Comic Reviews - November 2nd, 2005

Some comic reviews to tie you over until Rob and I take apart the next episode of Smallville (which should be interesting considering Lois goes under cover as a stripper. Oh that Smallville is sure growing up fast).

Unfortunately, not many comics to pick up today. I’m still waiting on JSA: Classified #4. I’m guaranteed that they’ll have some on the next comic book Wednesday. They better, or Cut & Print Magazine is coming after them.

3 reviews this week, kicking off with –

SUPERMAN #223 – The girlfriend is again accusing me of being some sort of sick pervert after she glanced at the cover. Not my fault that Supergirl is crossing over into Superman’s comic to tell her cousin that she is going into the depths of space with Donna Troy (do I smell some sort of lesbian tryst in space? Mind is getting out of the gutter right now… it’s late, cut a guy some slack).

The villain is some chick who’s gotten hold of something called “Blackrock” and it makes her super powerful. The only thing I don’t like about Supergirl is that all these villains, like Blackrock, are always commenting that Supergirl is more powerful than Superman. That bugs me. I’m not a sexist, I just think that when it comes to superheroing, only Superman should be the most powerful. Everybody else should be striving to catch up to him.

Not much happens in this issue other than setting up the next issue, in which Blackrock is already coming back for a re-match. Superman lets Supergirl go to space reluctantly, like any other overprotective big brother and the issue is over. A CUT & PRINT ONLY IF YOU HAVE A THING FOR SUPERGIRL.


JSA #79 – The first Justice Society of America book I picked up was last month’s #78. Their lucky that I really want to get to know these characters because this is one book that a newb such as myself should not be jumping into. Playing off the “Day of Vengeance” mini-series, all the magic in the universe is screwed up and the JSA are split up and stuck in two places. One team is in the sixth dimension, trying to save Jakeem’s wife, whoever that is and the other is battling Mordu, who has escaped from the Rock of Ages.

I won’t lie, I really didn’t bother to do much other than look at the pretty average pictures and skim the text. It’s not very welcoming to a new person and I’m hoping I can catch the train when this storyline arc is finished after the next issue. That said, Dr. Fate is the only reason I picked up this book. I love the magically inclined Dr. Fate. I think it might be a dark time for Dr. Fate fans, as it looks like the creative team is about to kill him off. Rumour is that two people are going to die in the next issue and Dr. Fate could be at the top of the list.

If he is? I’ll shed a teat. You got to respect any superhero that wears a yellow helmet and makes it cool. A CUT & PRINT FOR CONFUSED READERS ONLY.

G.I. JOE: AMERICA’S ELITE #5 – Best damn book of the week. I love G.I.Joe and Devil’s Due has given me 48 pages of Storm Shadow being on the good guy’s again. The book sets up two different storylines, one with Scarlett being missing/the team trying to find Duke and the other has Storm Shadow and Stalker trying to intercept Zartan and finally put an end to him (Something that Storm Shadow is looking forward to seeing as Zartan was the one who framed him for killing his master).

If you like army action based on an 80s toy property, than G.I. Joe #5 is the way to go. They’ve setup some great storylines and it’s going to be fun to see them get paid off in the next issue. A CUT & PRINT YO JOE!