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Last night while looking through comics for Friday Night Fights I found this ad that made me wonder why not change the text at the bottom:

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Posted by Fred, on 02/23/08 4:46 PM Bookmark this post Digg Reddit Blogg-Buzz StumbleUpon

Last Week In Comics: The Bwa Ha Ha is Back!

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Bwa-Ha-Ha Again!Booster Gold #0 is the BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK! (out of the issues that I bought.)
Every month I rant and rave about some comic being one of the best comics DC puts out on a monthly basis… OK, I may say that about too many comics, but Booster Gold is one of those comics that I consistently make that claim for and it deserves the praise. One of the first comic books that I ever recived that was not one of the main stream big names, i.e. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, etc.., was Blue Beetle 19 and since then I read most of everything that Ted Kord starred in. Take the fact that Booster Gold now has one of my favorite comic characters in it’s supporting cast, plus the fact that it is one of the best book DC is currently publishing, AND add in that this issue ties directly into the first every DCU wide crossover I ever read - Zero Hour; it is easy to see why this comic easily wins Best Comic of last week.
The humor is strong, the art is strong, and the storytelling is superhumanly strong… Booster Gold, and a couple other books, is easily “the best comics that DC puts out on a monthly basis- period!”

I find this funny for some reason...

Countdown 11, like last week’s issue, is quickly bringing all storylines together for the grand finale. I like the end result but it seems too rushed and the last couple weeks have been harder to follow, at least Harley’s dialog makes the issue fun.

Only the Joker could pull this joke off.

Last month Gotham Underground received the honor of being the best for one week, this week’s Gotham Underground 5 would have easily won if Booster Gold 0 was published along with the original Zero Hour in 1994.
Gotham Underground #5 was awesome, and to prove it let me share what I told the inker Jack Purcell:

Just read Gotham Underground #5 - WOW!
The art was phenomenal and the story even better.
My first opinion of this miniseries was that it was a slugfest…. but it is much more deep than that.
The best part is how it ties into all the major storylines seamlessly (Countdown, Salvation Run, Crime Bible, and the Bat Books.)
Wow! the puzzle pieces when Johnny was tossed out the window was spectacular, just as the missing pieces to hide identities… Wow!
Great job inking this one, it has to be one of the most original issues I ever read!

Still Funny even after Wolfman...

Tiny Titans #1 was cute and even though the above joke has been used during the Wolfman & Perez run it still makes me laugh. I will be saving all of the Tiny Titan issues I can for when I have tiny ones of my own.

Other Reviews

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Amazing Spider-Man #550: I forgot to scan this issue in because I read it first on Wednesday and forgot all about it. The same can be said about this issue’s story. We see the Menace, see that Spidey is hunted down to Register (twice), and that not only does he not have any money for web-fluid apparently he has no extra costumes either.

Green Arrow & Black Canary #5: I quite enjoyed this issue. Many say the last two issues have been boring and all Ollie does is mope about being a bad father to Connor. OK, so we all know that Ollie was not the perfect father and I think since it is not just being assumed and played out in these issues it is making the characters and storyline stronger.

Green Lantern Corps #21: I have this issue, but I have not read it yet… I scanned the cover, so I figured that I should say something… “Look its about one of those freaky Alpha Lanterns.

JLA Classified #52: I liked the first issue of this storyline it peaked my interest,the second issue was OK since it was a flashback to a flashback story, but this one is almost exactly the same as the first. The kicker was that the JLA is getting pummeled for almost the whole issue and one panel turns the tide…

Salvation Run #4: This is turning into one of those minseries that you are not that interested in but since you started it you have to stick it out. If there wasn’t a “4 of 7″ printed on the cover I would not have purchased it. It is always good to see the Joker kill for his personal humor, but we already saw that in Gotham Underground this week. If not for the fight on the cover being played out this comic would have been a complete waste.

Superman #673: Thank goodness that storyline is over… the only good thing about the Insect Queen story was that Chris blew up Lois and Clark’s apartment.

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Posted by Fred, on 02/18/08 7:15 PM Bookmark this post Digg Reddit Blogg-Buzz StumbleUpon

Last Week In Comics: Booster and a Beetle

Dont make Dona Troy slap a...
Countdown 15 proves that as the story gets better so does the clichés.
Snoop Dogg, Rick James, the Juggernaut, and now Donna Troy

This is my favorite level of Super Mario Galaxy
Robin 170 may not have had the triumphant return of Chuck Dixon that I was expecting, but seeing this scene made me chuckle. I like the humor and the odd training reference, but after spending all of the holidays playing Super Mario Galaxy this reminds image me of my favorite level in the game.

No Guns!
Catwoman 74 is a tie into Salvation Run and transports Selina to a different Earth in the Multiverse. I am enjoying Countdown, but all the tie-ins are becoming quite annoying especially since every other Batman caries a gun.
Batman hates guns. Because he hates guns and has not used them every writer who can write an alternate Earth’s Batman wants to make him bust some caps… seriously, I’m getting tired of it.

Next week may be better... no... probably not
Birds of Prey 114 not that good. The solicit at the end for issue 115 was better… need I post more.

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Amazing Spider-Man 547: Jameson’s heart attack prompts Pete to don his Spider-Man uniform once again to save the Daily Bugle from bankruptcy. Only having one web-shooter after being mugged, Peter decides to get some pictures of Spidey taking down the mugger who has his lost web-shooter, killing two birds with one stone. En-route Spidey busts up some Chinese mask wearing mafia thugs… I don’t really get this part of the storyline. The Peter Parker/Daily Bugle story is what I am enjoying the most.

Booster Gold 6: Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle are the best comics that DC puts out on a monthly basis- period! In this issue Booster teams up with the past, present, and future Blue Beetle and travel back to in time to save Ted Kord. Along with an clever Beetles reference, Booster joins the Beetles and successfully saves Ted Kord. Needless to say that Rip Hunter is pissed since he did not see a “chronal disturbance” that would be fixed by saving Ted. This book is a great read, single issue stories that all tie together into one awesomely weaved complex story. The shattering of Booster’s goggles to replace dead Ted’s goggles that were sent to Batman to set of Infinite Crisis is a great example of the detail that makes this book constantly great. Best Comic from Last Week!

Justice League of America 17: Um… the backup story featuring Vixen was better than the main story, and even that was not too good. The main story of JLA 17 is that the league is finally figured out that Waller and her Suicide Squad has something to do with the missing villains. Oh, and at the same time a bunch of villains break into the Hall of Justice to seek protection from the Suicide Squad… what great timing… Yeah, you can skip this one… assuming you wait almost a week after a book is out to read my review before you purchase it.

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Posted by Fred, on 01/21/08 7:41 PM Bookmark this post Digg Reddit Blogg-Buzz StumbleUpon