Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Comic Gazing for: 5/19/10.

It's Wednesday, which means it's once again time to go Comic Gazing! I'm enjoying my summer vacation so far, thanks for asking. I have about five weeks before I head back to school to take some summer courses, but for these next five weeks I fully intend to enjoy myself! And how better to enjoy the summer then to talk about comic books? I figure I'll have at least two new reviews up tomorrow night(including Siege #4), and then it's my new weekend block of Flashback Friday, The Best of the Rest and THE Random Scan of the Week. How about that, a few months ago this blog was nothing but barely coherent reviews, now to go along with those barely coherent reviews, a few non-coherent regular features! Yes, good times... Anyhow, this is still Comic Gazing, which means that I should do just that, gaze at comics or something...

Batman: Streets of Gotham #12: Interest Level: 7 1/2 out of 10.

Brightest Day #2: I've pretty much given up all hope for the DCU to be perfectly honest with you. To me, this mini-series perfectly encapsulates everything that is wrong in the DCU right now. I've gone on and on about my problems with DC ad nauseam, so I won't go on another extended tear(even though I easily could!), but in a nutshell, DC needs to realize that it is 2010, and not 1965... Embrace the future DC, NOT the past!!! Interest Level: 6 out of 10.

Justice League of America #45: Interest Level: 7 1/2 out of 10.

Legion of Super-Heroes #1: I doubt this series will make my monthly pull list, but I figured I should at least give it a courtesy read before I trash it. Interest Level: 4 1/2 out of 10.

Superman/Batman #72: Interest Level: 5 1/2 out of 10.

Superman: War of the Supermen #3: Interest Level: 8 out of 10.

Zatanna #1: Why not? Interest Level: 6 1/2 out of 10.

Age of Heroes #1: Let's see what Marvel has in store as they enter the Heroic Age. It's got to be better then the whole Dark Reign storyline, right??? Interest Level: 7 1/2 out of 10.

Avengers Assemble #1: I do loves me some Marvel Handbooks! Interest Level: 7 out of 10.

Avengers #1: Even with BENDIS as the writer, I have HIGH hopes for this series... Interest Level: 9 out of 10.

Deadpool #23: Interest Level: 6 1/2 out of 10.

X-Factor #204: Interest Level: 4 out of 10.

And that's it for this week. The final tally is DC: 7, Marvel: 5. So it seems that DC wins the battle for my money this week, although I have to say that I'm a lot more interested in the Marvel books then the DC ones. I was pretty close to grabbing a few other Marvel comics, and if I had, the final tally could have been much different...

40 comments:

  1. I love how you used coherently three times in one sentence, and yeah buddy this was a slow week, although I'm looking forward to Deadpool and Streets the most.

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  2. HA!!! I do have a way with the English language don't I? :-)

    I still have to read the last issue of Pool, it's lying around here somewhere... Maybe I'll try to give it a read and post it in the Best of the Rest post...

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  3. Aww sorry to hear DC let you down this week. lol. They must really be sleeping over there in the offices. I think we should infiltrate and take over!!!
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  4. My comment didn't post... lame. Basically I said you're a hell of an English teacher :P

    I'd like to see your review on that Deadpool and hopefully that Brave and The Bold with Batgirl, WW, and Zatanna if it came, I know you'll enjoy that issue.

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  5. Who's going to be in the new Legion of Super-Heroes comic...newer characters, or is this another attempt by DC to "reclaim the glory" of the Silver Age? Just curious because I'm actually going to start reading the Silver Age Legion later today...I've never read a LOS comic before.

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  6. why do you doubt that Legion of Superheroes will make it to your monthly pull list?

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  7. Falisha, I agree completely!!! X-Lisha would take the DCU by storm! :P

    Dammit, I completely forgot to order that issue JT! What was the issue # for that one? As for the English teacher comment, I'd be horrified for my students! :-)

    Marc, it's the DCU, you know their current objective is to go back to the past! I'm pretty sure it's Geoff Johns Legion from during his Action Comics run, which was the original Silver Age Legion. So get ready for a bunch of 20-30 something characters running around with monikers like Cosmic BOY and Saturn GIRL... If only they'd change the names to the more age appropriate Cosmic Man or Saturn Woman...

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  8. I disagree, it is better that they stick with the original Legion names.

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  9. Yeah Jozeph, nothing says 20/30year old better then some guy named Cosmic Boy. While we're at it, let's have Superman go back to being Superboy! And shock of shocks, you disagree with something...

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  10. Lmao...

    X um, It's Brave and the Bold 32 or 33, I can't remember off the top of my head but It has Wonder Woman, Barb Gordon Batgirl and Zatanna on the cover.

    I'd take the class just to see how you compare English to Comics.

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  11. X-Lisha teaming up would be epic. lol. I think DCU would love us!! Then saying "X-Man" would really mean something if I go demanding things lol.

    Cosmic boy? who the hell is that?

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  12. Why whatever is so funny JT??? :P

    It was issue #33. I just threw it into my shopping cart, so I'll come next time I order(maybe next week)I'll get it.

    You know there'd have to be a comic book connection in whatever I did! So I'm sure I'd work comics into a Lit class with no problem!

    HA, that's right Falisha! But then if X-Lisha did invade the DC offices, you wouldn't even have to mention my name, just say, "X-Lisha" and they'd know we meant business!

    Ahh, Cosmic Boy is the leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He can control magnetism(like Magneto or Dr. Polaris)and he's from the planet Braal(I think...)

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  13. I think you know X :P

    Ah sweet, glad ya picked it up dude. Oh and I told Falisha, she didn't remember but they were on Smallville, except they just went by their real names to Clark, I think the leader is Rokk right?

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  14. Lol. You guys are a mess. :-P

    And you're right, X-Lisha is damn powerful in itself!! Taking over DC!!

    Thanks for the run down of Cosmic Boy, JT gave me the run down while we were on the phone. :)

    Cosmic boy seems like a lame name compared to what he does. Seems more like a spacey name, alien type deal. Lol. But who am I to judge, lol.

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  15. ;-)

    Yup, yup, yup, that's Cosmic Boy's name, Rokk Krinn(I think). And yeah, at his age, I think Rokk is def a better name then Cosmic Boy... I mean come on, Bats isn't gonna run around screaming at villains, "Call me... Batboy!"

    X-Lisha, taking over the DCU, and then the entire world!!! BWA-HAHAHAHAH!!!

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  16. I agree, hell Rokk Krinn is a pretty awesome name anyway, but at least be Cosmic Man or Comsic...Dude lol.

    You guys are taking over... I wanna do something. I should go take over Marvel :P

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  17. HA! I personally put Cosmic Dude forward as his new name!

    You can ride the coattails of X-Lisha JT. You know that! ;-)

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  18. Rokk Krinn is indeed Cosmic Boy's real name, as I learned this morning thanks to the first Legion of Super Heroes Archives book. I find it hilarious how they use the word "super" to describe everything they do. Cosmic Boy has "super-magnetism," Lightning Boy has "super-lightning," and Saturn Girl has "super-thought casting." And in their first appearance, they actually refer to themselves as the "Super Hero Club"!

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  19. Ride the coattails? I'm the link between you guys, I even NAMED you X-Lisha! :P

    Wow, that sounds so unnecessary Marc haha, Rokk use your SUPER Magnestism while Lightning Lad uses his SUPER Lightning! It's Super effective! Lol Pokemon reference.

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  20. HA! I think they reprinted the first Legion appearance in Adventure Comics #0, and I remember everything having "super" attached to it! I guess the word "super" was all the rage back in the day! :-)

    I guess you're right JT... You did name us X-Lisha, but we ran with it! :P

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  21. That means I still retain domain over the name, I'm gonna pull a Stan Lee on you! Lol, don't mind me at all.

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  22. he's always trying to find something to own X, lol. But we won't let that happen. :)

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  23. Pfft, you try to take that name away from Falisha and I and see what happens to you JT! Remember, Falisha knows where you live! :P

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  24. Lol I'll just seduce her so she won't mind, then I'll give her hers and just take your cut! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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  25. You can seduce me all you want, I'll get mine and still jump you for trying to take our name from us....two birds one stone! :-p

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  26. Oh JT... If you were planning to do that, you probably shouldn't have revealed your evil plan right where Falisha would see it! *shakes head*

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  27. Lmao, she can know of the plan and it'll STILL work, that's how good of a... seducer (sp?) I am. Bwahahahaha!

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  28. Lol. Don't tell lies JT. You're not THAT good.

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  29. HA!!! I literally burst out laughing after reading Falisha's last sentence... I don't know why, but that was hilarious!

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  30. She's just lying because you're here X, that's not what she said yesterday....Okay I'm in trouble now lol so lets drop it :)

    Anyway, how's the weather out there X?

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  31. MHMmm better ask x about th weather. AND we qonget on what YOU were saying last night buddy.

    lol.

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  32. Please excuse the typos. My Android can only handle so much. Lol.

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  33. Lmao, no comment, you win Falisha.

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  34. HA!!! Your first comment had me rolling Falisha! I could almost see JT the spell-checker's head exploding at all of the typos there! That must have been like his worst nightmare! :D

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  35. Lmao @ you guys. Ya'll make this the best part of my day, I swear. Spell checker head explode...lol

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  36. Lmao, I'm done with ya'll!!!! Gotta love this stuff!!!

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  37. And I'm... umm... Gah, you guys took all the good lines...

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