First Comic Wednesday! (SPOILERS)

So Wednesday (2 days ago) was my first comic Wednesday ever! I've been reading comics from friends and stuff but finally decided to jump in and get some too!

This week I got Batman 25, Star Wars 11, The Walking Dead 116, Sons of Anarchy 4 (for my father-in-law. But I did read it!) and Manifest Destiny 1.

Of course Batman is amazing! Snyder and Capullo are one of the best comic teams I've come across. And Zero Year is getting better and better!

I haven't read Star Wars yet. I'm actually behind a few issues on that one. But so far it has been amazing! Brian Wood is also one of my favorites.

The Walking Dead is so INTENSE! And shit is getting out of control! I LOVE IT!

Manifest Destiny is a new book about the Lewis and Clarke expedition. They have to fight the monsters in the wilderness.

SPOILERS!

At the end of the first issue a horse/man come bursting out of the woods and tramples a soldier. It's the craziest thing I've ever seen. I really like kind of alternate versions of history. Or perhaps its real history that was never revealed! I mean in the issues Lewis writes in his journal that President Jefferson is possibly off his rocker. But he then crosses it all out and says that  he was right to send them on the expedition!

Go check out this book! NOW!

And all the others that I mentions.

Actually go buy any and every comic book you can!

Update To Mysterious Figure in DC Comics New 52

Back in September when DC Comics launched the New 52 I (among countless others) noticed a mysterious figure that appears in each of the #1 issues. All I could find out about her is that she was at the very end of Flashpoint #5.

A few days ago DC made a blog post. All it contained was "Her name is Pandora" and was followed by a picture of her. That't it. The title of the post was "DC Comics in 2012". I'm sure its pretty safe to assume that she will have some impact this year. And I hope soon!

Maybe she will show up for the New 52's first big event or whatever. (Now remember I'm still fairly new to comics and most likely have no idea what I'm talking about).



That's her. Pandora. Who is she? What impact will she have? Will it be across all 52 titles (since she was in all the first issues)?

I've Kept Busy...But Not With Writing (and that makes me sad)

It's been two weeks now since I've blogged anything. And a while longer since I've really blogged a lot. I've been absorbed by Skyrim and catching up on comics and catching up on books and I wish I could say writing but I can't do that without lying. (this makes me sad)

I've also been working on my fantasy world. Added to the map I already had (now its 4 times larger). Though its still 75% incomplete (that's a lot of coloring!). Once the map is done I plan to name it (or attempt to), divide it into countries/provinces/etc, name them, fill them will all sorts of creatures, and then write a bunch of back story and history and all that good, fun stuff! Its a pretty big task and I feel crazy for taking it on. But who knows, it may help my book flow? Maybe.

The only bad part about playing Skyrim is that I can't talk to anyone about it. It's not that I don't know anyone playing it too. I know tons of people playing it. Its no one wants spoilers! (neither do I) Each person I know who plays could each play 100 hours and still barely do the same stuff in the game. So you never know who's done what and if you can mention it to them. Its maddening!!!

*Potential spoilers. You'v been warned*
I've read a whole mess of comics over the last week or so. A friend is having me read the whole Ultimates/Avengers/whateveritscalled thingy. I love it all so far. I also just finished Fear Itself (the main 7 I guess). Oh, and I started reading Locke and Key too. Its pretty great too! The Batman: Arkham Unhinged (which is based off the Arkham City game) has been absolutely wonderful. I can't get enough! All the new Ultimate Comics have been pretty good too. But I'm sad that the Hawkeye one is only a mini-series and not ongoing. I like Hawkeye. Though the best one I've read this week was probably Batman Noel by Lee Bermejo. Its a graphic novel about Batman (surprise right?). But its like A Christmas Carol Batman. Where Batman is "Scrooge" and his is visited by Catwoman, Superman, and the Joker (I think the Joker was the 3rd "ghost") If I understand right Bob Cratchett is telling the story to Tiny Tim. I could be wrong but I think thats right. Anyways go and pick it up. I promise you won't be disappointed!

Writing. What can I say about writing? Nothing right now and that makes me sad :(

REVIEW: DC Comics - The New 52 - Week Three (Sept 21st)

Here is my week three review. Enjoy! Potential Spoilers if you haven't read them yet and plan to.

BATMAN - A+++

By now you should have realized that I am a huge Batman fan! And his actual title is amazing. It starts out with him duking it out with a whole mess of baddies. And not just some common thugs. But from who I know and can see its more like Two-Face, Scarecrow, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze (no not the Govenator), Killer Croc, some lava thing?, and a huge sumo guy. Batman is whooping up on them and is thrown through a window. And BAM the Joker is all like "there you are. thought you were going to die without saying goodbye!" Then the Batman is like "Ready to do this?" and then they both bust out of the window and put some hurt on the baddies. Later Gordon tells Batman that the security cameras looked like he was fighting alongside the Joker. Batman says that's ridiculous. Back in the Bat-cave you see all his collecibles. Including the T-rex (anyone want to explain this to me?). The Joker is there and they talk. But it's not the Joker, it's really Dick Grayson wearing and E.M.P. mask. Then Bruce Wayne is giving a speech saying he wants to make Gotham a better place. Then he hears Gordon talk a police call and he swoops off to investigate the murder. Behind the deadman on the wall was a hidden message saying "Bruce Wayne will die tomorrow". But the man had been dead a week. So who ever is going to kill Bruce knew when the body would be found. Batman finds skin under the dead man's fingernails. Alfred does a scan and it comes back as Dick Grayson's.... BUM BUM BUM!

BIRDS OF PREY - B

This one wasn't too bad. Some scantily clad assassin chicks or something. I'm not sure. They fight off some dudes who I think are invisible to save some guy. At the end the guys eyes start to bleed and he blows up.

BLUE BEETLE - F

I didn't like this one at all. Half the comic was in spanish. And just the whole parasite thing idea wasn't my idea of fun...

CAPTAIN ATOM - C

This one wasn't one of my favorites either. He absorbs energy I think. And there was a volcano in New York. Should have called Tommy Lee Jones!

CATWOMAN - A

This one was good. And no not because he was only half in her costume the entire thing. Well not only that! HA! Anyways she is attacked at her apartment and flees. Meets a friend to get a job. Is in a russian club/orgy acting as a bartender. Sees some guy who beat/raped her and he tears him up and then runs away. Then she is chilling in her new place and Batman shows up and they get freaky-deaky.

DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS - B-

This one was iffy. I won't say I like or hate it. I like the idea that he has to live through/as people and help them with their problems. I just hope they take it in an interesting direction. If I understand right his comic will follow different people? Right now it's Deadman. Who is Dove's boyfriend (from Hawk and Dove).

GREEN LANTERN CORPS - A

Some Green Lanterns are murdered by a mystery person. One's ring flies off to find a new owner/master. Then some stuff with Guy Gardner and a GL named _____ Stewart trying to fit in to regular life. Then they are chilling in space and a whole planet of water critters is killed. Then they are summoned and they fly off to investigate and find all the dead and realize someone is toying with them.

LEGION OF SUPERHEROES - C

I can't even start on this one. It wasn't all that bad but there were like 5 billion superheroes introduced and the only one I can remember is some Lad-lad.

NIGHTWING - A

Is Dick Grayson. He talks about how he fills in as Batman when Bruce is out of town. The circus in which he used to perform is back in Gotham. The one where his parents were murdered. He finally goes and visits everyone. They talk him into getting up on the swingy thing. He does and falls into the net. Then as he is walking down the street some green Wolverine wanna be attacks him saying he was been looking for him. Dick Grayson not Nightwing. Cops show up and distract the bad guy allowing Dick to change into his Nightwing stuff. The bad guy flees telling him to stay out of it. They fight some more on the rooftop. Bad guy breaks a little water tower and Nightwing falls off building. Bad guy is slashing him at the end... I think Batman will save him. And that the badguy is someone hired to kill him by the people who killed his family.

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS - B

This one was weird. Red Hood saves some guy who shoots a red bow from prison. They go to the beach and there is an orange alien chick. The bow guy gets freaky with her while Red Hood talks to some girl who I'm sure no one else can see. (but I'm sure she is real) And he leaves to do some mission.

Supergirl - A

I liked this one. She crashes on Earth not knowing what is going on. She actually hits near the "kansas incident" which I assume relates to Superman but I'm not sure. She travels through the Earth and comes out in Russia. She still thinks she is on Krypton. Some guys in mech armor attack her, trying to capture her. And she starts shoot lasers and stuff at them. Though I don't think she knew she could. Then at the end Superman shows up and saves her. I think they might be daughter/father. Not sure on that either.

WONDER WOMAN - B

Some bad person kills two horses and makes them in to centaurs to kill some lady in the middle of Alabama or something. Something to do with her child (unborn that is). Some bird looking guy named Hermes was trying to save the girl and was shot with an arrow. He says to take the girl and run to the ends of the world or the Queen will see her dead. The lady is pregnant by Zeus apparently.  

REVIEW: DC Comics - The New 52 - Week Two (Sept 14th)

Haven't been able to get online much in the last few days. This is my review/thoughts on week two of the New 52.

BATMAN AND ROBIN - A
Basically Batman and his son Damian as Robin. Doing their thing. Well Damian is a bit of a idiot. He doesn't think of what consequences his actions will hold. He has little regard for the safety of anyone. The baddie who I don't believe Batman has even met is called Nobody. Which looked alien to me. All invisible and what not. Can't wait to see how Batman deals with him. And also his jerk of a son.

BATWOMAN - F
This one was terrible in my opinion. The story just never hooked me at all.

DEATHSTROKE - B
I'm not sure if this dude is a good guy or bad. Though he did cut a fly in half in mid-flight. With a thrown paper clip. That was pretty cool. The fly attack got it a B.

DEMON KNIGHTS - A+
This one seemed more like a fantasy comic. Maybe it was supposed to. I guess I always associated comics and superhereos with sci-fi. I love fantasy books and movies so this one was fantastic. The demon is inside of the main character and he just has to say this little rhyme and boom the demon takes over and is all like "I'm gonna rage on yous!" I love it!

FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF SHADE - C
I didn't really enjoy this one too much. Just seemed weird. "Monsters"? Seemed silly to me.

GREEN LANTERN - A
Sinestro (who ever that is. Though it does sound familiar. No I haven't seen the movie.) gets his green lantern ring back. And then the little floating lantern masters guys kill one of their own. Then Sinestro does some stuff. Hal Jordan (guy from movie?) is all broke and stuff. Lost his ring. Meaning gave it back/had it taken away. At the end Sinestro offers Hal his ring back if he does what he says.

GRIFTER - A
Guy was a con-artist, gets captured by alien things. They are in his head. Fights his way out of the building. Been named a terrorist (beginning was a flashback? him fighting them on a plane) for the plane incident. Some military guy orders the con's brother (who is a military guy) to find him and take care of it.

LEGION LOST - B-
I think they are time travelers? Chasing one of their own. He is possessed or something and changes into this monster/beast/thing. I like the story idea and characters, but the art was lacking at times.

MISTER TERRIFIC - A
This one was better than I thought it would be. Guess the title and cover doesn't mean it will be a bad book. Mister Terrific is a scientist who did this quantum experiment or something and opened another dimension. His "lair" is located in this dimension. He even mentions Doctor Who which is amazing! Then this random guy goes crazy. Telling it like it is and killing what he thinks are "worthless" people. Mister Terrific investigates and at the end of the issue he too goes crazy...

RED LANTERNS - C
I have no idea what was going on in this one. The guy was complaining about being angry I think.

RESURRECTION MAN - A+++++
This has been my favorite one so far! Every time he dies he comes back. Every time with a new power. At the start he is on a gurney, "dead". He can "taste" the metal of everything in the room. He is "magnetic" or can do stuff with magnetics/metal. He makes the ATM give him money. He uses his power to pick up a teddy bear by its metal collar to amuse a kid. Then on the plane this lady changes into an alien/demon and tells Mitch (the Resurrection Man) that his soul is overdue. The beast tears the plane open with its wings. He whoops up on her and jumps out of the plane. Sealing the door to try and save people. She says the people are all doomed and says his soul has become "prized". Then he creates a magnetic field and electrocutes her (there is a huge storm going down.) and kills her. Then he gets sucked into the planes engine and dies. Then comes back. He says this time it "tastes" like pain. He can sense all the anger and regret and bitterness and etc. He flees as sirens approach the wreck. Then turns himself into tears and flows away in a river. It seems someone is after him. Someone mentions "guys upstairs" and "the basement people" whoever they are.

SUICIDE SQUAD - A
A bunch of, well I'm not sure what they are. Bad or good. But they are the suicide squad. Doing the missions that are pretty much suicidal. They are being tortured for answers as to who leads them. But its all a test to see who makes it to Task Force X. Their first mission is to wipe out 60,000 people in the megadome is Mississippi. Why? I have no idea but I like the story so far!

SUPERBOY - A
He is a test-tube kid. Or a clone of Superman maybe. I can't remember if they say. But they were going to kill him and terminate the project. He gets mad and breaks free, only to be stopped by the one person who didn't want to kill him. They then continue the project and they run tests and scan his subconscious and learn stuff. Trying to figure out about his original donors. In the "dreams" he lives in middle-of-nowhere Kansas. He is always the new kid. And always "ignores" the burning house and trapped woman. A guy inside the lab is a spy sorta and telling Lois Lane all sorts of details. But he lies about what they are doing at the facility. He thinks that when the world finds out he will be killed for leaking information. They plan on using Superboy to fight other superheroes or something. I didn't recognize any of the ones shown. So basically he is a grown super-weapon.

Mystery Figure In 3 New 52 Comics!

UPDATE: I decided to go back and look for this mystery figure that is glowing red. And so far he is in Green Arrow, Action Comics, and Animal Man. I have a feeling he will be in all of them...

EDIT UPDATE: Apparently she/he is in all of them. And is mostly likely from Flashpoint #5 or something. I'm going to read that one. But From what I've seen/read she said the hero universe was broken in 3 long ago and now it must be put back together to stop something.

I just finished reading the 13 issues of the New 52 that came out yesterday. First impressions:

Loved: Resurrection Man, Batmant and Robin, Demon Knights

Mister Terrific was way better than I thought it would be.

I thought Batwoman was terrible. That is all.

I'll review them next Wednesday.

I noticed something weird while reading them though. In three of the comics I saw the same character. No not Batman! This person was in one panel only. They weren't referenced, or mentioned, or even noticed at all.

In Red Lanterns on page 24, panel 1. when the two brothers leave the hospital one says "Okay, so he fought back..." the other says "If a seventy-three...." You can see a van behind them. On the opposite side of the street, between two buildings you can see a hooded and cloaked figure. That is glowing red! I then noticed this same mystery figure in Batman and Robin page 26, panel 4. The panel where the swim coach is telling someone to go faster. The figure is on the left hand side of the pool. And again in Resurrection Man page 16, last panel. Sirens are wailing after the plane crash and Resurrection Man came back. He is fleeing the scene and front and center is the hooded figure. He has massively long fingers. Now I have no idea who or what this is. Is it a normal DC thing? Has it happened before? Is it new? A coincidence? I have no idea. I'm not sure if it is in any other of the New 52's that are out yet. I'll have to read through again and check.

REVIEW: DC Comics - The New 52 - Week One (Sept 7th)

This week will include Justice League #1 as well. And now I am basically going to give my opinion on each comic. The only order to these is alphabetical. Now please remember prior to the New 52 I had never read a comic and the only superhero related stuff I know is from the movies. Most people base comics off of artist and writer. As I know nothing of either I read them all.

ACTION COMICS - A
I think the art was fantastic and the story was great. A time when Superman wasn't trusted by everyone. The police shot at him repeatedly. At the end he is pinned, unconscious between a train he saved and the Daily Planet. And will most likely be captured by Lex Luthor and the government. Since the next issue is called Superman In Chains.

ANIMAL MAN - C
I gave it a C because of the art. It was really weird and confusing. A lot of the panel (is that the right word?) placement was weird to me. I like the story idea. Being able to pull abilities from any animal would be amazing!

BATGIRL - A
I loved it! I'm not even sure why really. The art was great. The story was great. But there is something else that I can't place. This is a definite read in my opinion!

BATWING - A
This one was also great. Even with a bit of the Batman in there. I meant it has Batman for a bit. That made it better! But the story was good. I loved the villain but want to know how he survives being run through the back with that sword! And I want to know about that other former superhero.

DETECTIVE COMICS - A+++
This was probably my favorite out of the September 7th comics! What's not to like? Great art. Amazing story. Batman vs. the Joker. And in the end Someone cuts the Jokers face on. And it was the Joker's idea! Some guy called the Dollmaker!

GREEN ARROW - B
The only thing I didn't really like was some of his cheesy comments while he was fighting the bad guys. Other than that it was great.

HAWK AND DOVE - B
This one was really good. Lots of mystery. What was up with Hawk's brother (the deceased and former Dove) and the new Dove? Something that she won't tell Hawk unless she has to. I know that Hawk's brother died in battle but I found it annoying that all he did was give Dove a hard time the whole issue. I mean she was doing everything she could.

JUSTICE LEAGUE - A+
This one was my second favorite. More Batman and the start of the Justice League. The story was phenomenal! As was the art. But from what I've heard of the writer and artist that's to be expected. Though once again Superman is being a dick. Batman and Green Lantern show up to talk to him and he attacks. What's with that? I can't wait til the next issue when Batman puts a serious beat down on Superman. I never really liked the idea of Green Lantern but he was pretty legit. Green Lantern gives Batman grief because he is "just a guy in a bat suit". But I think after he whoops up on Superman GL will be all like "DAAAAMN!" and then know Batman is the real deal!

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL - B
It had Batman (but which book really doesn't am I right? Huh? Huh?) and he basically kept this new UN version of the Justice League together on their first mission. Well until this gigantic robot thing came out of the ground and the comic ends with them fighting/being made dead. Not sure which.

MEN OF WAR - B
This one was pretty good. It was mostly a war comic I guess I'll call it. But near the end there was a flying dude. A superhero. Who appeared to be fighting his own shadow. That could be interesting!

O.M.A.C. - B
From what I understand and I could be wrong this is a brand new comic? The very first #1? But its O.M.A.C. is basically a guy being controlled by aliens. And they are in his head manipulating him. But he turns into this big blue monster/alien/superhero.

STATIC SHOCK - C
I wasn't really a fan of this one. The story was slow to me until the end when he got his arm shot off.

STORMWATCH - A
This was probably my 3rd favorite. They are like super-superheros or some such thing. They tried recruiting a Superman equivalent guy. Who refused and then some guy I can't remember took them out and offered Apollo the chance to take out all the scum in the city. Which is what he wanted to do.

SWAMP THING - A
Very good comic. He has only vague memories of being "Swamp Thing". And something natural is happening and this mastadon skeleton turns into this giant, rotting monster thing. And the flies surrounding it fly into your ear and turn your head around. Which I would think kill you but they then control you! Then the guy is about to throw his plant serum/goo/stuff out and a swamp monster is like "I wouldn't do that if I were you. The one thing that confused me was when on the two page spread it showed birds in Metropolis all falling dead from the sky, bats in the Batcave all dying, and fish where ever Aquaman lives all die at the same time. That makes more sense then the Dinosaur that's right about the part with the Batcave. What's with the dino?

Well that was my basic opinion on them. Feel free to geek out with me about them. And maybe answer the dinosaur question. That'd be nice. 

Justice League #1

This may contain spoilers. You have been warned! BA-HA!

Well this is the first comic that I have ever read. And I loved it!

At the start Batman is chasing this robot alien thing. The police are shooting at both. Batman calls then idiots. The alien is whooping on Batman. Then Green Lantern shows up. Didn't know that Batman was a real person. (thought he was fake.) The alien flees. They chase after it. In the sewers they see it plant what they think is a bomb. Alien robot thing explodes. Green Lantern puts a giant safe around him and Batman. They find out the "bomb" is some sort of alien computer thing. Green Lantern mentions Superman being an alien. Batman says he is dangerous. Has studied his power levels. They decide to go to Metropolis to talk to him. Green Lantern makes a jet and flies them there. Batman is all like "you flew us here in a glowing green jet? Way to be subtle" Green Lantern responds "well you can't fly. How were we supposed to get here? Talk in a deep voice?" Batman had earlier said Green Lanterns knew everything but how to tell a joke. Though the whole "lets make fun of Batman because he talks in a different voice as Batman" joke is over used but I still giggled.

They find Superman. Green Lantern "locks" Batman up saying he will deal with Superman. Then BLAM! Superman flies out busting up GL and is all like "I don't like easy. What can you do?" And then that ends the comic with Next: Batman vs. Superman. Batman is gonna whoop up on that pansy-red booty wearing sissy.
And then I'm sure they will be friends and join up.

Well that was my review I guess. I thought it was a good story. Good art. Yeah just good. Excited for the next issue!

(Note: if you caught the Jay and Silent Bob reference then you get a cookie.)