larni writes:
After reading Stormwatch #3 it seems I was pretty close with them being a covert cosmic JLA.
They even talk about the JLA 'blundering around'.
Yeah that kind of pissed me off. The scene in #2 where Booster Gold is beating up some poor chump... I'll admit it was funny, but I just don't like the way they're undermining the JL in order to make the Stormwatch characters look good. I mean, are we supposed to believe that Superman and Wonder Woman are just bullies? Or that Batman is an idiot? It's bullshit.
Having said that, this is still a really good title. The dialogue is great, the threat is suitably epic and there are lots of interesting ideas going on. I expect that anyone new to the DCU will enjoy this title without having any of the problems that I have with it.
If you like this, you might like to check out Paul Cornell's other recent work. His run on
Action Comics, with Luthor as the protagonist was great, whilst over at Marvel
Captain Britain and MI13 was a lot of fun.
Demon Knights is currently on my pull list.
Seems as if they are the FF to the Avengers.
Seems like. Speaking of which, have you read FF recently? Pretty damn good I think.
I've never read any of they're solo efforts and can ndver really keep straight whether Capt is Bucky or Steve, these days.
As of
Fear Itself, Steve is back in the red, white and blue.
Now, I reckon, he could give Iron Fist and Capt a run for their money in terms of close assault ability.
On paper, Spidey should kick Cap's ass. But... he's Captain America goddamn it! He fought in a war! Also, his movie was way better than any of the Spider-movies have been. Watching Nazis get the shit kicked out of them never gets old.
NoNukes writes:
I appreciate the spoiler free reviews. I had been on the fence about trying these new DC books, but now I think I'll try a few of the ones you describe here.
Great! Glad someone found my nerdy ramblings helpful. With that in mind, here are the titles I'm buying at the minute from the smaller companies;
Chew; Can't recommend this enough. It's set in a near future America, where, in the wake of a terrible bird flu epidemic, poultry is now illegal. This has led to the existence of chicken speakeasies, with the now quite powerful FDA trying to shut them down. The book follows Tony Chu, an FDA agent with a special skill; Tony is a cibopath, that is, he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. In his job, Tony has to eat some very nasty things...
The art is cartoony and joyously good and the plot is just the quirkiest damn thing I've seen in years and it quickly spins off in several unexpected directions. Award winning, it's one of the most original comics out there. Chew is an absolute must read. I recommend the over-sized Omnivore Edition.
The Walking Dead The black and white, creator-controlled comic that spawned the TV hit. If you haven't heard of this one you are probably living under a rock. Kirkman's zombie apocalypse epic continues to be gripping reading eighty-plus issues in.
Irredeemable The Plutonian was the world's greatest hero, an unstoppable force for good. Unfortunately, now that Plutonian has gone on an insane and murderous rampage, killing millions, he's just unstoppable. That's bad news for his former friends and team-mates who are now running for their lives, as Plutonian hunts them down. I like the way that the superheroes in this are all kind of cheesy, as if they were designed for far more innocent adventures than these. That just makes it all the more terrible somehow. Some great ideas in this one and lots of shocking plot twists.
A Game of Thrones An adaptation of the novel rather than the TV version. Not sure if I'm continuing with this, despite my love of
A Song of Ice and Fire. The art just isn't that great and for a story this epic and convoluted, you really need strong art to carry the nuances. It is known.
Definitely going to skip Hawk and Dove, but could you lighten up just a little on Jason Todd? Whew...
Heh. I once saw the issue of
Batman: A Death in the Family where Jason Todd was killed, on sale in a comic shop. It was marked with a sticker that read "This is where the brat gets his. Ha-ha-ha."
I actually like Todd as an antagonist. He makes a credible threat for Batman, since he knows all Bruce's secrets. Also he functions both as Bruce's greatest failure and as a twisted version Bruce's methods and ideology. That's interesting and a good story-telling engine. As a hero though, he just comes across as a standard 90s style anti-hero and I've seen that too many times to be interested. It seems to be a popular title though, so clearly people see something in it that I don't. YMMV I guess.
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