Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Oh Great Googly Moogly.

Man, brutal day, filled with tests and writings for other classes.
Anywho, on to today's three reviews!

JLA Vol 4 - Strength In Numbers

The next volume of the JLA run I've grabbed, featuring Morrison's greatest villain yet, Prometheus. This dude is like an anti-Batman, and you love every moment he comes in beating the crap out of the league. Of course it has to end, and it does so pretty cheaply. He is just about to take down everyone, and his...suit...glitches?.. Well technically Steel takes over his technology, but you barely catch that. The good ol' end of the world subplot rears its head towards the end, with the reveal of Mageddon's coming being imminent. Howard Porter is once again on art for the main storyline, with other fill-in artists(and writers) who's work is boring and can't be bothered to remember their names adding more material to this book.

Supreme Power HC Collection 1
The reimagining of the Squadron Supreme through the eyes of JMS and the ever-awesome artist, Gary Frank. Set during real events(from Carter's presidency all the way to George Bush Sr.'s) the story is essentially a 'Place Superman in the real-world, and see what happens' storyline. Don't let that prevent you from reading this, as it is amazing. The story is filled with political intrigue, and the great proverb of 'absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Oh, and its a Marvel MAX book, so that means its essentially a Rated R book. Full of cussing, nudity and uber-violence. Good stuff good stuff. HC Collection 1 covers the first twelve issues of this series, which essentially runs the gamut of the main character, Mark Milton's, life from birth to young adult.
Oh, and did I mention that Gary Frank on artwork is just absolutely amazing? Well, it is! Read it!

Dark Avengers Vol 1 - Assemble!
Ah, the ever-present Brian Michael Bendis brings out a new Avengers book to hit off the recent Dark Reign turn of events over at Marvel. Essentially, this is a continuation of Thunderbolts(the version where Norman Osborn ran a group of crazed villains as 'heroes'), where these crazed villains have now assumed the identities of various heroes. The artwork is done by Mike Deodato Jr., who makes Norman Osborn look like Tommy Lee Jones.
It works actually, I can even picture his voice when Normie talks, and it just makes it pretty sinister. Better than Willem Defoe's snively voice from the Spider-Man movies.
Anywho, its a standard 'bringing the team together' book, but with a twist! Instead of saving normal people, the group goes to Latveria to save Dr. Doom.
Its ok, but gets dull easily, and you grow tired of the uber-talk that Bendis likes to do in his books. But, Bendis knows where he is going with the group, so its great to watch that story unfold.
Average fair, but still an ok read if you can track this down for a cheap price.

Ok, thats my three for today. See you tomorrow with Round Three!

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