MOTW 5/6/09: The Gladiator is made of Awesome and Sugar
Dreamon
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Ok since nobody came up with a new MOTW thread I am hijacking the honour.
My Motw is from the War of Kings # 3 which was not that good until the last defining moment:
My Motw is from the War of Kings # 3 which was not that good until the last defining moment:
Starjammers and Guardians of Galaxy charges up to the prison where Gladiator and his crew is holding up Llliandra. They took down the gladiator with making him belive they do have a super effective weapon against him. Gladitaor realises that catches up Lliandra. Ll' asks him who he is really royal to, who is really the throne.
Anyway long story short Gladiator changed his side and freaking zapped Smashers head off. Superman with no morals that's why I love him so much.
Anyway long story short Gladiator changed his side and freaking zapped Smashers head off. Superman with no morals that's why I love him so much.
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Seriously. Awesome.
Also, the Pepper Potts side-arc continues to be my favorite part of the story right now. Iron Potts is awesome.
That first panel with legitimate realizations about having super-powers works so well.
Superman negotiates, but the lieutenant who was going to kill some labor guild members tries to snipe Tam-or, but Kara stops it from happening.
So he picks a fight with Supes:
Supes then beats him up but is stopped because the Green Lanterns arrive to act stupid.
X-Men Finals is also good, and wraps up why Scott and Jean stayed on come Giant Sized X-Men.
Moment of the weak is my LCS getting shortchanged War of Kings #3. Flash Rebirth #2 is also weak, and some people were on the money with what is to happen to Barry now.
Damn. You beat me to it. Anyway, War of Kings #3. Final page.
Each panel is a "Fuck Yeah!" mini-moment culminating in the last shot.
I was in tears.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Moment of the weak is STILL not getting Scalped vol. 4 due to distribution fuck-ups. I hate Diamond, assuming this is their fault.
I remember reading that Johns, Robinson, Rucka and Gates all got together and essentially mapped out the entire story over two years or something like that. I wish Dini, Morrison, Tomasi and Dixon could have done something like this before Batman RIP so maybe we wouldn't have gotten all those "tie-ins" and a terrible sense of everything being jumbled up.
I expected something better from Tomasi.
exposition?
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Irredeemable is balls. I don't think I'll be bothering with it anymore.
Destroyer 2 was ok, but it wasn't as fun as I had hoped/expected. Seaguy was kind of the same way; it feels like it's losing steam. New Krypton is still good but not amazing.
The revelations in War of Kings really didn't surprise me. The 'big surprise' was almost guaranteed, and it's where they'll go with it that will decide whether or not it was the right way to go.
Flash: Rebirth... I just don't really like it. After 2 issues, I can't stand Barry at all. Maybe by the end, when all of his worries are cleared, he'll become tolerable again, but I'm really afraid his whole "I've been gone for so long, I'm so out of time!' thing is going to be the crux of a future ongoing.
Without any of the heavy-hitters sticking out, my real MotW is Exiles 2. It was just a whole lot of fun, and it may even make me into a Parker convert if I happen into some more cash soon.
Beyond that, I grabbed Spider-Man (enjoyed), New Mutants (meh).
so far i've only just started the league, but i'm very curious about the lithe young naked lady who, it seems, will be prominent in this volume.
Also
PowerGirl #1.
Yeah I said it. Was an excellent first issue that got her back to kicking ass (vs. Johns JSA wishy-washy-whoa-is-me girl) And Amanda Connor art.
Access Fist.
I picked it up. I enjoyed it. And to answer your question about Cassandra
More to the point, the issue is of
The Network was great.
It was like Birds of Prey, only with Batgirl being badass. She was back to her competent, curt self.
"There is no try. Do or do not."
"You're why we brought a big stick!"
Drax was background noise, though. And while I'm not a huge Drax fanboy (especially now that he's a green Riddick) like my stepbro, but dude...
So... he probably is his world's Peter Parker?
I totally got that vibe too.
Take that everyone who thought it was going to be awful for some reason!
The few scans I saw here left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Was the rest of the issue any better?
Also? I hate Tony Daniel's reason for using the Jim Lee costume for Huntress, for the duration of the event. Sure it's ultimately pretty harmless, but it bugs me that he's willing to throw logic out the window just so he can draw a female character showing skin.
It's like a female artist choosing to draw Batman in nothing but a cowl and a cocksock. It feels totally unprofessional and fanboyish.
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Still, if they're building up Batgirl, maybe she isn't just going to die.
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Well if the role of Bat Woman is already filled, and Babs is presumably gonna move into the role of Batgirl, perhaps Cassie will become Red Robin Girl.
Well to be fair that would definately strike confusion and probably fear into the hearts of criminals.
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man, how did I miss this!?
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Apparently it didn't ship to alot of places. I've been keeping my eye out for it, and didn't see it. Of course, I didn't know it was out this week either, so I didn't look particularly hard.
Fixed.
That issue was also kind of a ripoff of an issue of Astro City, only that was an homage and sendoff to Silver Age Superman and a bit better overall.
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Still, I think the most recent issue shows that Peter is projecting his issues with Norman Osborn onto JJ. As for why he doesn't just go after Norman, I imagine it's because he has no idea how to approach that problem.
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thanks
You have to understand, I don't care about Huntress and whether or not she's been mischaracterized. It's not dislike, it's apathy. Not even Birds of Prey could change that.
On the other hand, I absolutely adore Cassandra Cain and she kicks ass in this issue, often to the detriment of Huntress. And that's okay with me. How much you like this issue probably depends on how much you like Huntress (and even then I think the daily_scans guy is severely overreacting).