Comics round up! Hide the littl'uns!
Runaways #17--This is the second last chapter of the 'Parental Guidance' storyline, in which (get ready) the 'ways battle a younger version of the father of the teammate who betrayed them. No, it works, really. Both the teammate and the father are dead, but a bunch of misfits managed to contact the Young Dad and bring him from the Eighties to the Oughts. Things go bad for the 'Ways, and apparently, one of them dies at the end of this issue. Of course, it's my favourite character--Nico, the little goth teenage witch. But I don't think she's dead, since it wasn't a killing shot (right shoulder) and she's magic and shit. But someone is slated to die--I just hope it isn't her.
Daredevil #86--Daredevil. Bullseye. A prison riot. All while the Punisher reads in his cell. Superb. Just...superb.
Brave New World #1--This is an eighty page giant comic put out by DC Comics for the overwhelming price of one dollar. It serves to dish out samplers of six new books DC is putting out in the new future. Let's take a look--
Martian Manhunter--never liked the character, and this doesn't change my opinion.
OMAC--I am so sick of the OMACs. Just nauseous. And while Renato Guedes draws some very beautiful women, I just can't get past being SICK OF THE OMACS!
Uncle Sam and The Freedom Fighters--The old DC fan in me likes this. Daniel Acuna has to learn how to draw Phantom Lady's breasts a bit better--they ain't zeppelins, unless she's developed new powers I'm not aware of.
The Creeper--Didn't do anything for me.
The All New Atom--This I really liked. A nice mix of martial arts, science, and fantastic action--all taking place in the President's rug. It's from Gail Simone, whose Birds of Prey has been one of my favourite comics for years. This book looks like it'll appeal to old time fans who just love to have fun reading comics.
The Power of Shazam--I love Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Junior and dear old Mary Marvel--but I don't know. Howard Porter is trying out a new art style I'm not sure of, and it looks like writer Judd Winick is rebooting the Marvel mythology yet again. I remain on the fence with this one.
And that's that. Still great value for the price.
New Avengers #21--Oh no! A Civil War crossover! This really should have come out before Civil War #2, since it details Captain America on the run from the guh'ment and trying to find allies. Nice art by Howard Chaykin, but the sense of urgency was dissipated since we already know Cap finds allies because of CW #2. This is what happens when shipping schedules sleep together.
Batman/Superman #27--Look, I'm not a pervert. Really. But this book featured Power Girl and Huntress, drawn by Kevin Maguire. There was beauty. It's also a weird Earth 2 story about the alternate world Batman and Superman (in this world, Power Girl is Superman's cousin and Huntress is Batman's daughter from his marriage to Catwoman). Apparently, to fully understand this I have to read the latest issue of Supergirl. I guess I'll remain confused. Speaking of which...
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #19--This issue centred on my least favourite Legionnaire: Chameleon. Waid provides a decent 'closed room murder' story, and interweaves it with the much larger robot revolution that's been brewing in the comic of late. Not terribly excited about that one. I did like that the robot god looks like the robot out of Doom Patrol. Why can't we have a Timber Wolf story? Now there's a Legionnaire!
Batman #654
--This was the final issue of the 'Face to Face' storyline. Started so well, ended so blah. Yes, Two Face is back. Big surprise. And the big reveal of who was killing all of Gotham's third rate villians? Someone we've never seen before, which makes us trying to figure out who it is for the past two months more than pointless. But the ending--with Bruce offering to adopt Tim as his son--was a nice moment. So, for the first time ever, Robin will be Batman's son. I like that change to the mythology. Just too bad it had to come at the end of a rather disappointing--but nice looking--story.
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Except of course Bruce Wayne also adopted Jason Todd in the pre-Crisis continuity.
Trials of Shazam enraged and depressed me so much I posted to Newsarama about it. And wild horses normally can't get me to do that. It seems like a giant exercise in missing the point.
You're right, Graeme. I had forgotten that. And I'm with you on Shazam. If Winnick wants to make it dark and gritty, then I'm not sure if it is really Captain Marvel.
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