“I’m busy walking across the country.”
Firestorm #2
DC Comics (April, 1978)
“Danger Doubled Is Death” WRITER/CO-CREATOR: Gerry Conway PENCILER/CO-CREATOR: Al Milgrom INKER: Bob McLeod COLORIST: Adrienne Roy LETTERER: Ben Oda EDITOR: Jack C. Harris
The sad thing is I can see undertakers in both the DC and Marvel universes being that jaded.
This seems an odd joke to make just after burying my own mother but it’s the callousness of the writers (and sometimes editors) about character death being alluded to here. My mother’s not coming back, and neither are the other loved ones who passed in the past few years and to see death treated so cheaply in comics is now a maddening thing for me, where it just annoyed me before.
I said the comic would be back this week, and it is. The Clutter Reports is back as well, and speaking of my mother, it’s time to start going through her media. That’s my domain so I’m starting with her very large book collection.
On the review front this week: I found my trade of the first Firestorm: The Nuclear Man miniseries so I’ll be popping back in time for a while to finish that miniseries. (I actually own the first issue but the rest are in the trade, plus some interesting extras that will show up in Scanning My Collection and a possible The Clutter Reports review once I’m done.) But the big change is in the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday schedule. Gigantor ending left a spot open in the daily review cycle, and rather than put a new series there I decided on altering a few things. Star Wars will be moving from Fridays to Wednesdays, still doing the prequel/original time period thing. Fridays will be the regular longbox travel I’ve been doing on Saturdays so until I can get new comics again there will be two of those. On Saturdays, at least for now, I’ll be going over longer books: trades, original graphic novels, comic strip collections (online and newspaper), unless something comes up that would make for a better Scanning My Collection article it will be reviewed on Saturdays now. This week will have an extra dose of DC, with a Huntress trade, collecting a miniseries. Actually, the trade is pretty recent so I’m surprised it hasn’t been reviewed yet.
There’s also something I’m hoping to put together and if successful you’ll hear more about it this week. If not you won’t, but it’s something I’d like to do and may even need.
Tell others about the Spotlight:
“Why don’t I get to have blue glowy effects?”
Unlimited Access #2
Marvel/DC Comics (January, 1998)
“Let’s Do The Time Warp Again!” WRITER: Karl Kesel PENCILER: Pat Olliffe INKER: Al Williamson COLORIST: Greg Wright LETTERER: Jim Novak CONSULTING EDITOR: Mike Carlin EDITOR: To Brevoort GUIDING SPIRIT: Mark GruenwaldTell others about the Spotlight:
Roxy Rocket (who I just found out was created for the Annual…I need to go add that to the review when I’m done here) declared on television that she was giving up crime. Catwoman saw an opportunity, borrowed Roxy’s look, and stole a statue while making it look like it was Roxy. However, Batman knows Roxy is innocent. And so does Roxy. Selina’s in trouble.
“Wildcat” round 3
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I know I do too many action figure jokes, but I so want to do an Amiibo gag here!
Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition
Dark Horse (January, 1997)
collects all four issues
ADAPTATION: Bruce Jones PENCILER: Eduardo Barreto INKERS: Eduardo Barreto, Al Williamson, & Carlos Garzón COLORISTS: James Sinclair & Cary Porter COVER ART: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt LETTERER: Steve Dutro COLLECTION DESIGNER: Scott Tice COLLECTION DESIGN MANAGER: Brian Gogolin ASSISTANT EDITOR: David Land EDITOR: Bob Cooper COLLECTION EDITOR: Lynn AdairWhen George Lucas unleashed his Special Edition reedits of Star Wars Dark Horse published adaptations of all three movies. For some reason this is the only one that wasn’t a reprint of the Marvel stories. Maybe because they already did that. Maybe because there were changes between the movie and the adaptation. Or maybe it was the things Lucas added. Whatever the case, you know the story so let’s get right to the review.
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ICv2 is reporting that Robert Kirkman, best known for The Walking Dead but known at BW for Super Dinosaur, will be part of the writing team on the next Transformers movie.
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“You and your dried ice collection.”
Star Wars–Free Comic Book Day 2005 Special
Dark Horse (May, 2005)
WRITER: Miles Lane ARTIST: Nicola Scott COLORIST: Michael Atiyeh COVER ART: Michael Sutfin & Dan Jackson LETTERER: Michael David Thomas DESIGNER: Joshua Elliott ASSISTANT EDITOR: Dave Marshall ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Jeremy Barlow EDITOR: Randy Stradley
