Comics Reviews: Wonder Woman 3, Firestorm 58, Vigilante 40, Warlord 116

Wonder Woman 3 coverWonder Woman #3 – “Deadly Arrival” – Len Wein/George Perez/Bruce Patterson

This one starts with Hermes showing Wonder Woman around Boston, telling her to get ready to face Ares and stop whatever plan the God of War has to wipe out humanity. They’ve already dropped Steve Trevor off at a base hospital in Concord and now Hermes says he’s going to show Diana her proper path. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Wonder Woman 3, Firestorm 58, Vigilante 40, Warlord 116”

Comics Reviews: Wonder Woman 2, Firestorm 57, Vigilante 39, Warlord 115

Wonder Woman 2 coverWonder Woman #2 – “A Fire in the Sky” – Greg Potter/George Perez/Bruce Patterson

This one starts with Colonel Steve Trevor (a war hero who’s managed to piss off some of his superiors because he testified about their warmongering attitudes) is called in to see General Kohler, who’s not a fan. Kohler orders Steve to fly out in a storm to coordinates in the middle of the ocean, taking Captain Slade with him. Steve wonders about the mission, but can’t disobey orders, so he and Slade take off. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Wonder Woman 2, Firestorm 57, Vigilante 39, Warlord 115”

Comics Reviews: Wonder Woman 1, Firestorm 56, Vigilante 38, Warlord 114

Wonder Woman 1 wraparound coverWonder Woman #1 – “The Princess and the Power” – Greg Potter/George Perez/Bruce Patterson

This is the brand-new Wonder Woman series, rebooting the character after she was retconned out of existence by the Crisis. This series has a pretty good reputation (and leans heavily into Greek myth, which I like), so I’m looking forward to reading it for thee first time. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Wonder Woman 1, Firestorm 56, Vigilante 38, Warlord 114”

Comics Reviews: Firestorm 55, Vigilante 37, Warlord 113

Firestorm 55 coverFirestorm #55 – “The Stench of Brimstone” – John Ostrander/Joe Brozowski/Steve Mitchell

This issue is a crossover with the Legends mini-series. Legends was about Darkseid manipulating humanity to turn them against superheroes, paving the way for Darkseid to take over Earth. Darkseid created a monster named Brimstone from sentient nuclear plasma and sent it on a rampage. Firestorm, Cosmic Boy, and the JLA all got their asses kicked and Firestorm had to leave the others to go after Brimstone. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Firestorm 55, Vigilante 37, Warlord 113”

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: Firestorm 54, Vigilante 36, Warlord 112

Firestorm 54 coverFirestorm #54 – “Rock n’ Roll Fantasy” – Paul Kupperberg/Michael Bair/Bob Smith

This one is obviously filler, since it makes no reference to the ongoing storylines. It starts with a guy named Steve Brockman trying out for a rock band. The band are impressed by his cool, home-made guitar, but unfortunately Steve can’t play it worth a damn, so they tell him to get lost. Steve vows to show the world what a great musician he can be. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Firestorm 54, Vigilante 36, Warlord 112”

Comics Reviews: Firestorm 53, Vigilante 35, Warlord 111

Firestorm 53 coverFirestorm #53 – “Shades in Silver” – Gerry Conway/Joe Brozowski/Steve Mitchell

This one starts with Martin Stein being told by a doctor that he has an inoperable brain tumour and that he has eight months to live at the most. Stein has been having dizzy spells and headaches lately, which he assumed had something to do with his drinking problem, like some kind of withdrawal symptoms. Across town, a guy named Xavier Pervis taps into the city power grid to feed his natural ability to manipulate metal. The power boost lets him change large masses of metal, but he knows tapping into the city grid isn’t practical, so he’s built a suit that can gather energy from the sun. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Firestorm 53, Vigilante 35, Warlord 111”

Comics Reviews: Firestorm 52, Vigilante 34, Warlord 110

Firestorm 52 coverFirestorm #52 – “A Giant There Was” – Gerry Conway/Joe Brozowski/Steve Mitchell

Last issue, a wrestler named King Crusher was given experimental drugs by his sleazy manager Eddie Slick (who just happens to be a dead ringer for Martin Stein). When the drugs turned Crusher into an over-muscled behemoth, he went nuts and came after Eddie, who took off. But guess who just happened to be on a date right across the street? Yeah, so when Crusher comes out of the arena looking to waste Eddie, the first person he sees is Stein … who he assumes is Eddie. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Firestorm 52, Vigilante 34, Warlord 110”

Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 204, Firestorm 51, Vigilante 33, Warlord 109

Green Lantern 204 coverGreen Lantern #204 – “Young and Innocent” – Steve Englehart/Joe Staton/Mark Farmer

This one starts with the Green Lanterns examining Arisia in a machine whipped up by Kilowog. They’re worried because she freaked out when fighting Whiteout and Lanterns are supposed to be fearless. Katma Tui almost mentions Arisia’s dizzy spell a couple issues ago, but stops herself (although John knows she’s hiding something). Arisia checks out fine, but Hal worries Kilowog’s machine might’ve missed something. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 204, Firestorm 51, Vigilante 33, Warlord 109”

Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 203, Firestorm 50, Vigilante 32, Warlord 108

Green Lantern 203 coverGreen Lantern #203 – “The Diabolical Doctor Ub’x” – Steve Englehart/Joe Staton/Mark Farmer

This one starts in Modora, right after the end of last issue. Dr. Ub’x has used his “Sucker Stick” to place all the Green Lanterns (Hal, John, Katma, Kilowog, Salakk, Ch’p, and Arisia) into crystal coffins, where they’re held in some kind of suspended animation. When Dr. Polaris gets mouthy, Ub’x zaps him into a crystal coffin too. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 203, Firestorm 50, Vigilante 32, Warlord 108”