Re: Comic Book Fans....
Finally got through most of my comics from last week. I got a late start on reading them because of company over the weekend. Here's what I thought about a few of them (slight spoilers if you read these comics).
Action Comics #839 was good as usual. I really like the story and it is a nice warmup for the Superman Returns movie since it has a similar feel to it, especially in this issue. Looks like the artists have incorporated the movie's Superman emblem into Superman's costume as well. I'm not too happy about that because I really don't care for the textured emblem. I like the way this issue had Superman talking to himself about how he feels now that he has his powers back. He really seemed to enjoy his time without powers because it gave him a closer connection to Lois and the people he protects, but protecting the Earth is his purpose in life and there's no way he would give up his powers.
Superman/Batman #26 had gotten a lot of attention over the past few months because of the passing of Sam Loeb. His plot was fun and I really liked reading another story focusing on Robin and Superboy (Conner Kent). I loved any comic that had them together, and it was great having one last story. The 20-something artists/writers in this issue I thought would be distracting, but I thought it was cool. You turn the page and get a whole new style of illustrating the plot. I had a good time trying to determine which artists drew which panels. "Sam's Story" at the end written by Jeph Loeb was really touching as well as the Teen Titans pages before and after Sam's comic.
Green Lantern #11 really surprised me. I haven't cared too much for this relaunch over the past year, but this was my favorite comics of the series. It was one of my favorite comics I've read in a few months. I was thinking of dropping this book but not anymore. I hope it continues to surprise me.
Star Wars: Rebellion - My Brother, My Enemy #2: I think this is a cool comic. It's still early on so I don't know what it'll turn out like, but I like it so far. I really like stories where it has two very close people that find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict. This story between Luke and a childhood friend serving in the Empire is starting really good.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #5: Finally in this issue we see why the Jedi Masters killed their padawans and I see why they did it. I don't think it will be as clear as what was revealed though. I still think that Zayne's master has a bit of the darkside within him and the murders weren't done only to protect the galaxy from a Sith threat.
As for comics coming out tomorrow, I'm getting these:
STAR WARS LEGACY #0
52 WEEK #5
DETECTIVE COMICS #820
JSA #86
OUTSIDERS #37
SUPERMAN RETURNS KRYPTON TO EARTH
WONDER WOMAN #1
The ones I'm really looking forward to is the Detective issue which is winding down to the end of the story, Wonder Woman #1 because I'm wondering what major changes are happening here in order to relaunch her book, and 52 because the stories within this series are all intriguing.
The comic I'm the most interested in is the first of the 4 Superman Returns prequel comics, Superman Returns: Krypton to Earth. I think this issue is suppose to deal with the final days of Krypton and Kal-El being sent to Earth. I don't know if it will have much to do with what is going on between the time the Earth last saw Superman and when he returns in the movie as the last 3 issues of the series will have, those are the ones I really want to read. I'm all for Krypton stories though.
I was able to get all 29 issues from the Seven Soldiers story on ebay for a pretty good price, $34 after shipping. I'm looking forward to getting them in and reading them. Did the #0 issue come out before, after, or during the 7 mini series?
Finally got through most of my comics from last week. I got a late start on reading them because of company over the weekend. Here's what I thought about a few of them (slight spoilers if you read these comics).
Action Comics #839 was good as usual. I really like the story and it is a nice warmup for the Superman Returns movie since it has a similar feel to it, especially in this issue. Looks like the artists have incorporated the movie's Superman emblem into Superman's costume as well. I'm not too happy about that because I really don't care for the textured emblem. I like the way this issue had Superman talking to himself about how he feels now that he has his powers back. He really seemed to enjoy his time without powers because it gave him a closer connection to Lois and the people he protects, but protecting the Earth is his purpose in life and there's no way he would give up his powers.
Superman/Batman #26 had gotten a lot of attention over the past few months because of the passing of Sam Loeb. His plot was fun and I really liked reading another story focusing on Robin and Superboy (Conner Kent). I loved any comic that had them together, and it was great having one last story. The 20-something artists/writers in this issue I thought would be distracting, but I thought it was cool. You turn the page and get a whole new style of illustrating the plot. I had a good time trying to determine which artists drew which panels. "Sam's Story" at the end written by Jeph Loeb was really touching as well as the Teen Titans pages before and after Sam's comic.
Green Lantern #11 really surprised me. I haven't cared too much for this relaunch over the past year, but this was my favorite comics of the series. It was one of my favorite comics I've read in a few months. I was thinking of dropping this book but not anymore. I hope it continues to surprise me.
Star Wars: Rebellion - My Brother, My Enemy #2: I think this is a cool comic. It's still early on so I don't know what it'll turn out like, but I like it so far. I really like stories where it has two very close people that find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict. This story between Luke and a childhood friend serving in the Empire is starting really good.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #5: Finally in this issue we see why the Jedi Masters killed their padawans and I see why they did it. I don't think it will be as clear as what was revealed though. I still think that Zayne's master has a bit of the darkside within him and the murders weren't done only to protect the galaxy from a Sith threat.
As for comics coming out tomorrow, I'm getting these:
STAR WARS LEGACY #0
52 WEEK #5
DETECTIVE COMICS #820
JSA #86
OUTSIDERS #37
SUPERMAN RETURNS KRYPTON TO EARTH
WONDER WOMAN #1
The ones I'm really looking forward to is the Detective issue which is winding down to the end of the story, Wonder Woman #1 because I'm wondering what major changes are happening here in order to relaunch her book, and 52 because the stories within this series are all intriguing.
The comic I'm the most interested in is the first of the 4 Superman Returns prequel comics, Superman Returns: Krypton to Earth. I think this issue is suppose to deal with the final days of Krypton and Kal-El being sent to Earth. I don't know if it will have much to do with what is going on between the time the Earth last saw Superman and when he returns in the movie as the last 3 issues of the series will have, those are the ones I really want to read. I'm all for Krypton stories though.
Originally posted by fossen
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