Okay, anyone want to talk
Daredevil
? Cause damn. A week after I'm all, "I just read it out of habit now," Bendis goes and hooks me on the story's own merits again.
I loved the return to
Matt's psyche. All these Matt-less issues were kind of alienating me as a reader.
I loved the
page of thoughts with a Matt/Daredevil split image.
This is the kind of thing I read superhero comics for, the
psychological perils of the job.
I wondered at first whether Bendis was
setting this in the same universe as The Ultimates, but then Nick Fury was white, and not
Samuel L. Jackson.
And
Black Widow? Hot.
Actually, I realized something I liked about Milla. She wasn't drawn hot. Attractive, yes. But not comic-book hot, like any of Matt's previous girlfriends. It's refreshing once in a while.
Natasha, though? Still rowr.
Not to mention, Bendis brought the funny. The
Ben/Matt phone conversation was
great.
"'Certain peril'? Are you writing the article
in your head
before it's even happened?" And Natasha's obvious comeback to Matt's assertion that his life was in
disarray.
So whew. My faith in the title has been reinvigorated. As proof, I picked up two more used trades,
Wake Up
and
Echo Vision-Quest.
The latter I had previously sworn not to get cause it didn't do much for me, but I was willing to believe I hadn't appreciated it enough before. And Mack's art is gorgeous.
Now all I'm missing is
Hardcore,
and my trade collection will be complete and up-to-date!
And even though it's the new, yellow cover, it seems to be the only one I'll find, so I picked up
Dark Knight Returns
after having passed on it before. So I finally
own
DKR. About time, huh?
Starman and Black Canary team up in Brave and Bold 61.
Which was later revealed to be a team-up in every sense of the word...
Which was later revealed to be a team-up in every sense of the word...
Just giving us reason to believe that most of them are.
Re: BoP #68 - that issue was dynamite. I like how it opened up quickly with the lacerating quips. Too bad it spoils part of what's going to happen in
Green Arrow
#40 (like you couldn't see it coming). Plei, I love your analysis of how the BoP unites the two major "super families" of the DC universe (although a case could be made that the Flash family has some standing). I think this issue should be used as an object lesson on how character should be driving a comic book story.
BTW, I pointed out a while back that the last
Flash
issue had Nightwing in a significant role, and that is carrying over to next week's issue - plus we get Gorilla Grodd!
With the
Outsiders,
it's kind of hard to fit these issues in with
Nightwing
continuity. I don't go nuts in trying to make things fit, but the emotional devastation that Dick is experiencing isn't translating at all in the team book. It could be that he really has learned from the master and is able to compartmentalize the emotions so that he can fulfill his duties as team leader.
I've still got many new comics to read, so I can talk about DD sometime soon. I did want to add that in my trip to the comic store, I really scored on a big run of
Green Arrow
(first series) issues, all in probably Very Fine condition, at the rate of 5 for $1. Since I'm collect GA, this was a major score, and filled up almost all of Connor's run as GA after Ollie died. (I still can't get my hands on GA #101, Ollie's funeral.) But I finally scored
Birds of Prey
#8!
You know, this can get expensive, if you stop to think about it. Good thing I don't.
[Edit - MY FIRST MAJOR NUMBERSLUT in all the time I've been on the boards! Another score!]
I think this issue should be used as an object lesson on how character should be driving a comic book story.
Most certainly. Also in how to do a between-arcs issue well. (There's a GA that's pretty much the reverse case, in between Straight Shooter and City Walls that's how *not* to do one, IMO, though I think it suffered from having a guest writer.)
I love this issue so much. I've been randomly thinking of it and grinning today.
I really scored on a big run of Green Arrow (first series) issues, all in probably Very Fine condition, at the rate of 5 for $1. Since I'm collect GA, this was a major score, and filled up almost all of Connor's run as GA after Ollie died.
Sweet! That would be mostly Dixon's run that you got?
Sweet! That would be mostly Dixon's run that you got?
Yes. I don't know if he directly took over from Grell after #80, but I'm looking at #83 right not (with the Huntress on the cover, no less), and Dixon was writing it by then. Oops, reading the letter column, it's apparent that #83 was his first GA issue.
(There's a GA that's pretty much the reverse case, in between Straight Shooter and City Walls that's how *not* to do one, IMO, though I think it suffered from having a guest writer.)
Yes, the dreaded "fill-in issue". You're talking about the one with the Arrowcar, right? Written by Scott Beatty? One of the drawbacks of the consistent monthly schedule is that these fill-ins become necessary to give the artist(s) time to breathe. It's better when the fill-in is still written by the main writer, but I know that many editors keep a "slush pile" for fill-in purposes on each title, just in case.
There have been at least 3 long-time relationships in the DC-verse that have broken up recently? I started wondering if this might be something that the IC might affect somehow.
Yes, the dreaded "fill-in issue". You're talking about the one with the Arrowcar, right? Written by Scott Beatty?
Yerp. That one. Which, of course, just *had* to be the first GA I picked up months ago when I was deciding if I wanted to read it or not. Man, the Arrowcar issue was lame.
I keep thinking Beatty's written something I liked, too. But that wasn't it.
There have been at least 3 long-time relationships in the DC-verse that have broken up recently? I started wondering if this might be something that the IC might affect somehow.
Babs dumped Dick, Linda left Wally, and Jade dumped Kyle.
The only relationship I really see IC potentially affecting is Linda and Wally's marriage.
