tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80384456800691540012024-02-21T03:56:56.694-05:00Allyson's AtticWHAT's in YOUR Attic?Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-69310896502993268682012-06-04T12:29:00.001-04:002012-06-04T12:29:39.419-04:00It's in PRINT!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm published ....again...BUT this time it's in Print. As in... on real paper.<br />
<em>Paper</em> may be a thing of the past, but I've got to say, it's pretty exciting to see your story on a piece of tree bark. <br />
<br />Grayhaven Comics picked up a 4 page story I wrote called SOAR and put it in their first colored edition of The Gathering Anothology 11: Silver Age . It's all superhero type mini stories. <br />
I'm proud to have had some great help with the story, from a bunch of guys who put their heart into making it:<br />
<a href="http://jasonheichel.deviantart.com/">Jason Heichel</a>: pencils,<a href="http://israelhuertas.deviantart.com/"> Israel Huertas</a>: inks , <a href="http://kayserkane.deviantart.com/">Diego Huertas</a> on colors,<a href="http://daz3333.deviantart.com/"> Darren Blackburn</a> on Letters<br />
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Here's the link to get you're own tree bark copy of Soar: <a href="http://www.grayhavencomics.com/comics/11-the-silver-age/">http://www.grayhavencomics.com/comics/11-the-silver-age/</a><br />
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Grayhaven comics has a bunch of anthology's, packed with cool mini 1-4 page stories. They are all worth a purchase because you're bound to find a story you like.<br />
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Here is a panel from our little one shot mini:<br />
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</div>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-84199845589200223402011-12-24T09:45:00.000-05:002011-12-24T09:45:45.723-05:00I'm Published! I'm Published!! I'm Published!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">HERE IT IS!!!<br />
My first published work. <a href="http://comics.cosmicbooknews.com/content/nova-619-fan-fic-webcomic-christmas-special">NOVA CHRISTMAS LINK</a><br />
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They also accept me as a co-editor last week. So this has been a Very Merry Christmas for me.<br />
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I hope Santa treats you all with a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday<br />
Season this year.<br />
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Stay Safe,<br />
-Ally </div>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-4294791148923078442011-12-23T20:13:00.000-05:002011-12-23T20:13:11.289-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS and Happy Holidays to all<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/355/0/4/merry_christmas_and_happy_new_year_by_daz3333-d4jsbbf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/355/0/4/merry_christmas_and_happy_new_year_by_daz3333-d4jsbbf.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br />
I'm currently a member of the NOVA619 Fanfiction group, and this is our Christmas postcard<br />
that I would like to share with you.<br />
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Pencils by talented Raul Salinas<br />
Ink and colors by Darren Blackburn<br />
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We also have a webcomic Christmas Story with Nova that will be up tomorrow at Cosmicbooknews.com. I'll be traveling so I thought I'd at least post the link for the last page and you can enjoy it tomorrow.<br />
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<a href="http://images1.cosmicbooknews.com/nova619/?p=100">Last page before Christmas story link</a><br />
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<div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Have a very safe and Merry Christmas!</i></b></span></div><br />
<i>Allyson Attic</i></div>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-39958944766308725642011-11-28T20:18:00.001-05:002011-11-28T20:22:21.670-05:00DC COMICS PRESENTS : BATMAN - BAD #1 Collects Legend of the Dark Knight 146 147 148 179 LOTDK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXQhMvDKkX515vr6BiDNs-J-mC6rfp3nahACv6AR7A8moW8JNuVDNaypRH_2X9HuK1HGkZngPzo63QTjhak0yo22sz3ZewGBT7fkWK0-pS9fdUpK5OGg4rKtA8G_F2pVcuNjHR4kQcu0/s1600/BAD.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXQhMvDKkX515vr6BiDNs-J-mC6rfp3nahACv6AR7A8moW8JNuVDNaypRH_2X9HuK1HGkZngPzo63QTjhak0yo22sz3ZewGBT7fkWK0-pS9fdUpK5OGg4rKtA8G_F2pVcuNjHR4kQcu0/s320/BAD.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>BAD: </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">{Writer: Doug Moench, Artist: Barry Kitson, Separations: Digital Chameleon, Colorist: James Sinclair, Editors: Harvey Richards & Andrew Helfer}</span><b> </b><br />
<b>Rating 3 out of 5</b><br />
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BAD wasn't bad enough to be called good, or...um...good enough to be called BAD. <br />
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The writer, Doug Moench, is <i>great</i> when it comes to sound effects, but the title makes you want more. Just like his book "Book of the Dead," with that awesome title you need an awesome story, or it falls flat. <a href="http://allysonsattic.blogspot.com/2010/08/batman-book-of-dead-tpb-part-1-part-2.html">{Link to Review}</a><br />
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Some of BAD I <i>did</i> enjoy, like Batman's (Bruce Wayne's) interaction with the psychiatrist, but there wasn't enough BADassness to give the title of "BAD" to it. The story over all wasn't as exciting as Prey with Hugo Strange as the psychiatrist that Moench also wrote. The art was pretty good but no grand splash pages, and the ending was just<i> Meh.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">{Writer: A J Lieberman, Artist: Greg Scott,Colorist: Lee Loughridge, Letterer: Clem Robins, Editors: Matt Idelson and Nachie Castro </span>}<br />
<b>Rating 1 out of 5</b><br />
Biggest waste of paper, that I've seen in a long time. Batman shows up on the last page assessing the scene, all the pages before lead up to it... AND it wasn't anything you haven't seen before. It was basically a story of the development of a <i>dull </i>bad guy. I didn't care for the art either. I didn't include it in the overall rating because I feel it would bring the TPB rating too low, even for BAD.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Some SPOILERS for BAD general plot: </span></b><br />
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Batman comes across a criminal, named Jordy, with a split personality. He has a good side and a bad side. The bad side generally likes to do really bad stuff, like get even with those around him to a point of killing them. Batman sees a psychiatrist for help in capturing Jordy. The psychiatrist asks questions that could pertain to him as well as Jordy, since he lives two separate lives, one as Batman and one as Bruce Wayne. Making Bruce/Batman doubt his own motives and sanity. <br />
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You get 4 full stories in one TPB but they range from great to meh and I'm not sure if any will make it into continuity, especially the <i>streamline</i> continuity we have now in the DC universe {rolleyes}. <br />
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The stories are as follows:<br />
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1. <b>"Who Would Win?"</b>- Only 15 pages long in issue 78, but full of fun. Batman and Superman face off. Rating 4.5 out of 5<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Writers: Joe & Jack Kelly, Artist: Ed Benes, Colorist: Pete Pantazis, Letterer: Swands, Associate Editor: Rex Ogle, Editor: Eddi Berganz</span><br />
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2. <b>A World of Their Own</b> - Only 8 pages long in issue 78. Has Huntress and Power Girl version of the S/B pair, It was kinda of a downer and felt unresolved. Rating 2.5 of 5.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Writer: Amanda McMurray, Art: Brett Booth, colors: Andrew Dalhouse, Letters: Swands</span><br />
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3.<b>Worlds' Finest - </b>Two issues long, Issues 79-80. Batman, Robin, and Superman from year One Million chase a time traveling criminal who runs to the past only to meet up with Batman (Bruce), Robin(Dick), and Superman (Clark). Rating 3.3 out of 5<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Writer: Chris Roberson, Artist: Jesus Merino, Colorist: Blond, Letterer: Swands</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQzMOZl9XV0B6wm1iBOTDER_hps1u7Y9Oax-VoC-HGhJI7AFxE5RXQ4dBTtefCau8RS5akYyRo6YR8eZwlVewXhavD4WymXIdT0jMoH0jSor9x9ScOzJUHzUTKbGtKVBgxAITKCccD2Y/s1600/SB+82+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQzMOZl9XV0B6wm1iBOTDER_hps1u7Y9Oax-VoC-HGhJI7AFxE5RXQ4dBTtefCau8RS5akYyRo6YR8eZwlVewXhavD4WymXIdT0jMoH0jSor9x9ScOzJUHzUTKbGtKVBgxAITKCccD2Y/s640/SB+82+001.jpg" width="404" /></a>4. <b>SORCERER KINGS</b> - Four issues, Issues 81-84, This story is great! Rating 4.5 out of 5. Medieval Batman from the <i>future</i> recruits Superman from current day to help him correct what will be a pivotal point in time, while Batman of current day searches for Superman with the help of The Shadowpact. A good deal of Magic is involved.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Writer: Cullen Bunn, Penciller: Chriscross, Inker: Marc Deering, Colorist: Brad Anderson, Letterer: John J Hill </span><br />
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Hold on to your hat for the spot on Cameos in Sorcerer Kings:<br />
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Phantom Stranger<br />
Blue Devil<br />
Ragman<br />
Warlocks Daughter<br />
Detective Chimp<br />
Doctor Occult<br />
Felix Faust<br />
Blackbriar Thorn<br />
Brother Blood<br />
Morgaine Le Fey<br />
Klarion The Witch Boy (current)<br />
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Creeper (Alternate future version)<br />
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Klarion The Warlock(future)<br />
Teekl (Klarion's cat)<br />
Traci 13<br />
Jason Blood/Etrigan<br />
Arthur Curry<br />
Stanley Dover and his Monster<br />
Firestorm (alternate future version) <br />
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Batwing as a dragon.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">SPOILERS for Sorcerer Kings:</span></b><br />
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The first time I read the story it was the Monthly issues and I had a long enough gap between issues it was hard from me to get into what was going on by the next issue and the action scenes I had trouble following, BUT when I read them all together it was a different story and I enjoyed it very much and with the action scenes when I followed the Sword of Superman they went a lot better.<br />
Some of the things I didn't like is the future characterization of the Creeper as a bad guy, I just don't believe he would turn, but I got over it pretty fast.<br />
Future Batman had a new partner called Nina, that was a change of pace from the brightly colored Robins, but I liked her from the beginning, even when she transforms into a ghoul.<br />
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With all that you get out of this trade, I think it's more then worth the price. Amazon currently has it for $13.94 new. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>RATING 3.3 out of 5</b></div><br />
It wasn't bad but wasn't great either. The DC Presents BATMAN: Blink TPB actually has two complete stories. Both written by Dwayne McDuffie. One is actually a Superman story with no Batman in it. <br />
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1.<b> BLINK: Legends of the Dark Knight 156-158</b> <span style="color: red;">Rating 3.4 out of 5</span><br />
Penciller: Val Semeiks, Inker: Dan Green, Colorist: James Sinclair, Letterer: Kurt Hathaway, Seperations by Digital Chameleon, Editor: Andy Helfer<br />
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BLINK was well written but the story itself was <i>unmemorable</i>. I would say it wasn't very memorable at all, because I had read it once before and <i>completely</i> forgot about it. The plot has Batman teaming up with a blind grifter who's an eye witness to a serial murder. The blind grifter has a special talent of being able to see through the eyes of someone else after he has touched them.<br />
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2. <b>INTERMEZZO: Action Comics 847</b> <span style="color: red;">Rating 3 out of 5</span><br />
Art and Color: Renato Guedes, Letterer: Travis Lanham, Ass Editor: Nachie Caskra, Editor: Matt Welson.<br />
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INTERMEZZO was very bland. Ma and Pa Kent are <i>worried</i> about Clark because he has been missing, and Pa Kent remembers a adventure he had with Clark that they kept secret from Ma Kent.<br />
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I liked the art in the Blink better, I think its because of the colors of James Sinclair, also the story had some suspense and the idea of a blind grifter that could see through others eyes was intriguing, but this would <i>not</i> be a story I would recommend as a "must have". If the DC Presents series was to showcase McDuffie's writing I wouldn't have suggested it for that either.Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-52149758985392752822011-10-01T11:38:00.003-04:002011-10-01T11:46:50.029-04:00BATMAN : Legends of the Dark Knight : The Demon Laughs 142 143 144 145 TPB Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CYJ6739-mGg9IH7RhwbTQrZT-Rx4dy0iJExPZQ93ShNGpJ-mF7UYQ2ot7RSblddyyKMVztz00Fi3UiMmyWtUOUi-ArwPo-ZyIBLW3cpyaW0Xn-FfnXeNaWgaXQFycL63hHPVAh9_QaY/s1600/LODK+Demon+laughs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CYJ6739-mGg9IH7RhwbTQrZT-Rx4dy0iJExPZQ93ShNGpJ-mF7UYQ2ot7RSblddyyKMVztz00Fi3UiMmyWtUOUi-ArwPo-ZyIBLW3cpyaW0Xn-FfnXeNaWgaXQFycL63hHPVAh9_QaY/s640/LODK+Demon+laughs.png" width="640" /></a></div><b>RATING 4 out of 5:</b><br />
Writer: Chuck Dixon, Penciller: Jim Aparo, Inker: John Cebollero, Colorists: Noelle Giddins, James Sinclair, Letterer: Bill Oakley, Editor: Andy Helfer, Assistant Editor: Harvey Richards<br />
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CHUCK DIXON!!! What else do I need to say?<br />
<i>Okay</i>...well maybe a little more.<b></b><br />
<i>Oh how</i> Oh HOW... I wish he was back at DC, writing for the characters I love. Dixon knows these characters and knows how to tell a story. Alright...I'm done...oops one more....DIXON!!!Come BACK!!!<br />
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Cough cough...I think I'm good now.... <br />
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<i>The Demon Laughs </i>is mostly a stage for Joker. All the other characters are just cameo's circling around the master. The covers of the single issues are awesome. The interior art is passable, no two page splashes, mostly just story, but Aparo's facial expressions for the Joker are great.<br />
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<b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Plot:</b> Joker is recruited by Ra's Al Ghul in his plan to reshape the world into his view of Utopia. It is all that Batman can do to track these two down to stop them before these partners in crime<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Ra's playing the straight man to Joker's high jinx's was perfect. After all, Ra's is uptight, straight laced, and arrogant, a great foil for all of Joker's one liners. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The biggest problem I have with this story is the same problem I have with all of these types of plots. Whether it is Ra's Al Ghul or Lex Luther..<i>.recruiting</i> Joker. I have trouble believing that these particular straight men would actually illicit help from Joker. Ra's is a maniacal master mind in his own </span></span><span style="color: black;">standing. WHY would he break anyone out of Arkham for help, when they couldn't break themselves out of Arkham...etc? </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The other thing is that it is mostly a Joker story...not much of a Batman story, but even with that, while reading... I came to want more Ra's/Joker panels just to see Jokers high jinxes with Ra's.</span><b><span style="color: red;"><br />
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<b>Rating 4.9 out of 5</b><br />
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Originally published in 1997 this mini still has kick and eye appeal.<br />
It's a staple of Batman fandom. If you start a question asking "What Batman/Bruce Wayne story's should I read?"...this one <span class="st"><i>indubitably </i></span>comes up. There are, of course, nay sayer's of this story but we'll get into that in the spoilers.<br />
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Jeph Loeb created a wonderful work of mystery in this mini and Tim Sale...sold it. Tim Sale <i>really</i> knows how to tell a story with his craft. Also, let's not forget Gregory Wright who did the colors, the coloring brought out the drama of the story. With the holiday's coming up this is a good time for DC to reprint the Trade Paperback. The leaves falling outside my window and the moody weather helps with the tone of the story.<br />
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The Long Halloween is about a killer nicknamed <i>Holiday</i> because he kill's on holiday's starting with Halloween. In the background of the story you have Captain Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent trying to fit their family's into their life of fighting crime. The story has tons of wonderful cameos from the villain elites of Gotham city as it travels from one holiday to the next. I've got to admit the twist and turns at the end of the story did throw me.<br />
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Calender Man <br />
Joker<br />
Catwoman<br />
Scarecrow<br />
Mad Hatter <br />
Poison Ivy<br />
Riddler <br />
Solomon Grundy <br />
Two Face<br />
The Falcone mobster family<br />
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It really is a great read just for the amount of story you get with all these characters.<br />
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My biggest peeve and the main reason I can't give it a 5 out 5, is that it takes Bruce 13 months to solve the crime. I mean....come on... this is Batman...it shouldn't have took him but a couple of days...<i> max</i>. I also have a problem with Riddler being portrayed as a deuce. All the other villians came out looking really villianey but Riddler lack any evil sparkle. <br />
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Otherwise it's a awesome story.Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-37520875597267508302011-07-28T07:11:00.002-04:002011-10-24T13:01:36.789-04:00JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST 2011 Vol 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSUY1G_XeUmGOV6Rl8teclDwKtw5jirYSQEeXq75-WKiHPxXpUDRUflzCamJ61wUu6u0GmBB4OX_jhQyAKfyMr6xNcONlzrcamdGxize_WSycYelZRuMQLT-Y69G_QhxMAnRpSwyxRsk/s1600/Generation+Lost+Vol2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSUY1G_XeUmGOV6Rl8teclDwKtw5jirYSQEeXq75-WKiHPxXpUDRUflzCamJ61wUu6u0GmBB4OX_jhQyAKfyMr6xNcONlzrcamdGxize_WSycYelZRuMQLT-Y69G_QhxMAnRpSwyxRsk/s320/Generation+Lost+Vol2.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>RATING 4.5 out of 5</b><br />
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This is the second half and the conclusion of the Justie League: Generation Lost storyline which has been a great ride from start to finish.<br />
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You don't need the Brightest Day storyline <i>at all</i>. The only connection to Brightest Day was Max Lord's Mission from the White Lantern and it was only a minor subplot that was handled inside these issues.<br />
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In the Brightest Day main storyline his mission is barely even mentioned or what he did to assigned and that he succeeded in his mission, which you also see in this mini. If any thing the Brightest Day storyline needs these issues to make that storyline feel complete.<br />
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You do need Vol 1 which I also reviewed<a href="http://allysonsattic.blogspot.com/2011/02/justice-league-generation-lost-vol-1.html">(link). </a><br />
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Judd Winick did a awesome job...with this storyline and I'm not sure how much of the plot belongs to Keith Giffen, but Giffen is a master story teller that gave Winick an awesome story to tell. The story revolves around the defunct Justice League International which was a series that Keith Giffen was the main writer.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">SPOILERS:</span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aHh2hafkR0tWvzFNoT9nWu5a0Vaol9_HlHgh5awLK-_GcPRXmk1U7sKt8o2hGBNtczDn1AnM_VT1PIs8M61yEfpTQeFW8D5ctgoDmuwqJmrp6HOXI1T9CM8tBFYVYyDXsTVzU6zFvuQ/s1600/JLGL22.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aHh2hafkR0tWvzFNoT9nWu5a0Vaol9_HlHgh5awLK-_GcPRXmk1U7sKt8o2hGBNtczDn1AnM_VT1PIs8M61yEfpTQeFW8D5ctgoDmuwqJmrp6HOXI1T9CM8tBFYVYyDXsTVzU6zFvuQ/s320/JLGL22.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="background-color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;">YEA!...Batman shows up, in issue 22 of the series. I do love Batman. What's even better is that he doesn't steal the show. He was part of the original Justice League International, so it was great to have him on board.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Winick didn't let him steal the essence of the story away from the characters that started it. In the end, it was the team that started the series that resolved it, and that's how a story should wrap up. </span><br />
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This was a great read.<br />
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<b>Justice League : Generation Lost Vol 2 Brightest Day</b><br />
Writer : Judd Winick<br />
Pencils: Joe Bennett, Aaron Lopresti, Fernando Dagnino<br />
Inks: Jack Jadson & Ruy Jose, Matt Ryan, Raul Fernandez<br />
Colors Hi-Fi<br />
Letters: Sal Cipriano, Swands, John J Hill<br />
Covers: Cliff Chiang, Dustin Nguyen, Kevin Maguire, Aaron Lopresti<br />
Editors: Rex Ogle & Brian Cunningham</div>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-84324605184276774492011-07-26T11:18:00.000-04:002011-07-26T11:18:58.560-04:00Web Comics are COOLHi All,<br />
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I've started a new blog about Web Comics. It's really for me, so that I can keep track of Web comics I like, but I thought I'd share it as well.<br />
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I haven't advertised it yet anywhere and I thought I'd give you guys a first look. It's still really under construction, but it's a start.<br />
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<a href="http://webcomicsarecool.blogspot.com/">WEBCOMICSARECOOL.BLOGSPOT.COM (link)</a><br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Ally AAllysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-67345523541845261722011-05-19T20:19:00.002-04:002011-07-17T19:00:17.022-04:00BATGIRL: THE FLOOD includes issues 9 10 11 12 13 14 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3p6YCpAqt63SfqTa-iiGWPHZoIHxMlU8-zu5tavh-UiwcZVGSAHO4DxLPjG3VHOmMj0zlDpe4YJ8mLvmC5Cx8M9EKPfop9GvYYmemC1f4v3prvUy6mzlGqgkP2Q6co9HbM-pmOc46jw/s1600/Batgirl+flood.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3p6YCpAqt63SfqTa-iiGWPHZoIHxMlU8-zu5tavh-UiwcZVGSAHO4DxLPjG3VHOmMj0zlDpe4YJ8mLvmC5Cx8M9EKPfop9GvYYmemC1f4v3prvUy6mzlGqgkP2Q6co9HbM-pmOc46jw/s640/Batgirl+flood.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rating 4.4 out of 5</b></span><br />
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Full of action and full of fun. It's a <i>lighter</i> comic then the grim and gritty Batman series but it still has it's drama. Bryan Q. Miller gives the best dialogue for the extraordinary circumstances that he puts Batgirl Stephanie Brown into. Stephanie Brown has become just as <i>witty</i> as Dick Grayson was in the Nightwing series.<br />
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The trade paperback contains three complete stories of Batgirl Stephanie Brown:<br />
<b>The Flood: </b>Issues 9-12, The Calculator turns the locals into techno zombies. <br />
<b>Trust:</b> Issue 13, Batgirl battles Clayface and teams up with Detective Gage. <br />
<b>Terror In the 3rd Dimension: </b>Issue 14, Supergirl comes to town for a visit and they team up to fight Dracula.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reviews of the separate story lines are below:</span><br />
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Writer: Bryan Q Miller, Penciller: Lee Garbett, Inker: Jonathan Glapion and Richard Friend, Colorist: Guy Major, Letterer:Travis Lanham, Cover: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Editors: Michael Siglain and Harvey Richards <br />
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<b>Rating 4.5 out of 5</b><br />
This story has a couple of firsts<b>. </b>The first appearance of Johnny C. the future Gray Ghost. Also a first with Proxy her new I.T. person when Oracle is out of the office.<b> </b>Not a first..., but<b> </b>It also has some awesome "Oh Crap...how does she get out of that" cool moments.<b><br />
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</div><div style="color: red;">Spoilers and continued review if you don't want to be spoiled skip to the review in <span style="color: blue;">Blue:</span></div><div style="color: red;"><br />
</div><div style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Calculator decides to take some revenge on Oracle. To do that he turns Gotham citizens into techno Zombies. Anyone connected to a electronic device gets Zombiefied (cell phones, TV, web, etc) and they are instructed to capture Oracle and take out Batgirl. You think at first this is bad as Zombie schoolmates and teachers come after you, but what ever is bad could always get worse when the local hero's become under the influence. See.. this is where the "Oh Crap" comes into play.</span></span></div><div style="color: red;"><br />
</div><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">BATGIRL #13 Trust</span></b></div><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></b>Writer: Bryan Q Miller, Art:Pere Perez, Colorist: Guy Major, Letterer:Travis Lanham, Cover: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Editors: Michael Siglain and Sean Ryan<br />
<div style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Rating 3.9 out of 5 </span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">This is still a cool issue with some action in it. Batgirl bonds with the local Detective while capturing Clayface. </span></span></span><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">BATGIRL #14 Terror in the 3rd Dimension Review</span></b><br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://allysonsattic.blogspot.com/2010/09/batgirl-14-terror-in-3rd-dimension.html"></a> </h3><div class="post-header"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLnDzJCtbfovJv7BaKvSvJFlrGhQzKhE0NlcS4EPtl-J14r5D78PEPBhVM2BBdpBGfANiCdxIvKkKN64A9NRsIzfxZaKbF70du0vfmLD3B-rBXG_Ijz_BZTvUiDu4OHwlPQNMItK1Dwk/s1600/3+001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLnDzJCtbfovJv7BaKvSvJFlrGhQzKhE0NlcS4EPtl-J14r5D78PEPBhVM2BBdpBGfANiCdxIvKkKN64A9NRsIzfxZaKbF70du0vfmLD3B-rBXG_Ijz_BZTvUiDu4OHwlPQNMItK1Dwk/s320/3+001.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br />
Writer: Bryan Q Miller, Penciller: Lee Garbett, Inker: Trevor Scott <br />
Colorist: Guy Major, Letterer:Travis Lanham, Cover: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Editors: Michael Siglain and Sean Ryan<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rating 4.5 out of 5</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pure FUN. Nothing cerebral about it...but who cares. It's so <i>Great</i>... just to have a<i> FUN </i>comic. Bryan Q Miller is a master at telling Stephenie's story. I hope he NEVER leaves this series. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. It was </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">good </i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">laughter...I was laughing with my heroes NOT </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">at </i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">my heroes. This story was wrapped up in one issue, so if you don't have any of the Batgirl/Stephanie issues, you could pick this one up for a</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> fun ride</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and not invest in another....<i>but I bet you will</i>.</span><br />
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VAMPIRES...I love a good Vampire story...but lately <i>you can't swing a stick without hitting one</i>. They've become a staple of TV. There's Vampire Dairies, True Blood, Being Human, and the newest show, <i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"The Gates."</i><br />
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THAT's just the shows that are currently produced.<br />
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In reruns, you have Buffy, Angel, Moonlight, Forever Knight, Kindred, and one that I wish to see again but haven't in a long long time, Dark Shadows. <br />
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They seem to be just as<i> prevalent</i> in comics.<br />
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<i>NOT that this is a bad thing.</i><br />
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BUT HOW...Oh how.... CAN you have a NEW take on the same OLD OLD OLD Story.<br />
Whatever it is...it's been done. Hasn't it?<br />
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You see...there's this scientist (refreshingly not crazy), who had a lab overload with his experiment. He was working on a way to generate "Hard Light" (force fields) to create a three dimensional construct that could hold an image that was projected onto it. This is not that hard of a concept for sci-fi fans. We've seen it before, on Star Trek: Voyager, with the EMH Doctor. <br />
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The lab happened to be right next door to the campus theater, where Stephanie Brown(Batgirl) and Lana Lang(Supergirl) are watching a old black and white horror film with Dracula which had been redone in 3D. The blast from the lab only lasted a second, but since film runs at 24 frames per second, this releases 24 black and white "Draculas"...Blah blah blah...who run "Amuk Amuk Amuk" in Gotham City.<br />
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Control rods can destabilize their photon matrices when done at high impact. This is Miller's .. Wah Lah ...for <i>stake through the heart.</i><br />
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Now LET the 'Buffy' in all of us out and just sit back and<i> ENJOY.</i><br />
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There is a two page spread of the girls staking black and white Dracula's that is pricelessly funny. One 'Dracula' had tried to get away on a Segway.<br />
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This was the best Girls night out I've read in a long time.<br />
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Because the next issues are going to have more grittier stories, Miller will be teamed up with Dustin Nguyen on pencils. I'm looking forward to this storyline... but I hope Batgirl doesn't become too toughen.. too soon, I'm enjoying the current character<br />
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Jun - Dec 2010Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-53923331959748383182011-05-10T21:57:00.003-04:002011-07-17T19:00:49.366-04:00BIRDS OF PREY Vol 1: ENDRUN 2010 Issues 1 2 3 4 5 6 review<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyMDlBREDclz2TgLxQhDulmHpBlrMMXYNAHUZ_8nhBrAhazn5aQCE0mayQEzGhCiMd9N4wPs4_Tvu5tI3ome_-tH0a4EKwzKD-ioh6o_zGocU7uaj76DD95UUG-7NKzcOZriFMQUiZ1A/s1600/Birds+of+Prey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyMDlBREDclz2TgLxQhDulmHpBlrMMXYNAHUZ_8nhBrAhazn5aQCE0mayQEzGhCiMd9N4wPs4_Tvu5tI3ome_-tH0a4EKwzKD-ioh6o_zGocU7uaj76DD95UUG-7NKzcOZriFMQUiZ1A/s400/Birds+of+Prey.jpg" width="400" /></a><b>RATING 3.8 out of 5 </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jam-packed-full of <i>action</i>. It doesn't quite meet expectations, <i>only</i> because the previous Birds of Prey series with Gail Simone was so<i> <b>awesome</b></i>, <u>but</u> this was a good start for the Birds. The story was good and had quite a bit of intrigue. These issues have the Brightest Day banner on them, but that is only a minor subplot, so don't feel obligated to purchase the Brightest Day mega mini to enjoy this storyline. The main storyline is completed within these issues, or this one TPB, Endrun. </span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">There is plenty of cleavage in this series both above and below, but it doesn't take away from the <i>badassness</i> of the women. There are two new members to join the team, <span id="goog_342206298"></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_and_Dove">Hawk and Dove<span id="goog_342206299"></span></a>. I like Hank Hall, aka Hawk, (I seem to be alone when it comes to that). I think it's nice to have a little eye candy for us girls too, and I like his stubborn streak. To quote Oracle, "The guy punched a tank for having the gall to point it's cannon at him."</div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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The last panel on this page is causing controversy. Some believe that the girl on the far right is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XS_%28comics%29">XS </a><br />
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On the USA Today website(<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/54981273/Flashpoint-Issue-1-Exclusive-Preview">Link</a>), published Monday, it was confirmed that it was XS. <br />
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I got that the captions are from Batman but it's odd for him to have gold/yellow captions.Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-56320132971829548002011-05-06T12:36:00.059-04:002011-11-08T13:50:05.112-05:00FLASHPOINT Reading list updated 08-25-2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-size: large;">FLASHPOINT : DC Mega Event </span></b><br />
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</b></div><div style="color: red;"><b>READING ORDER:</b></div>I'll use different colors to highlight different storylines.<span style="color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">Blue</span>:Booster Gold, <span style="background-color: red;">Red:</span>Flash, <span style="background-color: #666666;">Gray:</span>Batman, <span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">pupleish:</span> Cyborg, <span style="background-color: #274e13;">Green:</span> Green Lantern, <span style="background-color: cyan;">Light Blue</span>: Traci, <span style="background-color: yellow;">Yellow:</span> Secret Seven, <span style="background-color: orange;">Orange: </span>Aquaman, <span style="background-color: purple;">Fusia</span>: Wonder Woman, <span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">White:</span> Deathstroke, <span style="background-color: #e06666;">Salmon:</span> Kid Flash<br />
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The main Flashpoint title can be read without all the others. The other titles can be read separately from each other, but if you read more then one then I've put this in order to the best of my ability to keep each of them from spoiling the other. Several of the cross-overs feel unfinished so I feel that you would need the Main title to get the finished story, plus I think the main title is the best of the lot. I've gave my feelings on the title at the ending number, and I've noted if they finished the story or not.<br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">DC Universe 0:</span> Has Flash coming drawn back by a sound.<br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">Flash Rebirth 1-6:</span> Has Reverse Flash taunting Flash and giving why he brought him back, and Max's rescue.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: white;">TIME MASTERS: Vanishing Point 1-6 or TPB-</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Storyline basically a waste of time, BUT Reverse Flash has one page where he is stealing information about the omega sanction, what that information is not really revealed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: red;"> Flash 7:</span> Capt Boomarang releases Reverse Flash (Cool)<br />
<span style="background-color: red;"> Flash 8:</span> Reverse Flash rebirth( It's okay)<b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PRELUDE to FLASHPOINT </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">FL<span style="background-color: #e06666;">AS</span>H 9<span style="background-color: #e06666;">-12 {</span>The <span style="background-color: #e06666;">roa</span>d to Flashpoint</span>):(It's okay)<br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">FLASHPOINT: REVERSE FLASH 1</span>(A dull rehash of what Reverse Flash has done in the past to get revenge on Flash before Flashpoint)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FLASHPOINT READING ORDER</b></span>:<br />
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<a href="http://allysonsattic.blogspot.com/2011/05/flaspoint-free-preview-given-out-on.html"><span style="background-color: red;">GREEN LANTERN FLASHPOINT SPECIAL EDITION</span> (free comic book day comic) (link)(repeats in Flashpoint 1)</a><span style="background-color: red;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">F<span style="background-color: #444444;">L</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">A</span><span style="background-color: #444444;">S</span>H<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">P</span>O<span style="background-color: #444444;">I</span>N<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">T</span> #<span style="background-color: #666666;">1:</span></span> Has Batman, Flash, Cyborg in it. Definition of Alchemy is listed at bottom of this post. (cool so far)<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;"> </span><span style="background-color: #073763; color: white;">BOOSTER GOLD 44-47: (pretty good but doesn't touch the main FP title) </span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #073763; color: white;">F</span><span style="background-color: #073763; color: white;">L</span>ASHPOINT: PROJECT: SUPERMAN #1-2 </b>(Awesome so far...but references to what happened in Booster Gold but to be spoiled without reading BG look at cover to 46 to know where they got the genes)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>FLASHPOINT: GRODD WAR </b> 1-shot (Meh...and really doesn't cross)</span><br />
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<b>FLASHPOINT: GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES </b>1-shot (Meh..and really doesn't cross)<br />
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<div style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #274e13;">FLASHPOINT: Abin Sur #1(Meh )</span></div><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13;"><span style="color: white;">FLASHPOINT: HAL JORDAN </span>#</span>1(mostly rehash about Hal before he got the ring but then the last page shows the turning point in the story, could probably skip it and go straight to issue 2)<br />
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</div><div style="color: white;"> <span style="background-color: #274e13;">FLASHPOINT: Abin Sur #2(Meh..)</span></div><span style="background-color: yellow;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13; color: white;">FLASHPOINT: HAL JORDAN #</span><span style="color: white;">2</span> (really really meh, not sure of placement)<br />
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<div style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #274e13;">FLASHPOINT: Abin Sur #3(Meh..)</span></div> <br />
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<span style="background-color: purple;">FLASH</span><span style="background-color: orange;">POINT:</span><span style="background-color: purple;"> WONDER</span><span style="background-color: orange;"> WOMAN</span><span style="background-color: purple;"> AND </span><span style="background-color: orange;">THE FURIES</span> #1<span style="font-size: small;">-2 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: orange;">FLASHPOINT: Emperor Aquaman 1</span> </span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">FL</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">AS</span>HPO<span style="background-color: purple;">IN</span>T: L<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">OIS</span> LANE <span style="background-color: purple;">AN</span>D THE RESISTANCE</b> #1 <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">FLASHPOINT: Deathstroke <span style="background-color: orange;">1</span></span><span style="background-color: orange;"> </span></b> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">F<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">L</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">A</span><span style="background-color: #444444;">S</span><span style="background-color: orange;">H</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">P</span>O<span style="background-color: #444444;">I</span>N<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">T</span><span style="background-color: purple;"> #</span><span style="background-color: #666666;">2: </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">(cool so far)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">FLASHPOINT: BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #</span>1-3 (Really dark and graphic but still good, doesn't cross with anything but would happen between main FP#2 and FP#3)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">F</span>LASHPOINT: LEGION OF<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;"> DOOM #1-3</span>: ( meh, </span><span style="font-size: small;">doesn't cross with anything but would happen between main FP#2 and FP#3</span><span style="font-size: small;">)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999; color: black;">FL<span style="background-color: red;">A</span>SHPOINT: KID FLASH LOST #1-2 (still enjoying it)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">F<span style="background-color: orange;">LAS</span>HPOINT: Deathstroke 2-3</span> (It's Okay, the story ends completed. ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: orange;">FLASHPOINT: Emperor Aquaman 2</span></span><br />
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<b>FLASHPOINT: CANTERBURY CRICKET</b> 1-shot (Meh...feels like filler for Lois Lane)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">FL</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">AS</span>HPO<span style="background-color: purple;">IN</span>T: L<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">OIS</span> LANE <span style="background-color: purple;">AN</span>D THE RESISTANCE #2 (It's okay, unfinished)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3; color: white;">F<span style="background-color: red;">L</span></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: black;"><span style="background-color: red;">A</span>S</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3; color: white;">HP</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: #444444;">O</span><span style="background-color: red;">I</span></span><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">NT</span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"> #3</span>: (really enjoyable)<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">FL</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">AS</span>HPO<span style="background-color: purple;">IN</span>T: L<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">OIS</span> LANE <span style="background-color: purple;">AN</span>D THE RESISTANCE </b>#3<br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">FLA</span>SHPOINT: PROJECT: SUPERMAN #3</b> (Awesome but unfinished...but references to what happened in Booster Gold but to be spoiled without reading BG look at cover to 46 to know where they got the genes)<br />
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<span style="background-color: purple;">FLASH</span><span style="background-color: purple;">POINT:</span><span style="background-color: purple;"> WONDER</span><span style="background-color: purple;"> WOMAN</span><span style="background-color: purple;"> AND </span><span style="background-color: orange;">THE FURIES 3</span><span style="font-size: small;">(Meh! feels unfinished, this kinda smashes into Aquaman story) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: orange;">FLASHPOINT: Emperor Aquaman 3</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">(Meh! feels unfinished, it repeats a little of WW.) </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #274e13; color: white;">FLASHPOINT: HAL JORDAN #</span><span style="color: white;">3</span>(Meh, does have more of a ending then other crossovers)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>FLASHPOINT: Citizen Cold 1-3 </b>(Meh! Doesn't cross with main FP other then happening because it happened.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>FLASHPONT: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown 1-3</b> (Not my type of story but I liked it. Doesn't cross the main FP story)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">F<span style="background-color: red;">L</span></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: black;"><span style="background-color: red;">A</span>S</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">HP</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: black;">O</span><span style="background-color: red;">I</span></span><span style="background-color: red;">NT</span><span style="background-color: #444444;"> :4</span> <br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">FLASHPOINT: SECRET SEVEN 1-3 (Meh, psychedelic)</span><br />
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F<span style="background-color: cyan;">LASHPOINT: WORLD OF FLASHPOINT</span> 1-3 (It's Okay, Story feels self contained)<br />
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<b>FLASHPOINT: KID FLASH LOST #3</b> (Decent, Not finished)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">F<span style="background-color: red;">L</span></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: black;"><span style="background-color: red;">A</span>S</span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;">HP</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: black;">O</span><span style="background-color: red;">I</span></span><span style="background-color: red;">NT</span><span style="background-color: #444444;"> #</span>5 (I think it was a cop-out reason for all this to happen, but still a enjoyable book) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Flashpoint 1</b><b>- Penciler: Andy Kubert, Inker:Snadra Hope, Colorist: Alex Sinclair</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<div style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">A great website for everything Flash is <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/">FLASH : Those who ride the Lighting(link) </a></span></div>They do an awesome job.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alchemy Definition via <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alchemy">link </a></b></span><br />
<blockquote><div class="pseg"><div class="ds-single"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A medieval philosophy and early form of chemistry whose aims were the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of a cure for all diseases, and the preparation of a potion that gives eternal youth. The imagined substance capable of turning other metals into gold was called the philosophers' stone.</span></div></div><div class="notx"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>A Closer Look</i></b> Because their goals were so unrealistic, and because they had so little success in achieving them, the practitioners of <i>alchemy</i> in the Middle Ages got a reputation as fakers and con artists. But this reputation is not fully deserved. While they never succeeded in turning lead into gold (one of their main goals), they did make discoveries that helped to shape modern chemistry. Alchemists invented early forms of some of the laboratory equipment used today, including beakers, crucibles, filters, and stirring rods. They also discovered and purified a number of chemical elements, including mercury, sulfur, and arsenic. And the methods they developed to separate mixtures and purify compounds by distillation and extraction are still important.</span></div></blockquote><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2011/05/flashpointmapv6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2011/05/flashpointmapv6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div></div>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-53206019002948133172011-05-04T17:59:00.001-04:002011-05-04T21:23:34.124-04:00BATMAN 198 review 80 page Giant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr7eEik0S-ajCOzNjAheZUL5Mr8ZFXgCQK7CszNp4Mx2-4PEeTkFbi_TrhPdJc4_lznhHLlF2M4gxpitH9jzmCSvxT2bLDaJGt5EnS6Kk8zVCUq_E3HrXY0v3YufId-lwgXrKaB9EnVk/s1600/Batman+198+cover+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr7eEik0S-ajCOzNjAheZUL5Mr8ZFXgCQK7CszNp4Mx2-4PEeTkFbi_TrhPdJc4_lznhHLlF2M4gxpitH9jzmCSvxT2bLDaJGt5EnS6Kk8zVCUq_E3HrXY0v3YufId-lwgXrKaB9EnVk/s400/Batman+198+cover+001.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br />
<b>RATING:</b><br />
<b>4.3 out of 5</b><br />
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It's contains reissues of several stories that were published previously, but if you can't find the original sources this issue is a great alternative. Even though Batman isn't as grim as he is today, these stories were fun and full of action. You've got to expect a few "Golly Gee Whiz"s, but if you find a Batman 198, snatch it up and enjoy a simpler time. <br />
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There are seven complete stories in this 80-page giant. Below is a list of the stories. I've included spoilers for what happened in each and I've included the splash page for each. There are no credits except for Bob Kane's signature, but if you click on this:<br />
<a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/21633/#toc">Link on creators </a><br />
Someone at the Grand Comics Database tracked down the creators. <br />
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Originally in Batman #47-"The Tale of the Caped Crimebuster's showdown with the man who murdered his parents!"<br />
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In this story Batman sees Joe Chill, a local gangster, and recognizes him as the man who killed his parents. He confronts him and reveals he is Bruce Wayne. Joe Chill runs and tells his henchmen that he was responsible for creating Batman. The henchmen turn on Joe Chill and shoot him, <i>because</i> he created Batman.<br />
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A version of this story was on the animated series Batman: Brave and the Bold, "Chill of the Night". <br />
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Original story in Detective #211-"The Catwoman...Princess of Plunder...bedevils the Dynamic Duo on an island populated by prowling jungle cats."<br />
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Batman and Robin chase the Empress of the Underworld, <i>Catwoman</i>, to her island hideout. The locals capture the dynamic duo, but <i>before</i> they are shot in a volley of gunfire, Catwoman steps in and convinces the locals that there is more <i>fun</i> in hunting the dynamic duo through the local jungle. She also has the locals take off the duo's costumes and dress them in jungle attire. She mockingly chases them, then the locals catch Batman again. Catwoman has them put back on Batman's costume and the locals toss him over a waterfall. Catwoman is distressed because she thought Batman died in the waterfall fall, "Batman... gone. and I thought he'd save himself...He always has in the past."<br />
BUT he <i>had </i>survived <i>and </i>with Robin's help captures the locals, but Catwoman gets away.<br />
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This was a very fun story, and much better told then the teaser in the Batman: Brave and the Bold episode "Shadow of the Bat'. The art is great and very detailed.<br />
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3.<b> The Web of the Spinner</b><br />
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Original from Batman #129-"...Batwoman, teaming with the Titanic Twosome to tackle the whirligig of crime, the Spinner!"<br />
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Batwoman does make a cameo in this story and with her help ascertained who the Spinner was and captured him.<br />
It's my least favorite of the stories. <br />
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Both her and the Spinner show up in the Batman: Brave and the Bold episode, "The Criss Cross Conspiracy!" <br />
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Originally syndicated in the Sunday Newspapers-"The Penguin forgets his fowl play ofr a day to welcome his Aunt Miranda and introduce her to his "Friends"- Batman and Robin!"<br />
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Originally in World's Finest #61-"When the Joker nabs Robin, Batman must ransom his sidekick by cheating, stealing and killing!"<br />
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This was great...<br />
Joker feels that Batman has made a fool of him by getting him to help solve a crime, like a lawman. Joker decides to turn the tide and make Batman turn into a criminal. He captures Robin, and tells Batman, "You shall CHEAT, STEAL, And KILL..in that order! AND each event must be well-publicized so that th world knows of your guilt! Ho-Ho-Ho! Failure to do this will result in Robin's Death!"<br />
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Batman achieves all three without actually doing the crimes, with the finale ending up with Batman, "Killing two birds with one stone!" by capturing the Joker and freeing Robin. <br />
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As I said, this was great with Batman having the mental triumph over Joker.<br />
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Originally in Batman #113-"You've seen him battle Batman on TV! Now read the story of the first clash between False Face and the Cowled Crusader."<br />
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False Face poses as well known wealthy men to steal treasure. Batman tracks him down, then poses as False Face letting the henchmen lead him to the lair where all the stolen goods are being kept. This had a good surprise reveal of Batman as False Face.<br />
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Originally in Batman #55-"The bells are ringing...for wrong...when the Gong and his gang of goons strike...and come face-to -face with Batman and Robin!<br />
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<div style="color: red;">SPOILER:</div>Despite the cacophony of sound this would be of lower decibel then the other stories, but it was still entertaining to see how the duo gets off of a buoy and how they track him down from a small whole punch of a bell. <br />
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I hope that all of you enjoyed this little blast from the past. I know I did. -AAAllysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-30876137157927391382011-05-03T15:59:00.003-04:002011-05-06T13:21:13.975-04:00I've made $.35I've had the Adsense advertising on my blog for like 6 months... and I've made a whopping 35 cents.<br />
Personally, I think <i>any</i> change that was put in<i> my</i> pocket as a good thing. <br />
<b>But</b> I read the terms for payout, it has come to my attention that a check would be cut and sent to me when the balance reaches $100.00. BaWahahaha..<br />
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My husband, ...codename Mr Smartypants, said, "Make sure it's in your Will so that our son can get it."<br />
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I think...I've decided that I'd rather get rid of the clutter on my blog.:smile:Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-43325270122542661592011-03-29T19:42:00.007-04:002011-10-22T14:22:56.427-04:00SUPERMAN: THE BLACK RING TPB #1 includes: Action Comics 890 891 892 893 894 895<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span>There is NO...repeat <i>NO</i><u> Superman</u> in this trade,<i> what-so-ever</i>.<b> </b>There's not even a panel with a faint image of him, so I dropped the rating by a partial point just because of the flagrant gimmicktry of them using "Superman" in the Title.<br />
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What's in <i>this</i> trade paperback?<br />
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Lex Luthor's Odyssey.<br />
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{EDIT: Superman does show up in Issue 900 which is the last part of the second TPB of this story arc but not in this TPB.} <br />
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Lex travels from one place to another looking for the elusive answers to the Black Ring residual energy and yes... I took another partial point away because the odyssey doesn't end with this trade.<br />
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The interaction between Lex and the other characters in the DC universe is at times <i>fun</i>, but the plot itself seems to languish and moves only a little from issue to issue. The plot is basically there only as an excuse for Lex to meet the other cameo characters.<br />
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In this trade Lex meets up with Mr Mind, Gorrilla Grodd, Deathstroke, Death {vertigo's female version}, and Vandal Savage. <br />
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Below are my reviews as the issues came out. At first I was intrigued with the plot...then my opinion started going down hill with each issue.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><b>Rating:</b><b>Rating: 3.3 out of 5</b></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This story was very <b><i style="color: #38761d;">intriguing</i></b> and I enjoyed reading it. I'm not sure how many issues are involved in the whole story line, but the writer, Paul Cornell, is on the series at least through #894. With 40 pages a story, he should be able to give us something <b>good.</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span id="{A2B0C519-8248-4F25-8277-7A6A28A03BD7}" style="color: black;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><br />
<b style="color: red;">Spoilers if you want to skip the go to the next review in <span style="color: blue;">Blue </span></b><br />
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For 40 pages the issue passed quickly and <i>was</i> <i>entertaining.</i> The writer, <a href="http://www.paulcornell.com/">Paul Cornell, </a>has written several <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Wiki">Doctor Who</a> novels, so ... he is no stranger to writing a<i> entertaining</i> story with <i>interesting</i> characters.<br />
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I'm<b> not </b>normally the type to <i>like</i> stories that have only the second bananas in it, and Lex Luther is <i>not</i>... my favorite bad guy, so I'm a little<i><span id="{C31A016A-E4DC-422E-9678-AD91A2E36F23}" style="color: #134f5c;">... <b>trepidatious</b></span></i> about the future issues in the story, but I'm intrigued enough to <i><b><span id="{AE889AD1-A6DF-4103-9949-49D791DE24FE}" style="color: orange;">WANT</span></b></i> <span id="{C9481428-243E-4D9E-9731-22EFFEA33FEC}" style="background-color: orange;"></span>more, which is true to form for the story.</div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the Dc Comics Blackest Night mega event, Lex Luther wore the Orange Lantern ring of Avarice, extreme greed. Now that the ring is no longer on his finger, he still has the <b>extreme</b> greed. He has always been greedy so whats the difference<span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">, he used to have the ability to wait in order to obtain something that one wants</span></span>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The<i><b> wanting ...</b></i>and <i><b>longing</b></i>... that he has now, takes precedence over everything. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzweMY32CKt5X3D7hHf6KVm_fFukoqTBofcJZdPjTulefnPn_dBrV0vQjEmt65qdLdHnMp75JKtZ8ZgmVhFrJJylOXVOwsCdk3DwpgCK6oJ6nC741bzQMt090W2aZ2N4cH5xUMdqDNw0/s1600/lex+001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzweMY32CKt5X3D7hHf6KVm_fFukoqTBofcJZdPjTulefnPn_dBrV0vQjEmt65qdLdHnMp75JKtZ8ZgmVhFrJJylOXVOwsCdk3DwpgCK6oJ6nC741bzQMt090W2aZ2N4cH5xUMdqDNw0/s400/lex+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He is already wealthy, so the extreme that he craves the most is <b>power</b> (nothing new). Specifically, he wants the power that a Lantern ring will provide. Why is he interested in the <b><i style="color: black;">Black Lantern Rings</i></b>? They all disappeared... didn't they? Because he is a smart man, and he knows that they are<b> not </b>totally gone. All those rings and all that power for the taking.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span> <b style="color: red;">Spoilers if you want to skip the go to the next review in <span style="color: blue;">Blue </span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paul Cornell is able to keep the character of Lex Luthor true to form, but this issue seems to be a bit off course from the main storyline started in the previous issue, which was Luthor searching for a way to build his <i>own</i> power ring from the Black Lantern rings that disappeared. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This issue seemed a little slow to me. Even though I see the humor of going into Lex Luthor's mind and seeing his fantasies, it just wasn't my type of action packed comic.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The storyline starts with Luthor, as a caveman, stealing "Fire" from the gods to bring to mankind. The gods looking suspiciously like The Trinity (superman, Wonder woman, and Batman.)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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AND personally, I believe Lex's antagonist needs to be bottled up and sold to promote the acceptance of cute caterpillars everywhere.</div><span id="{CE7FC052-F1FC-4124-B217-6F8ED1AC3A17}" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He is....Just so ...</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">adorable.</i><span id="{6D586542-6459-4FE2-8A6B-AA7903C02920}" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(see panel to the left)</span> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What <i>is</i> the information that Lex has in his mind for Mr Mind to find? Whatever it is ...Mr Mind himself doesn't know. (So cute...I could just pinch those cheeks...ah... if he had any.) Mr Mind seems to be afraid of someone else, who he thinks is watching him. This "mysterious" someone... wasn't clear on what Mr Mind was to extract from Lex's mind.<br />
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I might have made it a bit more complicated then the story really is, so lets try again: Lex's <i>mind</i>...controlled by Mr Mind .... looking to find ...information undefined...for someone not inclined...to become a headline. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lex creatively gets free of Mr Mind and gives him "The boot", then decides to get extra muscle to help him on his quest for higher power, Deathstroke. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
I would say that you could skip this issue if you want, but the story was cute and humerus.<br />
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I'm looking forward to the next issue. Deathstroke is one of my favorite bad guys, plus he's hunk..in a evil...one eyed... katana swinging way. If I have a choice between a cute evil caterpillar, and bad ass hunk, bad ass hunk will win in my book every time.</div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: blue;">ACTION COMICS #892 The Black Ring: part 3 Review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUh8pPYJ3GcEOMLKQG7e1mSfoqj9DehEpTON35hyphenhyphenrh08nrIS6PYIKDAJ4GSQ0qLvkeLUvyP5lcQ_ZZfdvAY27JPt6yAyNr0nHj8Mcj0Ye2sJEkm1H_t3nMoy5Ie7V71nCeO5cJBx8Bt0/s1600/Action+892.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUh8pPYJ3GcEOMLKQG7e1mSfoqj9DehEpTON35hyphenhyphenrh08nrIS6PYIKDAJ4GSQ0qLvkeLUvyP5lcQ_ZZfdvAY27JPt6yAyNr0nHj8Mcj0Ye2sJEkm1H_t3nMoy5Ie7V71nCeO5cJBx8Bt0/s400/Action+892.jpg" width="267" /></a></h3><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rating 2.5 out of 5</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This rating is on the story by Paul Cornell not on the co-feature in the back of the issue.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Meh...really Meh... Not bad ... not good... Meh..</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The action seemed clunky...like two old men fighting. This issue is part of a ongoing storyline and... I did like the previous two issues and ....I'm looking forward to the 'Death' issue, so I'll still buy into future issues.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But if you haven't started the story yet don't start it on<i> this</i> Issue.<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span id="{C3F9B10A-C5E8-4687-9006-78FDFD0018CE}"> </span></b></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was trying to cough out my lungs last week because I had come down with whatever is new at the kids school, so I thought maybe it was my Meh... mood when I first read it , but even today as I re-read it, I could care less about this story.</div><br />
Lex is still looking for answers about the left over energy of the Black Rings. He is in the Antarctic with his crew and hired bodyguard Deathstroke. They come upon a dome of blackness which Lex believes is "...a different kind of spacetime. An allotrope of normal space."<br />
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The dome starts <i>messing </i>with Deathstroke's <i>emotions</i> and he starts making a path toward Lex...killing anyone in his way. I think the biggest problem is that Deathstroke didn't look <i>fierce</i>, he looked like a old man in a winter coat<b>. </b><i>Maybe</i> if he wore his mask it would have been better.<br />
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<span id="{C3F9B10A-C5E8-4687-9006-78FDFD0018CE}"> Lex gets in his portable green Power suit and the two face off, but... it felt...<i>like two old men fighting. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course I added a few touches to help with the picture but it's close. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Am I wrong?...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
Maybe ...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
BUT I'm close....ain't I..?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
Maybe...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
Am I feeling better...?<br />
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: blue;">ACTION COMICS #893 : The Black Ring Part 4</h3><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This issue is a lot better then last month's issue. The art has made the characters pop out and the story wasn't as blah, but ...this issue didn't move the main plot about the Black Ring energy any further then last month's issue.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lex investigates another location for Black Ring energy in Uganda. It just so happens to be a base of operations for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Grodd">Gorilla Grodd</a>, who is <i>hungry</i> for information, <i>literally </i>hungrey for information. Grodd is popping brains in his mouth like they were pills. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I don't remember Grodd ever doing this in the past, plus... I always thought Gorrilla's were <span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"><i>herbivores</i>, but I'm not a expert on Grodd, so I just shrugg and move past this and enjoy the issue.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrmrb8LKokSArJHnp2DFzspCpi9tErfN2PE4bZ1lnvYFrfE5TqSfhlY9eC-SgkgTonqpB8voSfNBxhlB5l1E1gx3h7tGGK1Wg0CeURfgkljXrtc6rqZ4hsAlEN7uxx-803jPvM2-myRs/s1600/action+893+001.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrmrb8LKokSArJHnp2DFzspCpi9tErfN2PE4bZ1lnvYFrfE5TqSfhlY9eC-SgkgTonqpB8voSfNBxhlB5l1E1gx3h7tGGK1Wg0CeURfgkljXrtc6rqZ4hsAlEN7uxx-803jPvM2-myRs/s320/action+893+001.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfortunately for Grodd, Lex's <i>noggin</i> is a bit more solid <i>and </i>...Lex has planned <i>ahead </i>(pun attended) for Grodd's appitite. The lingering Black Ring energy is found inside Grodd's base, and once again, like when they sampled it in Issue #892, the energy changed. Despite Lex's ingenuity, Grodd get's in the final blow, which leads into next months guest appearance with Vertigo's female<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_%28DC_Comics%29">Death.</a></i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are quite a few <i>cute</i> moments in the story and the art was able to make the intention of the writer to be funny... to come across <i>funny</i>, but also was able to convey the <i>fierceness</i> of Grodd. This art team is so...much better then last months. The pages are similar to the art on the cover, which was done by David Finch, Joe Weems & Peter Steigerwald.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm looking forward to Death appearance next month but I hope the plot doesn't start sagging, because ...I also want to know more about the the black ring energy, and how Lex plans to use it.. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><br />
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: blue;">ACTION COMICS #894 Review</h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="post-body entry-content"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRk760ChfqIFSRKXwrH6mElpmy7tsN4DNXkinj_ZX7Dp6XGID9Wb1UhtcDbpXT5n6Cc5_yRDtPcaBSzQipLIQLnHMZ-h3E6LJ69to3saYs8cA_9RQ85_OCQkeuICMZpx7Qatl1MEyRmIc/s1600/Death.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRk760ChfqIFSRKXwrH6mElpmy7tsN4DNXkinj_ZX7Dp6XGID9Wb1UhtcDbpXT5n6Cc5_yRDtPcaBSzQipLIQLnHMZ-h3E6LJ69to3saYs8cA_9RQ85_OCQkeuICMZpx7Qatl1MEyRmIc/s1600/Death.jpg" /></a></div><b></b> </div><div class="post-body entry-content"><b>RATING 2.5 out of 5 </b><br />
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">This cover is awesome. Look at the background detail. Fantastic. Then you open it up. BLAH Blah blah blah... They talk and talk and talk.</span> </b><br />
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There's not even a good panel to pull. Maybe if David Finch had done the interiors, but all they did was talk. They walked around in the glade talking. Then she zapped them to a place where they could sit down and...talk.<br />
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The best part of the issue was shown in the previews where she touched his nose ...<i>WITHOUT TALKING</i>.<br />
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I'm leaving this title for awhile. What was a great idea for a story in the beginning of the arc isn't really being worked on.<br />
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How does Luther get out of... Death? Was it creative? Did he escape Death?<br />
<div style="color: #e69138;"><span id="{557CB02A-2A13-4BA3-9CB3-74F8C43B3764}">Well...He wakes up. Yelp. The ol' dream sequence skit was pulled.</span></div><br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: blue;"> </h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: blue;">ACTION COMICS #895 Review:</h3><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn't get this issue. Other reviewers gave it a 4 out of 5. I doubt that I would've. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the review by <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=2905">Craig McEhatton</a>. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-size: medium;">He seems mighty excited about the issue.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-size: medium;">Issue #895 is the first part of a two parter with Vandel Savage and the Secret six...which is in the middle of the 10 issue limited story, which could have been summed up in three issues. Um... I guess I'm bit tired of the gimmickry of Lex's Odyssey. </span></div></div></div></div></div>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-24398106332237712022011-03-15T21:40:00.012-04:002011-04-30T16:32:37.919-04:00DC Presents : BATMAN - IRRESISTIBLE: TPB Includes: Legends of the Dark Knight 169 170 171, HOURMAN 22 Review<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b>RATING: 2.9 out of 5</b></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> for the Trade Paper back as a whole.</span><br />
The first story in this trade:<br />
<div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Batman: Irresistible:</span> </b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Writer: Tom Peyer, Pencilleer: Tony Harris, Inkers: Tony Harris,Wade Von Grawbadger & </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wayne Faucher, Colorist: J. D. Mettler and Tony Harris, Separator: JD Mettler, Letterer: Kurt Hathaway, Editor: Harvey Richards</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rating 2.5 out of 5</b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>on individual story.</span><br />
The story is kinda meh... I felt nothing but resentment for the main character of the story <i>which wasn't Batman</i>. It kinda reminded me of the more recent Streets of Gotham series, where the stories are told more from the perspective of the bad guy, yet it isn't as good as the Paul Dini's stories. Not that Tom Peyer did a awful job, it just was ...blah. The ending was I guess one of those happy endings, yet I really didn't think the guy deserved happiness. It had some cute moments of dialogue between Bruce and Alfred, but all in all it's not a story I would rave about <i>or </i>even remember. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">SPOILERS FOR FIRST STORY, skip to next story review in <span style="color: blue;">Blue.</span></span></b></div><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>HOURMAN Issue 22</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Title: The Chrono Bums </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Writer: Tom Peyer, Artist: Tony Harris, Colorist: John Kalisz, Separator: Heroic Age, Letterer: Kurt Hathaway, Editor: Tony Bedard.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Originally published Jan 2001.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">RATING 3.2 out of 5</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">What the heck?!!!...where's the rest of the story. This is like the beginning of the end for the Hourman series, so you need issue 23-25 to finish it. This series was fun and enjoyable... and this issue was fun...but it is NOT a done-in-one story issue...and you will <i>want </i>to read the rest, which is only available on ebay...<i>if you are lucky</i>, so even though I may want to give it higher points on the fun factor, I can't because it leaves you hanging. After reading these two stories, I've concluded that Tom Peyer should have stuck to creating light hearted fun which he excelled at. Same with the artist, Tony Harris, the art in Hourman has a fun enjoyable feel.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></b></span>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-43595632273895036282011-02-27T16:49:00.008-05:002011-03-24T19:21:38.878-04:00JUSTICE LEAGUE : RISE AND FALL : TPB Review: contains: Green Arrow 31 32, Justice League: Rise and Fall Special, Justice league: The Rise of Arsenal<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b>RATING of 1.5 out of 5 </b></span><br />
<i>Pathetic.</i>.. doesn't quite seem pathetic enough... to describe this storyline.<br />
SO ...I went to an online <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/pathetic">thesaurus</a>, which had the following words as a synonym for <i>pathetic:</i><br />
<blockquote><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">commiserable,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/deplorable" rel="nofollow">deplorable</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/distressing" rel="nofollow">distressing</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/feeble" rel="nofollow">feeble</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/heartbreaking" rel="nofollow">heartbreaking</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">heartrending,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/inadequate" rel="nofollow">inadequate</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/lamentable" rel="nofollow">lamentable</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/meager" rel="nofollow">meager</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">melting,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/miserable" rel="nofollow">miserable</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/moving" rel="nofollow">moving</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/paltry" rel="nofollow">paltry</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/petty" rel="nofollow">petty</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">piteous,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">pitiable,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/pitiful" rel="nofollow">pitiful</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">plaintive,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/poignant" rel="nofollow">poignant</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/poor" rel="nofollow">poor</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">puny,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/rueful" rel="nofollow">rueful</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/sorry" rel="nofollow">sorry</a><span id="hotword">*, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/tender" rel="nofollow">tender</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/touching" rel="nofollow">touching</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/useless" rel="nofollow">useless</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">woeful,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/worthless" rel="nofollow">worthless</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/wretched" rel="nofollow">wretched</a></blockquote>Looking over the list, I would scratch through<strike> tender, melting, moving</strike>, and <strike>touching,</strike> because those... are <i>not</i> pathetic and don't describe the story, <i>but</i>... the rest seems pretty much <i>on the mark</i>.<br />
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I'm kinda leaning toward <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">wretched</span>... </i></b>as the<b> best </b>description.<strike> </strike><br />
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<i>THEN.</i>.. I saw the word <i><span style="font-size: large;">Crummy</span> </i>on the same page as<i> pathetic</i> <i> </i>... and it's synonyms:<br />
<blockquote><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/cheap" rel="nofollow">cheap</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/contemptible" rel="nofollow">contemptible</a><span id="hotword">, </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/crappy" rel="nofollow">crappy</a><span id="hotword">*, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">grotty,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/inferior" rel="nofollow">inferior</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">miserable,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/pathetic" rel="nofollow"><b>pathetic</b></a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">poor,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/rotten" rel="nofollow">rotten</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">second-rate,</span> </span><a class="theColor" href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/shabby" rel="nofollow">shabby</a><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">sub-par,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">third-rate,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">useless,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">worthless</span> </span></blockquote><br />
Oh <i>wow</i>... it's hard to choose.<br />
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I know what I'll do....I'll <i>use</i> them <i>all.</i> {I say with a evil grin}<br />
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This story is a <b>wretched pathetic</b> attempt to use <b>cheap</b> theatrics in an effort to shock readers. This<i> is a </i><b>contemptible shabby </b>storyline, not only for mega DC Comics publishing, but is <b>miserably inferior</b> to even a <b>third-rate</b> publishing house. The writer, KT Krul's, <b>sub-par</b> attempt at a <b>grotty</b> comic story became laughable. It is <b>deplorable</b> that a <b>heartwretching </b>and <b>heartbreaking</b> story of any hero loosing a loved one became laughable. <br />
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As far as I can tell, Krul made a <b>feeble</b> attempt to match other DC stories which were<b> poignant</b>, such as The Killing Joke and Identity Crisis. DC stories such as those, are <b>moving</b> and have become classic, but this story, JL: Rise and Fall, is a <b>inadequate and paltry </b>attempt to do the same. When in comparison, this <b>rueful sorry </b>story is quite <b>pitiable.</b><br />
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It is <b>lamentable </b>that these <b>worthless</b> theatrics are <b>distressing</b> ...<i>.<span style="font-size: large;">me</span></i>, but I'm not alone. There are others who <b>commiserate</b> with me on the <b>useless</b> way that the character of Roy Harper can be brought down and then.. <i>kicked</i>. Roy Harper was KT Krul's <b>poor </b>cat after a bad day. <br />
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Phew!!! I feel better. Though... I think I missed a few. <br />
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After saying that about this story, I don't mind Krul's writing when he is writing happy team stories ...I just read Teen Titans #92 and it was pretty good.<i> But PLEASE </i>DC... I <b>plaintively</b> request to take pity on us <b>meager </b>readers and keep Krul far away from stories about character's death or how they handle death.<br />
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<b>Reading Order of single issues:</b><br />
Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #1<br />
Justice League: Rise and Fall Special<br />
Green Arrow 31-32<br />
Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #2-4 <br />
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A picture is worth a thousand words...and yes..that's a dead cat he just saved while high on drugs.<br />
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Credits: <b>JUSTICE LEAGUE: RISE AND FALL</b> TPB<br />
Writer of all the storylines: J.T. Krul <br />
<b>Justice League: Rise of Arsenal</b> <br />
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Associate Editor: Sean Ryan<br />
Editor: Brian Cunningham<br />
Pencilled by Geraldo Borges, Kevin Sharpe, Fabio Jansen, Sergio Arino <br />
Inked: Marlo Alquiza/Scott Hanna/Mark McKenna/Mario Alquiza/John Dell<br />
Letterer: Rob Clark Jr.<br />
Color: Hi-Fi<br />
May, Jun , Jul, Aug 2010<br />
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<b>Justice League: Rise and Fall Special</b><br />
Penciled:Diogenes Neves, Mike May hew, Fabrizio Fiorentino<br />
Inks: Mayhew, Vicente Cifventes & Ruy Jose<br />
Colors: Nei Ruffino & Andy Troy<br />
Letters: John J Hill<br />
Editors: Adam Schlagman and Eddie Berganza <br />
May 2010<br />
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<b>Green Arrow 31-32</b><br />
Interior Artist: Federico Dallocchio<br />
Colorist: Michael Atiyeh<br />
Letter: Sal Cipriano<br />
Editor: Adam Schlagman<br />
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May Jun 2010<br />
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Publisher: DC ComicsAllysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-82976470252674337912011-02-12T21:22:00.012-05:002011-02-21T12:51:04.532-05:00SUPERMAN/BATMAN: TORMENT! issues 37 38 39 40 41 42 TPB Review<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>RATING 3.4 out of 5</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dustin Nguyen's art is as <i>great </i>as ever in <i><b>Torment.</b></i> The story is not bad, but...just ah...how can I say this... some people's<i> Torment</i> is other people's <i>pleasure</i>. Superman seems to be in 'torment' while Batman is mostly getting <i>"action".</i> <i> Wink wink nudge nudge.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The writer, Alan Burnett, does hand out a bit of mystery, and the dialogue is decent, so it's a decent story. While the storyline <i>is</i> wrapped up in this trade, it does leave a teaser for the storyline that followed when the original issues came out, called, <i>Death of the New Gods.</i> <i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">WELL.. here is Alan Burnett's version of putting Bruce through <i>Torment</i>: The goddess of <i>Desire</i> from Apokolips, Bekka, has to save Bruce by... stripping him naked and putting him in bed. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">While... Superman has a mental breakdown handed to him by Scarecrow. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hmmm ....something doesn't seem fair in the handing out of <i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Torment</span></i>. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">But Sups does... get to face off with Bruce in a fight.. why wouldn't he want to, wouldn't you.. if you got such a bum deal.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whose behind all this <i>Torment?</i> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you haven't guessed from the covers, I'm not telling ya...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Poor poor Bruce and Bekka...such such torment.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">By the way...Bekka is Orion's <i>wife</i>, so why wasn't Bruce put in the line-up of suspects when Orion was found dead in Final Crisis...(throws hands up) <i>just saying.</i> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have I ever mentioned that <i>not only</i> am I closet comic book reader, but... <span style="font-size: xx-small;">I also... <b>love </b>a good ROMANCE novel. <i>Ashes in the Wind</i> by Kathleen Woodwiss was my <b>first</b>...ROMANCE novel. I got it when I was 13, from a yard sale. To this day, I regard it as the best romance novel... ever. </span> I'm sure you'll keep that <i>close to the chest</i> and not tell<i> anyone</i>. Riiiighht.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Superman / Batman : Torment </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Writer: Alan Burnett</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> Penciller: Dustin Nguyen</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Inker: Derek Fridolfs</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Colorist: Randy Mayor</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Letterer: Rob Leigh</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Ass. Editor: Adam Schlagman</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Editor: Eddie Berganza</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Cover Issue 37 : Nguyen, Fridolfs and Rod Reis/ Claudio Castellini & Noemi Vicens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Cover Issue 38 -42: Nguyen and Fridolfs</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Alternate Cover Issue 38 - Claudio Castellini and Paul Mounts.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Publisher: DC comics</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Issues dates Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2007, Jan 2008</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">TPB date: Feb 2011 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>RATING 3.9 out of 5</b></span><br />
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The story isn't over yet...but the ride getting to the end is well worth the cost. Winnick is doing a wonderful job with this mini. It's a mega long bi-weekly 24 issue mini. This TPB, Justice League: Generation Lost Vol 1, covers the first 12 issues. It is jammed packed with action, adventure, and mystery.<br />
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When I first heard about this storyline, I wasn't <i>gung</i>-ho about it...<i> at all</i>. Don't get me wrong, I like Keith Giffen...but he gets a little <i>wordy</i>, with lots and lots of gab between characters. Most of the time it's really witty, but I have to be in the mood for it, so I was a little put off by him being on the cover. As it turns out, Keith Giffen only gave the outline, or breakdowns, of the first 6 issues, Judd Winick does all the script.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwGvIOFejrzh48FfpI5LhwNICqxi5dmQaeBv1NeUSfPHn1g06AHMRBPktvFm1aHSkUH0sGwoihAnbIU3y8jwHn_lcntHxM5-hSdq2XopZw_JtZ5inLMfNpl_UIrI_L7ovJhhs37T-ELg/s1600/JLGL4+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwGvIOFejrzh48FfpI5LhwNICqxi5dmQaeBv1NeUSfPHn1g06AHMRBPktvFm1aHSkUH0sGwoihAnbIU3y8jwHn_lcntHxM5-hSdq2XopZw_JtZ5inLMfNpl_UIrI_L7ovJhhs37T-ELg/s320/JLGL4+001.jpg" width="202" /></a></div>Winnick has done a awesome job with character dialogue. I love the interaction and relationships that he has written, even though a lot of the relationships were already there and created by Giffen when he wrote the Justice league International series. If you know nothing about the characters, don't worry...their backgrounds are explained to keep you from getting lost.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Minor Spoilers</span>:<br />
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Max Lord <i>died</i> at the hand of Wonder Woman, but was brought back to life by the White Lantern at the end of Blackest Night. In issue 1, Max Lord is able to mind wipe his existence from the world, except Boaster Gold, Ice, Captain Adam, and Fire. Now they are on a search for Max Lord and on a quest to stop him at all costs.<br />
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What has he done? Many.. many horrible deeds,<b> but</b> those are not the <i>biggest</i> reason that they want to stop him. It's what he <i>will</i> do that they fear the most. They must stop him because of the terrible future that he causes to happen.<br />
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While at the same time that they are trying to catch Max, Max seems to be <i>orchestrating</i> their every step, almost as if he is recreating Justice League International, which was a team of hero's that Max was not only part of, but led.<br />
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Max claims that he is only trying to...<i> save </i>the world. <i>Now </i>....why would he lie about that?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Justice League: Generation Lost</b></span>:<br />
Story: Judd Winnick & Keith Giffen<br />
Script Issues 1-12: Judd Winnick<br />
Breakdowns issues 1-6: Keith Giffen<br />
Editors:Rex Ogle, Michael Siglain, Brian Cunningham<br />
Pencils: Aaron Lopresti, Joe Bennett, Frenando Dagnino<br />
Inks: Matt Ryan, Jack Jadson, BIT & Raul Fernandez <br />
Colors: Hi-fi<br />
Letters: Sal Cipriano, Pat Brosseau, SWANDS, Travis lanham<br />
Cover issues 1-5: Tony harris& JD Mettler<br />
Cover issues 6-11: Cliff Chiang<br />
Variant Cover 1-6, 9,11-12: Kevein Maguire & Hi-Fi<br />
Variant Cover 7-8: Ryan Sook, Joel Gomez & fernando Pasarin, Randy Mayor & Carri Starchan<br />
Variant Cover 10: Felipe MassaferaAllysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-6149795599486793262011-02-04T13:11:00.052-05:002011-02-11T15:12:54.293-05:00DC PRESENTS : BATMAN - CONSPIRACY : Legends of the Dark Knight 86 87 88 Detective 821 review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZG9oWC7_NHvuKYAfnrjcLbwOgLpV5X37Xt8nmXwTfMUskxShdVltImTibfwSWJb37saviyRDR14IfAFpLK4qDO03xFE06nfqRE8ecwbjktlkwyfuwCLhvbfy4dr6cQ70m7GFy-NERbig/s1600/LOTDK+conspirecy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZG9oWC7_NHvuKYAfnrjcLbwOgLpV5X37Xt8nmXwTfMUskxShdVltImTibfwSWJb37saviyRDR14IfAFpLK4qDO03xFE06nfqRE8ecwbjktlkwyfuwCLhvbfy4dr6cQ70m7GFy-NERbig/s640/LOTDK+conspirecy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>RATING 4.3 out of 5</b></span><br />
This trade has two complete story-lines and both of them are<i> artistically </i>wonderful, yet have the grungy detective feel to it<i>. </i> You have writers well known for telling great Batman/Bruce detective stories along with one of the best comic book artist going, J. H. Williams III. Williams really knows how to artistically tell a story. The panels and the placing just brings you into the stories and <i>doesn't</i> let you go. If you don't have these issues, I would highly recommend them.<br />
In the reviews listed below, notice the publication dates of the stories. There is a<b> ten </b>year gap between the two stories, which allows you to see how much Williams' style has changed. He's art was fantastic back in 1996, but it's awesome to have these two works of his together just to see how much <i>panache</i> he added to his artistry by 2006.<br />
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The individual story reviews are below:<br />
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published 1996, writer Doug Moench, artist is J.H. Williams III, inker Mick Gray, colorist Dan Brown, letterer Willie Schubert, ass editor Chuck Kim, editor Archie Goodwin. <i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Rating of 4.5 out of 5</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the <b>first</b> Moench story in which I've been <i>wow</i>ed.<b> </b>Most of Moench stories that I've read have been teamed with Kelly Jones as the artist. I like Jones' covers, but I'm not fond of his art for interior stories.<b><i> </i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Moench ...with Williams... was a completely different story<b>. </b>You can see it, hear it, and I'd say you could feel the action.<b> </b>Moench is great with the SFX sounds... of which I take for granted until I don't have them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SPIOLERS </b><span style="color: black;">for</span> <span style="color: black;">Conspiracy</span>. If spoiling not for you, go to the next <span style="color: blue;">review</span> in blue. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">You see... there's this cult...and there's this king of the cult, that sacrifices stray pets, until... now. They've graduated to human sacrifices. Batman/Bruce Wayne traces the cult then finds a biker gang drug connection, then even more connections from LA. Bruce actually does quite a bit of traveling and crime solving outside of Gotham in the story, but the grundy Detective feel of the story is never lost. He finds himself allied with a local reporter, who seems to have an inside scoop on what is happening. Nothing is as it seems... and he is hunting in the dark for a killer, or is it killers with the same agenda. The twist at the end show how evil can use even the best of us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover by Simone Bianchi</td></tr>
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Published 2006 written by Paul Dini, artist J.H. Williams III, colorist John Kalisz, Letterer Jared K. Fletcher, ass editor Michael Siglain, Editor Peter Tomasi,</div><br />
<i><b>Rating 3.9 </b></i> <br />
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It's a great detective story but... I didn't like it as much as the other. Which is funny, because I'm a big fan of the writer, Paul Dini, and not so much of Moench. This detective story seemed a little dry, and it took me awhile to figure out what it was that made me like Moench more. It was the SFX(sound effects). There were only two panels in Dini's story and Moench's is jammed pack full of them on almost every page.<br />
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Otherwise the art is wonderful...it definitely has the flare that the current detective stories with the current Batwoman that Williams is a big part of establishing. There is a lot of red and black backgrounds and panels.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The accidental death of a mugger who is dressed in fine clothes, brings Batman/Bruce Wayne into a search for a new crime organization that prays on the upper-crust by pretending to be part of that same upper-crust. </span></span>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-22274503912699237912011-01-30T15:03:00.002-05:002011-02-04T13:21:30.882-05:00R.E.B.E.L.S.: Son's of Brainiac R.E.B.E.L.S 15 16 17 18 19 20 Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfQpINAiDaRpL7GWxIBpOcMGH4eMgAwQgDoZ_bNLmyU9vwK_VB6M4V9o2e0OIVLv526vwFpN_qMlmwiOPS5YjZNkuIYGltdXcHZU0QuqivyuS8cwTDFwXb1Ra-8mRRR9t4ylOq4PAcfg/s1600/REBELS+15-20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfQpINAiDaRpL7GWxIBpOcMGH4eMgAwQgDoZ_bNLmyU9vwK_VB6M4V9o2e0OIVLv526vwFpN_qMlmwiOPS5YjZNkuIYGltdXcHZU0QuqivyuS8cwTDFwXb1Ra-8mRRR9t4ylOq4PAcfg/s640/REBELS+15-20.png" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">RATING: 3.9 out of 5</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">Tony Bedard throws everything at ya but the kitchen sink in this TPB, including catfights, Green Lanterns, family discord, Thanagarians, alien sex, and Lobo, with a wealth of characters which include the Brianiac family, Starfire, Blackfire, Adam Strange, Captain Comet, Lobo, and many others. Don't worry about being lost with so much going on because Bedard has a talent of giving you the information behind the characters, along with the story that is being told. BUT ...the last panel does leads you into their next adventure and is kinda open ended unless you plan to get the next comic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are two story arc's covered in this Trade Paper Back: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>What Happens in Vega</u>.... which takes place in R.E.B.E.L.S. 15-17</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Starfire feeling she can no longer stay on the same planet as Dick Grayson, goes to the stars for comfort and finds....L.E.G.I.O.N waiting with open arms. <u> </u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Son's of Brainiac</u>....which takes place in R.E.B.E.L.S. 18-20</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Nothing like family discord to keep you entertained especially when it destroys the planet Colu. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: black;"></span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Poor 'wittle Starfire has left earth because she feels ... <i>uncomfortable</i>... being on the same<i> planet</i> as her unrequited love, Dick Grayson. Meh... I'm not that fond of the "Six-foot-four, half-naked supermodel" but I am a fan of Captain Comet who gets to be "friends with benefits" with the half-naked supermodel. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">On a side note ...Vril Dox and LEGION has a bad reputation... so he decides to move Ran, a planet whose whole eco system was destroyed, into the same orbit that Tameran, a planet pulverized into dust, had once occupied. Both sets of refugees from the destroyed planets have a rumble on who gets to claim it, but they decide they have a common enemy..<i><b>.the Green Lanterns.</b></i> </span>Somehow this all works out for the good of Vril Dox, he gets a new curvy crew member and at least this particular solar system loves him...for now. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Then in the next arc...Vril get's to bring in his father, Brainiac, to justice at the feet of his home planet Colu, with as many cameras covering the event as possible, but Oops ...Lyrl Dox, Vril son and Brainiacs grandson, has a bit of scheming of his own that comes into play. Lyrl thinks he can control Brainiac...but learns that Brainiac is not an easy target even when shackled. Brainiac decides that it's time to ...delete...all... his so-called <i>progeny</i>. Vril recruits Lobo's help.</span><b><span style="color: red;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">R.E.B.E.L.S.: Son's of Brainiac</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Writer: Tony Bedard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Penciller: Claude St. Aubin</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Inker: Scott Hanna</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Colorist: Jose villarrubia, Tanya & Richard, Horie</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Letterer: Travis Lanham</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Ass Editor: Sean Ryan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Editor: Brian cunningham</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Publisher: DC comics</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, 2010 </span>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-40952946760529277152011-01-28T20:31:00.001-05:002011-01-28T20:52:27.990-05:00Action Comics #897 Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bjkbzj1Q7y9uWgAAB1QUyM-5QtbowaYnCVws7Ms42BiznZBPrJsdYP4tOyC_hDpyTn5x4uaYW7LVjLIAwWFaJX-tOd-h9cBo2QkFQ8YSfwdoiXDAXozd6NP3FkCKLk4XAcsYBGbO1p0/s1600/Action+Comics+897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bjkbzj1Q7y9uWgAAB1QUyM-5QtbowaYnCVws7Ms42BiznZBPrJsdYP4tOyC_hDpyTn5x4uaYW7LVjLIAwWFaJX-tOd-h9cBo2QkFQ8YSfwdoiXDAXozd6NP3FkCKLk4XAcsYBGbO1p0/s200/Action+Comics+897.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>RATING 3.3 out of 5</b></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What can I say? It was a <i>slow</i> comic week for me, so... I decided to give it another try. This issue was actually <i>entertaining</i>, even if the plot <i>didn't</i> proceed anywhere. {While reading these issues you might need a reminder...<i>the plot was </i>...Luther on the hunt for the black ring energy and deciphering a way to control it.} In this issue, Luther detects black ring energy...in JOKER's cell. What... a... <b>quink-E-dink</b>...that is. <i>No</i> plot devises. Just throw the two heavy hitters together in a cell. Let see who comes out on top. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">SPOILERS</span></b>...who am I kidding...nothing major happened. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">BUT Anyway...I must say...<i>it was FUN. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I personally believe that Joker was at the top of his game and... Luther kept his savvy cool business skills. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you don't care about a plot...and want a good laugh... or...like me... need just one more comic because its a long weekend till next Wednesday...I'd say go ahead and get it. It's worth the price just to see these two characters together. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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Luther and Joker kissing in a tree</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">K-I-S-S-I-N-G</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Instead they kissed a snake..</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">How many Dr's did it take?</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you get it?... not the comic... The Joke...no, not that I messed up the rhyme..I did that on purpose. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>ACTION COMICS # 897</b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Writer: Paul Cornell</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Artist: Pete Woods</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Colorist: Brad anderson</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Letterer: Rob Leigh</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cover: David Finch and Peter Steigerwald</div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ass Editor: Wil Moss and Editor:Matt Idelson</span>Allysons Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747911434408484640noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038445680069154001.post-57051291734305471462011-01-19T09:46:00.010-05:002011-01-28T16:32:44.448-05:00BATMAN Vs. The UNDEAD TPB : BATMAN Confidential 44 45 46 47 48 : Review<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkz2kXS3GlQg__gH4YXV3gS44BVzCa2FZszPzXLnoJ_in7FYAptiqIzQ-e-ivN_bTwtTQAFa-8cJLJfWTJk6zyVR3KUxnat1u3oUp55OyKB4rcOzXCTDDQ5UIDVAk9Ycp63QiSPdMtHU/s1600/bwv+001+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkz2kXS3GlQg__gH4YXV3gS44BVzCa2FZszPzXLnoJ_in7FYAptiqIzQ-e-ivN_bTwtTQAFa-8cJLJfWTJk6zyVR3KUxnat1u3oUp55OyKB4rcOzXCTDDQ5UIDVAk9Ycp63QiSPdMtHU/s320/bwv+001+%25282%2529.jpg" width="228" /></a>This storyline is a sequel to <u>Superman & Batman vrs Vampires & Werewolves</u> TPB (I reviewed S/B vrs V/W and it's listed on the right) and contains a <i>complete</i> storyline within the issues listed. You don't necessarily need <u><i>S/B vrs V/W</i></u> to enjoy it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is a <i>enjoyable</i> spooky story, and I like the continued characters of Dimeter the vampire, and Janko the Werewolf, but be warned, the writer, Kevin VanHook, still has the third person captions that you have to wrap your mind around because we're use to captions being the character's thoughts, but at least this time <i>they</i> (not sure who) gave them a very<i> stylized</i> box to make this stand out. What makes it a little unsatisfying is you don't find out whose voice it is. I would rather for the captions to be pegged to someone, even someone not in the story like by a mysterious figure. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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There are<i> plenty</i> of the <i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">UNDEAD</i> for Batman, Dimeter, and Janko, to battle. This story is as good as the first one....with zombies coming out of everywhere from the newly dead to the extremely aged dead, but I think... because the cast of characters are still fighting a mass of monsters (zombies this time)... that it felt a little 'same ol' same ol'', not as fresh and new as in the <u><i>S/B vrs V/W</i></u>, so I couldn't give it as high a rating as before.<br />
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It's a enjoyable read and I wouldn't mind seeing more of Dimeter and Janko, maybe with some of the rest of the cast of the Bat Family.<br />
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