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MOTW 12-29-10: We don't talk about Lucy...
TexiKen
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Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Action Comics #896, read the Jimmy Olsen backup first because it's the best:
Lois has Jimmy auction himself as a celebrity date for charity:
And she's a nice girl but something's odd about her....
And when he comes out of the bathroom he's at their engagement party!
It's clean, wholesome happy fun, everyone buy it and the one-shot special coming out in March.
Lois has Jimmy auction himself as a celebrity date for charity:
And she's a nice girl but something's odd about her....
And when he comes out of the bathroom he's at their engagement party!
It's clean, wholesome happy fun, everyone buy it and the one-shot special coming out in March.
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edit: Detective Comics #872 proves it wasn't a fluke, Snyder's got some strong writing skills. Now that he had Dick interact with Tim and Babs this issue, he reminds me more of Tomasi's Nightwing run than Dini's run:
Dick and Babs 4 ever.
The Mirror House is also a nice freaky group for future use.
Not earthshaking but still pretty cool I think
Deadpool Team-Up was probably my favorite book this week. Like last week's Deadpool, it cast Deadpool as a funny, competent, tragic figure, who never gets the appreciation he deserves. Additionally, it utilized some of Iron Fist's recent mythology, specifically the 8th Capital City of Hell, a prison from which the main antagonist of the issue has escaped from. And the whole thing ends with a sad little bit of meta-commentary, with Wade limping into a blizzard and remarking, "Great working together, blah blah blah. Don't call you, you'll call me. Go team." It's Wade basically looking into the camera and acknowledging that all these little team-ups end with him being cast off, a supporting character in his own story.
Action Comics was the first issue I've bought in a while, and it was quite a bit of fun. The only thing that bugged me was Scandal being repeatedly imperiled, when one of her defining traits is that she's virtually immortal. I mean, Deadshot shot her in the face once, just to keep her out of his way. But, the Jimmy Olsen back-up was a lot of fun. DC needs to give Spencer and Silva a Jimmy Olsen ongoing.
I thought Spider-Girl and Secret Warriors were a bit of a step down in quality from the previous issues. Secret Warriors got rid of one of the few fat characters in comics, whose powers weren't related to his fatness, which bugs me. And Spider-Girl had a fill-in artist doing half of the second issue, which is frankly bullshit. And I don't think filling the second issue with tragedy and melodrama really has as much impact as it would a few issues in, when readers have formed a connection with Anya.
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The best line in the Luthor story in Action Comics was below, because it was Cornell having fun with Scandal and Vandal:
And the Valkyrie Gruenhilda shows up to save Kevin and his step-dad from baddies, and tries to speak to him in Asgardian speak, only for her to finally lose her patience like below:
Kevin's step-dad is a nice father figure who actually wants Kevin to be a hero, because he can do so much good in the process, and it's a nice change of pace from having to hide the identity/unjusitified guilt trip that sometimes occurs in these situations
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Well, YES, but...
Every time Mignola has a character tell someone 'too late,' punch yourself in the groin. If you read the Hellboy collection start to finish, not only will you no longer have a groin, your fist will have devolved to a bloody stump, lacking even a functional wrist. I'm saying he needs to stop using this phrase. I also think he needs to stop using this phrase. And he needs to stop using this phrase.
Secondly, the cover of this Hellboy is traced from the cover of an older Hellboy issue. I'm gonna have to dig through and find it, but I've seen that damn sculpture already. That, in my opinion, is a very big thumbs down.
I appreciated that too.
Another favorite of mine from that book "Did a man dressed in red just kill himself by falling out of the sky?"
But really my MotW was Avengers #8, which is actually lots of fun. Romita's art is cool, Red Hulk fighting Parker Robbins looked great, and now the Illuminati have been found out about, which makes me pretty excited for the next issue!
Was great!