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Last Week In Comics: Mayan Snow Ninjas!

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

All New Atom 22

All New Atom #22 continues to entertain us with the attack of the killer virus, or subatomic monster. No, I am not referring to the virus that was built up in Countdown to Final Crisis and wiped out a whole Earth in one issue… No this virus is from the blood of one superhero know as the Atom. The monster that was enlarged from Ryan Choi’s blood continues to ravage Ivy Town like something out of a “B Movie.” As much as I want to pull a MST3K on this issue, I can’t because it was a fun read:. Te best part of the issue is a tossup between the angry homeowner and the demise of the forced romantic interest.

Amazing Spider-Man 555

Amazing Spider-Man #555 had the Webhead being all emo like, cracking jokes with Wolverine, and then fighting Mayan Snow Ninjas… Yeah… I said Mayan Snow Ninjas… At first I was disappointed by the continual whining by Peter Parker and even more annoyed by the random encounter with the Mayan Snow Ninjas… But after thinking about all of the Avengers books and this Secret Invasion crap… I decided this silliness is just what Marvel needs. Reading this issue again for the review I decided that I liked this randomness from a Marvel book… it was kind of different… it was fun.

Detective Comics 843

Detective Comics #843 almost made Best Comic of Last Week. It’s dialog was superb from the interaction of Batman and the scared security guard to the flirting of Zatanna, shown above. The issue showed the return of Scarface with a new Ventriloquist, any comic with a well written Scarface is a good comic in my opinion. As I already mentioned the best part of this issue was Zatanna almost begging Bruce to “go steady” since she was the one to erase his memory.
WTF!
As much as I would be interested to see how writers would handle a Batman/Zatanna love affair I think it is quite odd that Batman would be willing to fool around with someone who could, and already had, erased his memory during Identity Crisis. If it was not for that little weirdness this comic and the inclusion of the Moose, this comic would have easily been the best of last week.

Moose is awesome

Tec 843 also has the return of the recipient of one of Batman’s best KO punches as shown in Friday Night Fights: Knockout! Round 12.

Nightwing 143

Nightwing 142 again plays the strengths of Dick Grayson well. Nightwing is a master detective like his mentor, but unlike his mentor he is a people person and a leader. All of these character traits are played out well in this team up with Robin to infiltrate the base of those responsible for reanimating dead super-villains. The interaction between Nightwing and Robin was funny it almost reminded me of a Wonder Years episode. Even though it was a sub par ending to the story arc the interaction between the original Boy Wonder and his newest replacement made this issue a fun read.

Secret Invasion 1

Secret Invasion #1… Crap! I should have not flipped through it before I read it because once I came to this checklist for 33 crossover issues with more to come after summer I decided not to read it. Thanks Marvel way to scare me off. I only buy Spider-Man comics and was willing to give this “big event” a chance so that maybe I would get back into the Marvel universe upon the completion of the crossover, but NO you had to scare me away with too many tie in titles.

and…

THE BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK:
Action Comics #863

Action Comics 863

Action Comics #863 was the final issue of the saga of the future Justice League and its crusade against aliens. When this story arc first began it started off slow and I still had an awkward taste from the last interaction of Superman and the Legion in “The Lightning Saga,” but as the story moved on I really began to like it more. The ending seals the deal. Now after seeing Superman being the Superman I remember and enjoy from my youth (see the above image) and stopping a war with just his presence and command, I have to admit that this is my favorite Superman arc since Infinite Crisis… yes this even surpasses the phenomenal “Up Up and Away!” story arc.

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Other comics worth mentioning… but maybe not worth buying:

Countdown #4: Ok, we apparently are back to the Jason, Kyle, Dona, Mary, and Ray Palmer story… well after a couple issues of non related content to their cause I completely lost interest. There is only three issues to go so I will finish the series, but I have to admit that the writing and pacing of this weekly series will make me think twice before picking up the next weekly series.

Supergirl #28: MMM DROP!

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