COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: THE SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT #1 & RED RAIN #1
What's really cool about these (besides starring Donna Troy) is that they're getting some of the original creators from the Elseworlds stories to work on them! Writer Brian Augustyn on Gotham by Gaslight and artist Kelley Jones on Red Rain. That just kinda rocks. It almost gives them a little more cred. It would almost be cool if they had a different artist drawing the Challengers of the Beyond characters on these books. It would really make them sort of stand out as not belonging on those worlds. But maybe that would make the whole thing kinda stupid. I don't know. It was just a thought.
COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS #2This one kinda irritates me. I really have zero interest in this mini series. But if the Challengers of the Beyond (read: Donna Troy) are guess-starring, I guess I have to buy this issue. DC sucks, LOL!
GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #2The soliciation for this one reads: "Black Canary and Speedy head to Amazon Island, where a job offer from Athena seems to be the perfect opportunity for Dinah to focus some of her frustrations over what’s happened to Green Arrow." Which begs the question: What happened to Green Arrow? The covers of the first two issues of this series have featured Connor Hawke as GA not Ollie. Things that make you go hmmmm.
Plus, what the heck is Amazon Island? Do they mean Themyscira...or is this some new addition to the DC Universe?
BOOSTER GOLD #4Based just on the first issue and the solicitaions of the next 3, this is turning into one of my favorite books. I've never been a big Booster Gold fan, but I love the angle they're taking with this series. It's just fun.
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #43Teen Titans. Mike McKone. What's not to love?
SUPERGIRL #23
"The Teen of Steel embarks on a brand-new direction as writer Kelley Puckett joins forces with acclaimed art team Drew Johnson & Ray Snyder as the new SUPERGIRL creative team!" I thought Tony Bedard and Renato Guedes were the new creative team. They just started with issue #20. 3 issues later there's another one? This book isn't even 2 years old and it's had more creative team changes than Uncanny X-men!! Consistancy would be nice, but as long as the book gets good, I can deal. Plus, I like me some Drew Johnson.
THE ALL-NEW ATOM #17Wonder Woman. Gail Simone. What's not to love?
WONDER WOMAN #14
Wonder Woman. Gail Simone. What's not to love?
TRIALS OF SHAZAM #10"Art and cover by Mauro Cascioli" WTF? Did I miss something? What happened to Howard Porter?
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP
I'd be more excited about this if it was collecting the original Levitz/Giffen run from the beginning, instead of the Baxter series. I mean this is good, but I like the older stuff. There's so many trades coming out this month, I'll probably pass on this one. I'm sure I still have the originals around someplace.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: SAGA OF THE SUPER SONS TP
This is billed as the complete saga of the Super Sons, but I think I read somewhere that one of the stories is left out. I don't know which one, or if it's maybe been fixed, but this is one that I'm going to get.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2 TP(This isn't the actual cover, I took the solicitaion art and mocked up my own. I'm stupid like that, LOL) I'm holding out hope for a volume 3. The first 2 volumes each included 18 issues of Teen Titans, plus 3 other stories. Well, there are still 17 issues of the original series left (if you count the 70s revival with Titans West) and at least 2 Brave and Bolds from the 70s. Surely they can find something to fill out the rest (like the Joker's Daughter stories from BATMAN FAMILY). Hopefully they won't let me down!!
HEROES HC
If this weren't hardcover, I'd snap it up in a second. But I'll wait for the trade.
GEN13 #14
"GEN13 welcomes acclaimed writer Simon Oliver as he joins artists Carlo Barberi & Drew Geraci!" Is Gail Simone off this book? Then me, too. Don't love Gen13 that much.
NEW GODS ACTION FIGURESBased on the art of Jack Kirby, on sale April 30, 2008. I've never been the biggest Kirby fan. In fact, as a kid, I didn't like his stuff at all. I thought all his people looked like Frankenstein monsters. As I've matured, I've grown to appreciate his stuff. And I actually think these figures look kinda cool. Although, you have to wonder about the thought process behind releasing a Lightray figure a year after they kill off the character. Why not a Big Barda to go along with the Mr. Miracle?
Okay, that's all.
I'm passing on the Extremists. Don't see a real reason for this at all.
ReplyDeleteNot a Brian Augustyn fan at all, but I'll buy this. Grrrr..
I love the look of the Mister Miracle figure. So classic looking. We seem to share the same opinion on Kirby. Still not my favorite, but I do appreciate him a little more now than when I was a kid.
I love Showcase Presents. I have everything but one or two issues being reprinted in TT vol 2. It's still a must have. And if a third one comes out, that's a must have, too.
I really don't want to get the Extremists. Really, really. But Donna's gonna be in it. I'm so torn. Maybe I'll just wait for the trade, if I can bear it.
ReplyDeleteSame for Death of the New Gods, too.
Get the Extremists trade. I'll get the trade, too, if I find out it was really, really good.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to get the New Gods book, even though I don't really like them too much, but if Starlin is doing the book, there's a chance I'll like it. I hope DC isn't shooting themselves in the foot with killing these characters off. I just hope the Morrison versions don't take the place of the Kirby ones.