Before I get into the comics I picked up this week I'd like to take a moment to thank a recent replier by the name of Lindsay. She posted some nice long comments (each reply was a couple of paragraphs long) to 3 different post. She also filled filled in some info for me on who Azazel from the movie X-Men: First Class. So... Thanks Lindsay! Hope to hear from you again sometime.
I feel that with tie in issues that you shouldn't have to read the main series to get what is going on & that the issues should still further the own series' story lines something that IIM is not doing. I've been lost last the last few months, IIM started to tie into FI in issue 503. But I've just been lost the last few months, we are now on 509, there is 1 more tie in issue. So, that is 8 whole issues that have tied into an event that I don't really care about & for the last few issues it just been Tony Stark (Iron Man) just hanging out with dwarves at an Asgardian forge making weapons. Also, what makes it's annoying is that we are not getting the whole story in the book. Major events happen elsewhere (most likely in the main book) & we aren't really given a recap or directed to what books to to find out what has gone on in between issues. Yes, there is a text recap page in the front but even reading that might not explain everything that is going on.
IIM use to be a book on the stop on my reading pile, now it have fallen to the bottom. Much like with FF I am thinking of dropping Invincible Iron Man but for different reasons. I've been spending 4 dollars a month on a book I don't really like anymore. So, maybe it's time to stop buying the book. I think it's partly the whole "Fear Itself" tie in stuff but then I was thinking about the book & I was kind of feeling my liking of the book slipping before FI came around. This might be yet another Marvel book I drop.
On to the DC books of the week...
Catwoman #2: After what we saw on the last page of Issue #1 (Batman & Catwoman were giving each other a vigorous hugging) I wanted to see where Issue #2 went. The issue starts out with the two of them post coital. They talk a bit & then part ways. During the scene we get to see some shots of Catwoman in your undies (I think that is becoming a trend in the book). There is a fun scene between Catwoman (in a kind of slutty disguise) & Bruce Wayne. She doesn't know that Mr. Wayne is Batman but he knows she's Catwoman. Why? He's Batman! Do you need another reason? (The book doesn't say why he knows I'm just assuming the reason he knows is.. because he's Batman & used his detective skills to find out). That 4 page scene is the best part of the book. We end the book the introduction of who I'm guessing will be Catwoman's first foe for the series. The character's name is Lous Ferryman or as he tells her "Some call me BONE." Yes, in the book the word "Bone" is in all caps, bold & a special font then the rest of the text. He doesn't look all that boney, he just looks like some bald guy in suit with a skin condition. It's slightly smoother them The Thing's skin & white, not orange.
How do I feel about the book? Along the lines of how I was feeling about Batgirl #2: Meh. This issue had a fun Catwoman/Bruce Wayne scene something Batgirl didn't have (Not a fun Catwoman/Bruce Wayne scene, just a fun scene in general). I did like Catwoman #1 more then I liked Batgirl #1. I might drop both books but I'm more inclined to keep reading Catwoman but there are still some strikes against them.
Nightwing #2: I thought the issue was good. About on par with the first issue. The fights (yes there was more then 1) with the Saiko (who is named in this issue & on the cover) were good. The furthering of the storyline with Haly's Circus is good. I liked the Circus stuff better then the fighting but both were still good. I did think it was interesting that the book has two equal story lines going on. A number of the books have a few different storylines going on but they seem to have the main storyline & the secondary storyline. Here I feel both are the main storyline & yes they do connect in this issue. 1 art thing: I'm not sure if it's on purpose but they artist (Eddy Barrows) makes Dick Grayson look a bit like Tom Welling (Clark Kent from "Smallvile"). He doesn't look that much like Welling when he has the mask on but without the mask, he comes off looking a bit like Welling.
How do I feel about the book? As I said: Good. A book I'll definitely keep reading.
DC Universe Presents: Deadman #2: First off lets just look at that cover. That's kind of weirdly cool. Not exactly sure what it going on & nothing like that happen in the comic but it's still a cool looking cover. So, last month's 1st issue was one of the better things I had read that month. How was issue #2? Good. It had some interesting stuff going on. There is a magic night club in the issue that I think is a great idea. I wouldn't mind seeing more of it, not sure I will since it served it's story purpose but hopefully it will show up again sometime. Also, the blind Librarian is also an interesting character.
What do I think about the book? Good. Definitely worth reading further issues of.
Red Hood and The Outlaws #2: I liked the issue more then the first issue. I liked it alot. It was a fun romp of book. We get more info of Jason Todd (Red Hood), the secret society, The All Caste & his connection to them. We find out that Jason has a connection to Talia Al Ghul (Daughter of Batman villain Ra's Al Ghul). There is some fun exchanges between Jason & Roy Harper. Starfire seems more like a person, she had a personality & was not just a sex object saying stuff (well, she might still be that but now she has a personality!). We also the formation of the team wether they like it or not. There is a character in the book, Suzie Su, who I wouldn't have minded finding more about but we might not since she died in the issue (Just before she died, she did mention that her father might come after Jason for killing her. Given how Suzie looked, I wonder what her father looks like).
What do I think about the book? Good. As I said: a fun romp of a book. Definitely worth seeing where this book goes. But I might be of the small group who think so.
I picked up 1 more thing yesterday:
The reprint "100-Page Spectacular" of Superboy's Legion. It originally came out in 2001 as a 2 issue set. This book has it all in 1 book & only 3 ads (There is 1 on the inside of the front cover, 1 on the inside of the back cover & 1 on the back cover). The 100 pages mentioned on the cover is all story. Even though it doesn't say on the cover or anywhere in the book, this is one of DC's "Elseworld" books: a book that that take place in an alternate universe & doesn't relate to the main DC universe.
I had heard about this book & that it was good. A Bonus (at least for me): The art is by Alan Davis. I am a fan of his art. He has a nice classic feel to his art & I don't think I've ever been disappointed by the art in a book he's done & that comment holds up here.
The premise of the book is that the rocket holding the baby that would grow up to be Superman gets caught up in meteor field & goes dormant for a thousand years. So, instead of growing up in the 20th century, Superboy grows up in the 30th century, the time of DC's "Legion of Super Heroes". In the book he helps form the group.
It has some nice art by Davis. The Legion sport some nice costumes (a few of them being variations on the those they wear in the normal DCU). The story is a variation on the Legion origin. I only have a basic knowledge of the team but I don't think you need to know all that much about the team. Some of the jokes you might not get but I don't think it detracts from the story. It's a fun book & if you get it this way your saving a bit of money. You'll get the whole story for 8 dollars where if you searched out the original 2 issues you'd pay more. At 1 website I went to you you'd pay over 25 dollars for the 2 issues & that didn't include shipping the books to you.
Another book that recently came out as part of DC's "100-Page Spectacular" is
This is another 2 issue Elseworld from a few years ago: JLA: Age of Wonder. I didn't pick it up at the store since I bought it when the mini-series first came out (2003) & it's another good story. The story asks what would happening if the Heroes of the DCU appeared a century before then they did (instead of the 20th century, they show up during the 19th century). It has a bit of a Steampunk feel to it. But is a fun story & DC made it easy for you to pick it up cheap. I saw on the 1 website that they were selling the issue at about cover price but once you add in shipping, your saving half the price by buying the "100-Page Spectacular" book.
Another book that I think DC should release as like these two is Secret Society of Super-Heroes. It's a good story & at the 1 website I keep referring to you, you can buy that 2 issue series for over 35 dollars & that's not with shipping.
I think it cool that DC is putting out these hard to find/out of print stories from their back catalog.
That's all I got for now. Until next time: Stay Jazzy everybody!
- Brian
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