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Post by String on Jun 15, 2018 10:38:13 GMT -5
Hawkman #1 - Heartily agree with what all has been said before about this issue. I don't know why V-Ditti gets a bad rap sometimes (for I enjoyed his work on X-O and GL) but here, he's starting off strong with his characterization of Carter, with the focus on his obsession with history and his past lives. This new reveal of the true scope of his reincarnations is staggering and should provide some great material for stories. Hitch's art (especially in the underwater temple) was great, his scenes of Carter in flight were very good as well.
Also, I just learned that the Wingors mentioned here, date all the way back to Hawkman's first ever solo title in the early 60s by Fox and Anderson. Now that's cool.
10/10 Best issue of the week so far
Thor #1 - Aaron just keeps rolling along with nary a hiccup. Odinson's near-obsession in regaining a worthy hammer coupled with his desire to bring the fight to Malekith, Aaron delivers on action, drama, and humor here as usual. I quite liked Del Mundo's art. I didn't like his participation with Waid on Avengers awhile back for I feel his unique style is best suited for a fantasy/otherworldly setting so I think he's a much better fit here. The back-up story with King Thor was very good, sad and tense all at the same time. I have no idea what that last page means with this (apparent) character's sudden arrival. I just hate having to wait to #5 to learn more.
8/10
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 14:17:14 GMT -5
I just read Plastic-Man, Gail Simone did an excellent job showcasing Plastic-Man and I should be getting Hawkman on Monday and/or Tuesday. Gail did a fairly decent job of plotting out Plastic-Man and did nice job sorting out the dark humor aspect of it.
I find the art is excellent and I loved the art by Adriana Melo. I was surprised to see the cover by Aaron Lopresti one of my favorites in the Modern Era of Comics. Back to Plastic-Man, I've asked the LCS Owner to mail me the reminder of the mini-series of Plastic-Man to my home and take it out of my Store Credit.
Gail is doing a nice job with it for the opening segment of Plastic-Man, and Plastic-Man is one of my favorites ...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 17:01:30 GMT -5
Hawkman #1 ... I just got this book a mere 15 minutes ago and the Art and the Story is fabulous and it's really captured the dynamics of Hawkman ... String, md62, @mrjupiter, and hondobrode ... all have praised this book and I so heartedly agree their assessment. The underwater temple was magnificent and everything else is just lovely book to look at. My friend just praised this book. According to Bleeding Cool my dear friend shared this to me and it's really a top notch book and they did everything right to make it very realistic as possible. This is something to be praised about ... I'm very much sold on this book. 
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 18:27:28 GMT -5
@mechagodzilla glad you liked Plastic Man & Hawkman. It's been great reading your thoughts here on the new comics thread.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 15, 2018 20:59:31 GMT -5
The Magic Order #1
Written by Mark Millar Art by Oliver Coipel Summary: The world of science and logic we know is a lie, magic is real and dangerous and the wizards that protect our normal lives are now being assassinated by a mysterious foe.
Plot: Okay, so sue me...I bought into the hype, that Magic Order would be the next, best comic ever. Now, I didn't think it'd live up to that promise(and it doesn't) but all the press surrounding it did get me to try it out which is something as I don't usually care all that much for Millar's work. As usual Millar has a decent idea, it's an adult Harry Potter with magic secretly existing right beside our own mundane lives but he falters a bit in execution. What made Harry Potter work was that Rowling took the time to build the mundane before introducing the fantastic so that when you saw the magic happen it was a surprise even tough there was in fact a wizard right on the cover of the book, but instead of putting that work into building a world Millar jumps into it with out that build up so although the magic is interesting it doesn't really pop. The mash up between crime noir and fantasy is interesting so I don't see myself dropping the book yet but I can't help feel that it's slightly generic where it could be so much more.
Art:The absolute highlight of this debut is the gorgeous work of Oliver Coipel and Dave Stewart. Coipel’s pencils are clean and fit the tone of the series perfectly. Stewart’s colors bring everything together. The panels pull the reader into a gritty world with their excellent use a dark color pallet highlighted by a lot of blues and rough, dark shading.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 15, 2018 21:46:23 GMT -5
Man of Steel #3: Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Ryan Sook. Now I'm starting to worry a little. Bendis uses 7 pages of story to show the villain arriving on earth & finding the Fortress. Then we get Superman looking into the fires in Metropolis with the aid of Batman. Then Superman & Supergirl at the Fortress seeing the destruction as well as Kandor being gone. Then back to Metropolis to face the villain together. Superman never answers Supergirl's questions about Lois & Jon. We also get some "mild" Bendis conversation between the two of them. Some of what I think are Bendis' negative qualities as a writer are creeping into this series. And that is decreasing my enjoyment of this series despite the beautiful art by Sook this issue. 6/10. The Man of Steel #3: By the third issue, I expected a bit more, but overall not a bad issue. I thought the first few pages could have been better utilized. The book gets better when Superman and Supergirl arrive to find Kandor destroyed. Not a fan of how the Lois and Jon mystery is being handled. It's like the same pages over and over with a tiny reveal that really doesn't reveal anything. The ship that arrives in the scene reminds me of Brainiac, but could that be Luthor inside? The silhouette looked like a bald man. Superman again dodges what has happened to them when Supergirl asks. I think this issue takes place just before the Bendis story in Action 1000. More about the fires, but not much. Batman is recruited for his perspective. So far Green Lantern and Batman have cameoed. I'm guessing Wonder Woman will show up at some point. Anyway, small pieces of the puzzle in this issue. Loved the Ryan Sook art, especially in the Batman scenes. 7.5/10 If there's one thing I can say about this book it's that is consistent with its faults...which is really too bad. There's a lot to like about Bendis Superman so far: his characterizations, dialog and over all tone are all pitch perfect, and the individual ideas are solid...but it just falls short from there because there's just too much going on at once. The fire plot is a truly fantastic idea for instance, it's really hard to create a convincing street level threat for a guy who can fly through space and move mountains on a whim but something elemental like fire is something that can't be stopped by that and yet it's still an everyday threat which really grounds him. And on top of that that introduction of the fire chief is a great supporting character and in this installment Bendis gives us possibly the best Batman line since Darwin Cook's matchstick monologue in New Frontier, "Something I've learned? If the politest man in the galaxy has to go somewhere so fast that he can't even say goodbye, then there's good reason." It's just a fantastic testament to the relationship between Batman and Superman in the most Batman way ever. All that said though, it's getting a little thin now. We're three issues in now and we've basically had the same scene three times; a fire happens, Superman appears on the scene and chats with the fire chief but has to leave for some reason. It could really be a great story with the right amount of room to grow and breath but without that I find myself starting to feel disconnected and I'm beginning to wonder where it's going and not in a good way and the other threads are the same way; I like the Daily Planet scenes and characterizations are solid..but to what end? And he mystery of Jon and Lois should be huge...but all we get are a few panels an issue which isn't tantalizing...it's just boring, and on that level so is the alien and his pursuit of Superman for being Kryptonian. We've seen that motivation before and it wasn't compelling then and Bendis isn't giving us anything new to compell us now. On top of that the destruction of Kandor is a poor shock tactic, we're supposed to see it as a trigger to Superman's anger, triggered by his failure to protect his heritage but it's so thin and one dimensional that it doesn't make you feel anything. It's just cliche. This could be a great story if he just focused one one thing, but with attention split the end product is severely harmed. Grade:5/10 |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 23:03:47 GMT -5
Titans Special #1 by Dan Abnett and a whole bunch of artists: After the events of Metal, Nightwing sets out to form a new team to deal with what he refers to as emergent threats (people suddenly developing meta human abilities). He gets approval by the Justice League and sets out to recruit his team, who set up house in the Hall of Justice as an extension of the Justice League.
This was a truly horrible special. First of all, Nightwing inadvertently causes the death of one of the emergent threats and the JL is very ho hum about it, while just a few issues ago, they were throwing a major hissy fit over whether or not Donna might become the evil Troia and ordering the team to disband. I would think Nightwing's uncharacteristic irresponsibility would just give them more ammo for reasons why there should be no Titans.
Donna Troy is apparently now coping with her issues by hitting the bottle and lamenting the team of Lilith, Flash, Tempest, and Arsenal breaking up. As she swigs her tequila straight out of the bottle, Nightwing tries to convince her to join his team, which she does. Raven, Changeling, and Natasha Steel all join along with JL appointed babysitter, Miss Martian.
Nothing worked in this book for me. The art was uneven, the characters (most of them, I couldn't care less about) all seem very unfamiliar at this point, and the reason for the team seems like nothing more to sell this as an auxiliary Justice League title. I don't fault Abnett. I am sure this is all editorial--who probably plotted this before the JL movie was released, thinking it would be a huge hit and everyone would want JL titles. Save your $5 on this one. At this point, if the adult Titans are going to be treated like babies, just bring back Mr. Jupiter and the jumpsuits and miniskirts, and let him mentor the group.
0/10
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 7:23:12 GMT -5
Sorry to read the bad review of the Titans Special #1 -- @mrjupiter and I was thinking about getting it and based what you said it's not worth the $5.00 on it.
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