Tag: May 1986

Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 200, Firestorm 47, Vigilante 29, Warlord 105

Green Lantern 200 coverGreen Lantern #200 – “Five Billion Years” – Steve Englehart/Joe Staton/Bruce Patterson

This one starts on Oa with the Guardians of the Universe preparing to give up their responsibilities as galactic protectors and move on. Sinestro tries to talk to one of the Guardians, but he warns the villain to consider repentance instead off interfering with matters beyond him. The other Guardians give us a helpful review of what happened last issue with the three Green Lanterns of Earth: John Stewart (and Katma Tui) are returning to Oa with the former Guardian Appa Ali Apsa (or Old timer, as he used to be called); Hal Jordan and some other Lanterns are coming back after defeating Goldface and his alien pal; and Guy Gardner has gone to offer his services to Star Sapphire on Zamaron. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 200, Firestorm 47, Vigilante 29, Warlord 105”

Comics Reviews: Legion of Super-Heroes 22, New Teen Titans 20, All-Star Squadron 57, Infinity Inc. 26

Legion of Super-Heroes 22 coverLegion of Super-Heroes #22 – “Dead End” – Paul Levitz/Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo

This one starts with Universo hypnotizing some guy to go out and cause mayhem. After his new pawn leaves, a Science Police officer almost catches Universo lurking around, but Universo mesmerizes him too and we see that Universo has been masquerading as Vid-Gupta, the aide to Earth President Desai (and maybe Desai’s brother too, I can’t remember). Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Legion of Super-Heroes 22, New Teen Titans 20, All-Star Squadron 57, Infinity Inc. 26”

Comics Reviews: Superman 419, Action 579, DC Comics Presents 93, JLA 250

Superman 419 coverSuperman #419 – “The Man Who Murdered Evil” – Elliot S! Maggin/Curt Swan/Dave Hunt

This story gets into some metaphysical ideas about good and evil. It’s narrated by a guy called Iago, who serves some greater master of evil (who isn’t shown, but from the hints it looks like Satan). Iago was once a human named Arnie Alpert, a very nice person who went out of his way to help people and was kind and charitable to everyone. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Superman 419, Action 579, DC Comics Presents 93, JLA 250”

Comics Reviews: Batman 395, Detective 562, Adventures of the Outsiders 33, Outsiders 7

Batman 395 coverBatman #395 – “The Film Freak” – Doug Moench/Tom Mandrake

This one starts with a burglar robbing various places in Gotham, setting off the alarms so the cops will chase him down. He seems to be working off some kind of script, trying to set up a scenario where he’s cornered by the cops and has to shoot his way out. At police headquarters, Batman responds to the Bat-Signal only to find Catwoman waiting for him. After their strange night on the town last issue, she wants to talk about their relationship. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Batman 395, Detective 562, Adventures of the Outsiders 33, Outsiders 7”