tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45914166013049114332024-03-13T04:24:00.007+00:00As I Read Them"As I Read Them" is a selection of the monthly comic book releases reviewed briefly.
"As I Read Them" comes to you from the gloomy climes of Dublin, Ireland. A land of rain, ripping off tourists and suprisingly few comic book stores.As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-67824044480867711832009-05-23T10:52:00.003+01:002009-05-23T10:59:59.112+01:00Invincible #62<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ShfIv_xW51I/AAAAAAAAAFs/Yd1JV4I2Qnw/s1600-h/invincible_cov62.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ShfIv_xW51I/AAAAAAAAAFs/Yd1JV4I2Qnw/s320/invincible_cov62.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338956610168874834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Invincible #62</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Holy crap, what a slugfest; with sound effect text that fills an entire splash page. The art and feel of things beat any of the slugfests produced by Marvel or DC in recent times (for shame Superman, for shame). It isn't over yet it looks to be a three issue or so slugfest, also in this issue some nice overshadowing of Cecil's plans.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-66367575648012737602009-05-17T21:57:00.002+01:002009-05-17T22:04:27.504+01:00Green Lantern Corps #36<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ShB7t59TuII/AAAAAAAAAFk/oEvr37tO_So/s1600-h/11694_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ShB7t59TuII/AAAAAAAAAFk/oEvr37tO_So/s320/11694_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336901587016333442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Green Lantern Corps #36</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />All hell is breaking loose on Oa, the Corps can't seem to deal with one red lantern and their Sciencells prisoners. Sodam Yat has a moment of pure epic heroics on his home planet and Sinstro reveals a lot about his long term plans. Good solid Green Lantern action, I just hope that Blackest Night doesn't ruin all this good build up.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-26326894886202073122009-05-17T21:36:00.002+01:002009-05-17T21:40:27.541+01:00Walking Dead #61<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ShB2GctOTkI/AAAAAAAAAFc/2G8XqywPAQ0/s1600-h/mar092467d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ShB2GctOTkI/AAAAAAAAAFc/2G8XqywPAQ0/s320/mar092467d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336895411591204418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Walking Dead #61</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The start of a new plot arc for walking dead, it seems to be another study in how the humans are still more dangerous and horrible than the zombies. There is a moment in the issue that gives you pause even compared to all the dreadful events that have come before. The group is again fractured in what answers they have to tough situations. It remains one of the best lines out there.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-5237662359880120142009-05-07T20:59:00.003+01:002009-05-07T21:07:45.608+01:00Solomon Grundy #3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SgM_Su1-EvI/AAAAAAAAAFU/jm3u-5X3i_s/s1600-h/11706_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SgM_Su1-EvI/AAAAAAAAAFU/jm3u-5X3i_s/s320/11706_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333175974781391602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Solomon Grundy #3</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A confused Grundy gets flashes of his life from the 1800's and encounters Poison Ivy. Slightly above average reading this issue, I do like the Solomon Grundy character but I don't think they've hit the sweet spot yet. The art can be cluttered but suits the flashbacks.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-41187567885683268922009-05-07T20:40:00.003+01:002009-05-07T20:48:37.301+01:00Irredeemable #2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SgM6kd5F5yI/AAAAAAAAAFM/xyRyUFpyE4w/s1600-h/prv2531_pg1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SgM6kd5F5yI/AAAAAAAAAFM/xyRyUFpyE4w/s320/prv2531_pg1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333170781910591266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Irredeemable #2</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />What happens when supermen go bad, we've all seen an evil superman story before. A bit bland on the whole; an array of heros and villains hiding from and trying to kill or capture the Plutonian. This issue is a discusion with the Lois Lane-a-like on the Plutonians weaknesses and background.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-1355211666224883882009-05-01T20:47:00.003+01:002009-05-01T20:51:36.675+01:00Dark Reign - The Cabal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SftSdj_vDVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/5wsH2mvxNOg/s1600-h/dark_reign_the_cabal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SftSdj_vDVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/5wsH2mvxNOg/s320/dark_reign_the_cabal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330945251755363666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Dark Reign - The Cabal</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />A selection of short stories staring the villians who make up Norman Osborne's ruling group. Lots of villains plotting and the sparkling gem is the Dr. Doom story "... And I'll Get The Land". The art is varied and well considered, I enjoyed this one shot of villainy.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-44791079438524289352009-04-29T21:59:00.006+01:002009-04-29T22:11:31.126+01:00No Hero #5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SfjCEEH1iRI/AAAAAAAAAE8/iQd_YDOO2rg/s1600-h/3463249716_0c2b0ae608.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SfjCEEH1iRI/AAAAAAAAAE8/iQd_YDOO2rg/s320/3463249716_0c2b0ae608.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330223534074857746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">No Hero #5</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Josh is in a pretty bad way but at least he does now have superpowers; mindbending nightmares and deformity are small things in exchange for superpowers right? The art style is growing on me, it certainly shows horror quite well. The Front Line becomes more and more sinster, excellent stuff.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-16884915206315767812009-04-23T19:05:00.003+01:002009-04-23T19:08:59.081+01:00Walking Dead #60<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SfCubkV4hDI/AAAAAAAAAE0/0YDGJWbiagQ/s1600-h/cover-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SfCubkV4hDI/AAAAAAAAAE0/0YDGJWbiagQ/s320/cover-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327950147814458418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Walking Dead #60</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Walking dead is one of the best ongoing series ongoing these days,</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> written by Robert Kirkman (of 'Invincible' fame); it is a zombie movie</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> that doesn't end. I'm avoiding spoilers here, but the group is currently</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> travelling across the country and have encountered huge herd of undead.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> Characters become more and more bitter but this is a comparable lull in</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> the series of horrific things that happen to the survivors. Pick up the</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> previous trades for this series, they are reasonably priced and well</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> worth it (I'll be writing a special review for all the trades to date at</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> the start of next month).</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-90055237581122055342009-04-22T20:22:00.003+01:002009-04-22T20:26:25.757+01:00Battle for the Cowl - Arkham Asylum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Se9u1Bj5y4I/AAAAAAAAAEs/1ZtIY-mbp4M/s1600-h/11463_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Se9u1Bj5y4I/AAAAAAAAAEs/1ZtIY-mbp4M/s320/11463_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327598741433731970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Battle for the Cowl - Arkham Asylum</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A surprisingly good one shot under the Battle for the Cowl crossover, but nothing to do with it. Some original non violent inmates of Arkham and the descendant of Amadeus Arkham reclaim the burnt out shell of the Asylum. Pity it's only a one shot, hopefully we will see some of these interesting characters again.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-44082927751435952302009-04-22T19:41:00.002+01:002009-04-22T19:46:32.932+01:00Incognito #3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Se9ll_KFCII/AAAAAAAAAEk/FkrZyJpB8VE/s1600-h/Pages-from-INCOGNITO003-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Se9ll_KFCII/AAAAAAAAAEk/FkrZyJpB8VE/s320/Pages-from-INCOGNITO003-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327588587485857922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Incognito #3</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">An ex-super villain is in a witness protection program; stifled and</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">drugged (to suppress his powers) his normal life is smothering him. He</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">turns to fighting crime, under the radar so to speak, to relieve the</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">tension. The art is impressive, the writing is splendid; there is nothing not to like in</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">this title. This kind of reminds me of Fight Club for some reason. This</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">issue chugs along nicely as we see some other super villains to compare</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">and contrast.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-5466131172361782282009-04-16T20:42:00.004+01:002009-04-16T20:51:35.198+01:00Green Lantern Corps #35<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SeeMCbJy_uI/AAAAAAAAAEc/4OBwRh4Eqv0/s1600-h/11477_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SeeMCbJy_uI/AAAAAAAAAEc/4OBwRh4Eqv0/s320/11477_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325379057665375970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Green Lantern Corps #35</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">All hell breaks loose from the cells in Oa and Daxam's lost son returns to his shitty home planet. The art remains great, with the world sized snake Sinstro Lantern is my favourite image. This issue is less about the plot and more about the light based slugfests, which is no harm. If this is a taste of the war a light to come the Corps are not as prepared as they think.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-56539168560438148862009-04-10T19:28:00.004+01:002009-04-10T19:35:47.534+01:00Timestorm 2009-2099 #1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Sd-QfQO79eI/AAAAAAAAAEU/_qy95aZQyQI/s1600-h/TMSTRM001_cov.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Sd-QfQO79eI/AAAAAAAAAEU/_qy95aZQyQI/s320/TMSTRM001_cov.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323132151183177186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Timestorm 2009-2099 #1</span><br /> <span style="font-family:arial;">A psycho from the future, Spider-Man thrust into a dark future with </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="plain_text">re-imagined heroes</span><span style="font-family:arial;">; it’s all a bit bland. It has a feel of the later episodes of the animated Spider-Man and of Batman Beyond; except all quite average. It’s all about spotting where Marvel superheroes made their mark on the future (cap selling addictive softdrinks). I wouldn’t suggest this unless you want something not too taxing on the brain.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-25496866196855391422009-04-09T20:40:00.001+01:002009-04-09T20:43:51.708+01:00House of Mystery #12<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Sd5P0LbJzUI/AAAAAAAAAEM/5AS3tndGFVA/s1600-h/11547_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Sd5P0LbJzUI/AAAAAAAAAEM/5AS3tndGFVA/s320/11547_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322779567436975426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >House of Mystery #12</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Holy shit things are going well with House of Mystery, some great answers that just lead to more questions (defiantly pick up the first and second volumes, if you can). The book remains original, esoteric and dark; without becoming confusing. The little one off story is excellent and the main plot moves quite a bit. </span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-72106487592200601192009-04-09T16:32:00.002+01:002009-04-09T16:35:33.209+01:00Secret Six #8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Sd4Vgdn3RYI/AAAAAAAAAEE/i9qlykmaz90/s1600-h/11490_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/Sd4Vgdn3RYI/AAAAAAAAAEE/i9qlykmaz90/s320/11490_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322715457050330498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Secret Six #8 </span> </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This month a fun little departure from the usual with date night, where Deadshot and co attempt not to kill anyone for one night. Also in the issue, a look into ragdoll’s childlike brain. This book continues to be the amusing bad guys as anti-heroes DC title. Nothing to brain melting, just entertaining.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-80558728115701988842009-04-02T15:30:00.005+01:002009-04-02T15:42:15.158+01:00Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 8 - Volume 2<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdTNol7VWrI/AAAAAAAAAD8/gdhKn3q6erc/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320103157090835122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdTNol7VWrI/AAAAAAAAAD8/gdhKn3q6erc/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 8 - Volume 2</strong><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Well Buffy, before I start a word about the show. It had great dialogue and some really memorable characters; but until the later series’ I don’t think it got into its own. It was good but I preferred Josh Wheedon’s other work the darker Angel or the western in space fun of Firefly. But still Buffy was the breeding ground of good unexpected characters (Spike is a great example). The comic books by Dark Horse are pitched as the 8th season of the finished show, the first book penned by Josh Whedon. This second book of the “season” is written by Brian K. Vaughan, best known for Y the Last Man.</span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The story mostly concerns the other slayer Faith (a far more interesting character). Faith is the bad girl of the Buffyverse, originally a pawn of a major villain and then just off the rails. Faith is given a way out of the whole slayer thing by Giles, now pretty much in charge of the Watchers. She has to kill a slayer who’s made the same mistakes she’s made and is skating on the edge of pure evil. All the while there is recurrent and sinister group or individual manipulating events; represented by the symbol of a red setting sun and star in the sky.</span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Vaughan has got the tone of the show just right and kept intact the sense of humour and characters that had built up over the seasons. The plot is better than your usual Buffy season. The art is just slightly off, constrained by the fact that the artist has to base his models on actors. I did not read this in single issues but after reading this I’ll be picking up the rest and probably following Season 8. </span></div>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-89957381823550519192009-04-02T13:47:00.002+01:002009-04-03T15:28:53.736+01:00The Destroyer #1<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdS0zZMnnDI/AAAAAAAAAD0/3fyKWcNoaDY/s1600-h/DESTROY001_cov.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320075854861540402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdS0zZMnnDI/AAAAAAAAAD0/3fyKWcNoaDY/s320/DESTROY001_cov.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">The Destroyer #1</span></strong><a class="title_link" href="http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=11433"></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Robert Kirkman writes a five issue mini series for Marvel MAX (the more adult stuff), where an old superhero decides to close up and clean up shop. The first thing you notice is the splashy use of gore and the second thing is Kirkman's dialogue (if you read Brit or Invincible you'll know what to expect). The mini series has a good premise to start with, but the only thing that bugged me while reading was the design of Destroyer’s costume (he kind of looks like a skrull).</span> </div>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-91482995477182178042009-04-01T22:01:00.006+01:002009-04-01T22:21:41.865+01:00The Flash: Rebirth #1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdPafmMqd5I/AAAAAAAAADs/rnwGjTsuFmI/s1600-h/11472_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdPafmMqd5I/AAAAAAAAADs/rnwGjTsuFmI/s320/11472_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319835821219149714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >The Flash: Rebirth #1 (of 5)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So Barry Allen back after his death in 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths and penned by Geoff Johns. First issue means an explanation of who the current Flash people are and where Barry has been. The art is attractive and a lot of information is imparted in this one issue. A good start, but remains to be seen if a good Flash plot can be carried through to completion.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-10203854498716030532009-04-01T20:59:00.005+01:002009-04-02T12:07:51.378+01:00Battle For The Cowl: Man-Bat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdPJ3dSR8mI/AAAAAAAAADk/jIuVf5fceTI/s1600-h/106yb7a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319817539445977698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/SdPJ3dSR8mI/AAAAAAAAADk/jIuVf5fceTI/s320/106yb7a.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Battle For The Cowl: Man-Bat</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Kirk Langstrom must control his Man-Bat / Jekyll and Hyde urges. 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The dialogue is decidedly average; also there is an equally average preview of the new Powergirl run.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-54290534765614664512009-03-25T22:35:00.002+00:002009-03-25T22:38:32.008+00:00Commissioner Gordon: Battle for the Cowl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScqyBjR5T2I/AAAAAAAAADc/JSghGfYW8Iw/s1600-h/11280_400x600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScqyBjR5T2I/AAAAAAAAADc/JSghGfYW8Iw/s320/11280_400x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317258049784205154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Commissioner Gordon: Battle for the Cowl</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Gordon and some of the GCPD deal with riots because there’s no batman to sort things out. 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Bit on the average side here, Freeze is a bit too super for a good GCPD book.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-43803615271598168902009-03-25T21:20:00.005+00:002009-03-25T21:24:50.041+00:00New Avengers #51<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03a/newavengers51sneak/NewAvengers51_Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 308px;" src="http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03a/newavengers51sneak/NewAvengers51_Cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >New Avengers #51</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> 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Great dialogue as the issue of Spiderman’s identity and the new avengers is resolved and more than one plot is set up. I'm really quite enjoying this and becoming fond of Bendis's writing, I loved the Jessica Jones and Spiderman conversation.</span></p>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-14262658455728880892009-03-24T16:34:00.004+00:002009-03-24T16:55:58.313+00:00RPG Review: All Flesh Must Be Eaten (Revised Edition)<a href="http://www.sunshinecomics.com/All%20Flesh%20Must%20Be%20eaten%20D20%20RPG.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px" alt="" src="http://www.sunshinecomics.com/All%20Flesh%20Must%20Be%20eaten%20D20%20RPG.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>All Flesh Must Be Eaten</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>The Zombie Suvival Roleplaying Game - Revised Edition</em> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>All Flesh Must Be Eaten (AFMBE) is a Zombie Survival Roleplaying Game. It has a great range of options for bother zombie creation and characters. The system is simple but can be made more complicated for those who want more combat related stuff.<br /><br />Characters are built with points based on what they are; Norm, Survivor and Inspired. Norms are your bog standard person of the street, Survivor’s are tougher with more points and the inspired a like norms but have some points to spend on mystic stuff. I don’t think you really need the Inspired for your good old fashioned Dawn of the Dead style game, but they give you options for some supernatural stuff. Dice rolling is taken down to one mechanic roll a d10 add your skill to the roll if your get a 9 or above you succeed. Modifiers are added to show difficultly and penalties are added when taking more than one action. So if you’re dodging more than 4 zombies and fighting you're brainmeat.<br /><br />Building your zombie is the most fun section for GMs. What does it eat, how fast and how does it move, where do little zombies come from and how smart are they. Most importantly you can choose your zombie’s weak spot (if it has one); I personally have to go with the classic headshot. At the end of the process it’s gauged how dangerous your zombie is to players.<br /><br />Deadworlds are the sample campaign settings given to you in 4 or so pages. They give you what happened to cause the dead to rise and your sample zombie for that setting. Detailed is to what extent humans have dealt with things and a nice bit of fiction to give a flavour for that setting.<br /><br />There is also at the back a conversion guide and rules for the game in D20 modern. Nice that it is added but unnecessary. The layout is clear and easy to read. The art translates well as black, white and shapes of gray. The book itself is a nice hard back slight smaller than most RPG books and a bit lighter (a big plus).<br /><br />On the whole All Flesh Must Be Eaten is a solid survival zombie game. It could do with more ideas for defences and the like for players (but I hear the player’s handbook is more or less that). With just this and the suggested reading of the Zombie Survival Guide a good campaign of a Zombie Apocalypse could be run quite successfully. </span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-50187998880146539812009-03-21T21:45:00.005+00:002009-03-21T21:56:59.112+00:00Groom Lake #1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScVigvIZzFI/AAAAAAAAADU/5KUi3Ic1vIQ/s1600-h/kbpbcdi8o5cmph75toh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScVigvIZzFI/AAAAAAAAADU/5KUi3Ic1vIQ/s400/kbpbcdi8o5cmph75toh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315763249727786066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Groom Lake #1</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Aliens, robots and secret agencys with some humour thrown in. The art is quite grim and something you expect to see in a horror title. I'm not sure if the humour works yet, I'll give the next issue a go before giving up on this new IDW title.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-62451893926175297942009-03-20T12:09:00.004+00:002009-03-20T13:53:03.386+00:00Invincible #60<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScOfVc3WNLI/AAAAAAAAADM/QCSmez7wDM4/s1600-h/invincible60large.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315267176101721266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScOfVc3WNLI/AAAAAAAAADM/QCSmez7wDM4/s400/invincible60large.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScOfOg9uwgI/AAAAAAAAADE/XrafUAkGjzM/s1600-h/invincible60large.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Invincible #60<br /></strong>A "big event" in one issue with a bog load of guest characters (most of which I had no idea were in the Invincible universe). A returning villain and loads of alternate evil versions of Invincible, an easy on the brain premise. Art is nicely consistent and the dialogue remains high-quality, Invincible remains enjoyable even with a big event.<strong> </strong></span></div></div>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-59024140566029296382009-03-19T21:36:00.004+00:002009-03-19T21:52:43.459+00:00Dark Avengers #3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScK66O9pQKI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AY2l2rTkVlI/s1600-h/dark_avengers_3%40p.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScK66O9pQKI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AY2l2rTkVlI/s320/dark_avengers_3%40p.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315016019862438050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Dark Avengers #3</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The Dark Avengers fight Dr. Doom's battles for him as Morgana Le Fay has him helpless. A large section of the issue has a dialogue between Norman Osborn and the Sentry about their psychosis (nothing interesting has been done with psycho Bob in quite some time, it's good to see some movement). The monster on villain slugfest that takes up the rest of the issue is nice and brutal.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591416601304911433.post-53076497376054529412009-03-19T21:07:00.003+00:002009-03-19T21:19:25.726+00:00Fall of Cthulhu : Apocalypse #4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScK0tTa--vI/AAAAAAAAAC0/MWlJI-Jt84U/s1600-h/Fall+of+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXJFWA-82HE/ScK0tTa--vI/AAAAAAAAAC0/MWlJI-Jt84U/s320/Fall+of+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315009200651172594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Fall of Cthulhu : Apocalypse #4</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Pretty much the end of three story arcs for Fall of Cthulhu and a worthy end at that. Fall of Cthulhu is a modern take on the Cthulhu Mythos, it's good enough to make the worst bits of the dreamlands cool. Unjust deserts are served and some things are revealed about the Harlot. Pick up the trades for the full story.</span>As I Read Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054658101628276051noreply@blogger.com0