Hoookay this is a weird one ! it's not all that coherent either, since basically the first half is Batman running around playing detective and the other half is Barbara Gordon upset because she found out that Jim Gordon may or may not be her real father which is sort of confusing, cause i always thought she was his daughter but apparently she was adopted by him.
i personally feel this is just a unnecessary retcon to create drama coming from an adopted person i can tell you that it doesn't really matter who you're real parents are as long as you have someone that cares about you.
honestly the only reason i got this issue was because it had Babs being shot on the cover and so i thought it be a series of flashbacks about how she got thru that mess physically and emotionally but of course that has absolutely nothing to do with whats inside.
anyways towards the end this gets really over the top with Batman saying he doesn't really wanna know about all this personal stuff and Barbara chastising him for not being a better adopted father to the new Robin (i'm assuming shes talking about the new Robin could be Dick for all we know)while Barbara is screaming at him Bats just makes these hilarious grim pouty faces and then after she stops yelling at him there is a really uncomfortable scene where Bats tries to kiss her on her forehead, i don't know i don't think i can handle Batman as touchy feely sensitive guy too much (thats not to say i want to see bat dick again)maybe Batman isn't suited for x-men level soap opera dramarama?
anyways i give this a D.
pariah
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
the Illuminati #3
Oh god it's Bendis time again ! i always find myself suckered into reading his books and then end up completely regretting it,
this is obviously no different.
Anyways in this issue we get a massive swooping retcon about the Beyonder,
and to be frank it doesn't work and i'm not even sure what purpose this story serves,
basically The illuminiti are back in the first Secret Wars era and they find out that the Beyonder is really a Inhuman/mutant hybrid now this is a big great swooping retcon about a character who hasn't really been seen since the 1980's.
and it also basically doesn't make much sense since this means that The Beyonder is more powerfull than his king Black Bolt and that means he doesn't have to listen to him if he doesn't wanna.
now the last time we checked The Beyonder was found out to be part of a sentient cosmic cube, so i'm really not sure how this is all gonna fight in with his prior history and also seems kind of pointless since we haven't seen him in a long long time which sort of makes me wonder if they are going to find a way to bring him back and if so whoever is writing it is going to eventually have some explaining to do !
the other big retcon was that the Professor Xavier considered stopping everyone from fighting by using his powers but he was afraid of what The Beyonder might do in retaliation.
the thing is the professor rarely if ever uses his powers especially in that sort of context so we really don't know if hes capable of doing such thing.
anyways this thing ludacrisly ends by having Namor basically yell at him and tell him to "obey his king" which is kind of hard to do when you're king isn't allowed to talk but i digress.
then he turns into rock and the illumniti leave and then at the very end we find out he teleported himself back to downtown New York and is milling about in the crowds incognito.
so all in all completely pointless and the artwork wasn't really good enough since everyone looked like they all had the same funky looking nose.
this is obviously no different.
Anyways in this issue we get a massive swooping retcon about the Beyonder,
and to be frank it doesn't work and i'm not even sure what purpose this story serves,
basically The illuminiti are back in the first Secret Wars era and they find out that the Beyonder is really a Inhuman/mutant hybrid now this is a big great swooping retcon about a character who hasn't really been seen since the 1980's.
and it also basically doesn't make much sense since this means that The Beyonder is more powerfull than his king Black Bolt and that means he doesn't have to listen to him if he doesn't wanna.
now the last time we checked The Beyonder was found out to be part of a sentient cosmic cube, so i'm really not sure how this is all gonna fight in with his prior history and also seems kind of pointless since we haven't seen him in a long long time which sort of makes me wonder if they are going to find a way to bring him back and if so whoever is writing it is going to eventually have some explaining to do !
the other big retcon was that the Professor Xavier considered stopping everyone from fighting by using his powers but he was afraid of what The Beyonder might do in retaliation.
the thing is the professor rarely if ever uses his powers especially in that sort of context so we really don't know if hes capable of doing such thing.
anyways this thing ludacrisly ends by having Namor basically yell at him and tell him to "obey his king" which is kind of hard to do when you're king isn't allowed to talk but i digress.
then he turns into rock and the illumniti leave and then at the very end we find out he teleported himself back to downtown New York and is milling about in the crowds incognito.
so all in all completely pointless and the artwork wasn't really good enough since everyone looked like they all had the same funky looking nose.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Cable and Deadpool 39
Classic issue !
in this one we get Deadpool trying to rescue Outlaw and Sandi from the clutches of T-ray !
now doesn't that sound awfully old school silver age-y to you? damsel in distress? hell two of them !
I also love the opening recap page where T- ray takes over, and gripes at us fans for not "believing" he was the real Wade Wilson "because hes funny" well yeah ! why would anyone want to believe what an arch villain has to say anyways?
Anyways i really love how this clears up the continuity mess joe kelly made with that issue, I m really starting to believe this Fabian Nieceza is a work of gold !
he turned something that was a big confusing continuity mess and cleared it right up for the fans.
i also really liked Ron Lims art which is somewhat animated/cartoony but not too over the top, especially with facial expressions.
in this one we get Deadpool trying to rescue Outlaw and Sandi from the clutches of T-ray !
now doesn't that sound awfully old school silver age-y to you? damsel in distress? hell two of them !
I also love the opening recap page where T- ray takes over, and gripes at us fans for not "believing" he was the real Wade Wilson "because hes funny" well yeah ! why would anyone want to believe what an arch villain has to say anyways?
Anyways i really love how this clears up the continuity mess joe kelly made with that issue, I m really starting to believe this Fabian Nieceza is a work of gold !
he turned something that was a big confusing continuity mess and cleared it right up for the fans.
i also really liked Ron Lims art which is somewhat animated/cartoony but not too over the top, especially with facial expressions.
Runaways #25
Never read this before, but this is Joss Whedons first time writing this and i'm a big fan of his work (save for Buffy strangely enough)this is an excellent first issue for newcomers: first we got introductions to the team and there powers and then we get someone summing up the story so far,
all in a couple of pages ! take that deconstruction!!
anyways the group has a meeting with the Kingpin at a fancy restaurant in new york and they have a nice tete-a-tete about them taking over The Pride.
and Kingpin is written so well that i can actually hear his voice from the 90s Spiderman cartoon!
anyways he lets them know hes not to be played with and they do the same and then he lets them have a place to stay.
of course then we get a story about the Skrull who is apparently dating one of the teenagers who happens to be a lesbian even tho the Skrull in question is decidedly male in his natural form :/
i found this part very intriguing because it raises a lot of questions about sexuality especially when one can change there appearance to look male or female.
(this question has never really been brought up with Mystique that much even tho she is bi sexual)
then we get to the part where apparently The Kingpin wants them to rob someones personal vault and of course thing's don't go as well as planned.
at the end we get a teaser that The Punisher is going to be in the next issue which really ought to be interesting to see how he deals with teenage robbers with super powers.
anyways i give this issue an A- mostly because I'm not so crazy about Micheal Ryans work usually, but this work suits him better than an adult book since his style is very simplistic and almost retro.
all in a couple of pages ! take that deconstruction!!
anyways the group has a meeting with the Kingpin at a fancy restaurant in new york and they have a nice tete-a-tete about them taking over The Pride.
and Kingpin is written so well that i can actually hear his voice from the 90s Spiderman cartoon!
anyways he lets them know hes not to be played with and they do the same and then he lets them have a place to stay.
of course then we get a story about the Skrull who is apparently dating one of the teenagers who happens to be a lesbian even tho the Skrull in question is decidedly male in his natural form :/
i found this part very intriguing because it raises a lot of questions about sexuality especially when one can change there appearance to look male or female.
(this question has never really been brought up with Mystique that much even tho she is bi sexual)
then we get to the part where apparently The Kingpin wants them to rob someones personal vault and of course thing's don't go as well as planned.
at the end we get a teaser that The Punisher is going to be in the next issue which really ought to be interesting to see how he deals with teenage robbers with super powers.
anyways i give this issue an A- mostly because I'm not so crazy about Micheal Ryans work usually, but this work suits him better than an adult book since his style is very simplistic and almost retro.
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