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Xena Reviews: Season 3, Episode 3

Xena title cardDirty Half Dozen – Director: Rick Jacobson/Writer: Steven L. Sears

This one starts with a new warlord named Agathon taking out a bunch of Athenian troops with weapons that can cut through their armour like butter, and armour that conventional weapons can’t pierce. Turns out Agathon is a protégé of Ares, who gave him the indestructible weapons and armour. Elsewhere, Xena and Gabi rescue a guy named Walsam, who’s about to be executed. Walsam wonders why Xena helped him and she says she needs his help to fight Ares. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 3, Episode 3”

Comics Reviews: Legion of Super-Heroes 30, New Teen Titans 27

Legion of Super-Heroes 30 coverLegion of Super-Heroes #30 – “Brainy’s Lucky Day” – Paul Levitz/Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo

This one starts at Legion headquarters with Brainiac 5 apologizing to Projectra (or Sensor Girl as she now prefers to be called) for his suspicions about her. Projectra is cool and says she forgives him, which throws him off a bit; I guess he expected her to have some resentment. Ultra Boy, Mon-El, and Blok are preparing to accompany Ambassador Relnic on a diplomatic mission to Dominator space, but they still don’t know Relnic is being controlled by Universo. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Legion of Super-Heroes 30, New Teen Titans 27”

Comics Reviews: JLA 258, All-Star Squadron 65, Infinity Inc. 34

JLA 258 coverJustice League of America #258 – “Saving Face” – J.M. DeMatteis/Luke McDonnell/Bob Smith

This one starts with Professor Ivo spilling his guts to a psychiatrist, ranting about how the JLA ruined his life. The psychiatrist points out that Ivo is the one who kept attacking the JLA and he’s the one who invented the “immortality serum” that extended his life but turned him into a monster, so blaming the League for his problems is stupid (and insane). Continue reading “Comics Reviews: JLA 258, All-Star Squadron 65, Infinity Inc. 34”

Xena Reviews: Season 3, Episode 2

Xena title cardBeen There, Done That – Director: Andrew Merrifield/Writer: Hilary J. Bader

This one starts with Xena and Gabi waking up to a rooster’s crow. They’re sleeping in a stable and Joxer comes in with goose eggs for breakfast. After accidentally dropping a horseshoe on Joxer’s head, the stablehand informs them there are two factions in town (Menos and Lykos) who hate each other and have been on the edge of open warfare for years. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 3, Episode 2”

Comics Reviews: Batman 403, Detective 570, Outsiders 15

Batman 403 coverBatman #403 – “One Batman Too Many” – Max Allan Collins/Denys Cowan/Greg Brooks

This one starts with Batman fighting Joker and Two-Face, killing both of them at the end of the fight. We soon find out this isn’t the real Batman, it’s Tommy Carma, the rogue cop who was killing criminals last issue and was caught by the real Batman. Carma is so deluded, he actually believes he is Batman and his fight with the two villains was actually him killing a couple of orderlies at Arkham Asylum, thinking they were Joker and Two-Face. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Batman 403, Detective 570, Outsiders 15”

Comics Reviews: 1987 Preview

Welcome to the preview of my comics reviews for 1987. The Crisis made a huge impact at DC and shook up the entire continuity. We already saw some of the effects in 1986, but 1987 will bring some major changes, including new titles and new histories for existing characters. As always, I’ll break this preview into blocks to reflect how I’ll be presenting the titles over the next six months. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: 1987 Preview”

Xena Reviews: Season 3, Episode 1

Xena title cardThe Furies – Director: Gilbert Shilton/Writer: R.J. Stewart

This one starts with the Furies doing a sexy dance for Ares, but he’s not really into it; he has a grievance against Xena and gets the Furies to punish her with both persecution and madness. Meanwhile, Xena and Gabi are having a race (Xena wins) when they’re beset by bandits. Xena and Gabi pound them, but the madness kicks in and Xena starts doing a bunch of Three Stooges moves during the fight. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 3, Episode 1”

Comics Reviews: Firestorm Annual 4, Vigilante Annual 2, Warlord Annual 5

Firestorm Annual 4 coverFirestorm Annual #4 – “Venom” – Gerry Conway/Rafael Kayanan, Dick Giordano. Gene Colan, Curt Swan, Al Milgrom, Martin King, Keith Giffen/Steve Mitchell, Bob Smith, Murphy Anderson, Steve Montano

This one starts with Firestorm flying frantically to New York to meet his father, Ed Raymond, who’s coming back from his honeymoon in South America. Unfortunately, Ed’s new wife Felicity (who Ronnie refuses to call his step-mother) got some weird disease in the tropics that’s shutting down her nervous system and will probably kill her. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Firestorm Annual 4, Vigilante Annual 2, Warlord Annual 5”

Comics Reviews: Legion of Super-Heroes Annual 2, Superman Annual 12

Legion of Super-Heroes Annual 2 coverLegion of Super-Heroes Annual #2 – “Child of Darkness, Child of Light” – Paul Levitz/Curt Swan, Keith Giffen/Larry Mahlstedt, Ernie Colon

This one starts with Darkseid taking a baby (one of a set of twins) and mutating it into a monster before sending it into the past. The story shifts to Rimbor, where Validus is on a rampage. He ends up in a cave containing a statue of Darkseid and runs into Ol-Vir, the renegade Daxamite who worships Darkseid and was a member of the Legion of Super-Villains for a while. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Legion of Super-Heroes Annual 2, Superman Annual 12”

Xena Season 2 Geography and Chronology

Xena title cardHey again, Xena fans. Welcome to my geography and timeline review for Season 2. As I explained last year, this is my attempt to bring some continuity to the Season 2 episodes, trying to figure out where they took place and in what possible order to make the whole thing flow better. As I also said last year, none of this speculation really matters (and I could be way off in my reasoning), but I’m a continuity nerd, so I have to at least try. Continue reading “Xena Season 2 Geography and Chronology”