Monthly archives: October, 2007

Oct012007October 1, 2007October 1, 20072Commentsby Fin Fang Doom

Random Thoughts from 9/26/07

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Nothing I bought this week was anything special. Everything was just as good, bad or so-so as it’s been for a while. Criminal was great, Cable & Deadpool was tremendous fun, The Spirit was confusing, Countdown was boring…you get the jist. So no reviews from me this week.

But just now I was looking through the Marvel section of Previews, and noticed that one of my favorite titles is getting cancelled. Exiles has been one of my favorite series for the last seven or so years it’s been around. Lately I’ve been quite disappointed with the direction Chris Claremont has been taking the title, but I’ve been holding out hope that Claremont woud be leaving the book at some point in the near future. Turns out he will be, but only because Exiles is getting the axe.

Of course, there’s a hint in the solicits that there may be a “New Exiles” title starting up after that. But if Chris Claremont is attached, I think I’ll keep as far away from that one as possible. I loved my Exiles until Claremont took over and screwed them all up, so I have no interest in seeing what his Exiles would be.


Oct012007October 1, 2007January 12, 2009NoCommentby Jean-Claude Van Doom

Worst to First addendum

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I forgot to include that I read Fall of Cthulhu #6 and Left on Mission #4 last week in my reviews. My bad. Since the folks at Boom! were nice enough to send review copies, they deserve a mention.

Though Left on Mission took a huge step up from the past two issues, there’s nothing especially new in this espionage storyline from Chip Mosher and a lot of it falls into tense-movie stereotypes. After a full issue that didn’t advance the plot much at all (but filled in some backstory), we get an issue that sees all the back-room posturing finally lead to action, with a tense bag exchange surrounded by snipers of all stripes. It was a good scene, if not exceptionally illustrated, and did a fine job of cliffhanging for the final issue.

As someone who really didn’t like the first arc of Fall of Cthulhu (there were about three times as much dialogue as needed, to the point that I got sleepy from the reading), the first issue of the new arc was a massive improvement and makes the last arc feel like an unnecessary introduction. It starts with a group of arctic explorers hot on the trail of some mysterious thing stuck on a frozen ship. While the first arc was creepy but never suspenseful, this whole book kept a perfect tone of what’s-gonna-happen?

I still don’t see in Michael Alan Scott’s writing any of Lovecraft’s irony, but he’s taken a huge step in the right direction, as this was just a strong horror read top to bottom. Greg Scott’s art is also a nice addition.


Oct012007October 1, 2007October 1, 200715Commentsby Doom DeLuise

Book of Doom: (In)Justice League #13

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jla 13Holy hell, I totally forgot about this week’s Book of Doom until just now. Talk about a day late and a dollar short. Speaking of short, I thought this week’s choice came up way short. In short, I thought it was terrible. I don’t mean to come off sounding short, but, seriously, it’s a short-sighted venture ala the Sinestro Corps War. Gather all of the villains who can stop the Justice League, have them sidle up on each League member, get the upper hand, do something menacing, and that’s that. Sound familiar? It’s the formula for the past few years, apparently, and I, for one, am not a fan. Other than that, I have no real opinion, since it’s so early in this new run (which can’t be worse than Brad Meltzer’s pitiful stint), so I guess that I’ll just defer to the Legion members who actually care enough to think about this tripe.

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