Super Mega Batgirl review the tenth- Also BoP and everything else
Let's get this over with!
Page 1,2: Calculator is creepy and pats his corpsy son on the head. I find it interesting he knows Wendy won't approve of what he's doing and that he admits he's kidnspping her. I would have thought he'd be convinced what he was doing was right for Wendy.
Pages 2,3: Steph is cool crouching in the shadows and defending girls from crazed motorcyclists. She has an exposistion-y chat with Oracle. DO NOT TAKE MIKE'S STUPID ADVICE. DO NOT SEE THE ORACLE THE CURE TPB. Mike, don't ruin my comic with stupid suggestions like that. COMIC, stop ruining my comic by referencing that stupid storyline.
Pages 4.5: Steph does a cartwheel kick and a face kick. It's awesome. She tries to angst about the man she got killed (while looking cool) but Babs cuts that shit off. Also, the face kick is made more awesome by the fact she declares she can take care of herself while doing it. Steph has a history of saying such things while kicking people in the face.
We believe you, Steph. Now please don't hurt us!
Page 6: The girls she saves are suitably impressed by Steph's awesomeness. I like the running theme in the series of Steph casually inspiring other girls. That's what Batgirl should be about.
Page 7: So Gage breaks into Babs office which is very rude, but Babs would probably do the same to him. I guess. He finds a convenient newspaper clipping of Steph. What, is Babs starting a scrapbook?
Page 8/9: Steph comes in and is immediately spazzy and awkward. She's wearing a purple coat too. I should note that Pere Perez appars to being doing the art for the majority of this book, including these pages. It's a compliment that I barely noticed this change (it was how he draws Steph's hair different from Garbett that tipped me off- I'm anal retentive) his style meshes so well with Garbett's. Anyway, Steph has internal monolgue issues. You'd think more superheroes would have that problem. I mean, they monologue so much, if I was one, I'd constantly be speaking my little caption boxes out loud.
Page 10: You know, I guess it was an okay character moment and all, but I felt this little exchange dragged on to long and Steph was a little bit TOO spazzy. I just wanted to get to more Steph and Babs and tecnozombies.
Page 11/12/13: Wendy's actually interesting for once as she talks to Marvin in her head and tracks Babs down. Not TOO interesting mind, but I did find her cute. Babs locks her up in the new hideout (Babs named it "Firewall" like the dork she is, but I'll just declare it the new Babscave) Calculator puts his plan into action.
14/15: As usual, Babs has a lesbian admirer. Also, she says her internal monologue out loud too. Then people get zombiefied including Jim Gordon and Jordanna (this is the second time Jordanna has gone Brainwashed And Crazy on Steph for the record)
16/17: Hot awesome Babs escrima action! I love it when she does her wheelchair escrima. Steph comes to the rescue and looks cool and shadowy, which causes Babs to grumble.
18/19: Nooo! Zombies attack and well...vomit all over Babs. It's going to be tough describing this one on the wiki.
20/21:Babs is now a metal thing with red eyes but Steph is determined to save her. Unfortunately, here come a brainwashed Huntress, Man-Bat and Catwoman! Oh noes!
Yeah, it was a good read as always, but not as good as most Batgirl issues. Too much filler and stuff. but I can't wait for next issue to see how Steph gets out of this one. And check out this preview from Lee Garbett for next ish...looks like Babs is going to hallucinate some sort of ideal family Thanksgiving dinner while she's all metal...which for some reason includes Damian. I sure wouldn't want Damian in any of my fantasies, but whatever floats your boat ,Babs. I bet what's going on in that sequence is Damian mentions "Gee, I sure wish I had someone I could accuse of being fat or having small boobs!" and Babs is like "Le gasp! I remember Steph!" There, now the dialogue for that page is written!
I give this issue a 4/5
Now for other issues!
Birds of Prey #1:
I missed these guys soooo much! Black Canary and Zinda own the world from the very first scene, where they rescue a little girl with bullets, traction inducing kicks and sonic screams. Hellzz yeah. Then Babs gets the band back together with some obligatory snark from Huntress. Babs misses Bruce and thinks he probably made the Batcave wheelchair accessible. Well, I would HOPE so...that's just common courtesy, really.
Anyway, they had a reunion and Dinah totally wants to cry because she is a big sap. But Huntress cries and Babs is all awkward (She talks about how the moon is pretty. Seriously, Babs?) and Black Canary wants to beat their feelings out of them. I missed you guys so! Anyway, a secret supervillian has files on everyone. Charlie is mentioned. Yay! Hope we see her soon.
Meanwhile, Hawk is angry and muscley, and Zinda finds that hot. She makes sure to check this one isn't "fancy". Oh Zinda!
Anyway, THE BIRDS ARE HERE TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT. Hellz yeah! And then there's the white Canary. Cassandra is namedropped! Seriously, BC, though Cassandra would never attack you though. Don't even think it. No more mindrape for Cass! White Canary isssss...well, we can't tell, because Benes, but it's probably Shiva. She has a cool costume, though. And arrow thingy.
All in all, not a bad start, though I am naturally going to love the hell out of any halfway decent book with mah girlz in it. Benes wasn't quite as terrible as expected- Dinah still has a powerful wedgie and Huntress with the failbikini but less ass shots than anticipated, and Zinda got pants. Even Dinah did at one point! It definitely wasn't as bad as his JLA work.
Ohhh, so want Cass and Sin and Charlie to show up now. Fix all that nonsense, Gail! Save all my girls!
5/5
Unwritten #12
Okay, so- the Tommy Taylor book that is going to be released is not actually Wilson Taylors but a shameless ripoff of Rowling and Gaiman (Someone needs to buy these people a clue that they ALREADY ARE) meant to draw Wilson out, because if people think he's capable of writing that crap, he loses his power over stories. Intrigue! Meanwhile, Lizzie freaks out a little and steals a poster for some reason, and Tom wanders off to get drunk with Frankenstien because who wouldn't at this point?
But PLOT TWIST. TURNS OUT SAVOY IS WORKING FOR TOM'S MOTHER. ZOMG. Also, Ambrosio (or VampireVoldemort) catches Savoy and bites him so he will lead Tommy to him! Savoy, noooo! I hope he doesn't die.
5/5 as usual
Booster Gold
So there's some mildly funny dialogue and Booster saves a small child and everyone else dies and he is now taking care of her, I guess. It was a decent issue, and I'll give the run two more before I decide whether to drop this or not.
Also, Booster, you are stupid. The date Rip wrote down looks nothing like an 8.
3/5
JLI Generation Lost #1
So basically, Max is back. Superman actually makes it clear that Max wasn't evil when he started the JLI he just...kind of became that way. Which is a step in the right direction, I guess! Max just got carried away. And stuff. He used to be nice! In other words, he's evil because editorial says so.
Booster is a little upset. Power Girl does not help things by yelling at him and telling him that the JLI sucks. Seriously, Karen. Chill out.
Then Booster goes to find Max while Ice decides to angst a little over having been a zombie. I hope that doesn't last. We don't need an angsty Tora. But she saddles up when Fire calls her over, and even says it's a miracle Captain Atom and Fire never dated when they argue, which is cute.
Booster finds Max, who beats him a up a little while telling him how much he missed him. No, seriously. Max is all "Booster, we are still friends, and I miss you tons. I am sorry about Ted and I still feel bad about it. Why can't we just hang out?" I think he is completely sincere in this, because he leaves Booster alive (and Booster calls in the gang awww) and then goes to mind control the populace into forgetting they ever knew about him. DRAMA! The JLI are the only ones who remember.
I dunno, I can't decide whether I like this or not. But it is the JLI, so I think I'll keep getting it. Aaron Lopresti's art makes it pretty, anyway.
3/5
Return of Bruce Wayne #1
So, not much happened here. Batman comes to the Stone Age, instantly gains a Caveboy!Robin (who's parents Dad (women apparently don't exist in caveman times) are deeeead), dresses up as a Bat and fights Vandal Savage (I'm ashamed to admit it took me two readings to realize that was Savage). Superman comes by and is like "Darn, we missed him."
Now he's in Puritan times and there's a Starro sea monster.
Not much going on here. On the other hand, it WAS Batman as a caveman, the crackiest crack there is. I don't think I'll be able to resist this series, now matter how little goes on. I mean, Batman as a caveman! Then a witchhunter!
3/5
Oof, tired. Night everyone.
Page 1,2: Calculator is creepy and pats his corpsy son on the head. I find it interesting he knows Wendy won't approve of what he's doing and that he admits he's kidnspping her. I would have thought he'd be convinced what he was doing was right for Wendy.
Pages 2,3: Steph is cool crouching in the shadows and defending girls from crazed motorcyclists. She has an exposistion-y chat with Oracle. DO NOT TAKE MIKE'S STUPID ADVICE. DO NOT SEE THE ORACLE THE CURE TPB. Mike, don't ruin my comic with stupid suggestions like that. COMIC, stop ruining my comic by referencing that stupid storyline.
Pages 4.5: Steph does a cartwheel kick and a face kick. It's awesome. She tries to angst about the man she got killed (while looking cool) but Babs cuts that shit off. Also, the face kick is made more awesome by the fact she declares she can take care of herself while doing it. Steph has a history of saying such things while kicking people in the face.
We believe you, Steph. Now please don't hurt us!
Page 6: The girls she saves are suitably impressed by Steph's awesomeness. I like the running theme in the series of Steph casually inspiring other girls. That's what Batgirl should be about.
Page 7: So Gage breaks into Babs office which is very rude, but Babs would probably do the same to him. I guess. He finds a convenient newspaper clipping of Steph. What, is Babs starting a scrapbook?
Page 8/9: Steph comes in and is immediately spazzy and awkward. She's wearing a purple coat too. I should note that Pere Perez appars to being doing the art for the majority of this book, including these pages. It's a compliment that I barely noticed this change (it was how he draws Steph's hair different from Garbett that tipped me off- I'm anal retentive) his style meshes so well with Garbett's. Anyway, Steph has internal monolgue issues. You'd think more superheroes would have that problem. I mean, they monologue so much, if I was one, I'd constantly be speaking my little caption boxes out loud.
Page 10: You know, I guess it was an okay character moment and all, but I felt this little exchange dragged on to long and Steph was a little bit TOO spazzy. I just wanted to get to more Steph and Babs and tecnozombies.
Page 11/12/13: Wendy's actually interesting for once as she talks to Marvin in her head and tracks Babs down. Not TOO interesting mind, but I did find her cute. Babs locks her up in the new hideout (Babs named it "Firewall" like the dork she is, but I'll just declare it the new Babscave) Calculator puts his plan into action.
14/15: As usual, Babs has a lesbian admirer. Also, she says her internal monologue out loud too. Then people get zombiefied including Jim Gordon and Jordanna (this is the second time Jordanna has gone Brainwashed And Crazy on Steph for the record)
16/17: Hot awesome Babs escrima action! I love it when she does her wheelchair escrima. Steph comes to the rescue and looks cool and shadowy, which causes Babs to grumble.
18/19: Nooo! Zombies attack and well...vomit all over Babs. It's going to be tough describing this one on the wiki.
20/21:Babs is now a metal thing with red eyes but Steph is determined to save her. Unfortunately, here come a brainwashed Huntress, Man-Bat and Catwoman! Oh noes!
Yeah, it was a good read as always, but not as good as most Batgirl issues. Too much filler and stuff. but I can't wait for next issue to see how Steph gets out of this one. And check out this preview from Lee Garbett for next ish...looks like Babs is going to hallucinate some sort of ideal family Thanksgiving dinner while she's all metal...which for some reason includes Damian. I sure wouldn't want Damian in any of my fantasies, but whatever floats your boat ,Babs. I bet what's going on in that sequence is Damian mentions "Gee, I sure wish I had someone I could accuse of being fat or having small boobs!" and Babs is like "Le gasp! I remember Steph!" There, now the dialogue for that page is written!
I give this issue a 4/5
Now for other issues!
Birds of Prey #1:
I missed these guys soooo much! Black Canary and Zinda own the world from the very first scene, where they rescue a little girl with bullets, traction inducing kicks and sonic screams. Hellzz yeah. Then Babs gets the band back together with some obligatory snark from Huntress. Babs misses Bruce and thinks he probably made the Batcave wheelchair accessible. Well, I would HOPE so...that's just common courtesy, really.
Anyway, they had a reunion and Dinah totally wants to cry because she is a big sap. But Huntress cries and Babs is all awkward (She talks about how the moon is pretty. Seriously, Babs?) and Black Canary wants to beat their feelings out of them. I missed you guys so! Anyway, a secret supervillian has files on everyone. Charlie is mentioned. Yay! Hope we see her soon.
Meanwhile, Hawk is angry and muscley, and Zinda finds that hot. She makes sure to check this one isn't "fancy". Oh Zinda!
Anyway, THE BIRDS ARE HERE TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT. Hellz yeah! And then there's the white Canary. Cassandra is namedropped! Seriously, BC, though Cassandra would never attack you though. Don't even think it. No more mindrape for Cass! White Canary isssss...well, we can't tell, because Benes, but it's probably Shiva. She has a cool costume, though. And arrow thingy.
All in all, not a bad start, though I am naturally going to love the hell out of any halfway decent book with mah girlz in it. Benes wasn't quite as terrible as expected- Dinah still has a powerful wedgie and Huntress with the failbikini but less ass shots than anticipated, and Zinda got pants. Even Dinah did at one point! It definitely wasn't as bad as his JLA work.
Ohhh, so want Cass and Sin and Charlie to show up now. Fix all that nonsense, Gail! Save all my girls!
5/5
Unwritten #12
Okay, so- the Tommy Taylor book that is going to be released is not actually Wilson Taylors but a shameless ripoff of Rowling and Gaiman (Someone needs to buy these people a clue that they ALREADY ARE) meant to draw Wilson out, because if people think he's capable of writing that crap, he loses his power over stories. Intrigue! Meanwhile, Lizzie freaks out a little and steals a poster for some reason, and Tom wanders off to get drunk with Frankenstien because who wouldn't at this point?
But PLOT TWIST. TURNS OUT SAVOY IS WORKING FOR TOM'S MOTHER. ZOMG. Also, Ambrosio (or VampireVoldemort) catches Savoy and bites him so he will lead Tommy to him! Savoy, noooo! I hope he doesn't die.
5/5 as usual
Booster Gold
So there's some mildly funny dialogue and Booster saves a small child and everyone else dies and he is now taking care of her, I guess. It was a decent issue, and I'll give the run two more before I decide whether to drop this or not.
Also, Booster, you are stupid. The date Rip wrote down looks nothing like an 8.
3/5
JLI Generation Lost #1
So basically, Max is back. Superman actually makes it clear that Max wasn't evil when he started the JLI he just...kind of became that way. Which is a step in the right direction, I guess! Max just got carried away. And stuff. He used to be nice! In other words, he's evil because editorial says so.
Booster is a little upset. Power Girl does not help things by yelling at him and telling him that the JLI sucks. Seriously, Karen. Chill out.
Then Booster goes to find Max while Ice decides to angst a little over having been a zombie. I hope that doesn't last. We don't need an angsty Tora. But she saddles up when Fire calls her over, and even says it's a miracle Captain Atom and Fire never dated when they argue, which is cute.
Booster finds Max, who beats him a up a little while telling him how much he missed him. No, seriously. Max is all "Booster, we are still friends, and I miss you tons. I am sorry about Ted and I still feel bad about it. Why can't we just hang out?" I think he is completely sincere in this, because he leaves Booster alive (and Booster calls in the gang awww) and then goes to mind control the populace into forgetting they ever knew about him. DRAMA! The JLI are the only ones who remember.
I dunno, I can't decide whether I like this or not. But it is the JLI, so I think I'll keep getting it. Aaron Lopresti's art makes it pretty, anyway.
3/5
Return of Bruce Wayne #1
So, not much happened here. Batman comes to the Stone Age, instantly gains a Caveboy!Robin (who's parents Dad (women apparently don't exist in caveman times) are deeeead), dresses up as a Bat and fights Vandal Savage (I'm ashamed to admit it took me two readings to realize that was Savage). Superman comes by and is like "Darn, we missed him."
Now he's in Puritan times and there's a Starro sea monster.
Not much going on here. On the other hand, it WAS Batman as a caveman, the crackiest crack there is. I don't think I'll be able to resist this series, now matter how little goes on. I mean, Batman as a caveman! Then a witchhunter!
3/5
Oof, tired. Night everyone.