I like Firestorm. Good stuff, and next issue looks interesting too.
Agreed. I've really enjoyed the fact that
the dynamic between Jason and his dad isn't at all a simple black and white thing, because it would have been so easy to paint the dad as your stock abusive asshole parent, instead of what they've been doing, which is exploring a guy who, while basically decent at his core, reached the end of his rope on many levels before the book even began. I also really like Jason. He's a smart kid, but really obviously still a kid in many ways, and acts like one.
(Of course, my whitefont probably didn't need to be whitefont, because it really has very little to do with the last issue.)
Which, from where I'm sitting, was a great
balance of action and character development, and I'm really hoping Ronnie gets to stick around in Jason's brain.
I used to collect Firestorm in the 80s, so it's interesting that
Ronnie is being written pretty much the same and I like how different that is from Jason.
I didn't have a single comic this week. However, when SA visited, she hooked me up with a bunch of comics on CD (as, for instance, Transmetropolitan). So I have plenty to read.
Oh, and what is wrong with the Endsong art? It's like misguided photorealism (i.e. NOT Alex Ross). It looks creepily airbrushed and lacking in impact.
Catching up (my books are finally starting to come in on time)...
Okay, having read Pleides and Teppy's discussion about Lois Lane and the Superman books - I decided to take a look at Adventures. Sadly, the most recently finished arc was missing pieces so I just picked up the most recent one.
Was the most recently finished Supes arc post-IC? When in the time-line did Wonder Woman lose her sight?
Only the last Adventures (#636, I believe) has occurred after IC. Although, to be fair, Superman has been set a year in the future for the Brian Azarello/Jim Lee run. Wonder Woman's blindness occurs shortly after IC (she had a remark about "too many funerals recently" that seemed to indicate this).
Has anyone picked up Warren Ellis's Ocean on Wildstorm? I think it was my favorite of the stuff I've picked up recently. It's interesting right off the bat, had intrigue, space, and sci-fi, and I only have to commit to 6 issues.
I think it has been wonderful. Good science fiction that should find a wider audience than it has, and the art (by Chris Sprouse) has been specatcular, with stunning visuals of Jupiter and Europa.
I finally read Nightwing #102, and was thrilled by it. Miles better than 101. This issue seemed to have a real flow to it, and it touched on some classic elements of DC history. When I saw the opening splash page,
with the black bats mingling with the white doves over the Daily Planet tower, I was hooked. And even though I like the fact that Superman is married to Lois now, it was fun to go back to the old storyline of Lois trying to figure out what was really going on with Clark. I liked how the story casually showed how hard Supes worked at maintaining his secret identity (with the sudden hockey knowledge). We also go to see Dick acknowledge that he figured he would become Batman someday. Plus, DEADMAN!!! I love that character. I can't answer how he fits into Post-Crisis continuity with respect to the Nightwing identity, so I'm researching it. It's clear to me that Deadman isn't dead yet in this story.
If you all haven't picked up the 3 issues of We3, you are missing out on the best comic story of the last year. I'm sure it will be a trade, but DC"s trades take a lot longer to come out than Marvel's, so it may be a bit of a wait.
Jeff, I'm really amused at how many people I know had the same
DEADMAN!!!
reaction, complete with asscaps and !!!
Oh, and because I'm lazy, what all happens between Down to Earth and Stoned in Wonder Woman land? (I picked up the Down to Earth trade, because I'd read half of it in individual issues a while back, and picked up the Stoned storyline plus the most recent issues because I'm adding the title, now that I've dropped Robin.)
If I got an answer earlier, I missed it -- how is Wonder Woman
getting around blind? Is she still heroing?
She borrowed
Krypto
from
Superman.
(Note: Actually have no clue, but it's the first thing that popped into my head after the discussion in Boxed Set.)
