Green Lantern
#43
When
the inevitable movie comes out it's going to suck. Green
Lantern
is just silly. A guy that flies around space and has a magic ring?
It's corny. Lately, though, this has been one of the most popular
titles in comic book stores these last few years. This summer he gets
his big shot with “Blackest Night,” the story of the African
America riots in...er, no...it's actually about an evil guy named The
Black Hand that resurrects the dead (that's why they killed off Bruce
Wayne and Superman's father last year). The big DC epic doesn't start
until next week. This is the prologue...sort of. Blackest
Night #0
already came out but this takes place before that. Last summer had
two big events at DC and Marvel. Secret
Invasion
outsold Final
Crisis
and I didn't read either one. Marvel doesn't have a big, summer epic
this year, although their “Dark Avengers” stuff is creating a
thousand books these days. Which means that “Blackest Night” is
the biggest thing in comics this year. This prologue features the
history of The Black Hand. He was a funeral worker's son. He loved
death. He had a run in with Atroticus, the Red Lantern monster. Then
he dressed up like a super-villain. Then he killed his family. Then
he killed himself. Now he wants...revenge! Well, not really. He's
just evil. The cover has Black Hand leaning over Bruce Wayne's grave.
I assume that Wayne will be resurrected eventually. Geoff Johns does
a good job creating a villain, although he's evil for no real reason.
The art by Doug Mahnke is solid but nothing special. It's a lot
better than the last issue of Green
Lantern
I picked up. I find this world too silly. This issue is super-dark,
though. I am curious how this epic will fly. Not a bad start. We'll
find out next week if it's any good. **1/2
Wednesday
Comics #1
This
is an interesting concept. Harken back to the days when newspapers
were popular. They use to have comic serials in them like Mickey
Mouse and Dick Tracey and The Spirit. Now newspapers have...well,
they still have Dick Tracey. This a super-big, newspaper print comic
with sixteen one-sheet, continued stories. It's out every week until
September. It has big names. The writer & artist team behind 100
Bullets
are doing a Batman story (it's the best one). Neil Gaiman is writing
a story. There's a Superman story. A Supergirl story. A few no-name
characters have stories (the Metal Men?). The art is fantastic. It's
awesome. I would read any book with these artists. It's also has a
one-shot feel to it. Do I really want to read one page of a story for
sixteen weeks? Back in the old days you at least had the rest of the
newspaper to read. A good idea but it would have been executed better
if they just put them in real newspapers (I do think USA
Today
is running one of them). **
B.P.R.D. 1947
#1
The
last page of this book had the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
So creepy and so cool. I can't wait until the next issue. Written by
superstar Mike Mignola and Unknown
Soldier
scribe Joshua Dystart and drawn by the South American brothers
Gabriel Ba (he draws The
Umbrella Academy)
and Fabio Moon (no, I don't know why they have different last
names...and they draw exactly the same), this book features the
Hellboy team of paranormal investigators on a case involving a ghost
castle on an island and its connection to a party that took place in
the 1700's. One of the investigators, fresh out of WWII, heads to the
library to study up on the case. He meets a kind, cute girl that
happily takes him in a rowboat to the island. The catch? The castle
burned down years ago. So why's it still there in the fog? What's she
taking him to? Certain death? The set-up is good, but it's that last
page that seals it. The guy and girl in a rowboat at night in the
fog. The castle towering above them. Great art as well. ***
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