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MOTW 9-14-11: It's MY Boat
TexiKen
Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Good week of books so far.
Batman and Robin #1, good start. A throwback to the 60's show, a new villain who is like Ghost from Thunderbolts, and radioactive hijinks at Gotham U. The only thing bad I can point to is the book being colored pretty dark for a print copy. But the character stuff is the best, where Bruce is trying to lighten up, but Damian won't let him though:
Daredevil #3, good end to the first story, fun art, fun use of dialogue boxes:
And Green Lantern #1, Sinestro does not like tattle-tales, at all:
Batman and Robin #1, good start. A throwback to the 60's show, a new villain who is like Ghost from Thunderbolts, and radioactive hijinks at Gotham U. The only thing bad I can point to is the book being colored pretty dark for a print copy. But the character stuff is the best, where Bruce is trying to lighten up, but Damian won't let him though:
Daredevil #3, good end to the first story, fun art, fun use of dialogue boxes:
And Green Lantern #1, Sinestro does not like tattle-tales, at all:
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"We find the source of the problem..."
I thought it was pretty great actually, some better reactions in the DCnU thread if your curious.
Out of all the #1's I've picked up so far, Superboy's my favorite. Here's the review I wrote for it over at my blog:
Superboy was another book that I just wasn't sure about until I saw the online preview of the first couple of pages. The cover really does a poor job of showing off just how vibrant and clean the art is on the inside. Superboy's new costume, revealed on the final page, is awesome. It's just too bad there are so many images online that make Superboy look just terrible in the new DC Universe.
There's more to this book than the last page though. The whole thing is a fascinating character study of Superboy in the first few months of his life. Grown in a lab from a combination of Superman's DNA and a mysterious human donor's genetics, the new Superboy focuses his powers (and perception) on his psychic powers. I love how Superman is often depicted as being able to sense so much more than the average human of all that goes around him due to his super hearing and vision. Superboy has a similar level of perception but it appears to be due to his entire body being one big sensory organ on a scale we haven't seen before. This results in Superboy being a very interesting character. He feels a lot like a Man from Mars through out this first issue, and it's a really fresh take on the character.
Let's go back to the art to finish out this review. I'm an unabashed Invincible fanboy. He competes with Hellboy constantly for being one of the best developed characters outside of Marvel or DC. Superboy gives a very familiar, exciting feeling both due to him being a young hero and due to the art. Like I said before, it's a bright book with sharp, clean outlines of characters. This is the first thing I've read from R.B. Silva, and all I can say is that he blew me away. I now want to read everything the guy has ever drawn after reading Superboy #1. The two main female characters - which I'm assuming will be pulling Superboy between the two different ends of his personality spectrum - are drawn quite differently and are never simply eye candy for the reader to enjoy. Silva draws them to appear competent and ass-kicking in their respective specialties, and ultimately Superboy shows off way more skin than either of the girls ever do.
I put off reading Superboy this week for me last comic because I honestly wasn't very excited about it. Boy am I pleasantly surprised. I'm shocked to say that I enjoyed reading this even more than Batwoman. Out of all the books I've picked up for the New 52, Superboy has me most excited to read on a month-to-month basis. I'm putting a lot of stock into the book and now know what it feels like to be nervous about the survival of my favorite little book. As an X-men fan from the 90's, I've read a ton of Scott Lobdell, and I can very easily say this is the best thing I've ever read from him. This even beats out my previous all-time favorite Lobdell story in the Age of Apocalypse Generation Next storyline.
Whereas Batwoman #1 is the book I'd recommend to experience readers as the first New 52 issue to pull them into the relaunch, Superboy #1 is the book I'd recommend to the new reader or reader who wants to get back into comics after years of being away. It's good, it's tight, and best of all, it introduces the reader to a great character without being repetitive or talking down to the reader. This is going to be a hard book to beat for the rest of the month, and is a great sign that the New 52 is going to continue to reveal some great hidden gems.
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Having said that: oh snappu x-force 15. I'm glad I've been following this book, because I almost dropped it and suddenly it's hitting its second stride and it's better than the previous reboot. I like this weird-ification. Like the x-factor throwback mini from a year ago meets Moebius slathered with pure Marvel.
Which means my MotW was Journey into Mystery, which was frankly fantastic and gave an insight to Marvel's cosmology that was really interesting.
Monkey King was ... disappointing. So fuck you all for suggesting it.
BTW, Last week's MOTW was Mr. Hyde eating Zemo's stolen fish demons as they invaded Chicago.
You just shut up, I'm still pissed about that... He coulda been so damn cool. He coulda been Monkey from Monkey Magic!!!
Turned out he's just an unfunny ass.
Luckily Uncanny X-force was extra good this week to make up for it
even if you didn't love it it was hardly a terrible book, stop being a silly goose
That book was really fun.
The only disappointing thing, is that it sets up a bunch of story possibilities we'll never see.
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So many Marvel books not purchased, crying shame of the week.
FUCK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF THIS COMIC BOOK
is pretty similar to saying it is terrible
Daredevil #3; Matt Murdock also realizes that depressed monologues atop gargoyles suck, and Foggy demonstrates genre awareness.
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... what he said. But I suppose once the character is made, he can show up anywhere now. Fingers crossed.
Edit: And yes, Daredevil is cheery, pretty and fun. In short, worth every penny. The art on The Spot and Klaw impresses the balls outta me.
Oh, right. Because I'm horrible with women.