Here is a preview of Green Arrow Industries that is coming out this week.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
New Justice League
Here is a picture of the new Justice League of America that will debut when DC relaunches in a couple of weeks!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Review: Flashpoint: Reverse Flash #1
3 out of 5
Over the past few years, Geoff Johns has gone through the DC Universe and has reimagined many of the Silver Age heroes and their arch-villians. He has done this with the Green Lantern and Sinestro, Aquaman and the Black Manta, and is now currently in the process of doing the same thing with the Flash and the Reverse Flash. Even though Scott Kolins is writting this issue, I can tell he is just following the outline given to him by Johns of what Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, is suppossed to do.
As far as the story goes in this issue, it reminds me a lot of the Reverse Flash's spotlight issue in Flash #9, which was coincidentally written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Scott Kolins, the writer of this book. If you do own Flash #9, then you really do not need to pick this up because it basically rehashes the same story. That said, the Reverse Flash is still a very interesting character. Scott Kolins does a good job of telling the reader the Reverse Flash's plight while also explaining why he has become the sick and twisted man that is hell bent on destorying Barry Allen's life. I would have truely enjoyed this issue if I had not already known the entire story that was inside it.
As far as the art goes, I consider it a mixed bag. I personally enjoy the art inside this issue, but I can easily see how some people can detest it. Joel Gomez uses a style that is a cross between Francis Manapul and Fabrizio Florentino with the use of what could be watercolors in very scetchy outlines of people. The characters are all drawn well, but the backgrounds of all the scenes are very sparse and leave much to be desired.
Overall, this book is an interesting insight into the mind of the Reverse Flash. If you own Flash #9, though, then you already heard everything that is in this book. So if you don't own Flash #9, I recommend this book, but if you do, then you basically already own it.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Review: Batman #711
3 out of 5
In Batman #711, Gilda Dent and Mario Falcone are back in Gotham, and they are after Harvey Dent aka Two Face. In the last issue, they acually managed to capture and shot Two Face, but suprise, one of Batman's most famous villians did not die and now he is out for revenge. Together with the Riddler, Two Face begins to build an army to take on the Falcone Family. Now you notice that I said nothing about Batman. This is because he is only in about two pages of his own book, where he basically just walks around trying to piece together what is going on, and talk some sense into Catgirl, my least favorite character.
Like I said earlier, I like the fact that Daniel is incorporating the past into his stories, but that really doesn't help if the said story sucks. Two Face losing his coin has been done before, and Two Face fighting the mafia has been done before. Everthing in this book can be read in another, better book. On top of that, some of the characters, like Gilda Dent and Mario Falcone are horrible stereotypes. Overall, the script was just not great, which is a shame because rest of Daniel's Batman run has been fantastic.
Steve Scott shows up as the guest artist of this issue. He did a pretty decent job. The art is not super amazing, but it is not bad enough to bash in any way. It is just serviceable, which is fine. The emotions of the characters, especially Two Face, were easily picked up by the reader, and you got to see the events happen. That is about it.
Overall, this issue was below Daniel's normal standard. Hopefully, Daniel can push the story forward and get back in his groove with the next issue.
Review: Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #1
1 out of 5
L.O.D. Pin gets a 5 out of 5
Flashpoint: Legion of Doom is about a villian I have never heard of before named Heatwave. Heatwave, if you cannot tell by his name, has a thing for fire. Heatwave loves fire so much that he actually wants to become fire. How can one do this, you may be asking yourself. Simple, kill one half of Firestorm and try to get the other half to fuse with you. Naturally, this incredibly stupid plan fails and Heatwave is sent to a massive prison created by Green Arrow Industries in the middle of the swamp. From there, I assume you can guess the story.
Besides having a really generic prison escape story, Flashpoint: Legion of Doom suffers from a horrible script. Heatwave says some of the stupidest lines I have ever read in a comic book (This is coming from someone who has read Captain Britain and MI 13: Vampire State). I kid you not when I say,"I've got a hunger burning in my gut. The only way to stop it is to satisfy my appetite," is the opening line of the book! No, really? Are you sure, Heatwave? Trust me, Heatwave says some even more stupid things latter on.
The script problems are a real shame because the art in this book is really not bad. Rodney Buchemi has done a really good job with his pencils which are complimented perfectly with Jose Marzan's inks. If Adam Glass had done some revisions, he could have easily redone the dialouge in a way that the art would not have to be changed, thus making this book readable. Alas, this book sucks and if it did not have the pin to go with it, then I would not recommend it to anyone.
Review: Flashpoint: Grodd of War
3 out of 5
So Flashpoint has arrived and is changing characters left and right. Aquaman and Wonder Woman are genocidal maniacs, Deathstroke is a pirate, and Thomas Wayne has actually pulled off being a darker Batman than his son, Bruce. Like these previous characters, Gorilla Grodd has changed from his normal self in his own one shot title, Grodd of War.
In normal DC continuity, Gorilla Grodd is a telepathic, talking gorilla that resides in Gorilla City in Africa, where he constantly tries and fails to overthrow his king and conquer the world. In Flashpoint continuity, Grodd actually succeeds. He has overthrown his king and led the armies of Gorilla City in conquering all of Africa, but that is not enough. Dispite Grodd's great accomplishments, almost no one outside of Africa has ever heard of him because they are too busy worrying about Aquaman sinking half of Europe and Wonder Woman conquering the British Isles.
As far as the script goes, there are no real problems. The dialouge is servicable and shows Grodd's feelings of discontent to the reader. The story is really just backstory for Grodd because I assume he has a bigger role to play at some point in the main Flashpoint book. Just like in every other Flashpoint title, Grodd of War has a few amusing cameos in it. Catman is always entertaining. The art is very polished as well. Over all, the book is pretty good for a one shot backstory. If you have the money, then pick this up, but I don't think you will miss anything if you don't.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Marvel Comics on 6/29/2011
COMICS
- All-Winner's Squad Band Of Heroes #1 (Of 8), $2.99
- Amazing Spider-Man #664, $3.99
- Amazing Spider-Man Big Time #1 (collects Amazing Spider-Man 648-650), $5.99
- Avengers The Children's Crusade #6 (Of 9), $3.99
- Captain America America's Avenger #1, $4.99
- Captain America First Vengeance #4 (Of 4), $2.99
- Captain America Rebirth #1 (One Shot), $4.99
- Fear Itself Black Widow #1 (One Shot), $3.99
- FF #5, $2.99
- Incredible Hulk And The Human Torch From The Marvel Vault #1 (One Shot), $2.99
- Incredible Hulks Annual #1 (One Shot), $3.99
- Iron Age #1 (Of 3), $4.99
- Marvel Adventures Avengers Captain America Digest TP, $9.99
- Marvel Universe Vs Wolverine #1 (Of 4), $3.99
- Marvel Zombies Supreme #5 (Of 5), $3.99
- Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160, $3.99
- Ultimate Comics X #5, $3.99
- Uncanny X-Men #539 (Simone Bianchi Regular Cover), $3.99
- Venom #4 (Mike McKone Regular Cover), $2.99
- Wolverine The Best There Is #7 (Bryan Hitch Regular Cover), $3.99
- X-Men Prelude To Schism #4 (Of 4)), $2.99
- Daredevil Reborn
- Daredevil Yellow
- Deadpool Dead Head Redemption
- Essential Spider-Man Volume 10
- Marvel Masterworks The Mighty Thor Volume 3
- Marvel Masterworks The Mighty Thor Volume 3
- Marvel Universe Vs The Punisher
- One Month To Live
- She-Hulks Hunt For The Intelligencia
- Spider-Man The Original Clone Saga
- Thor Blood And Thunder
- Ultimate Six
- X-Force Sex And Violence
Marvel Comics on 6/22/2011
COMICS
- BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR #520
- CAPTAIN AMERICA #619
- CAPTAIN AMERICA #619 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT
- CARNAGE #5
- DEADPOOL #39
- DEADPOOL #39 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT
- DISNEY*PIXAR PRESENTS: CARS 2 #1
- FANTASTIC FOUR: THE LAST STAND #1
- FEAR ITSELF #2 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (FI)
- INCREDIBLE HULKS #631
- IRON MAN 2.0 #6 (FI)
- JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #622 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (FI)
- JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #623 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (FI)
- MARVEL ZOMBIES CHRISTMAS CAROL #2
- MOON KNIGHT #1 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
- MYSTERY MEN #2
- NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT #11
- NEW MUTANTS #26
- SECRET AVENGERS #14 (FI)
- SECRET AVENGERS #14 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT (FI)
- SIGIL #4
- SILVER SURFER #5
- SPIDER-MAN #15
- THE MIGHTY THOR #1 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
- THE MIGHTY THOR #3
- THE MIGHTY THOR #3 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT
- THUNDERBOLTS #159 (FI)
- ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #5
- ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #5 CHO VARIANT
- ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160
- ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 BLANK COVER VARIANT
- ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 KALUTA VARIANT
- ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 QUESADA SKETCH VARIANT
- ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 QUESADA VARIANT
- VENOM #1 3RD PRINTING VARIANT
- WOLVERINE #11
- X-MEN LEGACY #251
- AVENGERS VS. PET AVENGERS GN-TPB
- BLACK WIDOW: THE NAME OF THE ROSE TPB
- DEADPOOL VOL. 1 HC
- DOCTOR STRANGE: INTO THE DARK DIMENSION PREMIERE HC & DM VARIANT
- IMPOSSIBLE MAN TPB
- MYSTIQUE BY SEAN MCKEEVER ULTIMATE COLLECTION TPB
- NYX: WANNABE TPB
- RUNAWAYS VOL. 6: PARENTAL GUIDANCE DIGEST
- SECRET AVENGERS VOL. 2: EYES OF THE DRAGON PREMIERE HC
- THING: LIBERTY LEGION PREMIERE HC & DM VARIANT
- ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN: DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN PRELUDE PREMIERE HC KORMARCK COVER & DM VARIANT
- X-FACTOR VOL. 11: HAPPENINGS IN VEGAS TPB
- X-MEN: AGE OF X HC
- X-MEN: SECOND COMING REVELATIONS TPB
- X-MEN: SECOND COMING TPB
- X-MEN: WITH GREAT POWER PREMIERE HC
DC Comics on 6/29/2011
COMICS
- BATMAN INCORPORATED #7
- CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #61
- DETECTIVE COMICS #878
- FLASHPOINT: GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES
- FLASHPOINT: HAL JORDAN #1 (OF 3)
- FLASHPOINT: PROJECT SUPERMAN #1 (OF 3)
- FLASHPOINT: THE CANTERBURY CRICKET
- GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #24
- GREEN LANTERN MOVIE PREQUEL: HAL JORDAN
- GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #11
- JSA 80-PAGE GIANT 2011
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #52
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #8
- WONDER WOMAN #612
- XOMBI #4
- AQUAMAN: DEATH OF A PRINCE
- BATMAN: KNIGHT AND SQUIRE
- RATCHET & CLANK
- RED ROBIN: HIT LIST
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS ARCHIVES VOL. 7
DC Comics on 6/22/2011
COMICS
TRADES
- ACTION COMICS #902
- BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM #2 (OF 5)
- BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH #1 (OF 3)
- FLASHPOINT: KID FLASH LOST #1 (OF 3)
- FLASHPOINT: LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #1 (OF 3)
- FLASHPOINT: REVERSE FLASH
- FLASHPOINT: THE OUTSIDER #1 (OF 3)
- GREEN ARROW #13
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #58
- THE OUTSIDERS #40
- THE SPIRIT #15
- SUPERMAN #712
- YOUNG JUSTICE #5
- ZATANNA #14
TRADES
- BATMAN: RED HOOD – THE LOST DAYS
- FIRST WAVE
- KANE & LYNCH
- POWER GIRL: BOMB SQUAD
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