Quick Comic Reviews - November 10th, 2011

Well, DC has a lot of issues out there this week.  Only one has really stood out sadly.  But there’s still hope later in the week.  We’ll see what else is coming down the pipe as I hope to get one more set of reviews out.  Please leave comments and I’m always open for suggestions.  If there’s something particular you want me to review, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.  Hope you enjoy!

Green Lantern #3 – Written by Geoff Johns, Penciled by Doug Mahnke with Inks by Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, & Tom Nguyen.  Let me get the bad out of the way.  Doug Mahnke’s facials for Sinestro and Hal Jordan.  REALLY dislike the way he draws face and lips and the fact that Jordan’s mask always looks shiny when he draws it.  If you haven’t figured out that I’m not a huge fan of those things by now… anyway, let’s move past that.  His storytelling skills are pretty good, so I can’t argue there.  Now, this issue focuses on Sinestro and Hal teaming up to try and take out the Sinestro Corps.  Sinestro has decided that he needs to because the Corps enslaved his home world in his absence.  Jordan has to deal with the fact that Sinestro created his ring and can take it away.  The banter back-and-forth between Hal and Sinestro is great in this issue.  It really is hilarious to watch these two bicker and some of the jabs that Sinestro takes are great.  This story is becoming very entertaining and this issue was the best one yet.  Now, I’ve always been a big Green Lantern fan, so this one hits pretty high marks for me.  If I liked Mahnke more I might give it a 10, but I won’t.  However, anyone who’s a Green Lantern fan should love this issue.  This is some of Johns’ better work!
Rating - 9/10

Legion Lost #3 – Written by Fabien Nicieza and Art by Pete Woods.  The Lost Legion members are trying to find a cure for a Hypertaxis Plague (something that apparently is giving humans alien dna) and this Alastor dude that they can’t catch.  Basically, so far, so little for the team.  However, when a new potential Hypertaxis infected shows up and causes problems at a nearby mall, it’s Timber Wolf to the rescue.  I’m still a tad confused about what all is going on here, but Fabian always does a good job of working a recap in.  However, a lot of times, when you give things these fancy names that we can’t relate it, it’s hard to remember what the hell they’re talking about.  I do like the dynamic of them having to figure out how to get a foothold in a world of the past.  I thought the pace was pretty decent and there was a great surprise at the end.  Pete Woods does a decent enough job with his art, but nothing too impressive, but a solid job.  A decent enough issue and it is becoming more interesting.  I just wish it wasn’t so confusing to me at times.  Maybe some things are just too over my head.
Rating - 7/10

Resurrection Man #3 – Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning with Art by Fernando Dagnino.  Back we are for our hero being killed again.  Of course, he resurrects as usual.  Except he’s temporarily held in a sort of Limbo where a demon tries to collect his soul.  The Body Doubles then continue trying to apprehend him and we’re no further along by the end of this issue than we were before.  Frankly, it’s starting to piss me off.  I had high expectations for this as the original series was so good.  This, however, is just making a mockery of it.  There’s nothing really interesting going on in this issue.  Instead we get cheap TnA from the Body Doubles and that’s pretty much the issue as a whole.  Dagnino’s artwork is sloppy and confusing at times.  Especially the last page, is that guy just floating there?  There was a scene where the Body Doubles were facing this old dude and then all the sudden she has a gun behind the guy’s head.  A lot of bad storytelling going on here.  And the senior citizens SHOULD be running for their lives, instead their just gawking around.  Ok, maybe not running, but hobbling out of the way at least.  Nope.  What a waste of time this issue was. 
Rating - 2/10

Grifter #3 – Written by Nathan Edmondson, Penciled by CAFU and Inked by Jason Gorder.  Grifter’s brother joins the fray and attempts to bring him in for justice.  However, more aliens show up and botch things up bad.  Yay?  So far, nothing that I really enjoy about this series.  I thought this issue might be better, but I was wrong.  I’m not sure if it’s the writing or if the artwork brings it down.  Why do people like this CAFU guy?  I find his scenes so stiff and confusing.  His pencils have no energy to them, no flow.  Overrated is the word that immediately comes to mind.  Of course, maybe he’s just bored with the monotonous and tedious script he gets.  I’m trying to figure out why I should care about these aliens and why they are even here.  Apparently they only want Cole Cash.  In which case, they can have him.  Next month it looks like a guest appearance from Green Arrow.  Might as well suck the life out of that title too while we’re at it.  Can we abort this mission to bring Wildstorm titles into the fold, because, nobody cares.  At least Voodoo has some interesting moment.  This?  None.  Good day!
Rating - 1/10

Batwoman #3 – Written by W. Haden Blackman & J.H.Williams III and Art by J.H. Williams III.  Batwoman (Kate Kane) has an encounter with the Weeping Woman, which I’m not sure I get, but whatever.  Kate proceeds to be bitchy the rest of the issue while Black Mask attempts to figure out who she is.  And the best part, Kate stands up her date, gives no explanation, starts crying and BAM!  They’re kissing!  Because, in case you didn’t know, she’s a lesbian.  That’s how it goes, that’s how it goes.  I have no idea what this series is really going for and I’m not very interested in it.  And I’m sorry, no woman could be as pure white as Kate Kane.  Her costume is excellent, but that’s pretty much it.  They seemed more focused on the “she’s a lesbian and therefore deep” part than actually making it deep.  Amazing artwork though.  Just beautiful to look at.  Sadly, there isn’t really anything interesting about it, but I have to give it props for the art.  That’s all you’re getting out of me.  I’m trying to enjoy this, but it just hasn’t hooked me.
Rating -   3/10

Batgirl #3 – Written by Gail Simone, Penciled by Ardian Syaf and Inked by Vicente Cifuentes.  Batgirl is sent on a chase by Mirror to attempt to save some lives on a train he has set to detonate.  However, he doesn’t really even want to give Batgirl a chance but for some reason decides to be sporting.  Can’t really understand that, but oh well.  The motivation of the character is that miracles spoil the balance of life and death and that some people are unfairly left alive instead of being dead.  Well, there’s a bit more to it than that, but I like the concept of the villain.  The problem I had with this issue is that we’re dealing with Mirror and then suddenly we’re dealing with Batgirl’s relationship with Nightwing.  Not that I’m against it, it just seemed to be strangely placed.  I couldn’t figure out why they threw it in there except to give us a bit more background on how this was “different” from the pre-52 Batman.  Unfortunately, placing it where they did threw the pacing of the story off.  You’re hoping that Batgirl gets involved in maybe another scenario and instead you get to know about her and Dick Grayson’s relationship.  I could go into why I think Barbara Gordon should still be Oracle and why Stephanie Brown should have just stayed Batgirl.  However, we don’t have the luxury.  Barbara’s character is interesting enough, but I don’t buy that she could beat Nightwing in a fight.  Just things like that bugged me.  I really like Syaf’s art and definitely thought this was another great issue on his part.  Overall, the story just felt a little too blah.  I liked the art a lot, but the story just didn’t shine through.
Rating - 5/10

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Quick Comic Reviews - November 10th, 2011

Quick Comic Reviews–September 10th, 2011 New DC 52 Part 2

Well, the first round of reviews was interesting and a bit of a mixed bag.  Let’s delve in the rest of this week’s New 52 from DC!  Don’t forget to vote for your favorite!

Justice League International #1 – Written by Dan Jurgens, Penciled by Aaron Lopresti and Inked by Matt Ryan.  There are people disappearing, there’s a line-up of super heroes being selected, Batman lurks, people are mad about the Justice League moving in the Hall of Justice.  There you have the issue in a nutshell.  Now keep in mind, it isn’t a bad nutshell, but just a nutshell.  The things I liked was Guy Gardner’s flat out refusal to join and Booster being back to his roots as a guy nobody else is willing to put much trust into.  Booster is forced into the lead role, Rocket Red is fun, and Godiva really seems to dig Booster.  Its hard to do much character development in this one, but I have a feeling we’ll see some as we go.  I really thought the art was very solid and fit in well with the team presented.  I wanted to like this issue a lot more as I was a big fan of JLI and Justice League Europe back in the day.  Dan just doesn’t have quite the biting wit of Giffen and company.  But this is a pretty good first issue, chock full of superheroes and issues that need to be resolved, so worth picking up, but don’t expect anything sensational.

 

Static Shock #1 – Written by Scott McDaniel and John Rozum, Penciled by Scott McDaniel and Inked by Jonathan Glapion and Le Beau Underwood.  This one was a bit confusing.  I felt that most of this was a bit hard to say what exactly was happening.  I agree that they need to have a Dakota-verse character still and this was the best character of the bunch.  However, the story just didn’t grab me and I was never really sure what was going on.  It just didn’t have a great flow to it.  Some guy puts on a suit he shouldn’t in STAR Labs and flies around and Static chases him, the guy ends up getting killed by mysterious bad guys who sniper him from miles away somehow.  We get a whole lot of Static flying around, a very brief look at his home life, and then more flying about.  While some of his background is revealed, it is still a tad confusing how he’s hooked up with Hardware in the first place.  I really liked the artwork and the vibrant colors in this issue.  However, if you’re going to target this character to a younger audience, you really need to make it a bit more accessible to kids.  They rated it for Teen for some unknown reason.  Nothing to see here folks.  Move along!  Move along.

 

Animal Man #1 – Written by Jeff Lemire, Penciled by Travel Foreman and Inked by Travel Foreman and Dan Green.  This comic has that old Vertigo feel where things are a bit “off” and the art is a bit more sketchy and a bit darker.  I do like the old goggles and orange A.  Why they had to change it to white, I have no idea, but I would prefer the orange.  Then again, I’m weird.  Speaking of things that are strange, welcome to Animal Man.  And what a fantastic voyage it is.  It opened with an “interview” of Buddy (Animal Man) Baker from a “magazine” which was about the only thing that annoyed me.  It read like a really boring and bland interview that celebrities give ALL the time.  It really just annoyed the crap out of me.  Other than that, the issue then gets off to an interesting start as Buddy has been spending much time doing things heroes should.  When he finally gets off his loafing butt and intervenes, he finds there’s much more about himself than meets the eye when he ends up bleeding from said eyes.  We soon learn about the Red.  I guess we have the Green for plants and the Red for animals and it is hinted that these two things will eventually give Swamp Thing and Animal Man a common bond.  I’m all for that!  The color here is very muted and the artwork isn’t for everyone.  I’m not a fan of artwork like what Travel Foreman does usually, but given the tone of the issue and overall feel, it works.  This is a really good issue that you should pick up if you like more adult themes in comics!

 

Swamp Thing #1 – Written by Scott Snyder and Art by Yanick Paquette.  Swamp Thing returns in grand glory.  Ignore the fact that the return of the Swamp Thing from Brightest Day ever happened, because technically it didn’t anyway.  We see mass outbreaks of birds and animals dropping dead (ah, true to life!) in groups.  We then meet Alec Holland as it were and Superman drops in on him for help.  There’s some other mysterious stuff going on and the Green is apparently not very pleased with Alec trying to live his life.  We get explained some of Alec, but there’s still a bit of mystery as to whether he’s even Swamp Thing or if he can control Swamp Thing or what.  I’m pretty interested in finding out though!  Scott Snyder puts a lot of thought into this character and makes a very interesting first issue.  Yanick Paquette’s artwork is fantastic and creates atmosphere in it.  So altogether we have a tremendous debut of a character that has had his fair share of changes.  If future issues are anything like this one, it will be one hell of a series.  Pick this one up!

 

Men of War #1 – Written by Ivan Brandon and Art by Tom Derenick.  Has anyone been hankering for some new adventures of Sgt. Rock?  Ok, well here’s how he became a Sergeant in the first place!  Modernized for today’s type of wars, this one just didn’t hit home for me.  I didn’t really feel like he was the Sgt. Rock kind of character in the first place, so that didn’t help him.  There’s too much yelling back and forth early on and it came off super lame. There are some scenes where you just can’t tell what exactly is going on either and I think I blame that on the art not making it clear who is who in the scenes.  Not that we had much time to set up any characters, but still it didn’t seem very clear.  Then we have super heroes fighting?  Ok, could we just leave the super heroes out of the war series?  Please!  Ugh!  The art was ok, but there were just times were I couldn’t tell what was going on clearly.  The second story is Written by Jonathan Vankin and Art by Phil Winslade.  This story gives me a bit of feeling like I used to get from The ‘Nam back in the day.  The characters grow a bit as the story develops and we get a good surprise at the end.  This homage to our modern day heroes overseas hits a bit more spot-on and saves this issue from being a waste.  I liked the story laid out about the Navy Seals and I hope there’s plenty more of them in the future.  Overall, an average issue that should have been better, but reinventing Sgt. Rock just didn’t work for me and made this one somewhat forgettable.

 

Batgirl #1 – Written by Gail Simone, Penciled by Ardian Syaf and Inked by Vicente Cifuentes.  We get introduced to Barbara Gordon and for some reason, the happenings in “the Killing Joke” actually happened, but she was only paralyzed for a few years.  So we have continuity that isn’t continuity?  Anyway, she is actually a pretty interesting character and I really like how her costume was done.  She isn’t infallible and she has to move forward past some things.  So in the first issue we see some growth of character.  We also get a decent amount of action and a mysterious villain that I thought was well done.  There was a lot to like in this issue and is definitely a solid #1 and it looks like this could be a great series.  Excellent art, great writer, it just works, worth picking up!

 

Batwing #1 – Written by Judd Winick and Art by Ben Oliver.  This is one of those titles that I didn’t have any expectations for.  It looked like it might even be rather awful.  I stand corrected.  First off, the artwork in this book is magnificent and the coloring by Brian Reber is fantastic as well.  It all came together into a perfect conglomeration.  The story told here is about Batwing and mainly his background working with the local law enforcement and his juggling the two things.  But there’s a lot more than that going on.  There’s an interesting mystery mixed in with everything.  Keep in mind, this issue is a tad gruesome in spots, so it isn’t for kids.  For the rest of you, this is a grand introduction to a character I really had no interest in at first and is a title worth checking out!

 

Green Arrow #1 -  Written by J.T. Krul, Penciled by Dan Jurgens and Inked by George Perez.  First off, let me admit one thing.  I’m a huge fan of Dan Jurgens’ art.  He does a simply fantastic job with this issue and does a great job of storytelling with his pencils.  But teaming him with George Perez to ink those beautiful pencils produces and even better result.  I was really liking the art in this one.  The Arrow himself feels a tad more like Batman than Green Arrow.  Maybe even a tad Tony Stark-ish.  But what really made me annoyed was the “Oracle”-like team he had running things.  I didn’t feel they really added much to the story and detracted from what could have been a stronger character.  But in this issue, Green Arrow fights a bunch of bad guys who do bad things, yadda yadda.  His own company complains about him ad nauseam.  You get the picture.  A decent enough issue, but not much of a hook.  Despite the great artwork, my overall feel from this issue was that it was simply ok, nothing great, just kind of average and that’s not what you want to do in your number 1 issues.

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Quick Comic Reviews–September 10th, 2011 New DC 52 Part 2

Quick Comic Book Reviews–August 19th, 2010

Huge set of reviews here folks!  I’ve got plenty more stuff I’m reading, but boy, having a third kid under the age of 4 really takes away most of your time.  I’m struggling to read all this stuff, let alone write about it.  Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Batman #703 – Written by Fabian Nicieza and Artwork by Cliff Richards.  A Fabian Nicieza issue of Batman! Boy, does that have me stoked, but Fabian has always been one of my favorite writers.  He doesn’t do anything that takes your breath away, but just tells good, solid, interesting stories.  This is the story of Batman losing track of a new Getaway Genius and trying to track this one down.  Of course, Batman doesn’t know it isn’t the original (or does he?) and trying to figure out how to do so.  Well, it also appears that Vicki Vale is getting inside info on where the Genius will strike next.  So Dick Grayson confronts her about the Batman insinuations she has been making recently, trying to expose who Batman and Robin really are.  So there’s some build-up for another big plot down the road.  This is one of those self-contained issues where you read the whole story and you’re pretty much done.  But it’s a really fun story and these are the kind of stories I really enjoy as well.  The artwork doesn’t do much for me.  The facials are pretty good, but Cliff Richards’ style just leaves me cold.  But the story made up for it and the art wasn’t terrible, just not my cup of tea.  This is worth picking up if you’re looking for a comic that you can pick-up and read just to test it out this month.

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #2 of 4 – Written by Allan Heinberg and Penciled by Jim Cheung.  The supposed spiritual heirs of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are a part of the Young Avengers.  Wiccan and Speed.  They are on a quest to try and find the Scarlet Witch to help Wiccan maintain control of his powers.  However, Magneto also has the same idea.  In this issue, we have a run-in with the New Avengers who believe Magneto is up to no good.  Throw in a guest appearance of Quicksilver and this issue is really pretty interesting.  I managed to completely miss the first issue and I’m kind of sorry I did.  I really like Jim Cheung’s artwork and the big Avengers fight scene is great.  So the art really adds to this issue.  I think, overall, this is an outstanding issue with a purpose.  I’m actually very interested to see what happens next.  This could be a great mini-series!  Check it out!

The Amazing Spider-Man #641 – Written by Joe Quesada and art by Paolo Rivera and also Joe Quesada, Danny Miki, and Richard Isanove.  So we reach the final installment of “One Moment In Time” storyline.  We see what finally happened to drive the relationship apart in this alternate reality.  Well, let me just say this.  This is the most piss poor excuse for a Spider-Man story ever.  Joe hinted that it was a story to bring Mary Jane and Peter back together, but instead, it’s to drive the final wedge into their relationship so that it’s finally over and he can probably get rid of MJ.  The only good thing from this run is that Paolo Rivera is a pretty decent artist.  Quesada’s artwork has been terrible and he’s really just become a hack.  I’m so glad he’s done with the series now so that we can get back to some real stories.  I was excited about this story at first, but man, he took it in a different direction than anyone expected and gave us a very forgettable story.  It wasn’t interesting at all.  The drama was pretty non-existent.  I guess when you’re the Editor in Chief you can push crap out the door and people will tell you it is good.  Hear that Didio and your terrible Outsiders issues?  But anyway, don’t pick this up, don’t waste your time, Quesada shows that he doesn’t connect with the Spider-Man audience.

Batman and Robin #14 – Written by Grant Morrison and Artwork by Frazier Irving.  This is part two of “Batman and Robin Must Die!” and as bizarre and macabre as it is, a wild and fascinating romp.  Robin attempts to take out the Joker, but alas, it was a set-up by the Joker the whole time.  Commissioner Gordon is kidnapped by Pyg’s piglike perps of putridness.  I don’t want to give too much away, but darn is it a wild one folks.  The story flows very fast and reaches a heart pounding pace as the good guys try to outwit the bad guys who are all but stepping on each other.  The artwork in this issue grew on me a bit.  Once again, not a style I liked, but it does portray the rather nightmarish images in a realistic sort of way.  At times, it’s like an insane hallucination frame-by-frame.  As much as I didn’t like it last issue, to me, with Grant Morrison’s crazy writing style, yeah, the art fits.  I’m not crazy about it, but it has a noir feel which I think is really some of the stylization that we’re going for here.  Overall, this issue a roaring romp of a good time, so pick it up!

Secret Six #25 – Written by Gail Simone and Art by J. Calafiore.  So we throw out the storyline from the last issue because apparently it was just a weird thing they decided to do.  So we have our two Secret Six teams out there on their own missions and their paths are about to cross.  Bane and Jeanette are leading up a team that now includes King Shark, Giganta, Lady Vic and Dwarfstar.  Catman’s team consists of Scandal Savage, Ragdoll, Deadshot and Black Alice.  What’s this?  You didn’t know there were two teams either?  Well join the club, because apparently they don’t like each other.  I guess there was something that went on awhile back that happened but it didn’t, but now it did, or… ok… this issue has some great moments, but it is a giant WTF moment.  I have no idea what missions these teams are on, why they’re on them or anything.  I’m completely lost for a second issue in a row.  At least the previous issue some things made sense if we’re just playing pretend in that one.  This however… just ugh!  I love Calafiore’s artwork and he has some key facial expressions that he hits dead on in here.  It is as twisted as always, but also a chaotic mess that leaves you tapping out waiting for some sort of logical explanation.  Poor storytelling and mass confusion makes this a must miss.

Shadowland #3 – Written by Andy Diggle and Pencils by Billy Tan.  The third issue of the soon to be epic.  We get a better glimpse at what Daredevil is truly becoming in this issue as we see things spiraling out of control.  The heroes are turned back and have to make decisions on what to do.  The Punisher returns in his normal form again and Ghost Rider is fully back in business.  The return of the Punisher to his normal form isn’t even recognized or mentioned by the other heroes.  Not even a “I thought you were dead!”  Nope, just, “hey Pun, how you doing.  Shoot anyone lately?”  Tarantula shows deepening concern for affairs here.  Moon Knight is taking on a more active role.  There’s some good spots, but I just don’t get the Punisher part.  Maybe they’ll retcon his death.  This IS Marvel after all and they can do that.  The artwork is pretty decent and is really matching moodiness, but it was a tad brighter overall this issue.  Another really solid issue with one huge gap in logic, but still a good series to read as Matt Murdock’s decent into madness continues.

Batgirl #14 – Written by Bryan Q. Miller and Penciled by Lee Garbett.  In this issue, Supergirl drops in for a guest appearance and wants to hang with our Batgirl, Stephanie Brown, for a day of fun.  What starts as a day of fun quickly goes awry due to a messed up science experiment (do science experiments ever go right in comics?) and we have carnage on our hands.  The experiment manages to create 24 vampires that the girls have to kill.  It’s a crazy and fun romp with some witty zingers and just hilarious dialogue.  Whoever Bryan Q. Miller is, he does some darned good work.  Yeah, the story itself is kind of weak, but it’s made up for by the characters cutting loose and having fun.  It doesn’t take itself seriously, so that helps.  I’ve liked this Batgirl the best so far, plus her costume is probably the best designed one I’ve seen.  Overall, she’s been a great character and her series has been pretty decent.  The artwork by Garbett is great.  He even captures great eye-rolling moments, and captures a great image of a vampire riding a Segue scooter that made me about die laughing.  Awesome job, pick up this campy but fun issue of Batgirl and have some great laughs.

Teen Titans #86 – Written by Felicia D. Henderson and Penciled by Jose Luis.  Well, we continue from last issue and the Wyld creature or whatever it is.  It possesses Miss Martian and is attempting to kill off Raven.  So we see the whole Titans team trying to take care of business and rescue her.  I’m not exactly sure what all is going on in this issue, but it has some moments.  Garth’s overzealousness to rescue Raven shines through as we know about his feelings for her.  Wonder Girl and Superboy continue their romance (yawn already) and the only character that I really like, Kid Flash has like one line I think.  But anyway, this story does show that this comic can and may be turning around.  We then have the Coven of Three back-up feature.  Written by Rex Ogle and Art by Ted Naifeh.  I’m not big on this whole Coven of Three, but I was a tad surprised with this one.  Enchantress isn’t quite like I remember her either, but that’s ok.  So our heroes (?) are trying to find their three avatars to supposedly fend off impending doom.  So the search begins to find them, but just when everything looks good, things go awry.  But it has an interesting surprise at the end that got a chuckle out of me.  A mostly “meh” issue, but nothing deplorable, just slightly below average, certainly not worth rushing out to get.

Daredevil #510 – Written by Andy Diggle and Anthony Johnston and Art by Marco Checchetto.  Foggy Nelson and Dakota North try to play it safe and fail miserably.  Meanwhile the city is going crazy and insane things are happening.  Tarantula falls even further from grace and questions the unhinged and possessed Murdock.  The artwork here is fantastic and really captures the essence of everything going on.  It’s kept dark enough, but it isn’t quite the sketchy art in the last few issues and that’s ok, because this works.  I love this story as Daredevil is one bad brother who is hell-bent on his style of justice and nothing else will do.  However, I just feel like we all know how this one ends.  He’ll be exorcised and then run off for a year or something because he feels bad for all that he’s done, yadda yadda.  But they could surprise me and Diggle would be just the kind of guy who would throw you a curveball and set you down swinging.  But this issue is excellent.  One of the best issues yet!  If you haven’t been reading the Shadowland stuff, this is the issue to buy and buy now!

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Quick Comic Book Reviews–August 19th, 2010