Posted by David on April 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Aquaman is my read of the week. Wow, did I just type that? Aquaman? The guy who talks to fish? Who’d have thought that? Ok seriously though, since even before the New 52, going back to Brightest Day, Geoff Johns said he was going to make A-Man huge, and he was not kidding. He’s managed … Read more
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Posted by David on October 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The final week of DC’s relaunch number 1′s Sorry for the delay, It was a busy week last week. It was my birthday, and the finally of Doctor Who needed watching, plus playoff Baseball and College Football, I was pretty busy. So now all of the DC New 52 series are out. We do still … Read more
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Posted by David on October 5, 2011 · 2 Comments
The New 52, DC Comics‘ re-imaging and relaunching of their Superhero based continuity was to update their characters, and bring them into the 21st century, keeping everything cool about their characters, but jettisoning all the confusing and contradictory history to create easily accessible versions for new readers. Luckily for us, DC left bounty hunter and … Read more
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Posted by David on September 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
OK, you know the drill by now. Each week DC has 13 books. Here’s where I go through them and tell you what I think. If you are keeping score it breaks down like this ON MY PULL LIST: 14 INTERESTED IN ISSUE TWO : 5 ON THE FENCE: 2 NOT LIKELY TO CONTINUE 5 … Read more
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Posted by David on September 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
After what I would call a very strong first week, I was excited what else DC had in store for us. Week 2 of the New 52 added 13 more new #1′s, and it was nice mix of characters who had title when the previous DCU ended in Flashpoint, and character that haven’t had a … Read more
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Posted by David on September 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It’s been a pretty busy here in Geeksville, what with a whole new DC universe to look over. I’ll go into more detail soon, but I just wanted to run thru the first offerings of DC’s relaunched line, ranking them first to worst with some quick thoughts, so let’s get right to it, huh? Now … Read more
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Posted by David on August 31, 2011 · 2 Comments
FLASHPOINT #5 (w) Geoff Johns (a) Andy Kubert, Sandra Hope and Jesse Delperdang Cover - Andy Kubert, Sandra Hope and Alex Sinclair DC Comics a $3.99 comic 40 pgs After a long summer, DC’s Flashpoint series came to its final conclusion with issue 5, on comic stands today. And what an ending it was. Flashpoint, … Read more
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Posted by David on August 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
So if you didn’t know today is the last day of the DC Comics line as it’s pretty much existed since 1986 (or 1994, or 2005, depending on your opinion) as the DCU relaunch (don’t call it a reboot!) begins today with JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 hitting stores (with many shops having midnight launch sales.) I … Read more
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Posted by David on August 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
DC announced today at the FanExpo Canada Convention in Toronto that the original superhero team, the Justice Society of America will be returning in a new comic series, written by James Robinson (Starman, The Golden Age, Justice League of America) and art by Nicola Scott (Teen Titans, Birds of Prey, Secret Six). This is great … Read more
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Posted by David on August 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
SECRET SIX #36 Story: Gail Simone Art and Cover: J. Calafiore Publisher: DC A $2.99 Comic 32 pgs I have not always been a big fan of books centered around villains. As a rule, it’s hard to keep the momentum up, and keep them interesting as villains. They usually end up as “anti-heroes”, and even … Read more
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