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Booster Gold 6 - Wherein Booster, working with the original, present-day and possible future Blue Beetles, save Ted Kord from Max Lord.
Really. Ted is not killed. Now, we all know that Heroes Saved by Time Travel are about the only ones who actually stay dead. I'm sure that Ted will die again, probably to save the timeline and probably in a way that is amazing. I'm sure that Rip Hunter and his contingency plans involving Booster's ancestors are going to be necessary. But till we get there, I am loving this comic. Great art, great script, and a feeling that everyone involved with making this is having fun.
Robin 170 - There's a costumed crook robbing from the crooks, calling herself Violet, and reminding Tim Drake of Spoiler. That's the plot, and if it seems simple, so be it. But we have great art from Chris Batista and a script that is 100 percent Chuck Dixon. The result is a comic that is lots of fun, and that gives us Tim as only the man who defined him best can write him. After the dud that is the new Nightwing and the question mark that is Dixon's Batman & the Outsiders, it's good to see that one of the Batbooks I was looking forward to might deliver the goods. Just don't expect anything groundbreaking. This looks to be a good, old-fashioned Dixon Batbook, and I say Hooray!
The Flash 236 - Wally and kids versus the aliens. When Wally gets the screentime, it's good. When the kids do, it's dull. Same as before. My last issue of the Flash, alas. The new direction isn't working, and a change of writers from Waid to Peyer probably won't hope. Instead, I am saving my money for a miniseries due this summer that reunites Johns and Kolins with Wally and with the Rogues, out for revenge not on the Flash but on Intertia for getting them to kill Bart. That will be darker than Waid's brief return to Flash, no doubt, but I think it will alos be much better.
Angel: After the Fall 3 - Angel versus Illyria. Angel confronts the demon lords. Angel has got problems, including that big twist on the last page. I am not sure that much happens here, but it's entertaining, the internal monologue for Angel is nearly perfect, and I think the story is going somewhere. But after reading the most recent issue of Buffy, it's hard not to see the difference between something where Joss is only plotting and where he's scripting. Or maybe it's the difference between a comic that Joss seems to be be madly in love with and one he is merely enjoying. Still, it's a good time to be a comic book reading Joss Whedon fan. Assuming he ever finishes his run on Runaways.
Booster Gold 6 - Wherein Booster, working with the original, present-day and possible future Blue Beetles, save Ted Kord from Max Lord.
Really. Ted is not killed. Now, we all know that Heroes Saved by Time Travel are about the only ones who actually stay dead. I'm sure that Ted will die again, probably to save the timeline and probably in a way that is amazing. I'm sure that Rip Hunter and his contingency plans involving Booster's ancestors are going to be necessary. But till we get there, I am loving this comic. Great art, great script, and a feeling that everyone involved with making this is having fun.
Robin 170 - There's a costumed crook robbing from the crooks, calling herself Violet, and reminding Tim Drake of Spoiler. That's the plot, and if it seems simple, so be it. But we have great art from Chris Batista and a script that is 100 percent Chuck Dixon. The result is a comic that is lots of fun, and that gives us Tim as only the man who defined him best can write him. After the dud that is the new Nightwing and the question mark that is Dixon's Batman & the Outsiders, it's good to see that one of the Batbooks I was looking forward to might deliver the goods. Just don't expect anything groundbreaking. This looks to be a good, old-fashioned Dixon Batbook, and I say Hooray!
The Flash 236 - Wally and kids versus the aliens. When Wally gets the screentime, it's good. When the kids do, it's dull. Same as before. My last issue of the Flash, alas. The new direction isn't working, and a change of writers from Waid to Peyer probably won't hope. Instead, I am saving my money for a miniseries due this summer that reunites Johns and Kolins with Wally and with the Rogues, out for revenge not on the Flash but on Intertia for getting them to kill Bart. That will be darker than Waid's brief return to Flash, no doubt, but I think it will alos be much better.
Angel: After the Fall 3 - Angel versus Illyria. Angel confronts the demon lords. Angel has got problems, including that big twist on the last page. I am not sure that much happens here, but it's entertaining, the internal monologue for Angel is nearly perfect, and I think the story is going somewhere. But after reading the most recent issue of Buffy, it's hard not to see the difference between something where Joss is only plotting and where he's scripting. Or maybe it's the difference between a comic that Joss seems to be be madly in love with and one he is merely enjoying. Still, it's a good time to be a comic book reading Joss Whedon fan. Assuming he ever finishes his run on Runaways.
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Date: Jan. 17th, 2008 02:45 pm (UTC)