The first part of Marvel Comics’ Ends of the Earth story arc brings this lapsed Spider-Man fan back to Amazing Spider-Man. Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli present a strong set up for this conflict between Spider-Man and the Sinister Six, and some nagging issues with Slott’s habit of taking ideas too close to ridiculous extremes don’t spoil the issue.
The Amazing Adventures of Cat Prentis is a serialized graphic novel that can easily be summed up remarkably well with two television allusions: it’s Daria meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This unlikely duo works seamlessly well and creates an interesting tale that does take a few pages to get into, and even more pages to adjust to the artwork.
Cat Prentis didn’t appreciate her father and her mentor changing her classes because of her isolated nature, nor having to spend them with an old friend or an annoying enemy. Nor the demons she had to spend her summer exorcising.
I finally got my hands on the Adventure Time comic I have been dreaming about. What do I think of it? It’s funny. What else do you need to know?
Star Trek, The new, ongoing IDW series takes J.J. Abrams 2009 rebooted Enterprise crew and revisits the Classic Star Trek episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before” which originally aired on NBC television on September 8, 1966. Since the entire crew was together from the beginning according to Abrams’, there are noticeable changes in the details of this early mission.
What a difference five years makes. Or in the Justice League’s case, doesn’t make. With its origin story complete, this issue of the series jumps forward to the present day, but you would be hard pressed to actually tell that much time has passed. There is some good stuff here. It’s just that, as the Justice League’s big present day debut, this is a seriously underwhelming issue.
DC’s New 52 is a strange mix in a way that doesn’t really mesh well. There are some areas like Green Lantern’s and Batman’s where it comes off like every bit of the history remains while being somehow condensed into a five year timeline. Meanwhile, there are other areas that feel like they have no history at all, much less five years worth. Justice League falls into this latter category.
I am a newbie to Legion of Superheroes, and this is the first Legion of Superheroes comic book I have ever read. So, for the people who picked up this series on whim or picked up the issue for new creative team you may be in the same boat as me. The reason I picked this issue up was because Tom Defalco is the new writer for this series. He is my favorite writer and he wrote my favorite comic book series Spider-girl.
The cover for the issue did not really get me excited to read this issue. I guess because I do not know much about these characters. But maybe for fans who have read this since issue 1 may have enjoyed this cover a little bit more. I thought the art was pretty good, but for the characters in the background I thought it was a little sketchy.
One of the reasons I picked up this series was to see if this was going to be a series just to try to make money because of the movie or if it was actually going to be a good Avengers series. I was also excited to see the Avengers movie so I wanted to get to see how this rooster would work in the 616 universe. (Regular Marvel Universe)
The main reason I picked up this issue was because of the cover. So, I thought the cover did a great job on making us want to pick up this issue, which I think all comic book covers should do. The cover was great for new readers because they would recognize the rooster for the movie and want to pick up the issue.
February’s The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold 16 was not only the final issue of the series, but the final issue of a two decade run, with The Batman defining DC animation and all-ages comics. With the start of this new Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Hal Jordan is picking up the baton from The Batman and leading the charge into the future.
It would not have been possible without Paul Dini and Bruce W. Timm. It all started with the companion comic book to Batman: The Animated Series. How well does The Batman Adventures hold up over time? Let’s look back at The Batman Adventures 1, October, 1992.
It’s hard to tell how impactful this issue will be when the direction of the series is still unknown. This, combined with the several moments that appear pointless and the little characterization and conformity among the characters, make the issue a disappointment despite the fact that this could be the starting point leading to the deaths of several members of the JLI.
After an explosion during the UN’s unveiling of it’s team, Justice League International is devastated by the loss of one of it’s members, two allies and lies in wait to see if several of their members in critical condition will survive – or at least walk. While dealing with the aftermath, Booster tries to save the innocent, quell his team’s status and avoid getting killed by Lightweaver.
Trouble Point #0 is divided into four chapters, and the first chapter is so morally apprehensible and unintentionally offensive that it makes me adamant about not picking this book up. If the idea of seeing a stillborn baby with a placenta noose around it’s neck does not disgust you, nor it’s resuscitation process, then maybe you could get through the rest of the chapters which range from passable to poor.
This comic covers multiple time periods, making the narrative feel all over the place. As a 0 issue, it does successfully begin each story and introduce each characters (with little characterization). But there are so many stories going on it would have been easier to just make four separate comics featuring each of them. The way they are separated also makes it impossible to see their connection to each other. Each is given a chapter name and a sub name, both of which are useless and most of which don’t make much sense in the context of their respective stories (with the exception of “The Unstoppable Force”).
