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MotW 06-03-09 "Crime is Doomed"
Lucascraft
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Grant Morrison. Frank Quitely. Batman and Robin.
Pretty sure this is gonna be the new All-Star Superman. Goddamn.
(More to come after my nerd boner goes away)
Pretty sure this is gonna be the new All-Star Superman. Goddamn.
(More to come after my nerd boner goes away)
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Nice splash.
And here's a teaser for future issues, like Booster Gold and JSA have done:
I have 2 moment of the weaks so far, and one really shocked me:
1) Ultimatum #4 was pure suck. It's 90's shit to a "T". I only skimmed through it in store but here's what I saw:
SHIT SHIT SHIT
The art is too cross hatched and blood flows like water. Again, I say it is shit.
2) Ultimate Spider-Man #133 is a waste, I'm sad to say. It is a silent issue, but a $3.99 silent issue. I like Bendis on Spider-Man, I do, but this you can seriously read in a minute, it's just not worth the price. There is an interview with Bendis in the back, but it's a reflection of the series until now.
Also
What's the deal with the Ultimate relaunch (when does it start)
I love how Damien calls Alfred "Pennysworth." It speaks volumes about the character with a simple name. Everyone else calls him Alfred because he is their friend and equal. Damien calls him Pennysworth because to him he's just the butler and a servant.
Also, I loved the line where
For anyone who has played Bioshock, the last few pages of the issue really reminded me of the splicers from that game. Just the way they looked, and the pig face guy really gave me a strong Bioshock vibe.
One thing with Quitley's art that I did not like was he drew Alfred to be chunkier than he really is, not the ex-MI-5 agent who kicks ass over in Outsiders. Not Mr. Belvedere fat at least.
I really wish I didn't have to stop collecting last week. Couldn't afford it anymore. Closed out my box and everything.
Ah well.
Next month is the Requiem books then?
I'm curious though, is this all Loeb's doing, or did someone higher up go to him and go "here's the list of people that need to be killed."
And while I don't want Spidey gone, I'm hoping the Requiem deals with superheroes and regular folks mourning over his death and finding just how much of a kick ass person Peter was/is.
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I trust Bendis to take the lump of shit he got handed and dig something awesome out of it
We were told by Marvel to move past the marriage, yet they are the ones who continue to piss on it with shit like this (it's obviously JJ Jameson and May Parker, but way to be pricks about it).
Anyways, Captain Britain and MI-13 Annual #1 was good. Two separate stories, one from Brian the other from Meggan
And Brian is back on earth playing cricket (maybe if I knew what the hell they were doing I would get it, but the Brian bits thinking about Meggan were nice:
Superman, World of New Krypton #4 was good, but nothing major. The cover is misleading.
And War of Kings #4 was again good and solid, as shit goes down like a mofo, yo:
Lilandra returns to the throne:
And then the Raptors shoot her with a patoo patoo laser gun, and Gladiator never got a chance to do her:
Yeah, I hate it when they do shit like that on the cover. Its happened recently on a couple other books, but I can't recall which ones right now.
Really, Slott, that's what you think he would say? Are we 15?
Note that the MA team will not die, they can still get to Earth before time runs out, but Pym is acting like a complete tool here.
So Pym creates new image inducers to get the device from the Baxter Building, Cho is going to create a love triangle with Cassie and Vision, and USAgent and Quicksilver are on a mission for the Global Reaction Agency but are in China instead of Tibet thanks to the dimension doors disappearing. And Hercules starts a fight with the Thing in a Gym disguised as Red Hulk.
Half the issue is good, the other really bad.
It's weird how I enjoy World of New Krypton and War of Kings, but at the same they feel more like big events for other, more fleshed out stories to ride from. Particularly WoNK, which really just feels like a setup for Robinson's Superman (with Action Comics being so-so title that isn't super captivating at the moment).
Batman and Robin was awesome, but I have even higher hopes/expectations for Detective Comics.
Overall MotW: Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #3. I can't wait for Seaguy Eternal.
I don't know, we still haven't seen what happened to break up MJ and Peter, so I wouldn't put it past Marvel to either swervfe us, or do a split story kinda thing.
Went to pick up comics and man, Batman and Robin was honestly pure gold. I'm not much of a fan of the characters or writer, but there was just the right mix of old school fun and modern storytelling.
My moment of weak was Buffy. It's like they wanted to tell the most cliche emo story possible.
Batman and Robin was superb
his art was so gooooood
Yes, actually. He is still a prick, but he is much.... tamer. There are things like how he says "thank you" to Alfred that show that he is sort of peeling off the layers of douchiness.
I personally loved him since his inception.
Yea, he's a likeable little prick now. Like others said, theres a few subtle differences that show you he's matured (and is thus a little less of a dick to everyone).
Stop buying it people, you're only encouraging him.
Wasn't he only on for 3 issues? Or did he leave after 2? Either way, that's a really really short run.
I complain based on the scans and recaps and don't buy any of it. It works for me.