Last Week In Comics: The Short “Long Weekend” Version
Because of the long weekend here goes a shortened holiday version of…
SpaceBooger’s weekly review of last weeks comics is back giving a fresh take on 5-day-old comics:
Only 3 more issues… and they wasted the last couple on that damn prison planet!
Amazing Spider-Man #560: Ok about what I said last week… I was wrong. I like the character twist having Peter being one of the paparazzi. This is definitely a character piece, and because of the emphasis on characters the “flat Stanley” emo stalker chick works. Oh, and the big reviel at the end… not so big for me… lets keep moving on with the current story… it may not be wise to bring back the read-head and bring back remembered hatred along with her.
Batman and the Outsiders #7 was horribly slow… It reminds me of a poorly written story by one of my middle school students. You know that story where there are three pages of a monster chasing the main characters through a haunted house only to end when the teenage writer gets bored and has the characters jump out of the window and run home… This issue is exactly the same but replace monster with space zombies, have Metamorpho as the main character, and instead of a haunted house it is a space station.
Catwoman #79 brings Selina back to the real world into a really good story. Since One Year Later and up until that Salvation Run crap Catwoman has been highly entertaining. Now that Catwoman is on Earth again and the story picks up it sucks that the series is rumored to be canceled.
Justice League of America #21 was a real short story but filled the whole book. Here is what happened:
- The big three have a secret room in the Hall of Justice and discuss that keeping secrets is a bad idea.
- A third rate villain is reintroduced with a great summary of his back story and hatred for costume do-gooders.
- Lastly, Libra rescues him and convinces a bunch of villains that they should try the “team-up” thing again… but this time it will work.
The best part of this issue was even though only three things happened, they were detailed enough to satisfy me as a reader.
Robin #174 was anticlimactic… Spoiler’s true identity was finally reveled and didn’t even have a “Super-Punch,” multiple Earth, or even Lazaurs Pit explanation… just a plain old “I faked my own death” that was met with a “Meh, I suspected so” by the worlds greatest detective. What a letdown.
Yeah on this Memorial Day weekend I read how Amanda Waller make a Kryptonite/Human/Doomsday hybrid out of a young solider in Superman and Batman #48. Yes, not only did the U.S.A. fund a bunker full of Kryptonite weapons to kill Superman, you know “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” dude, they also played God with their own soldier’s humanity to accomplish it… Happy Memorial Day folks!
and…
THE BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK:
BIRDS OF PREY #118
I know that if I see the “Sightings” banner at the top of a DC Comic then it relates to Final Crisis… but I did not know what to expect when I saw a “The Dark Side Culb” banner at the top of this comic.
After reading the comic, I get the reference but I don’t get why it gets its own banner. This issue revolves around a teenage Fight Club and a “big reveal” at the end, both of which do not dissapoint. The fight club and gambling ring is headed up by a large bald man with no pupils know as “Boss Dark Side.” All of the fighters in this club have been drugged and brainwashed into fighting by a large “gangsta” woman named “Granny.” In fact every worker at the Dark Side Club shares a name with characters from Apokolips.
The novelty of the Dark Side Club was not the only reason that this was the best comic of last week. The characters of Misfit and Black Alice make a great love/hate relationship which works well in this series… espeicaly since I was wondering why Misfit was ever introduced into BOP… but needless to say the dynamic gets even better with the big reveal at the end making this THE BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK.
Last Week In Comics: Full of Bat-Stuff
SpaceBooger’s weekly review of last weeks comics is back giving a fresh take on 5-day-old comics:
How can I resist a Monty Python reference… or the fact that the dino is easily seen in every Bat-Cave shot.
Superman & Batman 46 was the BEST COMIC OF LAST WEEK!Last month we saw Aquaman stand up to both Batman and Superman laying a little “Eco-Guilt” on both heroes, mainly the Man of Steel. Apparently Aquaman’s guilt trip only lasted as long as his monthly series because Bats and Supes are once again ridding the world of Kryptonite. This month’s quest puts Superman in contact with what Red Arrow calls “Magic-K.” What is magic K you ask, well it seems to be the equivalent to marijuana to Kryptonians. Superman Batman #46 is the JLU meets Half Baked, with a little Monty Python and the Holy Grail to make it easily the best comic of last week.
Batman Confidential 13 Scooby-Doo mask wearing Batman gave me happy flashbacks of the Jim Arpo days, which is appropriate since this series takes place during the Disco Nightwing days.
I always wondered how Batman’s ears fit under those masks?
Birds of Prey 115 put me through the same trite arguments I hear from my middle schoolers everyday. The plot between Misfit and Black Alice does nothing for me and seems to be moving too slow to be going anywhere either.
Robin 171 marks the return of the “Red Bird.” I find it awesome that Chuck Dixon is back and all of a sudden so is the Red Bird. Dixon can write a good story but the Spoiler stuff seems forced, but I like the detective work and am glad that Dixon is continuing the detective aspect of the book from before his return.
Quick Reviews
Amazing Spider-Man 551: This issue gets my “Meh” award for the week. The dialog is great as is the humor, but the story is so-so. I would highly suggest reading this issue and continuing the series because since Brand New Day began each issue ties together smoothly without the “wait for the trade” feel.
Batman and the Outsiders 4: Lets bring in a new character to the team to fight another member of the team – twice. Yeah, thats about it other than a reprogrammed “good” OMAC named “REMAC” that can shape shift in the same visual manner as Mystique from the X-Men movies.
Catwoman 76: A great read, a fun read with Selina having Superman type powers on an alternate Earth. Like I said fun, but I see no real point to the issue.
Countdown 10: This was so bad that I… purchased and read it anyway. I am so invested in this series and yet it has so let me down recently. I have been complaining for the rushed story the last couple of weeks. I feel that the rushing of the story is ruining characterizations that were formed at the beginning, now the art is joining in. The art for this issue was horrible… no witty criticisms, it was that bad.
Justice League of America 18: Slow and action packed… This story could have been done in one issue instead of being broken into three parts (the third part coming next month) instead we get what could be the middle of a great story with a better back-up. Yes the Red Tornado story is far better than the extended version of Sanctuary.
Superman Confidential 12: Yeah, this one is not doing it for me. Both Confidential books are hit or miss with me so I will not be picking up the rest of this Toy Man story. I’ll try again next arc.
Last Week In Comics: Booster and a Beetle
Countdown 15 proves that as the story gets better so does the clichés.
Snoop Dogg, Rick James, the Juggernaut, and now Donna Troy
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
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.
Birds of Prey 114 not that good. The solicit at the end for issue 115 was better… need I post more.
Quick Reviews
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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