Comics
Argh, I haven't posted here in quite a while. But I spent the last three days reading about a month and half worth of comics. I am caught up through this past Wednesday's releases. Some comments:
There were lots of lettering "typos" in some of the Star Trek comics. That really takes me out of the moment.
Batwoman (Dectective Comics) is growing on me. I still don't love the comic, but I'm not skimming over the main story just to make it to Manhunter anymore.
Vertigo Crime -- YES!
Secret Six -- Black Alice comes for a visit. I love the Black Alice character.
Angel Annual #1: Last Angel in Hell -- a comic book adaptation of a movie that was made in a comic book that is based on a TV series. Talk about multi-media.
Blackest Night -- I think half of the comics I read in the last few days were Blackest Night related. I have to say I am a little tired of this. It is like the same thing happens in every title.
Maybe I should make a New Year's resolution to read the comics in a timely manner? So I can make timely posts? Okay. I will try to read all of the comics before the next week Wednesday's releases enter the house!
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Books To Read...
I have 63 comic books in my TBR pile. I WILL read them all by Friday. Hmmmm.... Do I have to count the new books that come in on Wednesday? YES! 63 books, plus those that come in on Wednesday will all be read by Friday...
First Update:
Echo # 14 -- I’m really liking this story, but it is not enough! Terry Moore, write faster! I almost think I’d rather read it in the collections, so I get a bigger bite at a time. But I will keep buying the issues because I want Terry to keep writing.
A new nemesis is introduced; the company who created the metal is now out to destroy it, and Julie at the same time!
Outsiders #19, #20 -- These issues finished up the story arc of “The Deep.” Okay, it’s been two months since I read #18, so I was a little confused. Maybe I need to read every month, so I don’t lose track of the story. But it seems that Ra’s a Ghul, Vandal Savage, the rest of Vandal Savage’s tribe, and the Outsiders are all trying to find the remains of the meteor that caused Vandal Savage’s immortality. In the end, no one gets it, and pretty much every one walks away alive. So what was the point? I guess some new characters were introduced. I could really skip this comic without missing it at all.
Batwoman in Detective # 855 -- Is it bad that I’d rather see the Question as the main feature? I have absolutely no interest in this new Batwoman story.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7 -- Best Batman comic currently in print?
Batman Confidential #31, #32 -- Batman (Bruce Wayne -- none of that Batman Reborn in this comic) meets the Russian Mob and THE BEAR! I didn’t realize how much I’d miss Bruce until he was gone. Batman Confidential is that traditional Batman we all know and love. And since it is purposefully outside the continuity of the DC universe (being a story from the “confidential files”), I don’t have to try to fit my brain around why things are happening here that aren’t referenced in another story where the Bat characters are appearing. I can’t help it, I like my fiction consistent.
First Update:
Echo # 14 -- I’m really liking this story, but it is not enough! Terry Moore, write faster! I almost think I’d rather read it in the collections, so I get a bigger bite at a time. But I will keep buying the issues because I want Terry to keep writing.
A new nemesis is introduced; the company who created the metal is now out to destroy it, and Julie at the same time!
Outsiders #19, #20 -- These issues finished up the story arc of “The Deep.” Okay, it’s been two months since I read #18, so I was a little confused. Maybe I need to read every month, so I don’t lose track of the story. But it seems that Ra’s a Ghul, Vandal Savage, the rest of Vandal Savage’s tribe, and the Outsiders are all trying to find the remains of the meteor that caused Vandal Savage’s immortality. In the end, no one gets it, and pretty much every one walks away alive. So what was the point? I guess some new characters were introduced. I could really skip this comic without missing it at all.
Batwoman in Detective # 855 -- Is it bad that I’d rather see the Question as the main feature? I have absolutely no interest in this new Batwoman story.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7 -- Best Batman comic currently in print?
Batman Confidential #31, #32 -- Batman (Bruce Wayne -- none of that Batman Reborn in this comic) meets the Russian Mob and THE BEAR! I didn’t realize how much I’d miss Bruce until he was gone. Batman Confidential is that traditional Batman we all know and love. And since it is purposefully outside the continuity of the DC universe (being a story from the “confidential files”), I don’t have to try to fit my brain around why things are happening here that aren’t referenced in another story where the Bat characters are appearing. I can’t help it, I like my fiction consistent.