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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 25, 2017 17:46:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 18:47:35 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #33: a totally pointless issue and a waste of $3. The entire issue establishes something we all learned in the previous issue. Grail is killing gods in order to restore Darkseid. The issue shows her killing characters from myth. Wonder Woman doesn’t even appear in the issue except in a one panel flashback and a couple of times on a tv screen. Emanuela Lupacchino’s art is wasted on this mess.
0/10
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 25, 2017 18:54:54 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #33: a totally pointless issue and a waste of $3. The entire issue establishes something we all learned in the previous issue. Grail is killing gods in order to restore Darkseid. The issue shows her killing characters from myth. Wonder Woman doesn’t even appear in the issue except in a one panel flashback and a couple of times on a tv screen. Emanuela Lupacchino’s art is wasted on this mess. 0/10 Wow, that bad huh? I can't remember the last time I was as disappointed by a book to the level that you have here, last year's Mignola book the Visitor came close but man, but other than that? I didn't pick this up as I grew restless with the pace a while back but I nearly picked this up because I loved the variant cover with Diana on a winged horse. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 18:57:02 GMT -5
Action 990: the family drama escalates as Superboy appears to go to Oz’s side. Superman is trying to stop all the strife in the world caused by Oz. Superman mentions Supergirl and the justice league is also pitching in around the globe. Oz mentions something is threatening this plane of existence and only he can save the Kents by taking them away to his utopia called Bliss. Jon is totally on board and is caught up in the confrontation at the end of the book.
Not sure where this is heading. Will this be a final part of Rebirth-fully restoring missing characters or altering things again? Whatever it is does not bode well and seems cataclysmic. I enjoyed the sense of urgency in the story. Still not on board with the art.
8/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 19:01:23 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #33: a totally pointless issue and a waste of $3. The entire issue establishes something we all learned in the previous issue. Grail is killing gods in order to restore Darkseid. The issue shows her killing characters from myth. Wonder Woman doesn’t even appear in the issue except in a one panel flashback and a couple of times on a tv screen. Emanuela Lupacchino’s art is wasted on this mess. 0/10 Wow, that bad huh? I can't remember the last time I was as disappointed by a book to the level that you have here, last year's Mignola book the Visitor came close but man, but other than that? I didn't pick this up as I grew restless with the pace a while back but I nearly picked this up because I loved the variant cover with Diana on a winged horse. To me, it was that bad. As I was reading I kept waiting for the story to actually start and before I knew it, I was finished. I was like “what was the point?” The art is good. There is a beautiful landscape of Greece at the end and final splash page was eyecatching. I don’t understand how this book got past the editor. It read more like a Grail one shot and not a Wonder Woman book. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 25, 2017 19:45:01 GMT -5
DC House of Horror  Plotted by Kieth Giffen Written by a host of fantastic horror writers my favorites being Mary Sangiovanni, Nick Cutter and Edward Lee Art by Dale Eaglesham, Scott Kolins, Howard Porter, Bilquis Evely, Rags Morales Summary: Some of Horror's greatest writers take on DC's mightiest heroes. Plot: When this was first announced I was beyond excited; I love horror and seeing some of my favorite writers do a prestige length one shot with some of the best artists around sounded like the best of both worlds...but when it was revealed that they'd be doing dark takes on the Justice League instead of taking on some of DC's underused supernatural characters like Deadman, Solomon Grundy, Swamp-Thing or even Doctor Fate in a horror story alarm bells began to ring inside my head. But I ignored it and pluncked down ten bucks and boy was I let down, I was expecting horror themed elseworlds stories which have already been done but what we actually got was even less inspiring; instead of what I'd consider real horror we only got the grimmest, most nihilistic view of the DCU that I've ever seen, which I guess could be decent(if not my cup of tea) if it weren't for the fact that in almost all the stories feel woefully underdeveloped in terms of plot and characterizations and end too abruptly to really say anything thematically about these dark visions of our classic heroes. There were a few stand outs like Nick Cutter's "Last Laugh" which brought us a take on Bruce Wayne as a man who is both Batman...and the Joker. While the concept wasn't entirely original, Cutter did take the time to build the premise and in his case the abrupt ending {Spoiler: Click to show}(Bruce commits suicide when he realizes he's the joker) did work out well. I also really liked the possession of Billy Batson, it built tension really well and the shining like feel of the word Shazam appearing everywhere was a great visual hook. But over all, it was too uneven to really buy into. Art: As uneven as the stories may have been the art was all really top notch; every story had it's unique look and they were all beautiful.
Grade:6/10 It looks like a decent score but it's mostly for the art, this is definitely not worth the ten bucks. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 25, 2017 20:27:11 GMT -5
Wow, that bad huh? I can't remember the last time I was as disappointed by a book to the level that you have here, last year's Mignola book the Visitor came close but man, but other than that? I didn't pick this up as I grew restless with the pace a while back but I nearly picked this up because I loved the variant cover with Diana on a winged horse. To me, it was that bad. As I was reading I kept waiting for the story to actually start and before I knew it, I was finished. I was like “what was the point?” The art is good. There is a beautiful landscape of Greece at the end and final splash page was eyecatching. I don’t understand how this book got past the editor. It read more like a Grail one shot and not a Wonder Woman book. I often hate when that happens, sometimes a pause with out the main character can create dramatic tension or provide a larger insight into the world but more often than not it just feels like filler. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 7:50:56 GMT -5
To me, it was that bad. As I was reading I kept waiting for the story to actually start and before I knew it, I was finished. I was like “what was the point?” The art is good. There is a beautiful landscape of Greece at the end and final splash page was eyecatching. I don’t understand how this book got past the editor. It read more like a Grail one shot and not a Wonder Woman book. I often hate when that happens, sometimes a pause with out the main character can create dramatic tension or provide a larger insight into the world but more often than not it just feels like filler. This is definitely filler--phoned in filler at that. |
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Post by The Cheat on Oct 26, 2017 15:27:55 GMT -5
I revisited this recently and found it much more enjoyable when read as one piece. Not up there with the best of the Hellboy stuff, but decent enough. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 18:24:42 GMT -5
 Written by Matt Kindt. Art by Clayton Crain, Renato Guedes. Cover by Lewis LaRosa. Aric unites the planet. Conquers the Emperor. And now Aric is the Emperor of Gorin. What will happen next? Kindt continues this epic tale of Aric. Each chapter is top notch in it's storytelling. The pacing is a little slow at times. But overall this will be a classic story of Aric/XO armor. Crain's artwork was gorgeous. I continue to love this arc of XO. 9/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 18:30:35 GMT -5
 Written by Ralph Macchio. Art and Cover by Todd Nauck. A light hearted fun tale of Thor vs the Frost Giants. Plus a reprint of JiM #112 featuring Thor vs Hulk. With the third Thor movie out in a week there is a lot of Thor product on the shelves. I picked this up figuring on an light fun story. And it was. This story was a decent done in one. 7/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 18:34:36 GMT -5
 Written by Charles Soule. Art by Ron Garney. Cover by Mike Deodato. The conclusion of DD & Blindspot vs the Beast the demon behind the Hand Cult. Soule redeems Blindspot. He wraps up this arc well with DD being true to himself. Garney's art was awesome as always. Next Wilson Fisk, Mayor of NYC! 8/10. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 26, 2017 18:38:39 GMT -5
I revisited this recently and found it much more enjoyable when read as one piece. Not up there with the best of the Hellboy stuff, but decent enough. I'll probably eventually get it in trade, but it was the first Mignola book I've ever dropped. I liked the art, but the characterization was just totally lacking so it didn't hold my interest. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 26, 2017 19:33:33 GMT -5
BPRD #150"The Devil You Know: part 3"  Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie Art by Laurence Campbell Summary: With Abe awake from his hibernation Liz reintroduces him to the new world and all that they've lost since Abe went on walk-about.
Plot: I'm loving how dense and character driven this story is; and what's impressive is that despite all the loose threads so far the book doesn't feel jumbled; it still has a feeling of cohesiveness. Each character is off doing their own thing and it could have got chaotic real quick but Allie and Mignola manage to keep it all together.That said, these last three issues have been a lot of set up, a lot of which we needed in order to really sell the new status quo but I'm growing a little worried that the plot is going to fall into the trap of spending too much time at the start and not leaving enough room for the middle which leads to the end feeling rushed. It's happened a few times in the past where the ending felt a little unearned but I don't think there has been a story thus far with this large of an introductory chapter.
Art: I love Campbell's art, and he's great at both the quiet moments between Abe and Liz conversing as well as the caveman barbarian action of the Howard flash back section.
Grade: 8/10 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 26, 2017 20:10:04 GMT -5
Batman Beyond #13 Written and Illustrated by Bernard Chang Summary: Terry teams up with two former villains to take down a deadly threat.
Plot: This was another fun interlude by Chang following the Damian Wayne story. While it didn't advance the over all plot or give us any new insight into what the post Brother Eye destroyed world is like the team up with Shreik and Hacker was a fun story none the less. I don't always enjoy villains as reluctant protectors but in the wake of the destruction of the world it makes sense, and out of Terry's rogues these two were some of the more sympathetic. That said I'll be excited when the main story gets back and we get to see how Bruce and Terry start to put the world back together.
Art: I've always liked Chang's slick, simple style; it's just so full of energy and youth that it's a perfect fir for Batman Beyond.
Grade:7/10 |
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