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Post by thwhtguardian on May 20, 2018 11:04:38 GMT -5
 Superman SpecialFirst story: Written by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Art by Scott Godlewski. Clark & Jon go back to Dinosaur Island & return Capt Storm to our reality. Superman helps Storm adjust to his new life & start over. This is a great story that feels good reading it & is a nice wrap up to the Tomasi & Gleason run on Superman. 9/10.Second story: Script by Mark Russell. Art by Bryan Hitch. A down to earth story of Superman that shows the effect the Kents had on Clark that made him Superman. Great inspiring story that showcases Superman's innate goodness & gives you hope. I love these types of stories. 9/10. Third story: Written by Ian Flynn. Art by Kaare Andrews. The Atomic Skull is the focus as he tries to be a good person & help the SCU. This was the weakest of the 3 stories but it was still very good. 7/10.I didn't care for either the art or plot of the third story, but the first two were truly fantastic. After reading that first story I couldn't help but think, "You know, I'd totally read a book about Captain Storm at the VA." I'm not holding my breath but I really think that'd be a great book, like a war story anthology with the different vets telling their story with a framing narrative at the VA with Storm. |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 11:23:20 GMT -5
Superman Special #1: A fun wrap up for this era of Superman.
I loved the first story where they go to Dinosaur Island and rescue Captain Storm. The lizard leg was freaky! Glad he's off the island and readjusting to civilian life. I too would be interested to see Captain Storm at the VA, especially now with all the VA problems. The final scene....Clark symbolically closes the door on this set of adventures. A fun run with more ups than downs and I am interested to see what Bendis is going to and if there will be some changes. 10/10
The second story was awesome. Many of us are what our parents make us and Superman is no exception. As I get older, I am ever more thankful for the way my parents raised me and I truly appreciate every thing they ever did for me. Superman feels the same and no doubt Ma and Pa Kent are smiling down on their son. Hitch's art is hit or miss to me most times, but he nailed it here.
10/10
The last story to me was more of an Atomic Skull story, but I enjoyed it. The ending was a bit ominous.
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 20, 2018 12:47:12 GMT -5
Future Quest Presents #10The story continues on Planet Amzot, as Dorno tries his best to make things to work for him and the problem is that he already reached adulthood and needs his Parents to sort things out. The villainous Animan is one of his problems and the intensity is grown to new heights. The action in this Comic Book is really stands out and Igoo was never better and enjoyed this scene below:  Rob Williams really captured the dynamics and the art of Aaron Lopresti is better this time around -- both of them did an excellent job showcasing it and captured all the flair of a Herculoids Cartoon Show. Too bad this is going to end on Issue #12 and I was hoping that they will make it a regular series. 10/10 ... the art of Aaron is getting better and that's a plus for me. Rob did a great job writing it. The art is really beautiful, and I love the action beats but the story is pretty much just following the usual tropes of a child like god causing mayhem. It's not that it's a terrible idea, it's an interesting metaphor for youth, it's just that it has been done before. |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 13:51:55 GMT -5
Future Quest Presents #10The story continues on Planet Amzot, as Dorno tries his best to make things to work for him and the problem is that he already reached adulthood and needs his Parents to sort things out. The villainous Animan is one of his problems and the intensity is grown to new heights. The action in this Comic Book is really stands out and Igoo was never better and enjoyed this scene below: Rob Williams really captured the dynamics and the art of Aaron Lopresti is better this time around -- both of them did an excellent job showcasing it and captured all the flair of a Herculoids Cartoon Show. Too bad this is going to end on Issue #12 and I was hoping that they will make it a regular series. 10/10 ... the art of Aaron is getting better and that's a plus for me. Rob did a great job writing it. The art is really beautiful, and I love the action beats but the story is pretty much just following the usual tropes of a child like god causing mayhem. It's not that it's a terrible idea, it's an interesting metaphor for youth, it's just that it has been done before. For me, it's a thing of beauty and I understand what you are saying here ... but, it's something I've don't see very often and having said that it's just gives me a sense of awe and filled with action that I've expected to be. For me seeing that it's puts a whole new perspective on it and Aaron does an excellent job doing it. To be honest here, I don't see this art that much and I'm new to the artwork that being done in the past 5-10 years and that's why I liked it so much. |
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Post by bran on May 20, 2018 15:07:46 GMT -5
Gideon Falls #3Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Andrea Sorrentino Colored by Dave Stewart Summary: In the city Norton tries to form a partnership with his psychologist after he learns she sees the Barn, while in Gideon itself Father Fred meets a doctor of his own. Plot: Jeff Lemire's dark, supernatural crime story Gideon Falls continues to suck me further into the nightmare. We're only three issues into this newest thriller but I really feel like this is going to be a new benchmark for pschological horror; reading this book is like seeing the Exorcist or the first time, it starts off slow and there are few scares but as we meet the characters and explore their world an ominous feeling begins to grow in the pit of your stomach and that's exactly what we see Lemire doing here. We don't know what the Black barn is, or how the two dueling narratives fit together but as we learn more of the characters and see more teases of the world around them a pervasive feeling of stress and paranoia creeps into you. It's a delicious feeling from a comic and really highlights the meticulous attention to detail that Lemire packs into each character interaction. Art: As strong as the story is the art is even better, Sorrentino's use of gestures and posture as well as his alternating camera focus from panel to panel really tell the story in a completely visual way that doesn't need words to express both characterization and tone. In this scene where Father Fred is trying to prepare for his first homily you can just feel the stress, and the progression of panel size from small to large back to small creates a fantastic cinematic feel that is incredibly engrossing.  On top of that the muted earth tones that Stewart uses give it a very stifled feel, like the pressure you feel right before a thunder storm. I'm constantly amazed by just how varied Stewart's style is as a colorist. Usually, if you notice the colorist at all, it's for a style that looks the same in all their work. but from Hellboy, to Batman to here Stewart crafts a unique pallet for each work that always stands out.
Grade:10/10
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 20, 2018 15:30:24 GMT -5
Gideon Falls #3Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Andrea Sorrentino Colored by Dave Stewart Summary: In the city Norton tries to form a partnership with his psychologist after he learns she sees the Barn, while in Gideon itself Father Fred meets a doctor of his own. Plot: Jeff Lemire's dark, supernatural crime story Gideon Falls continues to suck me further into the nightmare. We're only three issues into this newest thriller but I really feel like this is going to be a new benchmark for pschological horror; reading this book is like seeing the Exorcist or the first time, it starts off slow and there are few scares but as we meet the characters and explore their world an ominous feeling begins to grow in the pit of your stomach and that's exactly what we see Lemire doing here. We don't know what the Black barn is, or how the two dueling narratives fit together but as we learn more of the characters and see more teases of the world around them a pervasive feeling of stress and paranoia creeps into you. It's a delicious feeling from a comic and really highlights the meticulous attention to detail that Lemire packs into each character interaction. Art: As strong as the story is the art is even better, Sorrentino's use of gestures and posture as well as his alternating camera focus from panel to panel really tell the story in a completely visual way that doesn't need words to express both characterization and tone. In this scene where Father Fred is trying to prepare for his first homily you can just feel the stress, and the progression of panel size from small to large back to small creates a fantastic cinematic feel that is incredibly engrossing. On top of that the muted earth tones that Stewart uses give it a very stifled feel, like the pressure you feel right before a thunder storm. I'm constantly amazed by just how varied Stewart's style is as a colorist. Usually, if you notice the colorist at all, it's for a style that looks the same in all their work. but from Hellboy, to Batman to here Stewart crafts a unique pallet for each work that always stands out.
Grade:10/10
I'm pretty sure they're not the same guy, but it'd be cool if they were. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 20, 2018 15:45:02 GMT -5
The art is really beautiful, and I love the action beats but the story is pretty much just following the usual tropes of a child like god causing mayhem. It's not that it's a terrible idea, it's an interesting metaphor for youth, it's just that it has been done before. For me, it's a thing of beauty and I understand what you are saying here ... but, it's something I've don't see very often and having said that it's just gives me a sense of awe and filled with action that I've expected to be. For me seeing that it's puts a whole new perspective on it and Aaron does an excellent job doing it. To be honest here, I don't see this art that much and I'm new to the artwork that being done in the past 5-10 years and that's why I liked it so much. Yeah, it a great metaphor, and if you haven't encountered it before in classic sci-fi you're in for a treat. |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 16:36:11 GMT -5
For me, it's a thing of beauty and I understand what you are saying here ... but, it's something I've don't see very often and having said that it's just gives me a sense of awe and filled with action that I've expected to be. For me seeing that it's puts a whole new perspective on it and Aaron does an excellent job doing it. To be honest here, I don't see this art that much and I'm new to the artwork that being done in the past 5-10 years and that's why I liked it so much. Yeah, it a great metaphor, and if you haven't encountered it before in classic sci-fi you're in for a treat. That's what I'm looking for ... |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 17:11:32 GMT -5
This is Dave Stewart, colorist primarily for Dark Horse born in August of 1972 in Idaho. He would have been a pre-teen in the Eurythmics heyday of pop releases.  This is Dave Stewart the musician, born in September of 1952 in the UK, old enough to be the colorist's dad...  google fu is your friend... -M |
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Post by The Captain on May 20, 2018 17:57:11 GMT -5
Aquaman #36:Written by Dan Abnett. Art by Ricardo Federici. This story arc to overthrow Rath continues at a glacial pace. I feel like every issue is the same with a small change that advances the story slightly. This issue we finally get Arthur confronting Rath by the end. I like Abnett as a writer. I have enjoyed his run on Aquaman. I just don't know what happened with the King Rath arc. The slow pace has killed the story. I just want it over. 2/10. Yup. This arc is destroying my interest in the series. There was nothing that happened in this issue that couldn't have been combined with the nothing that happened in the previous issue and the issue before that to make one single issue of nothing. I'm guessing part of the problem with the pacing is that they want the climax of this arc to coincide with the end of the Mera miniseries, so that the two stories can dovetail into one and set a new status quo for the series. Since that is a six issue run that won't wrap up until July, it looks like we're in for possibly another two months of tedium until they can line up all of their dominoes. |
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Post by The Captain on May 20, 2018 18:07:30 GMT -5
Captain America #702Cap's descendant in the far future, Jack Rogers, has uncovered a plot to use the Super-Soldier Serum to turn humans into sleeper agents for the Kree Empire, a plot that goes as high as the POTUS' right-hand man. As he uses his skills and contacts as a government historian to expose the plot and discover the truth about his ancestor, he finds out that the story of Steve Rogers' demise is a myth and that there is more to the tale, which includes two of Cap's oldest threats... Yawn. How exciting to be reading a Captain America book that doesn't actually include Captain America except in flashback, while the main story involves one character trying to save his son, neither of whom I've been given a reason to care about. Oooh, and we get yet another {Spoiler: Click to show}Red Skull/Cosmic Cube story sure to be like the 37 versions of the same plot that have come before it. I had high hopes for Mark Waid's return to write Cap, but now, this is just an exercise in futile wheelspinning. Wrap this garbage up and bring on Ta-Nehisi Coates, who hopefully can write a story worthy of Captain America after the tragic misfires that the Spencer and Waid runs have been. 2/10, because the art is passable and includes some work by Howard Chaykin this issue.
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 20, 2018 18:13:09 GMT -5
Captain America #702Cap's descendant in the far future, Jack Rogers, has uncovered a plot to use the Super-Soldier Serum to turn humans into sleeper agents for the Kree Empire, a plot that goes as high as the POTUS' right-hand man. As he uses his skills and contacts as a government historian to expose the plot and discover the truth about his ancestor, he finds out that the story of Steve Rogers' demise is a myth and that there is more to the tale, which includes two of Cap's oldest threats... Yawn. How exciting to be reading a Captain America book that doesn't actually include Captain America except in flashback, while the main story involves one character trying to save his son, neither of whom I've been given a reason to care about. Oooh, and we get yet another {Spoiler: Click to show}Red Skull/Cosmic Cube story sure to be like the 37 versions of the same plot that have come before it. I had high hopes for Mark Waid's return to write Cap, but now, this is just an exercise in futile wheelspinning. Wrap this garbage up and bring on Ta-Nehisi Coates, who hopefully can write a story worthy of Captain America after the tragic misfires that the Spencer and Waid runs have been. 2/10, because the art is passable and includes some work by Howard Chaykin this issue. Yeah, I got really excited to see Waid back on Cap as he's one of the only writers to really make me love Cap so it's really disappointing that it was just so bad, especially as the concept introduced in the first issue, Cap traveling the back roads of America righting wrongs sounded really fun. You're a tougher man than I am Captain as I dropped this after the second Cap in the future issue and nothing has made me want to pick it up. |
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Post by The Captain on May 20, 2018 18:22:45 GMT -5
Captain America #702Cap's descendant in the far future, Jack Rogers, has uncovered a plot to use the Super-Soldier Serum to turn humans into sleeper agents for the Kree Empire, a plot that goes as high as the POTUS' right-hand man. As he uses his skills and contacts as a government historian to expose the plot and discover the truth about his ancestor, he finds out that the story of Steve Rogers' demise is a myth and that there is more to the tale, which includes two of Cap's oldest threats... Yawn. How exciting to be reading a Captain America book that doesn't actually include Captain America except in flashback, while the main story involves one character trying to save his son, neither of whom I've been given a reason to care about. Oooh, and we get yet another {Spoiler: Click to show}Red Skull/Cosmic Cube story sure to be like the 37 versions of the same plot that have come before it. I had high hopes for Mark Waid's return to write Cap, but now, this is just an exercise in futile wheelspinning. Wrap this garbage up and bring on Ta-Nehisi Coates, who hopefully can write a story worthy of Captain America after the tragic misfires that the Spencer and Waid runs have been. 2/10, because the art is passable and includes some work by Howard Chaykin this issue. Yeah, I got really excited to see Waid back on Cap as he's one of the only writers to really make me love Cap so it's really disappointing that it was just so bad, especially as the concept introduced in the first issue, Cap traveling the back roads of America righting wrongs sounded really fun. You're a tougher man than I am Captain as I dropped this after the second Cap in the future issue and nothing has made me want to pick it up. I would have dropped it too, but this is Captain America. I have a complete run unbroken from #100 on, through Kirby's second stint and all of the 80's mediocrity and Cap-Wolf and Cap-Armor and Hydra-Cap: every writer, every artist, every issue. I've dropped better books for less, but the stubborn completionist in me won't let me give up on this title, even when it's this bad. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 20, 2018 18:38:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I got really excited to see Waid back on Cap as he's one of the only writers to really make me love Cap so it's really disappointing that it was just so bad, especially as the concept introduced in the first issue, Cap traveling the back roads of America righting wrongs sounded really fun. You're a tougher man than I am Captain as I dropped this after the second Cap in the future issue and nothing has made me want to pick it up. I would have dropped it too, but this is Captain America. I have a complete run unbroken from #100 on, through Kirby's second stint and all of the 80's mediocrity and Cap-Wolf and Cap-Armor and Hydra-Cap: every writer, every artist, every issue. I've dropped better books for less, but the stubborn completionist in me won't let me give up on this title, even when it's this bad. I know the feeling, I used to be that way with Batman and Detective Comics but Scott Snyder and then Rebirth killed it for me. |
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Post by The Captain on May 21, 2018 8:55:17 GMT -5
I would have dropped it too, but this is Captain America. I have a complete run unbroken from #100 on, through Kirby's second stint and all of the 80's mediocrity and Cap-Wolf and Cap-Armor and Hydra-Cap: every writer, every artist, every issue. I've dropped better books for less, but the stubborn completionist in me won't let me give up on this title, even when it's this bad. I know the feeling, I used to be that way with Batman and Detective Comics but Scott Snyder and then Rebirth killed it for me. I possibly would have dumped the book (at least a full retail, with me picking it up later from the $1 bins) if it didn't look like Waid was going anywhere soon. However, since his departure is imminent and Coates is set to take over, this is just a minor inconvenience. |
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