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ALETHEIA #1
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ALETHEIA is a book in overdrive. It starts off with a little Greek mythology and jumps into Matrix style action in no time. The action never relents through the whole book.
Like most books these days, the art is a bit cartoony. However, it's not too bad and the art actually works. The gun toting skeletons look a bit cheesy, but the rest of the book looks decent. The picture of Zeus on page 2 is pretty cool.
The creators made sort of a blunder in this book... they don't give you the hero's name until almost the end of the book. Yes, you can assume that it's Thea from the license plate on the motorcycle, but still... they should have made it a bit more obvious.
The book is pretty exciting and leaves you hanging for the next issue. I'm hoping there is good payoff in issues 2 and 3. If there is, this is well worth picking up.
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Hyperkinetic
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Hyperkinetic is a science-fiction action-comedy following the misadventures of 4 female bounty hunters Milla, Shirley Alicia, and Katiya. In this first issue, the four scantily clad women are pursuing some purple catlike alien.
The juvenile banter between the four make the book almost unreadable. The story takes second place to discussions of VD & peeing in someone's shampoo. The art is also way too cartoony for my liking.
The redeeming part of the comic is that there is a lot of fast-paced action.
Hyperkinetic #1 is scheduled to arrive in comic shops on July 2, 2008.
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Green Lantern Corps #21
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Green Lantern Corps #21 is the story of Alpha Lantern Boodikka. Much of the comic is a flash back to her days as a bounty hunter on Bellatrix. Desiring to get the bad guy, Boodikka is driven to be more than she is. When approached to become a Green Lantern, she leaves behind her "blood-sisters". Not happy about her leaving, Boodikka is warned to never return to Bellatrix.
Now that Boodikka, is not only a Green Lantern, but also an Alpha Lantern, she must return to Boodikka.
The story is pretty decent and the art is very good. I think it's the color combination of the purple and green that Boodikka wears, but the colors just pop off the page. Continued until next issue, this story is recommended.
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Booster Gold #0
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Booster Gold along with several Blue Beetles go back in time to save Ted Kord (who was Blue Beetle for a while).
This #0 issue is a tie in to ZERO HOUR. DC's continuity is just a bit too confusing most of the time, but overall, this book was pretty easy to dive into. Jumping through time, the Beetles & Booster Gold stumble across Parallax and Extant. Soon we start to explore the origins of Booster Gold.
The art is pretty decent (I just love the current Blue Beetle's costume) and the coloring really pops off the page.
I'll check out the next issue, simply because of the cliffhanger and I was interested in how the rest of the origin of Booster Gold turns out.
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Project Superpowers #0
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Project Superpowers by Dynamite collects several long lost heroes that probably haven't seen print since the late 1940's.
Back during WWII, Hitler found Pandora's Box (or Pandora's Urn, to be more accurate). During a raid, Fighting Yank recovers the Urn and learns that the origin of all evil in the world really is from Pandora's Box. The problem is, that not only was evil released, but also that hope was released... and that hope has taken the form of the other heroes he has teamed with: The Flame, The Black Terror, The Scarab, and others.
The problem is that in order to put all the evil back on the box, Fighting Yank also has to put the heroes back in the box.
It's really wild to see all of these old characters from the 40's. I've never really read anything with them in it before and there's probably a pretty rich history that could be used and a lot of depth could be added to them. Fighting Yank is visited by the ghost of his grandfather that fought in the Revolutionary War, and that's a bit interesting. The concept, however, that in order to get rid of evil, you also have to get rid of good is just plain silly...
The art is really good and under the direction of comic superstar Alex Ross.
Overall, it's a good book, and with a cover price of $1 - it's a total steal.
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ATOMIC ROBO #5
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Atomic Robo #5 by Red 5 Comics is titled "Unearthed". In Italy in 2005, Atomic Robo and his team go in an underground lab and find top secret equipment from 1888. One thing leads to another and the team find themselves fighting a mass of cyborgs.
Just when things look bad... they get worse.
This issue wasn't as funny as #4, but it was great. I'm looking forward to #6. I hope that there are more Atomic Robo comics after that... because I'm hooked.
The art is the same as #4, and it's really the perfect art for the book. The story is well written, clear and fun.
Atomic Robo #5 comes out February 13, 2008.
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Perhapanauts Annual #1
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The Perhapanauts are a team of psychics, paranormals, dimension hoppers and even a chubacabara that investigate and battle oddball creatures, mostly out of urban legends. Annual #1 was the first Perhapanauts comic that I have read, but won't be the last.
First, I like the team. There's Choopie (a chubacabara), Big (Bigfoot of course), Molly (a ghost) and others. In the annual the Jersey Devil terrorizes the locals and the Perhapanauts are dispatched to handle the situation and that's when the fun starts.
The art suits the book well. It's not spectacular art, but I think it sets the tone of the book. It's not too cartoony. The story is decent and kept me interested in what was coming next.
The only thing i didn't like was the abrupt ending. The team finds the solution and BOOM! the comic is over. I could have used another page or two.
Overall, I found the book enjoyable and want to see where this comic is going. I'll be picking up future issues.
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Atomic Robo #4
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What a breath of fresh air this comic was after reading Spidey's One More Day. This comic made me laugh out loud more than once... and has Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking.
First, I'll start with the writing. It's very clever and the story cracked me up. Atomic Robo goes on a secret mission to Mars. His trip out there and what he does on Mars is pretty funny. The guest stars, especially Steven Hawking, killed me.
The art is perfect for this book. It's not too cartoony, yet it's not totally serious either. I think the style suits it very well.
Atomic Robo #4 was the first Atomic Robo comic I previewed. After this, #5 is surely on my list.
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Amazing Spider-Man 545
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In the stupidest possible story ever written about Spidey, Marvel says "screw you" to all of their fans.
Peter and MJ take Mephisto's deal and undo their marriage.
It's the stupidest thing I have ever read. Who would give up the love of their life to make a deal with the devil to save someone who has been on the brink of death for the last 40 years? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
As a special bonus, the art is also terrible.
I'm a big fan of JMS, but this is the dumbest plot --- EVER.
It's a stupid move to try to make Spidey fun again. Joe Q thinks that he isn't fun now because he is married. They totally missed the mark. Spidey was fun because we IDENTIFIED with him. We identified with him when he couldn't pay the bills or didn't get the girl. We don't identify with someone who makes a deal with the devil to get the girl out of his life. It's stupid and idiotic.
This is the last Spidey comic we will review on the site until a time may come when they rectify this. I have over 30 years of Spidey comics and am not going to throw them out just because the current idiots at Marvel have stupid ideas. As far as I am concerned, Spidey died 12/28/07.
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The New Avengers #37
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It's the New Avengers vs. the Hood and his gang of losers. This comic is unreadable due to the terrible art. It's too bad too because Bendis does a great job of telling a great story.
Meanwhile the paranoia is growing about who is a Skrull and who isn't. I'll tell you who I think is a Skrull... Peter Parker. Yep. They aren't going to undo Spidey's marriage in "One More Day" by a deal with Mephisto... they are going to undo it by saying that Parker has been a Skrull for the last 20 years. Think about it... Peter has been acting so out of character lately. They are setting us up. Write this down "Peter Parker is a Skrull".
Anyway... skip this book. The art is terrible. It looks like it was drawn in an hour. Yu has a lot of trouble with smaller images of heroes. They look silly, rough and rushed. I'm going to put this book back on the shelf until they get a new artist.
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