Jusice League 1

NEW 52 is here, and I am going to spoil it so here it goes


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This was a cool first issue, with some of DC's best heroes up front, that is, Batman and Green Lantern. They do a team up type thing in this issue where GL swoops in as Batman is chasing a PARADEMON (That's right got it in one check 8/18/11 post where I called it). Hal is being really f--ing cocky while Batman is being Batman (>Badass). There interaction reminds me of the stuff that happened in All Star Batman & Robin Boy Wonder, except this time GL doesn't get is wind pipe caved in (I kinda wanted that to happen though). This is a flashback story and the heroes are relatively new to this world and also have not all met. Batman and GL deside they need to find the only other alien they know about, and that is Superman. It ends with the tag Batman VS Superman, and that I am always up for. I am defiantly in for the next issue.

Thus end my 30 day challenge

Its over, and I think I did alright. I missed a few day, but I made up for them. Overall I am happy with how I did.

31 - Flash Point Finally

It is done and this is the end that starts a new beginning. The Final issue of Flash Point did not let me down like I thought it might. The reveal really caught me by surprise and was the big thing I was looking for in the comic series that is the jump off point for the rest of the universe. I was also afraid what might happen was that some important bits of the story would leak out into the roughly 97ish extra spin off book, but that didn't seem to happen and I am glad I did not get sucked into all that stuff. I do not know if I should say anymore about the book because I do not want to spoil it for anyone, but then again a lot of people are just going to get the new number ones and forget about this series (needless to say I don't get a whole lot of traffic on this side of the internet super highway). So, what the hell, THE FLASH DID IT, but then he undid it and hopefully made the world a much better place in the process. Thumbs up.

30.4 - Tomorrow is a new day

Tomorrow starts the new DCU and I am super excited. I will be at the comic shop as soon as possible getting my Flash Point 5 and JLA 1. Flash Point has been interesting so far, but looking back I feel like not much has happened. I am really hoping they wrap it up with something big, and I really hope Barry doesn't wake up and it was all a dream. Though, it will probably be disappointing because these things can never live up to the hype unfortunately. The small preview of JLA that has made the rounds though has got me real intrigued. I like that Batman is back to being an urban myth and Jim Lee can do it well in my opinion. I am on pull for all 52 first issues and I cannot wait to read the pile as its coming. We will see if I can make posts on them as they come.

30.3 - IDW puts out new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Its got Eastman! Sure it has like 9 different covers, like a 90s book, but its a good book (they opted out of the holo-foil variant). I was really excited when I saw this book on the stand at my shop. I really feel like the comic book gods have been watching me recently. I start trying to collect Milestone/DC Static books then he gets a place on the new 52, I start trying to collect the original Eastman/Laird TMNT and now there is new book out that is serious, color, and has one of the original guys on it. I could not ask for more. They are taking a different take on the turtle's origins, but it seems pretty cool so far, and I am interested.

30.2 - Ultimate Comics The Ultimates 01

Ultimate Comics The Ultimates issue 01 is great and is the reason why I read the ultimate line of comics. This book follows Nick Fury through a normal morning. This morning includes him overseeing events across the globe that could potentially start world wide conflicts (least of which is a bear that keeps stealing all the beer).

This is what I want from all my comic books, it takes a bad ass book to make a story about a glorified manager an awesome book (yes i called Nick Fury a manager). You are seeing everything from Nicks side as he deals with three high level threats, one dealing with encroaching Norse gods, another dealing with troop build up off the south American coast, and the last is a southeast Asian country on fire. Of course all these situations are being handled, but of course none go as planned, and All this is going down at once. This book left me wanting way way more in the best way.


PS was that last panel of Nick Fury a little racist caricature looking or was it just me?

30.1 - New Old DCU I Will Miss

I really dug Batman Beyond, which is ending on its 8th issue (supposedly). If they really do stick with only the new 52, I will really miss this book. It took what was great about the show and made it great for the new grown up me. Like most people I watched the show when I was younger and thought it was great, I mean who doesn't like seeing a future version of stuff (props to Back to the Future II), and that was great then. As an adult I want more from characters, especially ones that I grew up with. This book was doing just that, and the last issue was the epidemi of that. It is going to be very unfortunate if this book gets cut off for real with the New DCU.