Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities back from the CBS in 2004

I picked up three weeks worth of comics this past weekend, which is pretty much all the DC's, Marvel's and Crossgens to come out in the last three weeks (quite a bit).

Thoughts so far:

1602- A great end to a great series. I can see some people considering this a let down, but this is pretty much Gaiman's normal way of ending things, not so much with a bang but with an eerie sense that there is more going on and more to come. It's left open for him to continue his stories in 1602, which would be good, but I'm more interested in Gaiman doing other projects at Marvel, like Fury, Dr. Strange or Thor.

Flash- DC's best book. Great story, great pacing, great characterization, just great everything. I can't get enough.

Negation War- Awesome. Bring it on, I can't wait to read the rest of this. A Crisis scale story where nothing is truly safe.

I also really enjoyed Pulse, Ultimate Spider Man, Amazing Spider-man, Spider-man, Legion (already posted a review), JSA, Fables, My Faith in Frankie and Y: the Last Man.

Now I have two huge stacks of comics to read after that...

This has to be the first week in a long time that I actually had enough cash to pay for my hold and actually got change back from a $20. And that was with my Inquest magazine included. This is what I picked up:

Dawn of the Dead #1
The Walking Dead #6
Superman/Batman #9
Fantastic Four #512
Adv. of Superman #627

Seems like there should have been more but I won't know until I can check the release schedule.

Any way you look at it, a week with two great zombie books has got to be a good week!

today i got:

Superman / Batman #9
Rose & Thorn #5
Wonder Woman #203
Outsiders #11
Adventures Of Superman #627
Hawkman #27
Superman: Secret Identity #4

i've only read Superman / Batman so far !!! another great issue, this one of my favourite books each month, i love how Jeph Loeb writes the thoughts of Clark and Bruce !!!

and Michael Turners art looks amazing !!! looking forward to seeing more on KARA !!!

Matthew.

While on vacation in Cincinnati this week I stopped in my old comics shop since the manager's an old friend. Of course, I had to pick some stuff up:

Supes/Bats #9
Marvel 1602 #8
Outsiders #11
Hellboy's Weird Tales #7 and #8
Astro City/Arrowsmith Flip Book
Tokyo Storm Warning/Red TPB
Secret War #1

I thought I'd missed the boat on Secret Wars since you can't find an issue anywhere back home. But I just happened to mention that casually, and - lo and behold - my man came through.

1602 -- It was an entertaining yarn, but the main reason they managed to hook me, by saying that this wasn't an elseworlds or alternate timeline, turned out to pretty much be a lie! The host of heroes weren't the characters we know, they were somehow birthed by the universe or whatever because the cosmic timetable was upset -- their powers merely resembled the heroes we know. The time traveling Cap wasn't even the "real" Cap -- he was from an alternate future. Considering the cost, it wasn't worth it.

She-Hulk -- has anyone else picked this up? The first issue set up the series, but the second one is where things really take off in establishing what a lawfirm in the Marvel U might look like -- the kind of bizarre cases and legalities that arise in a world of spandex-clad supermen. There's a funny scene with Dr Strange and the legalities of an "Eye of Agamotto induced" confession, lawyers with jetpacks, a shape-changing process server and *Awesome Andy!* (The Awesome Android as office "gofer" -- think Benny from "L.A. Law") Fun (and funny) stuff. From "the Jean Grey defense", to She-Hulk reading comic books (like her own origin) as legal research ("the long boxes are in the basement"), this is shaping up to have a lot of potential for comic book satire. The art's great too -- don't go by the boring and totally uninformative (though nicely illustrated) covers.

Back from Wonderland again.

My Legion find: DC Special #28, "Earth-Shattering Disasters". 3 Tales featuring Batman, Aquaman and the Legion. The art's pretty unremarkable, but there's a nice splash by Jim Aparo featuring scenes from each of the three stories- and the inks on the Legion story are by Bob Layton. At the very least, I can say I have it.

Also picked up Conan 3, as well as back issues of Brath and the original Astro City mini, as well as recent issues of New Mutants and Inhumans I somehow missed with my preorders.

I almost picked up the Japanese import Harley Quinn action figure... maybe next time...

today i bought:

Firestorm #1
Superman: Birthright #10

and i thought i'd see what was going on in the current X-MEN world !!!

Uncanny X-Men #444
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men

i was surprised to see that RACHEL SUMMERS is back !!! i always liked her in EXCALIBUR !!!

is she the same character, then ???

Matthew.

Big week at the CBS for me:
-- Secret War
-- Legion
-- Astonishing X-Men
-- Avengers
-- New Frontier
-- Supreme Power
-- Superman

SECRET WAR: (reposted from my take on #1)If I had to guess about the conspiracy angle here, I'd say that the U.S. knew full well that their money was being funneled for use by supervillains. Why? To keep the superhuman populace in check -- give them something to do, some *one* to fight rather than look at the bigger picture. Also, fighting "villains" would make them adored public heroes, and when you're loved by the public, there's less reason to become anti-social and a potential villain themselves. (well, that's my theory...)

After having read #2, I still stick to this theory. It was fun seeing Bendis' take on the "Secret War" team interacting. Wolverine seemed like a bit of a goof (especially since the Fury file said he's immune to alcohol), but Parker was funny and as always gives a human voice to the superhuman shenanigans going on.

Wasn't the whole "taking over Latveria" thing just done in "Fantastic Four" with Fury sent in to stop Richards from what he was doing? Sloppy editorial I can forgive (like Logan saying he had never met Spidey in his civilian guise even though they did in the "Wolverine/Spiderman" one-shot), but it took me out of the story a minute.

Great art -- painted comics sometimes annoys me, but there was enough dynamism to his figures that kept it lively.

So, the mysterious member, the one who looks like Angelina Jolie from "Hackers" is probably the earthquake chick, right?

SUPERMAN: Yeah, so I have no idea what's going on here....