by Sal Loria, Nov 26 2009 // 3:30 PM
Welcome to another edition of The Pull List Comic Reviews! This week, the Blackest Night event takes center stage, Bendis and Oeming make a triumphant comeback and Archie gets married (again). As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
PULL OF THE WEEK:
Blackest Night #5 [of 8]
DC Comics – $3.99 US
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Ivan Reis
Score: 9.0
The mastermind behind the dead rising stands revealed as the Blackest Night prophecy inches towards becoming true, but will the unified heroes of the world have enough to stop it? Not if a late dinner guest bearing gifts has anything to say about it.
Geoff Johns welcomes you all to hell. How could he not? In the thirty plus years that I’ve been reading comics, I can’t remember a time when things looked so grim in a story thanks to this issue. The big guns of the Justice League arrive in time to assist the Flashes – Barry Allen and Wally West – in confronting Nekron as the Black Lanterns’ power battery reaches full charge. Fast forward to the end of the issue and only two heroes remain standing while the rest are chomping at the bit, dying to feast on some good, old fashioned heart muscle. And this is only the fifth issue in an eight-issue series?!? Wow.
Johns, along with artist Ivan Reis, are obviously toying with us and giggling madly along the way. The re-emergence of “Bruce Wayne” – his name was in quotations in the issue as well – signaled that the next phase was about to begin, but what he did to heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, etc I don’t think anyone saw coming, characters and readers alike. The sixth issue cannot get here fast enough, if you ask me.
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Tagged: Angelo Torres, Archie, Blackest Night, Blackest Night: Superman, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Creepy, Dan Braun, Darker Image, Dave Sims, Derec Donovan, Doug Mahnke, Erik Larsen, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Greg Ruth, Image United, invincible iron man, Ivan Reis, James Robinson, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jim Valentino, Joe Bennett, Joe Harris, Joe R Lansdale, Joss Whedon, JT Krul, Justice League of America, Marc Silvestri, Mark Bagley, Matt Fraction, Michael Uslan, Mike Avon Oeming, Mike Baron, Mike McKone, Ms. Marvel, Nathan Fox, Powers, Rahsan Ekedal, Rob DiSalvo, Rob Liefeld, Robert Kirkman, Russ Heath, Salvador Larocca, Stan Goldberg, Teen Titans, The Blair Witch Project, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio
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by Sal Loria, Nov 5 2009 // 11:00 AM
Welcome to The Pull List Comic Reviews! First off, a huge thanks to John Carle for covering the column last week, he did a fantastic job. Make sure you check out The Flickcast’s podcast this week where he was also a guest-host! The dude’s everywhere. Okay, on with the comics. As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
PULL OF THE WEEK:
Lobo: Highway to Hell #1 (of 2) – DC Comics – $6.99 US
Writer: Scott Ian Artist: Sam Keith
Score: 8.5
You’re sitting there, asking yourself “How in all that is holy is Lobo: Highway to Hell the Pull of the Week?” Believe me, I’m asking myself that very same question. You see I’ve never dug Lobo. I’ve read a good chunk of his various issues over the years and I’ve never seen the attraction to the character, but seeing as variety is the spice of life, I figured I’d give this a shot. The premise sounded interesting enough…
Lobo’s chillin’ at home when he receives a message – in the form of slain dolphins – from the big bad himself: the Devil. Even though the Main Man has been banished from Hell for quite awhile now, he figures it’s time to go on a road trip and pay a not-so-friendly visit to his old pal, Beelzebub. Along the way everyone’s favorite Czarnian runs into more violence, mayhem, booze and floozy “women” than he can shake a stick at, but what happens when he finally comes face to face with the cutest evil… waitaminute… CUTE?!?
He hasn’t had a starring role since 2007’s Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, so when DC Comics dusted the mothballs off of the character, they decided to get a fresh take on him. Enter Scott Ian, the guitarist for the band Anthrax. Ian’s first foray into comic writing is pretty decent, but it’s how he handles the title character that blew me away. There was just enough here to add weight to the usual aloofness that the character normally projects, which clicked beautifully. While the big payoff will be next issue’s finale, so far this has been a very enjoyable ride.
The Maxx creator Sam Keith, who had both writing and artistic duties on the aforementioned 2007 mini-series, makes his return to the character. Bringing his distinctive style that is every bit as manic as Lobo is, the art looks great, even while juggling different levels of detail throughout the issue. From what I could tell, the creative team looked like they catered to each other’s strengths, culminating in a fun romp that became our Pull of the Week.
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Tagged: Adam Dekraker, Adam Hughes, Agents of Atlas, Assault on New Olympus Prologue, Batman Confidential, Black Widow: Deadly Origin, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Cable, Chris Yost, Corey Soriano, Craig Rousseau, Dalibor Talajic, Deadpool Team-Up, DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI, Fred Van Lente, Gabriel Hardman, Georges Jeanty, Greg Pak, Harvey Tolibao, Humberto Ramos, Incredible Hercules, Iron Man & The Armor Wars, Jane Espenson, Jeff Parker, Jo Chen, Joe Caramagna, John Paul Leon, Karl Kesel, Lobo: Highway to Hell, Marcos Martin, Marcos Marz, Marvel 1985, Marvel Adventures, Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution, Paul Cornell, Phil Noto, Psylocke, Rob DiSalvo, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Rodney Buchemi, Royal McGraw, Sam Keith, Scott Ian, Steve Dillon, The Maxx, Tom Raney, Tommy Lee Edwards, X-Men Origins: Iceman
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