Comic Reviews for the week of November 23rd and 30th
With the whole lack of comics I’ve bought in the last two weeks, I thought I’d put two weeks of reviews together (which is why there were no reviews last week).
So, here are the quick and dirty reviews for the past two weeks. Still, only 4 books that I bought. I guess it shows that I’m picky with what I read, more so than what I watch in the movie realm.
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: CLASSIFIED #5 - I’m still pissed at missing out on #4. Still no word on if I’ll ever see that issue. I might have to break down and go buy the stupid thing on-line, but then I’m going to have to battle with shipping charges and the like. I hate shipping charges.
On to issue number 5. This is the start of a new arc, so there’s not much to talk about. I do like, though, that this arc is focusing on the villains (the Injustice Soceity) instead of the heroes. It’s a really nice change and it provides for some fresh writing and some fresh situations.
And even if they’re bad people, they do have a heart, taking the poor Wizard in and helping him as he goes through a hard time in his life (I think you’d also sympathize if a being from the astral plane was trying to use your body as a conduit to come to Earth). A great spotlight on a group of villains who haven’t had the spotlight in awhile.
A CUT & PRINT IT’S A GOOD START.
SNAKE EYES: DECLASSIFIED #4 – Snakes Eyes and Storm Shadow, still the best two G.I. Joe characters to ever be created. They have an intelligent back story which is getting filled in even more with the Declassified series. It’s been solid so far, but the real test is if the book can keep the momentum. Well, it’s another solid issue!
The only complaint I’m finding with the series is that Storm Shadow, who I find just a bit cooler than Snake Eyes, is really getting the short end of the stick. While the two are evenly matched, the story is making Shadow look like the decisively weaker of the two. He’s not. It’s great, though, to see that Snake Eye’s actually had a personality before the accident that marred his entire run in the original comic series and the cartoon.
I should also note that the artwork is fantastic throughout this one.
Still, the split that’s going to happen in the next issue has been built well and the story is ready to mutate into the revenge story that it has always been building to. A good issue that makes me anticipate the next.
A CUT & PRINT YES.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #646 - Now this is the first Superman comic in the last few months that has had me just enthralled. This was a great, great story. Basically, Ruin has been on the loose for awhile now, using the Phantom Zone to appear and disappear whenever he wants. Also, he’s been setting up Pete Ross to look like Ruin (Pete of course was Vice President to Luthor’s president).
Superman completely believes that Pete is not Ruin. But who is? That will shock you.
It’ll also shock you (and this is a great running trend in DC comics right now) that the most important character in this one is that old pest, Mr. Mxyzptlk who finally helps Superman. Mxyzptlk has lost a lot of his magic ability, due to the Spectre wiping out most of magic and he’s now a bum on the street, looking for Big Blue. He finds Clark, they talk and Mxyzptlk, in about 15 panels, redeems everything he’s done in the past 20 years of Superman history, since the Crisis re-boot in the Mid 80’s. He comes to save the day and damn it, if it’s not completely believably. That’s some great writing and we have Greg Rucka to thank for that one.
This arc is going to finish up with the next issue and I encourage you to pick up this issue and the next one. A CUT & PRINT DEFINITELY.
WONDER WOMAN #223 – Basically a big gigantic battle with Wonder Woman taking her sweet time to get to the action and save the day. By the end of the issue, she’s being trampled by OMAC’s, setting up the final confrontation and the “ultimate weapon” that the Amazon’s possess. The next issue should be good. This was simply a setup.
A CUT & PRINT IF YOU LIKE WONDER WOMAN… A LOT
So, here are the quick and dirty reviews for the past two weeks. Still, only 4 books that I bought. I guess it shows that I’m picky with what I read, more so than what I watch in the movie realm.
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: CLASSIFIED #5 - I’m still pissed at missing out on #4. Still no word on if I’ll ever see that issue. I might have to break down and go buy the stupid thing on-line, but then I’m going to have to battle with shipping charges and the like. I hate shipping charges. On to issue number 5. This is the start of a new arc, so there’s not much to talk about. I do like, though, that this arc is focusing on the villains (the Injustice Soceity) instead of the heroes. It’s a really nice change and it provides for some fresh writing and some fresh situations.
And even if they’re bad people, they do have a heart, taking the poor Wizard in and helping him as he goes through a hard time in his life (I think you’d also sympathize if a being from the astral plane was trying to use your body as a conduit to come to Earth). A great spotlight on a group of villains who haven’t had the spotlight in awhile.
A CUT & PRINT IT’S A GOOD START.
SNAKE EYES: DECLASSIFIED #4 – Snakes Eyes and Storm Shadow, still the best two G.I. Joe characters to ever be created. They have an intelligent back story which is getting filled in even more with the Declassified series. It’s been solid so far, but the real test is if the book can keep the momentum. Well, it’s another solid issue!
The only complaint I’m finding with the series is that Storm Shadow, who I find just a bit cooler than Snake Eyes, is really getting the short end of the stick. While the two are evenly matched, the story is making Shadow look like the decisively weaker of the two. He’s not. It’s great, though, to see that Snake Eye’s actually had a personality before the accident that marred his entire run in the original comic series and the cartoon.
I should also note that the artwork is fantastic throughout this one.
Still, the split that’s going to happen in the next issue has been built well and the story is ready to mutate into the revenge story that it has always been building to. A good issue that makes me anticipate the next.
A CUT & PRINT YES.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #646 - Now this is the first Superman comic in the last few months that has had me just enthralled. This was a great, great story. Basically, Ruin has been on the loose for awhile now, using the Phantom Zone to appear and disappear whenever he wants. Also, he’s been setting up Pete Ross to look like Ruin (Pete of course was Vice President to Luthor’s president). Superman completely believes that Pete is not Ruin. But who is? That will shock you.
It’ll also shock you (and this is a great running trend in DC comics right now) that the most important character in this one is that old pest, Mr. Mxyzptlk who finally helps Superman. Mxyzptlk has lost a lot of his magic ability, due to the Spectre wiping out most of magic and he’s now a bum on the street, looking for Big Blue. He finds Clark, they talk and Mxyzptlk, in about 15 panels, redeems everything he’s done in the past 20 years of Superman history, since the Crisis re-boot in the Mid 80’s. He comes to save the day and damn it, if it’s not completely believably. That’s some great writing and we have Greg Rucka to thank for that one.
This arc is going to finish up with the next issue and I encourage you to pick up this issue and the next one. A CUT & PRINT DEFINITELY.
WONDER WOMAN #223 – Basically a big gigantic battle with Wonder Woman taking her sweet time to get to the action and save the day. By the end of the issue, she’s being trampled by OMAC’s, setting up the final confrontation and the “ultimate weapon” that the Amazon’s possess. The next issue should be good. This was simply a setup.
A CUT & PRINT IF YOU LIKE WONDER WOMAN… A LOT
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