Comic Reviews - October 26, 2005
This week’s trip to the comic store proved to be one that held a first – The first time I didn’t get to grab a book because it was sold out. In my small comic town of Nanaimo, in which we only have one comic book merchant, there are never any “sell outs”. It’s unheard of. Even the sales guy gave me that, “I’m sorry, I have no idea what happened” sort of reaction.
The book in question, Justice Society of America: Classified #4 holds part 4 of the 4 part arc dealing with the origin of Power Girl, or, as my girlfriend likes to say “the sexual frustration super heroine”, considering she has huge breasts. I don’t care about how she looks, she’s related to the Superman comic books so that makes me interested.
Nothing much else of note this week. I only got to pick up three titles.
As for the rating system, I’m going to steal a page out of Thomas McKenzie’s book (he’s the music editor at Cut & Print Magazine) and give marks like a CUT & PRINT YEAH, or CUT & PRINT HELL NO.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #645 - With a plot by Greg Rucka, The Adventures of Superman looks to be getting back on solid ground once more. Other than the Sacrifice plot line from a couple of months back, all three series have sort of been twisting in the wind, awaiting a direction. Adventure of Superman is a direct tie-in to Infinite Crisis and seems to come a week too late as the ending corresponds with the beginning of the Crisis event.
The art takes a step forward in this issue. I’ve been unimpressed of late with the drawing of Superman but Karl Kershl & Renato Guedes take a leap forward. Their drawing Superman better now, even though their were a couple ugly pages.
Definitely a CUT & PRINT FOR SUPERMAN FANS ONLY.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #121 – After a stellar five part series that ran from 115 – 119, in which the Justice League broke apart in glorious fashion, it seems like they’re already back together again, minus Superman and Wonder Woman. Batman seems to be sticking around, but only to keep tabs on the league that mind wiped him. For some reason, I just don’t care.
I’m a huge fan of the Martian Manhunter, who disappeared after getting blow to kingdom come in #119, but even his whereabouts don’t really interest me. It’s not an interesting book right now, but hopefully things are going to pick up soon.
Aquaman, having nothing better to do, is now leading a sort of “covert” Justice League who’s apparent mission statement is to piss off Batman. For being so bold I give this a CUT & PRINT IT’S OKAY.
WONDER WOMAN #222 – Wonder Woman is not a title I usually collect. The only reason I started buying it was because it crossed over with the Sacrifice storyline from the Superman titles. And then Wonder Woman killed Max Lord and things got interesting. They quickly, though, got uninteresting as Wonder Woman #222 might be the last Wonder Woman comic I pick up for awhile.
That’s what I was thinking, until I arrived at the last 5 pages. Which included Wonder Woman killing another villain and a whole boatload of OMAC’s heading to Amazon island. They’ve got me for another issue. Wonder Woman #222 was the best comic I bought this week so it gets a CUT & PRINT YEAH!
The book in question, Justice Society of America: Classified #4 holds part 4 of the 4 part arc dealing with the origin of Power Girl, or, as my girlfriend likes to say “the sexual frustration super heroine”, considering she has huge breasts. I don’t care about how she looks, she’s related to the Superman comic books so that makes me interested.
Nothing much else of note this week. I only got to pick up three titles.
As for the rating system, I’m going to steal a page out of Thomas McKenzie’s book (he’s the music editor at Cut & Print Magazine) and give marks like a CUT & PRINT YEAH, or CUT & PRINT HELL NO.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #645 - With a plot by Greg Rucka, The Adventures of Superman looks to be getting back on solid ground once more. Other than the Sacrifice plot line from a couple of months back, all three series have sort of been twisting in the wind, awaiting a direction. Adventure of Superman is a direct tie-in to Infinite Crisis and seems to come a week too late as the ending corresponds with the beginning of the Crisis event.
The art takes a step forward in this issue. I’ve been unimpressed of late with the drawing of Superman but Karl Kershl & Renato Guedes take a leap forward. Their drawing Superman better now, even though their were a couple ugly pages.
Definitely a CUT & PRINT FOR SUPERMAN FANS ONLY.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #121 – After a stellar five part series that ran from 115 – 119, in which the Justice League broke apart in glorious fashion, it seems like they’re already back together again, minus Superman and Wonder Woman. Batman seems to be sticking around, but only to keep tabs on the league that mind wiped him. For some reason, I just don’t care.
I’m a huge fan of the Martian Manhunter, who disappeared after getting blow to kingdom come in #119, but even his whereabouts don’t really interest me. It’s not an interesting book right now, but hopefully things are going to pick up soon.
Aquaman, having nothing better to do, is now leading a sort of “covert” Justice League who’s apparent mission statement is to piss off Batman. For being so bold I give this a CUT & PRINT IT’S OKAY.
WONDER WOMAN #222 – Wonder Woman is not a title I usually collect. The only reason I started buying it was because it crossed over with the Sacrifice storyline from the Superman titles. And then Wonder Woman killed Max Lord and things got interesting. They quickly, though, got uninteresting as Wonder Woman #222 might be the last Wonder Woman comic I pick up for awhile.
That’s what I was thinking, until I arrived at the last 5 pages. Which included Wonder Woman killing another villain and a whole boatload of OMAC’s heading to Amazon island. They’ve got me for another issue. Wonder Woman #222 was the best comic I bought this week so it gets a CUT & PRINT YEAH!
posted by Jakob Brzovic at 10:20 PM
4 Comments:
Jeeze, Wonder Woman killed another villain?
I wonder where they are going with her character. Is she going to start doing what other characters have contimplated in the past - offing the bad guys so they don't hang around to offend again?
That is really interesting. Edgy too. I give DC full credit for giving it a go.
Yeah, it's pretty crazy. No more Cheetah. I'm sure, though, that Geoff Johns (the writer) is going to use some crazy loophole with the Infinite Crisis to wipe the Wonder Woman Slate clean.
Word on the street is that this Wonder Woman is going to die and they're going to replace her with the Earth - 2 Wonder Woman (Crisis on Infinite Earths)
Replacing her with an alternate version would be the WORST way to end the arc. What a cop-out.
There's nothing more interesting than a character study of how a superhero crosses the line and begins to kill. And if they can do it with Wonder Woman - a main but secondary character - then I say, make it big bold and powerful rather than tepid and meek.
I for one, will purchase the comics if they do it. (or just read Jake's)
Well, leave it to DC to find a way to go back on something.
Look how often Smallville cops out and goes "back" on what has happened in the episode.
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