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Last Week In Comics: Who Cares What World We’re On?

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

Rinse and Repeat

The All New Atom 21 continues it reliance on scientific inner dialog, minus all the quotes. With Ryan being the only character in two thirds of the book inner dialog is a must. I remember when almost magically the thought balloons disappeared from comics, I miss them at least I have inner dialog… and the Head!

What about Buddy?

The Head loves old sitcoms, who doesn’t… and why was Buddy never left in charge?

The All New Atom 21 showed Ryan Choi dive into a sample of his own blood looking for problems caused by using the dwarf star material that allows him to shrink. Some great science is explained as to why he modifies his costume to swim with cells in his own blood. Inside his blood the Atom finds an unknown microbe a fight ensues leaving Ryan ill. Great set up and a great first issue by the new creative team… almost the best comic of last week.

Yes, Please Do!

Well said Rip Hunter!

Familiar? Yes, but better!

Justice League - New Frontier Special #1 was a great! The only reason I will not give it the honors of being the best comic last week is that everything in this issue has been done before. Just because it has been done before… some of this seems better. I remember reading the Dark Knight Returns and watching that monumental battle where the mere mortal Batman defeats the god-like alien Superman. The first chapter of the New Frontier Special is a missing chapter depicting the battle briefly mentioned in the original mini-series. The battle is what you expect, but Darwyn Cooke adds the nostalgia and appeal from of the New Frontier Series. The other two stories were great reads and in today’s comic market they can be hard to find. As

Batman's Pal - Dick Grayson

Nightwing #142 was the Best Comic of Last Week!
Many people like to talk about Nightwing… or complain that he was going to be the martyr death of Infinite Crisis yet complained that his solo series sucked since Chuck Dixon left. I have always loved Nightwing and it seems that Peter Tomasi realizes who Nightwing really is and what fans expect of him.

Many say that Tomasi is finally understands the character and understands how a Nightwing solo series should be written, but I think its more of a rebuilding. I loved the Dixion & McDaniel run but it was about Dick becoming his own hero. Tomasi is not continuing that, instead he has turned Nightwing into a full fledged hero deserving his own book. No more is Nightwing “Batman Lite” he now is forging his own way as a hero.

In this issue we see Nightwing being a detective, not a dark knight detective like his mentor, but a detective that is well liked by the whole DCU. In Nightwing’s quest of the metahuman grave robbers Dick asks for help from Doctor Mid-Nite, borrows equipment from Batman, and jokes with the newest boy wonder who has joined on this quest. Nightwing 142 is the Best Comic of Last Week because like the title character it is likable, has all the bells and whistles, and its a hell of a lot of fun.

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Other Mumbles

Amazing Spider-Man 552: The third creative team makes it debut… and nothing happens. Peter has more bad luck, gets even more bad publicity, is shot at by NYPD, and a new lackluster villain appears. The only thing keeping me around is the big picture, and that is still looking good.

Countdown 8: For the last couple of weeks I have been complaining that the story was OK, yet the pacing was too fast. This issue the pacing finally slows down enough to realize that many events may tie together nicely, yet they seem random. I am ready for the ending… real ready!

Detective Comics 842: Filler!
Yup thats about it. This comic is a perfect example of a Fill-In Issue. Batman decides not to worry about his own hallucinations in his self titled series or the fact that his creation Brother Eye took over Apokolips last week, instead he is traveling around the world to learn about his new “cursed” armor.

Green Lantern 28: I don’t know what to say other than I liked it. I’m not too sure of my opinion on the multi colored lanterns, but the dialog between Hal and Sinestro was great. The fact that the Alpha Lanterns were created so that the Green Lanterns would fear doing wrong is a great concept. Geoff Johns has weaved a great tale since the Rebirth of Hal Jordan and I look forward to reading more.

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