Reviews, ruminations, and (occasional) ramblings.
Wonder 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”
Firestorm #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”
Firestorm 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”
Firestorm #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”
Firestorm #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”
Firestorm #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”
Green 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”
Green 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”
Green Lantern #202 – “Turf” – Steve Englehart/Joe Staton/Mark Farmer
This one starts with John Stewart, Kilowog, and Salakk heading to the Pacific island where Hector Hammond was based. Hammond is gone, but they run into Dr. Polaris and his henchmen Dropded, Throttle, and Truk (who looks like a Transformers reject). Dr. Polaris was looking to recruit Hammond and assumes the Lanterns got to him first, until John corrects him. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 202, Firestorm 49, Vigilante 31, Warlord 107”
Green Lantern #201 – “Setting Up Shop” – Steve Englehart/Joe Staton/Mark Farmer
Last issue, the Guardians of the Universe took off to parts unknown with the Zamarons to start a new cosmic race or something. Before leaving, they told Hal Jordan and John Stewart they should both base themselves on Earth because Earth is destined to produce the successor race to the Guardians … in a few thousand years. Naturally, Katma Tui decided to relocate to Earth (since she and John are in love) and Arisia wanted to come along (since she still has the hots for Hal). Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Green Lantern 201, Firestorm 48, Vigilante 30, Warlord 106”