June 13th Nothing Roundup
posted by JediSheltie @ 7:01 PM
Well, instead of just not appearing, I'll go ahead and mention that last week was pretty paltry in terms of pickings, so I can't really muster the effort. Sure, there's Justice, but it's cool, I've mentioned that before.
I know all my readers will be disappointed... Yeah, you, that one guy, you can sit down now, save all questions for the end.
It seems the promise of Countdown fitting neatly into 4 issue arcs is yet to materialize, so I haven't yet found a good place to start summarizing. Granted, they're still in mostly expository phases, but I gotta say, it's really not flowing well for me. There's the "Kryptonian" Superman laying down the "Great Raos", the impenetrable "Rouges" section, and all this "New God's" stuff I might care about if I had any particular interest in the characters.
Well, except Barda, and that has nothing to do with the New Gods.
See, I never really read any New Gods comics, so I don't even know who this Lightwave guy was. He was apparently "beloved" and his death is really important. I'll take people's word for that. I knew Duela Dent better.
Mary Marvel's arc is picking up. Receiving all of Black Adam's power moves her from 0 to 11 pretty quickly in terms of power. Intimating because the power was Black Adam's that makes the power "evil" is dumb. After all, Adam was given the power by Shazam to be a good guy, he just made himself a jerk with it.
Jimmy Olsen... well. Never a huge Jimmy fan myself. Always thought Jimmy was in there so all the young readers who knew they weren't ever going to be Superman could at least think they might grow up to be his "pal." I simply don't think that mechanic works anymore. Jimmy could be Clark's pal at the office, but the Superman element just doesn't really feel right to me anymore.
Next week looks more promising. The "last issue" of Flash and the end of the Lightning Saga in JLA will probably make the cut.
I know all my readers will be disappointed... Yeah, you, that one guy, you can sit down now, save all questions for the end.
It seems the promise of Countdown fitting neatly into 4 issue arcs is yet to materialize, so I haven't yet found a good place to start summarizing. Granted, they're still in mostly expository phases, but I gotta say, it's really not flowing well for me. There's the "Kryptonian" Superman laying down the "Great Raos", the impenetrable "Rouges" section, and all this "New God's" stuff I might care about if I had any particular interest in the characters.
Well, except Barda, and that has nothing to do with the New Gods.
See, I never really read any New Gods comics, so I don't even know who this Lightwave guy was. He was apparently "beloved" and his death is really important. I'll take people's word for that. I knew Duela Dent better.
Mary Marvel's arc is picking up. Receiving all of Black Adam's power moves her from 0 to 11 pretty quickly in terms of power. Intimating because the power was Black Adam's that makes the power "evil" is dumb. After all, Adam was given the power by Shazam to be a good guy, he just made himself a jerk with it.
Jimmy Olsen... well. Never a huge Jimmy fan myself. Always thought Jimmy was in there so all the young readers who knew they weren't ever going to be Superman could at least think they might grow up to be his "pal." I simply don't think that mechanic works anymore. Jimmy could be Clark's pal at the office, but the Superman element just doesn't really feel right to me anymore.
Next week looks more promising. The "last issue" of Flash and the end of the Lightning Saga in JLA will probably make the cut.
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