guy who used to fight the mob, but he was caught and they did a lobotomy on him and he's now all crazy, and does stuff like this:
And then the Flamingo snipes Jason in the head and rides into the comic like so:
The art really brings that reveal down.
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It was changed to black Post Crisis
Why would you even want to fuck with something like that? What makes someone think - "You know what this story needs? A more convulted backstory!"
Explaining that someone was dying his hair hardly makes things more convoluted. It's just a character detail no more substantial than introducing his favorite food or the naming his first pet would have been.
Also, it was kind of annoying that Jason Todd looked so much like Dick. It made it too easy to view him as "evil Robin" or something like that rather than a character with an independent personality.
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and when was Jason's hair red in the books? All the recent origin flashbacks have had him with black hair. I'm pretty sure Morrison wrote those too.
It makes sense to have him go back to his original hair. Not only is it a character trait (it furthers Jason from the Bat-family even more), but now we don't have as many white, dark haired males running around.
Plus he had that gray streak in Hush. Morrison's not making things convoluted, he's making things consistent.
It's not pointless; it's perhaps excessive, but it's supposed to establish pathos regarding Jason feeling that Bruce constantly wanted him to be something he wasn't (and couldn't be). It sets up a profoundly creepy conception of the Batman/Robin relationship (where Bruce thought of the children as a component of Batman/Robin, not Bruce/ward) that in a somewhat clever way parallels the newer conception of Batman/Robin (where "Batman" cannot die, and is instead replaced by a different man behind the cowl).
Strange Tales is pretty great. The Thing story alone is worth it.
Daredevil #501
Last month's "Daredevil: The List" did a great job of setting the stage for the direction that Andy Diggle's arc is gonna take, and issue 501 cemented my faith in this new creative team.
Gotta say, Roberto del Torre's art was amazing. It is very dark and gritty when it needs to be, but he also does a good job of bringing out the details and subtleties of the characters when he needs to. His art style is very much like Alex Maleev's, which is a wonderful thing since Alex's work on DD was so amazing.
As far as moments go, I was glad to see Dakota come back into the story. I was fearful that a new writer might not use the same supporting cast that Brubaker did such a good job of building up, but again, so far all signs point to Andy Diggle doing a fantastic job taking the reigns on this book.
Gotham City Sirens #4
I absolutely love the way Paul Dini writes Harley Quinn. I've said it before, but she's such a fun character in his hands. Also, for anyone who has played the Batman: Arkham Asylum game recently, the dialogue in this issue was very much reminiscent of the dialogue in the game, which I thought was top notch.
The one problem I had with the whole affair is that Paul Dini's Joker is nothing like Grant Morrison's Joker. I think the inconsistency hurts the Batman brand as a whole, although on a stand alone basis its fine. Every line the Joker delivered in today's issue sounded like Mark Hamil in my mind.
Is more Planetary stuff forthcoming or was 27 the end? I ask because I don't think it was a very good ending. Sort of had a cliched, "Only the beginning!" kind of feel to it.
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Which is good, because Morrison's Joker sucks.
Cyclops sends Domino to visit Deadpool, who is sitting in SF bummed because he wasn't let into Utopia (what a stupid name), thinking because the two had a bad history together he'll lose it. And he does. Kind of:
The one condition is he gets his own X-uniform which he made that has "Deadpool" written on the back. And he's going to kill Mercury's dad.
Pretty sure that's it
I mean, it took 3 years for this issue
That's a lamp shade.
Maybe you should stop liking things.
I love how he had to explain "Operations Moves" to.........himself.
let's have one giant hardcover for the entire thing!
And of course it's a vulcan nerve pinch or whatever Matt pulled on Izo to kill him
That would be amazing.
i did like how hal and ollie got into it and after the fight they were right back to being friends. i've always appreciated the hal/ollie friendship.
biggest gripe of the issue is the miscolored Firestorm at the end. Maybe the colorists / editors at DC are crazy racists. from final crisis to this there are strangely frequent screw ups on skin color.
I like the two lists
Neutralize Clint
Eliminate Daredevil
Kill Namor
Kill Frank Castle
Kill Nick Fury
Neutralize Bruce Banner
Control the World
Kill Spider-Man
And Nick Fury's list:
Save the World
Punch Norman in the face
Have a beer
And at the end - "Got to cross somethin' off my list."
I'm surprised it isn't interspersed through the list like 4 or 5 times
Surprised Stark isn't on the list at all in any way, shape, or form.
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
- Save the world
-Punch Osborn in the face
-Grab a beer
What has
I ain't bein' no dick about it, Keith asked that!