Friday, January 8, 2010

Comics this week

Blackest Night #6- The cover page says “The New Guardians” and the issue was great. There is a giant loophole in the plot; the power rings can duplicate? Good, fine and great but why the hell didn’t they do this in the first place? Outside that, the story continues to rock and Ivan Reis’ art is as good as always. It was fun seeing the rings choose their wearers but Mera with the ring of rage? Seeing how many angry heroes and villains there are on Earth, the ring picked the wife of Aquaman? Overall it’s another brilliant issue of Blackest Night!

Siege #1- There’s only one reason why I’m picking up Siege and that’s to see the end of ‘Dark Reign’. A storyline that had lasted way too long, I look forward to the end of it. However even ‘Dark Reign’ means nothing to you, this issue is pretty good. Norman Osborn's insanity is front and centre here as he bulldozed his way into a conflict with the gods of Asgard, I mean when even Bulleye and Moonstone think a war against Asgard is crazy. That in short is my biggest problem with Seige. An army of mortals (even with super-powers) verse an army of gods? How will this even be a contest? That’s like Superman going up against Batman only it’s a Superman with no weakness. Still, it’ll be nice to see Osborn getting his ass kicked.

Suicide Squad #67- We comics fans are a loyal bunch. I’m no fan of John Ostrander's Suicide Squad which I think is a cool concept series that overstayed its welcome. However loyal Suicide Squad fans have constantly asked for the series reinstatement. I have to admit, DC got a cool idea with resurrecting old series for Blackest Night. Since it will be a crossover with Secret Six, I pick up Suicide Squad. Glad I did too, because it’s actually a pretty good Secret Six issue. Although it’s Suicide Squad #67, the issue is more about the Six. Scandal’s “It’s…it’s pink!” was just priceless and it was humorous seeing how Ragdoll tried to run interference between Bane and Scandal's date Liana. This being a Blackest Night tie-in was barely mentioned and that was what made this a good issue.

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