Showing posts with label Brad Meltzer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brad Meltzer. Show all posts
Friday, April 2, 2010
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Superman: Secret Origins
Superman's grandpa killed in robbery, thus spawning Man of Steel
and on that thought, shouldn't be Ma and Pa Kent be from Ohio?
and on that thought, shouldn't be Ma and Pa Kent be from Ohio?
Friday, June 22, 2007
like lightning
first of all, here's a solemn sendoff to Bart Allen, the newest Flash, who wears the mantle and holds the title of the fastest man alive for 13 issues. and since there can be only one official Flash in any given era, i'm sorry to spoil your day because Bart just bit the dust (heh) ...
Impulse/Kid Flash/Flash, 1994-2007
Bart, as Flash, loses the Speed Force (the thing that powers all Flashes, except Jay Garrick), and proceeded to get a royal beating courtesy of his Rogues' Gallery. but he went out like a hero, buying enough time (with some help from his grandma Iris, wife of the greatest Flash, Barry Allen) for his love Valerie Perez to prevent a Speed Force backlash that would destroy the West Coast (there goes the Oden/Durant sweepstakes - wait, so that's why Kobe was trying to get traded!).
child abuse! child abuse!
geez, being beaten to death by your best villains ... that's kinda humiliating. but i am looking forward to this guy exacting payback within the next six months ...
you know what this means ... yes, another Flash relaunch!
as it turns out, with the conclusion of "The Lightning Saga" in Justice League of America #10, the entity the Legionnaires wanted to bring back with their lightning wands was none other than ... Wally West! (missing since Infinite Crisis and the second-greatest Flash ever)
wooohooooooooooooooo! now the world is right again! Black Canary wastes no time in making Wally a JLA member ASAP.
is it just me, or does Ed Benes draw everyone too muscled? in the scene below, its like hugging industrial-sized throw pillows. or huge cement blocks.
of course, a sad/happy ending in a comic universe would not be complete without dangling plot lines. why is Legionnaire Karate Kid (not that wimp Ralph Macchio - wait, not that Marvel guy either) still stuck in the present? what does Starman mean that worlds will die again now that Wally is back? hint, hint, two words ... Countdown and Monitors. and since the Legion can do this stunt, can they bring back anybody else who "died" or is missing? (yeah, if Geoff Johns decrees it).
and who did the Legionnaires get in exchange for Wally? is that Bart?
i think i read JLA first before the Flash issue, but then it doesn't really spoil the whole thing. although one can't do without the other.
i'm out like Bartholemew!
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Flash #13
Justice League of America #10
Impulse/Kid Flash/Flash, 1994-2007
Bart, as Flash, loses the Speed Force (the thing that powers all Flashes, except Jay Garrick), and proceeded to get a royal beating courtesy of his Rogues' Gallery. but he went out like a hero, buying enough time (with some help from his grandma Iris, wife of the greatest Flash, Barry Allen) for his love Valerie Perez to prevent a Speed Force backlash that would destroy the West Coast (there goes the Oden/Durant sweepstakes - wait, so that's why Kobe was trying to get traded!).
child abuse! child abuse!
geez, being beaten to death by your best villains ... that's kinda humiliating. but i am looking forward to this guy exacting payback within the next six months ...
you know what this means ... yes, another Flash relaunch!
as it turns out, with the conclusion of "The Lightning Saga" in Justice League of America #10, the entity the Legionnaires wanted to bring back with their lightning wands was none other than ... Wally West! (missing since Infinite Crisis and the second-greatest Flash ever)
wooohooooooooooooooo! now the world is right again! Black Canary wastes no time in making Wally a JLA member ASAP.
is it just me, or does Ed Benes draw everyone too muscled? in the scene below, its like hugging industrial-sized throw pillows. or huge cement blocks.
of course, a sad/happy ending in a comic universe would not be complete without dangling plot lines. why is Legionnaire Karate Kid (not that wimp Ralph Macchio - wait, not that Marvel guy either) still stuck in the present? what does Starman mean that worlds will die again now that Wally is back? hint, hint, two words ... Countdown and Monitors. and since the Legion can do this stunt, can they bring back anybody else who "died" or is missing? (yeah, if Geoff Johns decrees it).
and who did the Legionnaires get in exchange for Wally? is that Bart?
i think i read JLA first before the Flash issue, but then it doesn't really spoil the whole thing. although one can't do without the other.
i'm out like Bartholemew!
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Flash #13
Justice League of America #10
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
league of their own
Justice League of America #7
Brad Meltzer/Ed Benes/Sandra Hope
DC
took them 7 issues (wait, make that 8 ... with that #0 prequel) to finally get a team ready ... that's already more than half a year! anyway, i eagerly awaited what Brad Meltzer could bring to a regular series after the much-praised Identity Crisis. as much as it was exciting to bring the League back together (The Tornado's Path), i'm still ambivalent about the overall product because of Ed Benes' art. i don't know ... i mean, yeah i know, Howard Porter had his moments but towards the end his work sucked too (okay i'm a fan of that mid-90s Grant Morrison/Mark Waid JLA run). maybe i just can't get the Glory association out of my head. anyway, i should be warming up soon enough ...
especially with moments like these ...
can't you tell that Arsenal loves Super-Supreme Pizza?
Meltzer mines our childhood, bringing in Black Lightning (Black Vulcan?), and the League now has its Hall again, circa Superfriends ...
... but with an added twist, because the Satellite HQ is retained (i can't wait to see who gets trapped first in the teleporter/doorway in a future supervillain attack!).
Diana pitches a movie script about wine connoisseurs teleporting from one vineyard to another
as always, we have the irreverent Hawkgirl ... who may or may not be doing the horizontal mambo soon with Roy.
this new League finally cements the Hal Jordan comeback; is Barry far behind? just kidding. but seriously, no Flash? is the Red Tornado an adequate speedster? and despite Vixen's morphing abilities, she's limited to animals ... a far cry from the Martian Manhunter's shapeshifting skills and telepathy. speaking of which, this seems to be the only JLA incarnation without J'onn.
that's my nitpicks. on the plus side, i like Black Canary as chairwoman (future tactical arguments with Batman?), the return of the Big Three, and the infusion of new blood. and oh yeah, the headquarters (i bet it'll be wrecked by issue #25).
bring on the Legion of Doom!!!
Brad Meltzer/Ed Benes/Sandra Hope
DC
took them 7 issues (wait, make that 8 ... with that #0 prequel) to finally get a team ready ... that's already more than half a year! anyway, i eagerly awaited what Brad Meltzer could bring to a regular series after the much-praised Identity Crisis. as much as it was exciting to bring the League back together (The Tornado's Path), i'm still ambivalent about the overall product because of Ed Benes' art. i don't know ... i mean, yeah i know, Howard Porter had his moments but towards the end his work sucked too (okay i'm a fan of that mid-90s Grant Morrison/Mark Waid JLA run). maybe i just can't get the Glory association out of my head. anyway, i should be warming up soon enough ...
especially with moments like these ...
can't you tell that Arsenal loves Super-Supreme Pizza?
Meltzer mines our childhood, bringing in Black Lightning (Black Vulcan?), and the League now has its Hall again, circa Superfriends ...
... but with an added twist, because the Satellite HQ is retained (i can't wait to see who gets trapped first in the teleporter/doorway in a future supervillain attack!).
Diana pitches a movie script about wine connoisseurs teleporting from one vineyard to another
as always, we have the irreverent Hawkgirl ... who may or may not be doing the horizontal mambo soon with Roy.
this new League finally cements the Hal Jordan comeback; is Barry far behind? just kidding. but seriously, no Flash? is the Red Tornado an adequate speedster? and despite Vixen's morphing abilities, she's limited to animals ... a far cry from the Martian Manhunter's shapeshifting skills and telepathy. speaking of which, this seems to be the only JLA incarnation without J'onn.
that's my nitpicks. on the plus side, i like Black Canary as chairwoman (future tactical arguments with Batman?), the return of the Big Three, and the infusion of new blood. and oh yeah, the headquarters (i bet it'll be wrecked by issue #25).
bring on the Legion of Doom!!!
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