Let’s Break Out The Booze and Have A Ball: Diana Slays A Giant, 5/28

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Posted by: admin on June 4, 2008

Categories: Reviews

You know, there are times I recall – quite clearly – how excited X-Men readers were at the news that Joss Whedon would be succeeding Grant Morrison on NEW X-MEN. Granted, that’s not exactly how it went down, but thematically, ASTONISHING X-MEN was very much the next chapter in the story Morrison had started. And Whedon’s run had plenty of high points: Colossus’ comeback was simple and touching, “Torn” was one of the best team-wrecking exercises I’ve read, and Whedon’s characterization was spot-on for his entire team. And now here we are, at the end of a twenty-five issue run, precisely four years to the week that ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 came out. I’ve just finished reading GIANT-SIZE ASTONISHING X-MEN, and…  Read More…

Arriving 6/4/2008

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 2, 2008

Categories: Shipping Lists

Another solid week…. A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #82 (A) ABE SAPIEN THE DROWNING #5 (OF 5)ALL NEW ATOM #24AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #561AMERICAN DREAM #3 (OF 5)AMERICAN SPLENDOR SEASON TWO #3 (OF 4) ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #189ASTONISHING X-MEN SKETCHBOOKAVENGERS INVADERS #2 (OF 12)BATMAN DEATH MASK #3 (OF 4)BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS #6BETTY #174BOYS #19 BRIT #6BUDDHA STORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT #3BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #15CABLE #4 DWSCRIMINAL 2 #3 DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #4 (OF 5)DC SPECIAL RAVEN #4 (OF 5)DETECTIVE COMICS #845DEVI #20 (RES)DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #7DUO STARS #1FX #4 (OF 6)GRIMM FAIRY TALES #27 HAUNT OF HORROR LOVECRAFT #1 (OF 3) HOUSE OF MYSTERY #2 INFINITY INC #10INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2JONAH HEX #32JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #46JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #16KICK…  Read More…

Swiss time running out: Douglas quick-hits some pamphlets of 5/29

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Once again, the SavCrit hive-mind has failed to cohere. I tried to avoid spoilers this time, so no cut… FINAL CRISIS #1: No, it’s not a slam-bang opener like the first World War Hulk or Infinite Crisis or Secret Invasion; nobody punches anybody through a building. The tone is more of a slow slide into hell, the tipping point where the whole system becomes too badly screwed up to salvage. Morrison’s described FINAL CRISIS as a take on the eschatology of this cultural moment, which seems about right. It’s also true that the character who gets killed doesn’t get a heroic exit, or much dramatic context for it: this is about a world where all it takes is some stupid…  Read More…

The weight of Expectations

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 1, 2008

Categories: Reviews

So there’s two ways to look at FINAL CRISIS #1. The first way is as the end of a “trilogy” of Crisii; the culmination of Dan Didio’s editorial vision which, at this point, would make this issue #122. (to whit: TITANS/YOUNG JUSTICE: GRADUATION DAY [3 issues], IDENTITY CRISIS [7], COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS [1], DAY OF VENGEANCE [6], VILLAINS UNITED [6], RANN/THANAGAR WAR [6], OMAC PROJECT [6] and the [4] part SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN crossover that spun from that, plus another special for each of those four series [4], THE RETURN OF DONNA TROY [4], INFINITE CRISIS [7], COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS [51], SALVATION RUN [7], DC UNIVERSE #0 [1], DEATH OF THE NEW GODS [8]) (That’s me being nice and…  Read More…