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Batgirl #18 – Review

Batgirl and Klarion make an amusing pair in this Valentine’s Day issue. It’s another one-shot story rather than the start of a new story arc. While the art is interesting its far from fantastic, the story is an odd mix of fun and corny. The ending is especially corny, but that’s what you’d expect for Valentine’s Day!

Batgirl Stephanie Brown discovers a pimp with his heart literally ripped out on Valentine’s day and in the hands of Klarion the witch boy. Klarion’s cat killed the pimp while in the search for a mate and Batgirl decides to help the feline find love. Just the above summary of this story shows how original it is. It sounds like a strange story conceived during a drug trip, but if so this is a great trip.

Amazing Spider-Man #654 – Review

The Revenge of The Spider-Slayers results in casualties! As Spider-Man has saved John Jameson from an attack by Scorpion and the New Avengers come to help Spidey take down Smythe, that isn’t just affecting our friendly neighborhood web slinger. His boss, Max could jeopardize Peter’s duo identity. However, is Max onto his identity or onto a different truth? Anyway, Peter’s Aunt and J. Jonah Jameson’s wife, Marla (whom is the cousin of Peter) is in danger still! Can Spider-Man spin a web to free himself in this issue? Fret not true believers; Spider-Man is smarter than he appears!

Creator Affinity: Axel Alonso

Axel Alonso started at DC comics and was recently promoted to editor-in-chief at Marvel. He’s been working in the comics industry for 15 years. Before he entered the comic book industry Alonso worked as a magazine editor and journalist.

Axel Alonso is most well known for his work as an editor at DC comics, where he had his first job involving the comic book industry. He started working there in 1994 until the year 2000 when he switched over to Marvel. While at DC Axel edited various titles published in collision with DC and Vertigo including Animal Man, Preacher and Hellblazer. His first two published works for DC (Animal Man #73 and Doom Patrol #80) came out in July of 1994.

Static Shock Gets A New Ongoing Series

It’s been what? Seven years! While Static Shock was one of
the most successful TV Shows of it’s time, it only had four seasons. While
Static Shock’s TV series ended in 2004 books, and eventually comics, were what
got Static into mainstream continuity. Static has served on the Teen Titans in
years past and has had his own ongoing series also. However, that was only ten
years ago. Today Static gets (yet again) another chance at having a series!

Image Comics Presents A Loaded New Series

Looking for a high-octane adrenalin shot of comic violence? Viktor Kalvachev, the creative force behind the graphic novel PHERONE, leads readers through the breakneck landscape of mistaken identities, backstabbing conspirators and maximum firepower with BLUE ESTATE, an all-new 12-issue miniseries debuting in April from Image Comics.

Slacker detective Roy Devine, Jr. narrates this fast-paced tale of tangled relationships and alliances. His tale begins with a pair of tabloid darlings: former “it girl,” Rachel, and her leading man, the action film star Bruce Maddox. Bruce has been involved in some shady dealings on the side, and it doesn’t take long for a handful of merciless big shots and careless bit players of both the Italian and Russian mafia to enter the scene!

Bomb Queen Vol 6 #4 – Review

Bomb Queen #4 is the last issue of a four part arc that was
released by Image Comics and their Shadowline productions. The book closes out
Bomb Queen’s plot to raise havoc to the world. 
Let me start off with this warning: Bomb Queen is not for the faint of
heart or for kids; this book is straight up an adult book and readers should be
cautious when picking this up.

The issue’s art and story are done by Jimmie Robinson who is
also known as the creator of Bomb Queen and for his work on Evil & Malice. The
books takes place in D.C. were President Obama is gathered by his regular
advisors along with a team called Capewatch. Capewatch specializes in gathering
intelligence on the “super” community.  Obama
is faced with a very tough situation: apparently information had leaked that
Obama was involved in a sex scandal with Bomb Queen and that because of their
affair, Bomb Queen was pregnant with his child.   In reality, Bomb Queen got pregnant by an in vitro fertilization process using supposedly
Obama’s sperm. 

Captain Action – Winter Special Review

Moonstone Books Winter Special is a showcase of characters from the company that are represented in their own short stories within the issue. Captain Action and the A.C.T.I.O.N. agency are the uniting theme of the book for the most part and as such Captain Action leads off the issues with his tale.

This first story was very interesting to me considering I have never read anything with Captain Action and really had no idea what to expect. After all here’s a man in tight leather and a funky hat, who knew he’d turn out more savvy than James Bond. The story begins with Captn’ Action hanging off a ledge after being doubled crossed by a French Spy. He then backs up the story to explain that he was teamed with the beautiful blonde to obtain an orb for the occult before the Russians could. When they two weren’t working on the missing they were working on each other which make for plenty of great one-liners and puns later in the story.