UPDATE!!
Okay, here's the stuff from last week:
- FINAL CRISIS SECRET FILES #1 - Recap of Libra's origin story with some marginalia shoveled in at the back. Nice to see Len Wein working again but the story itself was inconsequential and the art was okay but nothing special. C-
- GREEN LANTERN #36 - Setting up the War of Light with Sinestro in the hands of Red Lantern leader Atrocitus, while Hal finds out more about the Blue Lanterns (who have a really impractical recruitment process, not to mention a pretty silly ambition regarding one Green Lantern). Plus a Sinestro Corps member changes color and a green ring gets hypercharged. Important in building toward the aforementioned War but not a terrific story in and of itself. C+
- INCOGNITO #1 - A real neat story, of a supervillain in witness protection who's having a hard time adjusting. A-
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #28 - JLA meets Milestone in a bruising clash that is not what it seems. McDuffie returns to the characters he helped create (and publish) all those years ago. B+
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #22 - A strong ending to the World Under Gog storyline that's been running for... oh, a long time now. Superman-KC has a nice few moments at the end and Starman gets to do something new. A
- KICK ASS #5 - I'm out. F
- SUPERMAN #683 NEW KRYPTON - Superman is caught between Earth's heroes, who want to "talk with" the Kryptonians who killed some of the Science Police, and the Kandorians, led by a vengeful Alura. Things are not going to end well. B+
- TEEN TITANS #66 - A feeble attempt at recruiting new Titans, a supervillain declaring revenge, and a core member takes a hike. I'm out. F
- TRINITY #31 - Well, my interest is sustained for yet another week, so it can't be that bad. B-/C+
- ULTIMATE HULK ANNUAL #1 - Truly awful. The art is okay but the storyline (Power Princess beats the $#!t out of the Hulk, who's naked and obsessed with pancakes) is really atrocious. Probably the worst Ultimate Universe story I've read; doubly so for the ending. No, just plain no. F
- ULTIMATE X-MEN #99 - Rogue lines up some help in taking the fight to Magneto, but her plans are derailed as human Sentinels attack the X-Mansion. Interesting set up but the payoff was regrettably weak. And Vindicator is right--taking out Magneto IS more important than helping out the X-brood. Oh well. C
- WHAT IF SECRET WARS - Doom keeps the Beyonder's power and kicks butt all over the Marvel Universe. Yep, the heroes who died on Battleworld stay dead and yep, Doom takes down pretty much everybody. And stays in character doing it, which is even better. B+
- AUTHORITY #6 - StormWatch and the Authority come to an agreement, things begin to move and an old enemy makes a very big play. Plus an unexpected ray of hope for Jack and the Engineer. B+
- MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #4 - The end of the current mini sets up the next one in ways one could never miss. It was pretty good and had some neat gross-out moments, wrapping up a lot of "whatever happened to the OTHER guys...?" Still don't think I'll come back for another helping, though. Gotta cut somewhere. B
- TRINITY #32 - More legends about how Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman ended up in this quasi-Earth, with unsettling resonances for many of the would-be rescuers. Plus a character study of Triumph and Tomorrow Woman and why they're fighting the good fight. B
- WALKING DEAD #57 - Rick and Abraham set out for reconnaissance and recovery, while the others hunker down and wait for their return. Features some of the most disturbing content of the series, which is really saying something. A
Wow, that's kind of a light week. Four I'll definitely buy, two I might-or-might-not. Hm.
And finally, my "trimming the list" candidates (stuff that won't be on my pull list any longer):
- KICK ASS - Enough is enough.
- REIGN IN HELL - I've seen about as much as I need to see for this mini.
- SPIRIT - Once Darwyn walked away...
- SQUADRON SUPREME - Not enjoying it so much I want to shell out $3 (or more)
- TEEN TITANS - The team's falling apart and I just don't care that much.
- TERROR TITANS - ugh.
- TITANS - I wish the reunion of the original Titans was better than this. But it isn't. We're getting rehashed Trigon and now Jericho-gone-bad-or-is-he? nonsense. Isn't anyone interested in trying something NEW with these characters?
Wow, clean sweep of all the Titans books. Oh well.
That's it for now, friends! See you next week.
2 comments:
I agree about Final Crisis Secret Files with one exception: I thought the art was horrible.
As for JLA, I thought this was the most fun I'd had reading a comic in a long time.
I think I'm going to have to pick up Incognito.
Incognito was fun-- it looks like it could be a really good series.
JLA was fun, but I wouldn't give it an A.
And considering how many really bad comics came out lately, I wonder if I'm not guilty of grade inflation by handing out so many As and Bs!
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