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Post by shaxper on Jan 25, 2016 5:07:24 GMT -5
COMMENTS ON JLI #10 Hawkman does his thing throughout the issue. J'ONN: This is par for the course for the League (a golf reference???) HAKWMAN: It wasn't in the old days. J'ONN: In case you haven't noticed Hawkman, those days are over. Then he and Hawkgirl get into some husband/ wife bickering for the rest of the issue. He is called Katar on the last page. Is "par for the course" not a common expression where you are? It is here. It's just used to mean "as usual". I think he meant that he's surprised to see J'onn using the term. There is a subtle point being made repeatedly in the issue that the new team has loosened Jonn up a bit in comparison to the person he was with the old League. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 25, 2016 5:11:16 GMT -5
Is "par for the course" not a common expression where you are? It is here. It's just used to mean "as usual". I think he meant that he's surprised to see J'on using the term. There is a subtle point being made repeatedly in the issue that the new team has loosened Jonnn up a bit in comparison to the person he was with the old League. Ah, I see. Well, yes. It's loosened him up in the sense that he now actually has a personality. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 19:03:01 GMT -5
Excepts from my 50 Supporting Characters on Maxwell LordFor the Record, I had a very busy day reading the first 12 or some odd issues of Justice League International starting with the issue above you and publicly say this - this is the most absurd line-up of all times; and I was stunned by the mixing of these characters altogether and saying on record that I had a hard time swallowing it up. Maxwell Lord is one of those characters that controls everything that you do and I personally thinks he one of the most difficult character to figure out because of his power to control of what he wants and that's a very scary proposition I may add here. I have a great deal of difficulty getting most of characters in this line-up here and it's included Guy Gardner the Green Lantern that I find to be the most difficult for me to digest in the ranks of the Justice League. As, I read several issues including the 1st 12 from a dear friend of mine - I was stunned by the oddness of this group and felt that Captain Marvel and Doctor Fate should not belong here. Same goes to Batman and the Martian Manhunter. Later on according to my dear friend, he even tried to control Superman and that's how arrogance he really is.  This is my first impression of what I got from reading Justice League International
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Post by Action Ace on Jan 25, 2016 19:15:46 GMT -5
Look at the panel from Millennium #5 again shaxper. I think Batman is hanging back as if he's not going like John Stewart. And that Captain Atom revelation will be kept secret for a while. As I recall, Captain Atom's secret eventually comes out in the pages of JLE, doesn't it? I think so. I don't remember exactly, but I think the truth comes out between the Extremist Vector and Breakdowns. |
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Post by Action Ace on Jan 27, 2016 18:28:39 GMT -5
Hondobrode mentioned that he liked Millennium in another thread, so I've directed him here.  |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 27, 2016 21:13:08 GMT -5
New review would have happened tonight, but my seven year old will not go to sleep, so I am stuck in her bedroom for the evening. Not an ideal place to read, review, and (most importantly) photograph a comic  |
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Post by fred2 on Feb 2, 2016 22:15:12 GMT -5
Ah man I was getting into this thread. When is the next review? coz i am missing a few issues from 12-18.
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Post by Action Ace on Feb 2, 2016 22:36:25 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Feb 3, 2016 4:52:13 GMT -5
Heheh. Sorry for the delay. First my daughter was keeping me in her room all night. Then it was my birthday, and I spent the weekend reveling with friends. Now I've been super sick for the past few days to the point that everything hurts and I can barely think. Reviews are coming again soon, I promise.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 5, 2016 13:49:31 GMT -5
Let's see...I had my daughter imprison me in her room for half a night so she could sleep, had three (count 'em) birthday celebrations that absorbed my entire weekend, got epic sick on Monday and could barely see straight until last night, and I've spent the past day working on something BIG for the CCF that you'll hopefully all be hearing about soon. But now...I'm back. Millennium #6  "Out" writer: Steve Englehart breakdowns: Joe Staton finishes: Ian Gibson letters: Bob Lappan colors: Carl Gafford editor: Andy Helfer My opinion on Millennium as a whole, thus far:  That being said, this issue just spends a little more time addressing three points of concern for the League: 1. Batman's struggle with his dual affiliation to two groups:  2. Booster Gold still working for the Manhunters just because they're paying him well:  For a guy who really seemed to care about being part of The League in both his own title and JLI, it's a little surprising to see him being so...well..."Booster" here. How are they going to resolve this one so that he can remain a member of the JLI? Is he a robot double or something? 3. Guy still having his personality inverted (it's almost kind of funny)  But Englehart also does something I find a little surprising considering his past history with Batman: he falls into the same trap I've seen so many writers struggle with in the wake of Dark Knight Returns, looking for a way to make Batman over-the-top, DKR-dark again, only to ultimately realize that the character can't grow or develop in that mindset so that they ultimately dial him back, only to have some new guy pop up and try to make him dark again.  Giffen has been working so hard to gradually dial Batman back from his grim and gritty presence in Justice League #1, and this comes as a frustrating setback. Nothing more to say about this one, really. Gonna go gouge my eyes out now; maybe my brain too. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 5, 2016 14:27:07 GMT -5
Millennium #7  writer: Steve Englehart breakdowns: Joe Staton finishes: Ian Gibson letters: Bob Lappan colors: Carl Gafford editor: Andy Helfer So this issue brings us Booster's big moment -- in a final desperate move, The Manhunters are about to blow up The Earth (yes, this is really the plot), when suddenly...  But, wait. Just last issue, Guy Gardner was all like "You're just pretending to be one of them to infiltrate them, right?", and Booster was all "Nope. Not at all" and now...  So what the heck is going on here? And then we get this last confusing moment in the final panel of the issue:  So something's up with Booster Gold, but this issue asked more questions than it offered answers. Not that I REALLY care; it's all inevitably going to work out next issue. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 5, 2016 14:43:16 GMT -5
Millennium #8  writer: Steve Englehart pencils: Joe Staton inks: Ian Gibson letters: Bob Lappan colors: Carl Gafford editor: Andy Helfer Though the JLI appears throughout this issue, they do and say absolutely nothing of any importance. Apparently, whatever was up with Booster Gold abducting Xiang last issue was resolved in the pages of his own solo title. Will they bring up the traitor thing again in the pages of JLI? Because now I really want to know. Anyway, so long to a miserable storyline that got progressively worse with each passing issue. Back to REAL JLI reviews... |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 5, 2016 14:57:41 GMT -5
For the record: in the final issue of Booster's solo title, we learn that he's a descendantof the Chosen, and his presence in the 20th century was vital in order to allow him to ensure that his own history occured on schedule. Or something. He conned the Manhunters into thinking he was joining them after he discovered that his agent, Dirk Davis, was a Manhunter and that his company was bankrupt.
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 5, 2016 19:08:15 GMT -5
Let's see...I had my daughter imprison me in her room for half a night so she could sleep, had three (count 'em) birthday celebrations that absorbed my entire weekend, got epic sick on Monday and could barely see straight until last night, and I've spent the past day working on something BIG for the CCF that you'll hopefully all be hearing about soon. But now...I'm back. Millennium #6 "Out" writer: Steve Englehart breakdowns: Joe Staton finishes: Ian Gibson letters: Bob Lappan colors: Carl Gafford editor: Andy Helfer My opinion on Millennium as a whole, thus far:  Ooooo, that's not some one you wanna' agree with... |
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 5, 2016 19:10:11 GMT -5
For the record: in the final issue of Booster's solo title, we learn that he's a descendantof the Chosen, and his presence in the 20th century was vital in order to allow him to ensure that his own history occured on schedule. Or something. He conned the Manhunters into thinking he was joining them after he discovered that his agent, Dirk Davis, was a Manhunter and that his company was bankrupt. This gets mentioned by the Linear Men in the Superman comics as why the rogue Linear Man was wrong to try to send Booster back to his own time. |
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