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Last Week In Comics: Beetle Mania

SpaceBooger’s weekly review of last weeks comics is back giving a fresh take on 5-day-old comics:

Best Ever!

Two weeks ago I went on about how Booster Gold was one of the best monthly comics around, and it is one of the best around. The other in that same category is the Blue Beetle. If you read this column (which is posted every Monday) you will know that Jaime Reyes is one of the best new characters in ages. Blue Beetle 24 is the BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK and it tells a tale of one teenager and his phenomical supporting cast trying to dismantle an alien armada that plans to take over the Earth. Yeah, I know standard comic book stuff, but what makes Blue Beetle so great is the dialog, the personality of the main character, and the distinct personality of his supporting cast.

At the end of issue 23 the Reach (the crazy aliens hellbent on taking over the Earth) removed their alien technology from Jaime that gave him the sweet powers for the previous 22 issues. In this issue we see the power of the human will from Jaime who has planned to be all kamikaze like and take out the Reach’s mothership from the inside.

True Dat!
This image alone shows why Blue Beetle 24 was the
BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK!

High Five, Yo!

High-five from Batman. Thats about the only thing that I enjoyed from Batman 674. I think that Grant Morrison is a great writer but these last two hallucination filled issues really confused me. As far as I can tell someone was manipulating Gotham Police Officers bodies so that when Batman finally dies someone could take his place. I think thats the plot… but I am not sure… and right now I don’t care because I can read Blue Beetle instead.

Go Aurthur

JLA Classified 53 showed Aquaman blasting a self proclaimed god in the face… I got my three dollars worth right there. The story… well I keep making the flashback to a flashback reference and I will do it one more time by saying this is the longest flashback in a flashback series ever. I love Roger Stern’s work but this it taking too long… especially for a flashback in a flashback series.

What now punk!

Legion of Super-Heroes 39 had everything I expected from a superhero team book.

With Jim Shooter back I am enjoying “relearning” his take on the characters he used to write.

Best new Character ever!

Did I mention that I am a fan of Blue Beetle? Did I mention that his solo book is the best monthly book… until the next issue Booster Gold comes out. In Teen Titans 56 Blue Beetle again makes an apperance. I call it an apearance because I am not quite sure that he is on the team, I think he is just around to tick off Kid Devil. Speaking of Kid Devil this issue focuses on him annoying every other Titan. This issue, and the last couple, seem to be back on track of what I expect for the Teen Titans, but… Terror Titans! I am sick of all these Bizzaro Titan teams.

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Quick Mentions

Action Comics 862: Many of today’s comics seem to be written in chapter type arcs that will work great in the trade but suck royally as individual issues. This Action Comics and Legion of Super-Heroes run is an example of a great modern comic. Each individual issue is a great chapter in the larger story, yet each issue has its own smaller story with closure. This issue we learn a couple of important facts mixed in with some action that gives this issue a solid start and end. I am looking forward to seeing what the next “chapter” brings.

All Star Batman & Robin 9: I really don’t want to talk about it since everyone else on the internet has either proposed marriage or condemned it to hell already. I will say that I do take this series for what it is and because of that the whole yellow scenes and the banter between the two “heroes” was great. But as a Batman fan Frank Miller does not want me to be comfortable. So in this issue we see Robin heartlessly almost kill a man… and then everyone cries.

Countdown 9: I am glad to see that everything is coming together and making sense… but it’s moving too fast. The series had a different, and better, pace in the middle. I miss that pace. There is too much going on with too little explanation or character development in issue 9.

52 The Crime Bible 5: What a great ending. If you have trudged your way though this miniseries the ending was satisfying. Thats all I have to say is satisfying. Being a huge fan of the O’Neil run on the Question I am quite satisfied with the way this ended… I didn’t see that coming.

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