Comic Reviews for January 17, 2006 - Part 1
Two fantastic weeks of comic book glory to get through here. I want to point out, though, that I’m not reviewing the DAY OF VENGENCE one shot. Why? Because those f’ers killed Dr. Fate. Or, well, Dr. Fate killed himself. Or some bullshit like that. Yeah, there will be a new Dr. Fate but I liked the Dr. Fate we had just fine. But, if it’s an excuse for Fate to get a new book, well, I’ll buy it.
A lot of big titles to get to, so let’s get this show on the road.
G.I. JOE # 7 – A fun story in which Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow do some bonding. They haven’t been the same since Shadow joined up with G.I. Joe again. It was nice to see. The only problem I’m having with this book is that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are starting to overshadow everybody else. The problem with a book like G.I. Joe is that there are a lot of characters floating around and if you don’t like some of them, the book becomes less engaging. I think they need to swap out some characters and bring in some fresh blood. A CUT & PRINT GOOD.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #124 – This is just pure crap. A CUT & PRINT GOD AWFUL.
CAPTAIN ATOM: ARMAGEDDON – I’m still really digging the story and the art here. Captain Atom is really causing a disturbance in the Wildstorm universe. I know nothing about the universe but it’s starting to get me interested in its heroes. A CUT & PRINT GOOD.
INFINITE CRISIS #4 – Infinite Crisis is my form of crack and Geoff Johns is the most brilliant comic writer today. If anybody was going to tell me that Day of Vengeance, The Rann-Thangor War, OMAC and Villians United would lead to this explanation, I would call you crazy. For those that want to know –
Alexander Luthor of Earth – 3 (I think), enlisted the help of Superboy-Prime and together they are busting heads. They setup all of the chaos leading to the crisis. It’s all explained, brilliantly, on the fourth page of this issue. It’s an amazing, amazing story. Utterly amazing. This makes sense. Everything makes sense now. It’s the ultimate curveball and you’ve got to get your hands on this issue if you’ve been following the Infinite Crisis at all over the last year. Bloody brilliant.
Basically, Superboy tracked down the Anti-moniters dead corpse, this is the base for Luthor’s machine that is going to right everything. Luthor gave Brother-Eye life. Superboy got the black rock for Psycho Pirate, who then controlled Eclipso, who brainwashed Spectre to destroy magic so that Luthor could get ahold of new magic to power his machine.
Still with me?
Then, Luthor posed as this Earth’s Luthor and formed the Society so he could get the people he needed to power his machine.
Meanwhile, Superboy literally moved some planets together to fuel the Rann-Thangar war.
And now we’re here.
Bloody brilliant writing.
This issue… I almost cried. The Flash – Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen, The Speedster. They all make the ultimate sacrifice. All of them. It’s an amazing nod to the original Crisis. It’s crazy how beautifully written this is.
More reviews to come…
A lot of big titles to get to, so let’s get this show on the road.
G.I. JOE # 7 – A fun story in which Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow do some bonding. They haven’t been the same since Shadow joined up with G.I. Joe again. It was nice to see. The only problem I’m having with this book is that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are starting to overshadow everybody else. The problem with a book like G.I. Joe is that there are a lot of characters floating around and if you don’t like some of them, the book becomes less engaging. I think they need to swap out some characters and bring in some fresh blood. A CUT & PRINT GOOD.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #124 – This is just pure crap. A CUT & PRINT GOD AWFUL.
CAPTAIN ATOM: ARMAGEDDON – I’m still really digging the story and the art here. Captain Atom is really causing a disturbance in the Wildstorm universe. I know nothing about the universe but it’s starting to get me interested in its heroes. A CUT & PRINT GOOD.
INFINITE CRISIS #4 – Infinite Crisis is my form of crack and Geoff Johns is the most brilliant comic writer today. If anybody was going to tell me that Day of Vengeance, The Rann-Thangor War, OMAC and Villians United would lead to this explanation, I would call you crazy. For those that want to know – Alexander Luthor of Earth – 3 (I think), enlisted the help of Superboy-Prime and together they are busting heads. They setup all of the chaos leading to the crisis. It’s all explained, brilliantly, on the fourth page of this issue. It’s an amazing, amazing story. Utterly amazing. This makes sense. Everything makes sense now. It’s the ultimate curveball and you’ve got to get your hands on this issue if you’ve been following the Infinite Crisis at all over the last year. Bloody brilliant.
Basically, Superboy tracked down the Anti-moniters dead corpse, this is the base for Luthor’s machine that is going to right everything. Luthor gave Brother-Eye life. Superboy got the black rock for Psycho Pirate, who then controlled Eclipso, who brainwashed Spectre to destroy magic so that Luthor could get ahold of new magic to power his machine.
Still with me?
Then, Luthor posed as this Earth’s Luthor and formed the Society so he could get the people he needed to power his machine.
Meanwhile, Superboy literally moved some planets together to fuel the Rann-Thangar war.
And now we’re here.
Bloody brilliant writing.
This issue… I almost cried. The Flash – Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen, The Speedster. They all make the ultimate sacrifice. All of them. It’s an amazing nod to the original Crisis. It’s crazy how beautifully written this is.
More reviews to come…
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