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Post by Gay Titan on Sept 28, 2006 9:56:06 GMT
Teen Titans #39.....enjoying the World Tour arc  52 Week 21 |
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Post by Gray Lensman on Oct 2, 2006 20:37:56 GMT
Finally got my haul for this week... Supergirl #10: Yes, Santa Claus, Joe Kelly can occasionally tell a good story. An interesting story that explores the idea of people putting on fronts in high school. It's quite good, though I kind of wish he'd have done more with the high school setting. Kara is far more interesting as the innocent alien girl contrasting with human existence. Surprisingly good. Birds of Prey #98: Decent, all in all, but how many times are we going to see the Birds get trounced by kids? I do kind of like this "Batgirl", though, and it's cool to see Rhosyn Forrest (from Gail's Rose & Thorn mini) again. Cable/Deadpool #32: Good issue. One of Marvel's most underrated books, for my money. JLA #2: Meltzer's moving along nicely. Secret Six #4: Pretty good writing from Gail, though I wish this book had a better artist. All the same, I just love the utter viciousness of her villains. Vandal Savage is brutal, manipulative, and nasty. Eternals #4: I am really loving Neil Gaiman's take on this concept. He actually made Sprite an interesting character, which I honestly never thought was possible. I'd like to see him do this book as an ongoing. I'm beginning to see the possibilities in the Eternals now. Punisher #38: Great issue, but then, it's an Ennis war story. How can it be bad? Batman #657: More greatness from Morrison on this book. Damian is a vicious little creep, and I really want to see Batman beat some sense into him. 52 Week Twenty-One: Another great issue. This book is really on a roll now. A ton of good stuff, all in all. |
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Post by philster on Oct 19, 2006 5:31:16 GMT
This feels so weird for me to say because I used to think of myself as a diehard comic reader, but I have no earthly idea how you guys manage to keep getting your hauls on a WEEKLY basis. I usually got all my comics and manga at the beginning of the month, and then the rest of my money is for food, fun, and other things the rest of the way.
Not to mention I don't really think there is that much good in the American comic industry right now. I might check out Justice League later on, but that's about it. I'll take a look around to see if anything else catches my eye.
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Post by The Spider on Oct 19, 2006 5:57:35 GMT
So far just the WILDCATS and AUTHORITY, which are both really polar opposites as far as pacing goes. WILDCATS certainly has some Steranko influences with promised big action (funny moment is how Grifter narrates his dramatic dialogue while fighting), and AUTHORITY is Morrison revisiting the idea he introduced in his JLA: CLASSIFIED arc, with the first issue setting up how our own world works, and no appearance by the team.
EDIT: Ooops, wrong date. But OTOH this was the week that Wildcats was originally SUPPOSED to be out!
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Post by hector on Oct 19, 2006 23:03:03 GMT
Not to mention I don't really think there is that much good in the American comic industry right now. You'd be wrong, though. Except for the Civil War crap at Marvel, right now there are more quality books than in the past 20 years. |
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Post by philster on Oct 21, 2006 7:04:19 GMT
We have differing tastes, I think, but I'll reserve any further comments until I've had an opportunity to scout out a LCS.
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