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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 3, 2017 20:17:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 21:31:25 GMT -5
 #26. Written by Tim Seeley. Art and Cover by Javi Fernandez. Huntress & Spyral return. Dick is still reeling from his break up with Shawn. Shawn may be returning to her old ways as a villain. Seeley keeps mixing things up in this title. Keeps Dick's life in turmoil. Nice to see Fernandez back on art. Still one of DC's best Rebirth titles. 8/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 21:39:57 GMT -5
 #28. Written by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Art by Scott Godlewski. Cover by Ryan Sook. The Kent family continue their RV trip to Washington DC & Gettysburg. Man Tomasi & Gleason really did a great job with #27 & 28. They managed to give a history lesson, pay respect to the military, show a family enjoying a vacation & mix in heroics. And most of all show why Superman's best power is hope. My eyes got misty a little at what Clark did for that one family...great scene. My only complaint was the quality of the art.
9/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 11:49:39 GMT -5
I agree with the above review for Superman 28. I love how they incorporated history into the story. I felt like I was on vacation along with the Kent family. Very nice to see a comic pay tribute to our nation's history and to the men and women who have sacrificed everything for us. This was an usual story, but a nice break--showcasing the family and just having a normal vacation. I loved the final scenes with Superman and lost soldier from the Civil War. Loved the visit to the WW2 tribute as well as the Vietnam Wall. Glad they incorporated the Korean conflict in there as well.
The art was not up to par for such a story. The backgrounds were ok, but the figures were not drawn well. On the first page, Lois appears to have a very flat head. I take issue with how mousy looking Lois is being drawn these days. I don't expect her to look as tailored as she did in the 50s and 60s, but Lois always struck me as a very fashionable (not a slave to fashion, mind you) woman.
Story 9/10
art: 4/10
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 16:09:23 GMT -5
I agree with the above review for Superman 28. I love how they incorporated history into the story. I felt like I was on vacation along with the Kent family. Very nice to see a comic pay tribute to our nation's history and to the men and women who have sacrificed everything for us. This was an usual story, but a nice break--showcasing the family and just having a normal vacation. I loved the final scenes with Superman and lost soldier from the Civil War. Loved the visit to the WW2 tribute as well as the Vietnam Wall. Glad they incorporated the Korean conflict in there as well. The art was not up to par for such a story. The backgrounds were ok, but the figures were not drawn well. On the first page, Lois appears to have a very flat head. I take issue with how mousy looking Lois is being drawn these days. I don't expect her to look as tailored as she did in the 50s and 60s, but Lois always struck me as a very fashionable (not a slave to fashion, mind you) woman. Story 9/10 art: 4/10 I agree about Lois. This could have been a classic story if it had better art. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 5, 2017 15:49:15 GMT -5
Turok #1  Written by Chuck Wendig Art by Alvaro Sarreseca Summary: Turok is back and he's on a mysterious quest and to get what he needs it means storming a saurian prison!
Plot: First off, all I can say is that this certainly isn't the Turok from my childhood, and I don't know if this iteration of the character and his world have already been established by Dynamite in a previous book but even with out any back ground information it easily grabbed me. There isn't much in the way of characterization for Turok or the budding supporting cast but the sort of post apocalyptic, sci-fi mash up of a world that it introduces is fun and Turok meets Mad Max is fun.
Art: Sarreseca's characters look a little "samey", especially the human/reptile hybrids but the dinosaurs are great and the back grounds are lush and full of life.
Grade:7/10 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 5, 2017 16:56:42 GMT -5
Darth Vader #4  Written by Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Summary: For Vader defeat is only momentary.
Plot: After the fun of last issue's gauntlet and Vader's defeat at the stoic and powerful Master Infil'A I had high hopes for the rematch...hopes that were sadly a bit dashed. I was hoping for a battle of epic proportions that ended with Vader showing off his extreme skill and determination giving him the win despite the damages sustained to him but instead he wins because the previously cold jedi master gets distracted when Vader uses the force to rip open a dam above a city and Vader then just snaps his neck while Infil'a begs for the safety of the people. While it does show how cold Vader is it just isn't satisfying and it makes his quest for a kyber crystal feel perfunctory rather than something earned. I'm hoping this isn't a portent for the quality going forward.
Grade: 6/10 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 17:44:43 GMT -5
Turok #1 Written by Chuck Wendig Art by Alvaro Sarreseca Summary: Turok is back and he's on a mysterious quest and to get what he needs it means storming a saurian prison!
Plot: First off, all I can say is that this certainly isn't the Turok from my childhood, and I don't know if this iteration of the character and his world have already been established by Dynamite in a previous book but even with out any back ground information it easily grabbed me. There isn't much in the way of characterization for Turok or the budding supporting cast but the sort of post apocalyptic, sci-fi mash up of a world that it introduces is fun and Turok meets Mad Max is fun.
Art: Sarreseca's characters look a little "samey", especially the human/reptile hybrids but the dinosaurs are great and the back grounds are lush and full of life.
Grade:7/10 Are you reading the other Gold Key series? I passed on them despite my love of the GK characters. Because they really weren't the GK characters I loved. More of an alternate version of them. However your review & shaxpers' review of Magnus has me intrigued. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 6, 2017 9:55:28 GMT -5
Turok #1 Written by Chuck Wendig Art by Alvaro Sarreseca Summary: Turok is back and he's on a mysterious quest and to get what he needs it means storming a saurian prison!
Plot: First off, all I can say is that this certainly isn't the Turok from my childhood, and I don't know if this iteration of the character and his world have already been established by Dynamite in a previous book but even with out any back ground information it easily grabbed me. There isn't much in the way of characterization for Turok or the budding supporting cast but the sort of post apocalyptic, sci-fi mash up of a world that it introduces is fun and Turok meets Mad Max is fun.
Art: Sarreseca's characters look a little "samey", especially the human/reptile hybrids but the dinosaurs are great and the back grounds are lush and full of life.
Grade:7/10 Are you reading the other Gold Key series? I passed on them despite my love of the GK characters. Because they really weren't the GK characters I loved. More of an alternate version of them. However your review & shaxpers' review of Magnus has me intrigued. Turok has always been my favorite so I picked this up when I saw it, and have no idea of it's larger context. It definitely feels like an alternate version, as I said it resembles a mash up of Turok and Mad Max than a traditional Turok tale and al though I didn't mention it in my review Turok's ethnicity no longer appears to be Native American which threw me a bit, but on its own it was fun. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 6, 2017 14:18:20 GMT -5
Lobster Johnson: Mangekyo Written by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola Art by Ben Stenbeck Summary: The Lobster foils an attempted prison break, but must answer to the Lotus!
Plot: The Lobster has long been a favorite of mine, and he's had some great noir stories in his time on the page but my favorites have always been the wild, weird tales and that's what Arcudi and Mignola gave us here. I had to look it up but the title was a fantastic cue to the plot as Mangekyo is the japanese word for kaleidoscope and that's what we got; a distorted view of the word and the Lobster's battle. It had nothing to do with the plot of the Lobster and his long fought battle with Memnan Saa and his allies it was just a weird fun, adventure. About the only negative was that the new character was treated as if he were someone we already knew but we had never actually met him before.
Art: Stenbeck's falling scenes were fantastic, the way it transitioned the Lobster through a series of odd battles was just beautiful in an Alice in Wonderland kind of way.
Grade:9/10 |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 6, 2017 14:30:37 GMT -5
Lobster Johnson: MangekyoWritten by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola Art by Ben Stenbeck Summary: The Lobster foils an attempted prison break, but must answer to the Lotus!
Plot: The Lobster has long been a favorite of mine, and he's had some great noir stories in his time on the page but my favorites have always been the wild, weird tales and that's what Arcudi and Mignola gave us here. I had to look it up but the title was a fantastic cue to the plot as Mangekyo is the japanese word for kaleidoscope and that's what we got; a distorted view of the word and the Lobster's battle. It had nothing to do with the plot of the Lobster and his long fought battle with Memnan Saa and his allies it was just a weird fun, adventure. About the only negative was that the new character was treated as if he were someone we already knew but we had never actually met him before.
Art: Stenbeck's falling scenes were fantastic, the way it transitioned the Lobster through a series of odd battles was just beautiful in an Alice in Wonderland kind of way.
Grade:9/10 Arcudi really is the best or at least most consistant and entertaining writer of the past 15 years. I'm constantly baffled by his constant omission from topics about favorite/best writers... |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 6, 2017 14:38:20 GMT -5
Lobster Johnson: MangekyoWritten by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola Art by Ben Stenbeck Summary: The Lobster foils an attempted prison break, but must answer to the Lotus!
Plot: The Lobster has long been a favorite of mine, and he's had some great noir stories in his time on the page but my favorites have always been the wild, weird tales and that's what Arcudi and Mignola gave us here. I had to look it up but the title was a fantastic cue to the plot as Mangekyo is the japanese word for kaleidoscope and that's what we got; a distorted view of the word and the Lobster's battle. It had nothing to do with the plot of the Lobster and his long fought battle with Memnan Saa and his allies it was just a weird fun, adventure. About the only negative was that the new character was treated as if he were someone we already knew but we had never actually met him before.
Art: Stenbeck's falling scenes were fantastic, the way it transitioned the Lobster through a series of odd battles was just beautiful in an Alice in Wonderland kind of way.
Grade:9/10 Arcudi really is the best or at least most consistant and entertaining writer of the past 15 years. I'm constantly baffled by his constant omission from topics about favorite/best writers... He's a solid writer to be sure, I've really liked his work with BPRD and Aliens but despite being generally entertaining he's never made anything that really wowed me. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 6, 2017 14:45:41 GMT -5
Arcudi really is the best or at least most consistant and entertaining writer of the past 15 years. I'm constantly baffled by his constant omission from topics about favorite/best writers... He's a solid writer to be sure, I've really liked his work with BPRD and Aliens but despite being generally entertaining he's never made anything that really wowed me. Well, the fact that he's written a good ten years of BPRD stories and that every single one was at least as good or better than the previous one, the fact that he dared destroy the world in an unretconable way, and still go on writing spectacular stories in that new world is testimony enough he has something extra. But Already with The Mask and its various sequels he wrote, his Vertigo graphic novel, his Thunderbolts and his current Rumble ongoing with Image (is it concluded or on hiatus), plus some of the very best Aliens stories ever and many short stories every now and then, I can't figure another US writer appart from maybe Brubaker with such a constant high level of quality  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 6, 2017 14:51:41 GMT -5
He's a solid writer to be sure, I've really liked his work with BPRD and Aliens but despite being generally entertaining he's never made anything that really wowed me. Well, the fact that he's written a good ten years of BPRD stories and that every single one was at least as good or better than the previous one, the fact that he dared destroy the world in an unretconable way, and still go on writing spectacular stories in that new world is testimony enough he has something extra. But Already with The Mask and its various sequels he wrote, his Vertigo graphic novel, his Thunderbolts and his current Rumble ongoing with Image (is it concluded or on hiatus), plus some of the very best Aliens stories ever and many short stories every now and then, I can't figure another US writer appart from maybe Brubaker with such a constant high level of quality No doubt, his resume is solid, and I've enjoyed just about everything he's written but as I said nothing really knocked me out and his BPRD run is difficult to grade as he worked closely with Mignola so how much was really his? |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 6, 2017 15:11:44 GMT -5
his BPRD run is difficult to grade as he worked closely with Mignola so how much was really his? If you read Mignola's solo writing and listen him talking about Arcudi, you can pretty much understand that Mignola is mainly an editor/consultant on BPRD. |
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