I had a small pull list this week:
Detective
#804 continues the excellent, but very bleak, Lapham run. I wish the editors could have coordinated stories better, as Dr. Freeze is appearing in too many titles.
Justice League Elite
#9 was pretty effective, with interexting bits for Green Arrow and
Batgirl.
I'm still confused by some of the action in the story, though.
Lex Luther: Man of Steel
#1 was a solid effort. I like the take from Lex's point of view, but I am uncertain exactly where this fits in continuity. (They mention the Science Spire, which is being built in The Question, but don't mention anything about the Presidency or exile, so I'm guessing this is set in the short past).
Deadshot
#4 is enjoyable, if a bit predictable, but I'm only picking it up for the Green Arrow appeances anyway, but I'm glad it's not disappointing.
No Marvel this week for me, although my shop tried to get me to purchase
Ultimate Iron Man.
Did anybody pick up
Seven Soldiers of Victory
#0? It looks like we're in for a wild ride.
Iron Man
's gone Ultimate now? Huh. Is he basically the Tony Stark from
The Ultimates
?
Did anybody pick up Seven Soldiers of Victory #0? It looks like we're in for a wild ride.
It's fun. Grant Morrison weirdness, re-imagined old heroes and a giant spider. All in all, a surprisingly gripping and moving story.
Freeeeaaaky. Did you people know that the new Dr. Strange action figure is being modeled on Goth funny man & musician Voltaire? Pete just sent me the link to the story: [link]
Dr. Strange is popular enough to merit an action figure? I thought I was one of about twelve people buying his titles all thise years...
There are twelve of you?
The only Strange title I ever bought regularly was Defenders, mostly because it was fun to see the hoops they needed to jump through so they could get Strange, Submariner, and the Hulk in the same room every issue
Dr. Strange is a much loved character, but in that "gee, I love Dr. Strange when he appears in other people's books" sort of way.
Neilalien is the blog you want to go to if you are a Dr. Strange fan - the site also has decent comics commentary in general. I've been picking up the JMS-penned
Strange
revamp, and am mightily disappointed.
With you there. While I'm willing to give them some slack with the re-interpretation of Strange himself, the snotty holier-than-thou Wong and the Ancient One as a suit-wearing New Age Guru really rankle.
