Wildstorm: Armageddon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Look, I’m sure the WildStorm universe has its fans and they may have even liked seeing the characters in DC’s New 52. However, I don’t think they’re popular enough to try to make them an imprint again after they folded in into the DCU proper. And yet Russ Burlingame of Comic Book (guess what that site discusses) says that’s exactly what they’re going to do. Good luck, Warren Ellis. I think you’ll need it.
Today’s Comic is an article series I haven’t been able to do in it’s proper form since I lost my job back in 2013. Sadly I can’t get new comics, and as a bonus disappointment this was easily my most popular feature…at least according to my stats. “Yesterday’s” Comic, my going over of older comics in my collection as I try to trim my bloated comic collection down, has supplanted it until I get some form of income. (Points to the “support” section of the sidebar.) However, my friend Sean from the comments picked up the first issue of this crossover for me so I have a chance to do a brand new comic review like I used to, about a week after it was published. Also, unlike the “Yesterday’s” version, Today’s Comic doesn’t spoil the whole comic, giving a brief overview, since it’s still on the shelves brand new. Although my friend had a hard time finding the first issue, so apparently the first issue did well. The question is: will the second do nearly as well since not every reader continues through the series after the first curious read?
The origins of this crossover, or so I’m guessing, comes from Mattel getting the rights to do a Thundercats Classics line, similar to its online exclusive Masters Of The Universe Classics line. However, between that announcement and now things have changed. For whatever reason Mattel has opted not to continue one of their most famous toy lines. (Maybe if you sold the toys in stores beyond that two-pack with DC Universe that only went for about four sets they might have sold better.) A toy company called Super 7 (not to be confused with the Filmation series) will be releasing “ultimate” versions of the MOTU line, featuring new and cooler accessories and updated designs. They’re also working on getting the Thundercats license and will possibly used the Mattel designs. Still, that won’t affect the quality of the comic.
Soccer hooligans on Halloween are a sight to see.
He-Man/Thundercats #1
DC Comics (December, 2016)
“Swords And Omens” WRITERS: Rob David & Lloyd Goldfine ARTIST: Freddie E. Williams III COLORIST: Jeremy Colwell LETTERER: Deron Bennett ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Jessica Chen EDITOR: Kristy Quinn GROUP EDITOR: Jim Chadwick
Cassandra defeating Lady Shiva. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cassandra Cain is a Batgirl nobody outside of the comics knows about, only now she calls herself Orphan. (Long story.) But back when Cass was still barely literate or able to talk, one writer came up with a storyline in which the young Cain became a Christian. The odd part is that it was an atheist, Gail Simone, who wanted to save her. How does that work? Surprising well as Simone appears to have been actually willing to write her like a Christian rather than the evil stereotype you usually get from a liberal atheist. Mitch of Wednesday Theology brings us the story.
Unlike my last hiatus I don’t think this one took so long that I have to reintroduce you to this article series or this book, so let’s just continue from where we left off. As we left our heroes Leia was getting her meeting with Xizor (who just wants to have a royal sleepover…minus the sleep) and Luke was surrounded by bounty hunters who decided to team up and that their like of Jedi was superseded by their love of money. Let’s see what happens next.
Tim Drake’s first Robin costume designed by Neal Adams. Cover of Robin vol. 2, 0 (Oct, 1994). Art by Tom Grummett and Ray Kryssing. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Of the many characters that have taken on the mantle of Robin, be they boy or girl wonders, my favorite is still Tim Drake. While I grew up with Dick Grayson and barely knew Jason Todd or any of the others (there’s also one nobody remembers, Robert Chang, from the really tall computer-generated graphic novel Batman: Digital Justice (look it up–it’s not great but for its time it is interesting) Tim just works perfectly not as Batman’s apprentice but as his partner. Chris Sims of Comics Alliance knows what I’m talking about.
Great. Now I’m jealous of my own comic characters.
I don’t think Jake realizes Leon is kidding. Or maybe Jake can read Japanese…just so he can read manga of course.
New comic must mean I’m back to work! Like last time it will take a while to get back to the comic reviews as I recover from what I’m praying to God is my last surgery for a very long time. I never needed surgery until this year and I won’t miss it. I will however be reviewing a new comic Today’s Comic style thanks to a friend of mine giving me the first issue of the He-Man/Thundercats crossover but it will be in a regular article slot. Our chapter by chapter look at Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire also continues and I’ll finally check out the new MacGuyver TV series and returning to the Friday Night Fights. I don’t know what I’ll be doing on Thursday just yet.
So as wounds heal and other bad stuff goes on elsewhere in my life, I will continue to fight my way through 2016. Man, this year is terrible.
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