Phaedrus45
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I just didn't get a chance to read many of my comics this weekend. I finished a really good book, Crow Lake, instead. Anyway, I did read a few.
The Authority #1: Nothing special here. Worldstorm is coming, and it's obviously designed to bore the reader to tears. I never read the original Authority stories, even though I own quite a few of them from a collection I bought; so, I admit to being somewhat clueless. Just like with Gen 13 #1, I'm not sure if these are continued stories, or re-tellings of their origins. But, nothing from either book seem to have anything to bring a reader back for issue #2. 5/10
Wildcats #1: I did read some of these issues when they first came out. (I probably have the first 30 issues.) I just didn't read very many of them. Like with my previous review, though, if you aren't familiar with past events from Wildcats, you will be lost. This issue at least tries to imply that stuff that's happened in the past have some type of relevance to what's happening now. It's just, nothing is in these first issues to hook a reader into staying with them. I'm way more impressed with Marvel's restart of the Dabel Bros. comics; when readers read the reprints of those initial issues, I believe many will stick around to see what comes next. Jim Lee's books just seem to remind the reader why the 90's was so bad. 3/10
Batman & The Mad Monk #3: I really think some readers are being way to generous with their reviews of this book. Many remember their enjoyment of Batman & The Monster Men, and probably are giving the bad dialogue and scenes way too much credit. Really, Batman's lines are totally cheesy: "I am a master of pain and suffering and you are my latest guinea pig." "Lies only serve to anger me." Then, Bruce's girlfriend instantly opens up her innermost feelings to one wacked-out, crazy-looking broad, when moments before she wasn't saying a thing for three hours to her friends. And, finally, I am so tired of reading about Carmine. 6/10
52 - Week Twenty-Four: Reading other reviews of this week's issue of 52, I have to pretty much agree. It was only average; but, I liked the mention of Checkmate, always enjoy more Black Adam, and was interested in the brief career of Super-Chief. 8/10
Catwoman #60: While this title is designed around the big OYL event of Selina's baby, Film Freak really makes the reader a lot less interested in Catwoman's personal life and more on his film-related killings. One of the more interesting new characters to ever come out of any Catwoman title, I hope we see him in more comics to come. In fact, I'm already over many of this titles secondary characters. The writer wants me to be interested in them, but they just come across as rather pathetic. 8/10
Birds Of Prey #99: I've only been sticking with this title to get to issue #100 and finding out who will be the new Birds Of Prey. After that, I'm dropping it, unless something dramatic happens to peak my interest. These characters are not interesting in the least, and Black Canary's dialogue in particular is especially bad from the opening page, acting like Bizarro Canary, to the very undramatic, unsentimental leaving of the team at the end of this issue. In my opinion, the perfect ending to next issues double-sized issue #100 would be putting this book out of it's misery. 4/10
Lone Ranger #2: After picking up issue #1, I drove this weekend 45 miles to a comic shop that had plenty of copies of issue #2. For those who have read this book, I don't have to say it was worth the price of gas and the amount of time it took out of my weekend. (Plus, I went to 1/2 Price Books and got some great deals while I was there, including
in perfect condition for only 38 cents!) This is one of the best new series to come around in a long time. Heck, I like Tonto more than the Lone Ranger, so far. 10/10
The Authority #1: Nothing special here. Worldstorm is coming, and it's obviously designed to bore the reader to tears. I never read the original Authority stories, even though I own quite a few of them from a collection I bought; so, I admit to being somewhat clueless. Just like with Gen 13 #1, I'm not sure if these are continued stories, or re-tellings of their origins. But, nothing from either book seem to have anything to bring a reader back for issue #2. 5/10
Wildcats #1: I did read some of these issues when they first came out. (I probably have the first 30 issues.) I just didn't read very many of them. Like with my previous review, though, if you aren't familiar with past events from Wildcats, you will be lost. This issue at least tries to imply that stuff that's happened in the past have some type of relevance to what's happening now. It's just, nothing is in these first issues to hook a reader into staying with them. I'm way more impressed with Marvel's restart of the Dabel Bros. comics; when readers read the reprints of those initial issues, I believe many will stick around to see what comes next. Jim Lee's books just seem to remind the reader why the 90's was so bad. 3/10
Batman & The Mad Monk #3: I really think some readers are being way to generous with their reviews of this book. Many remember their enjoyment of Batman & The Monster Men, and probably are giving the bad dialogue and scenes way too much credit. Really, Batman's lines are totally cheesy: "I am a master of pain and suffering and you are my latest guinea pig." "Lies only serve to anger me." Then, Bruce's girlfriend instantly opens up her innermost feelings to one wacked-out, crazy-looking broad, when moments before she wasn't saying a thing for three hours to her friends. And, finally, I am so tired of reading about Carmine. 6/10
52 - Week Twenty-Four: Reading other reviews of this week's issue of 52, I have to pretty much agree. It was only average; but, I liked the mention of Checkmate, always enjoy more Black Adam, and was interested in the brief career of Super-Chief. 8/10
Catwoman #60: While this title is designed around the big OYL event of Selina's baby, Film Freak really makes the reader a lot less interested in Catwoman's personal life and more on his film-related killings. One of the more interesting new characters to ever come out of any Catwoman title, I hope we see him in more comics to come. In fact, I'm already over many of this titles secondary characters. The writer wants me to be interested in them, but they just come across as rather pathetic. 8/10
Birds Of Prey #99: I've only been sticking with this title to get to issue #100 and finding out who will be the new Birds Of Prey. After that, I'm dropping it, unless something dramatic happens to peak my interest. These characters are not interesting in the least, and Black Canary's dialogue in particular is especially bad from the opening page, acting like Bizarro Canary, to the very undramatic, unsentimental leaving of the team at the end of this issue. In my opinion, the perfect ending to next issues double-sized issue #100 would be putting this book out of it's misery. 4/10
Lone Ranger #2: After picking up issue #1, I drove this weekend 45 miles to a comic shop that had plenty of copies of issue #2. For those who have read this book, I don't have to say it was worth the price of gas and the amount of time it took out of my weekend. (Plus, I went to 1/2 Price Books and got some great deals while I was there, including
in perfect condition for only 38 cents!) This is one of the best new series to come around in a long time. Heck, I like Tonto more than the Lone Ranger, so far. 10/10
