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Last Week In Comics:
A fresh take on 5 day-old comics.
Adventure Comics #4
Three issues ago I was loving Adventure Comics because it featured on of my favorite supporting characters from the Superman family – Superboy. Since the cloned boy-of-steel first appeared in 1993 I have been a fan of Conner Kent, or Kon-El. For three issues I have watched him grow from a “clone” cliché to a young adult trying to figure out who he truly is no matter what hero or villain he shares DNA with. LWIC (Last Week In Comics) I was shocked to see that Conner Kent was not the focus of issue #4, but instead another Superboy:
- Superboy Prime returns to be the focus of the comic he once helmed.
- This is not the classic Superboy Prime, instead we have the whiny version who punched the wall on continuity (you wanted to forget the fact didn’t you) and screwed up the DCU for the Infinite Crisis.
- The story take place on Earth-Prime where Superboy keeps tracks on his DUC pals by reading the same comics you and I read on a weekly basis.
- Superboy Prime gets ticked off when he sees himself on the cover of this issue and goes to the comic shop to find out spoilers for the next issue since the ending of this issue is a cliffhanger.
- Alexander Luthor, Superboy’s ally and main villain during the Infinite Crisis, returns from the dead as a Black Lantern and goes after Superboy Prime.
- Luthor seeing how the internet can spark emotiocons and fighting between fanboys (like me) decides to use Superboy Prime as a pawn to invoke emotion and kill the inhabitants of Earth-Prime.
- Superboy, wanting to redeem himself, tries to defeat Zombie Luthor but looks to be outnumbered since all of the characters he killed during the Infinite Crisis also returned as Black Lanterns with Luthor.
That was a fun comic. There is something fun about seeing the world we live in mix with the comic world. I know that writers have tried to put comic characters into “real world” situations and universes before, but unlike those stories this one takes a look at the perfect union between both worlds.
Amazing Spider-Man #612
There is something gratifying when short enjoyable stories from the past resurface to be smaller pieces of a larger plot. I’m not taking about characters coming back from the dead, I’m talking about the actions of previous stories leading into and contributing to a larger deeper story. LWIC:
- Remember the return of Kraven the Hunter? Yeah, his daughter seems to be back and gathering a small group to go after Spider-Man.
- Also, Electro is back. Not only is he back but his powers are more unstable than ever. It seems that as he enters middle age and his body is changing and so is his power.
- Electro seemed to invest most of his stolen cash in the past. So after the stock market and economy crash Electro, like many other investors, has lost everything.
- Electro, not wanting to go back to petty crime, decides that the people need to stand up and revolt.
- Electro leads riots protesting the government bailouts of the rich at the cost of the poor and middle class.
- Spider-Man trying to capture Electro since he is a wanted murderer and all, falls lower on the public opinion poll. Literally - Spidey falls so low that his fate will be decided next issue after falling into the mob that hates him.
I like where this storyline is going. It seems as if each of Spidey’s villains will get some momentum individual against the Web-Slinger right before being brought together to destroy him…. or maybe these villains are just a way to weaken Spidey so that young Ms. Kraven can swoop in for the kill like Bane did to Batman.
Supergirl #47
Supergirl and pals recently took out her father’s killer and returned Reactron to New Krypton for trial. LWIC:
- We see a glimpse into the past of Alura leader of New Krypton and the mother of Supergirl.
- Alura used to be “Spock” like and logic based, until her relationship with Zor-El.
- Now with Zor-El dead she seems to be a cruel and ruthless leader, so it was surprising when she decided that Reactron should be tried and not just murdered.
- Alura shows personality traits associated with the “S” she wears on her chest by hearing that Reactron should be sent back to Earth to be tried.
- Alura didn’t change enough to let Reactron off that easy, and before she could do anything about it a group of protesting Kryptonians storm the trial with intents on killing the murderer.
- During the ruckus Reactron is supposedly killed and Alura seems sad that justice could not be served properly.
- In the end Reactron is not dead, instead he is secretively being held captive by Alura to find out more about who on Earth sent him to kill and frame the Kryptonians.
This comic has taken a turn for the better, especially since it seems that someone on New Krypton (Alura) has stepped down to her enemy’s level. General Sam Lane you better watch out and be prepared for Alura and an army of “supermen!”
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THE BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #6
Last month the Huntress was chasing down a feral Man-Bat trying to stop him from killing innocent people. During their tussle both the Huntress and Man-Bat crashed into a church where the priest is hearing the “voice of God.” Not only is the the priest hearing voices that he believes to be divine, they are telling him to kill the beast and the harlot. LWIC
- Huntress awakens to see that she and Man-Bat are tied up with a priest holding a gun towards them.
- The Huntress hears the “voice of God” tell the priest to kill his captives.
- The Huntress tries to reason with the priest as Man-Bat wakes up.
- Man-Bat goes nuts, at first Huntress thinks that he is just feral and will kill the priest tries one more time to reason with her captor.
- Man-Bat using his enhanced senses notices that there is an “invisible man” speaking to the priest.
- Huntress noticed that Kurt is not feral and instead he has always been able to see the hidden villain.
- Then Batman arrives.
- Batman, like the Huntress, assumed that Kurt was feral and hits him with a tranquilizer.
- Huntress and Batman are now stranded without any way to see the invisible “voice of God” are saved by the priest.
- The priest knowing God, knew that the voice was not that of a higher being. Instead he was just playing along keeping the “voice” talking so that he could get a bearing on where the villain was standing.
This was an awesome comic. I totally believed that Man-Bat was not “cured” and in control. I totally thought the priest was following the “voice of God.” And I totally like the fact that this Batman can be wrong and not the “be all – end all” hero. This comic is an example of what I want to read every month – DC take note.
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