tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post7921516019045466952..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Weekly Haul: May 14thCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-81470035507027527612008-05-21T06:45:00.000-07:002008-05-21T06:45:00.000-07:00Man, did you flip through that second Titans issue...Man, did you flip through that second Titans issue? Good god, I can't believe a major comic book company put it's name on that. So many of the pages were just pin-up poses (especially the "action scenes") and I can't recall any descirnable backgrounds in a lot of the fight scenes. Reminds me too much of some of the 90s Image books like Wildguard and Bloodpack - it was that bad. Just cancel this, spread the characters amongst Teen Titans, Outsiders, JLA and JSA, and let's move on folks. <BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, I'd like too see more of these Titans in JLA or JSA - I think they've earned it and graduated by now. I think Donna Troy or Nightwing being in JSA would actually be an interesting move.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826413365790850707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-291075642611211982008-05-16T06:39:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:39:00.000-07:00Oh Caleb, you can NEVER have too many stories abou...Oh Caleb, you can NEVER have too many stories about Mongul and the Black Mercy plants! Especially, because he's altered these to be EVIL Black Mercy plants!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-33821106596055388612008-05-15T20:34:00.000-07:002008-05-15T20:34:00.000-07:00Thank you Caleb, for being one of the few reviewer...Thank you Caleb, for being one of the few reviewers out there who actually questions Gail Simone's writing ability. To hear some fans talk, you'd think that Gail has never penned so much as an awkward sentence or a clumsy transition. Some of her stuff is good. Some of her stuff is great. And still other stuff is merely so-so. I have yet to be blown away by her WW stories. Yes, I know it's supposed to be a big deal that "oooh it's a real-live woman writing <I>Wonder Woman</I>, but I need a little more than that. I want a story that is legitimately good on its own merits, not *pretend* good just because the writer has the same plumbing as the main character.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-19021347048244226482008-05-15T20:08:00.000-07:002008-05-15T20:08:00.000-07:00Oh, I see. You're saying some of the cells they cl...Oh, I see. <BR/><BR/>You're saying some of the cells they cloned Bizarro from were Grundy's?<BR/><BR/>I totally didn't read it like that. But after rereading it, that makes sense.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326906935557548236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-77814801784717869442008-05-15T19:59:00.000-07:002008-05-15T19:59:00.000-07:00No, Grundy and the guy in the tube. Who doesn't lo...No, Grundy and the guy in the tube. Who doesn't look like he will later. Luthor doesn't name him, just heavily hints that its another chalk-white villain with a peculiar speech pattern.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-47347400023311030392008-05-15T19:56:00.000-07:002008-05-15T19:56:00.000-07:00"The last panel connection seems like a bit of a r..."The last panel connection seems like a bit of a reach—'These guys are both chalk-white! They must share a bond!'"<BR/><BR/>Huh?<BR/><BR/>Lex Luthor and Dr. Teng are both chalk-white?<BR/><BR/>Or do you mean Superman and Alan Scott? Or Superman and Starman? I'm really confused.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326906935557548236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-68745885146031307892008-05-14T20:56:00.000-07:002008-05-14T20:56:00.000-07:00WW isn't working for me either. I agree that there...WW isn't working for me either. I agree that there's nothing wrong with the book; its competently written and drawn. And yet I don't like the character and I've lost interest in her adventures. <BR/><BR/>I remember in your last review you noted how WW was basically written as a Mary Sue-ish character who thinks and talks like Red Sonja. For some people, that type of perfect do-gooder is exactly what they want, but maybe I've been tainted by years of reading Marvel.Richard Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255266047189963126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-81039121563198200812008-05-14T19:15:00.000-07:002008-05-14T19:15:00.000-07:00"I think one (1) is probably the exact number of s..."I think one (1) is probably the exact number of stories about the evil mind-warping alien flower called The Black Mercy the world needed."<BR/><BR/>And-- hey, look! The same can be said for other Alan Moore DCU creations including Mogo, Sodom Yat, the prophesying demons who scared Abin Sur, etc., etc. <BR/><BR/>Mogo in particular has gone from being one of the coolest concepts ever to a dreary silly cliche. Johns' nostalgia works so well in Booster Gold and early JSA and so badly in most of the rest of his output that it makes my head spin.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-46503527100842036592008-05-14T18:56:00.000-07:002008-05-14T18:56:00.000-07:00Junta was a character introduced in Priest's Black...Junta was a character introduced in Priest's Black Panther run who was a member of the short-lived Crew series. He's not really memorable to any extent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com