So in my grand tradition of embarking on massive review projects that I'll probably never finish and really barely even start, I've added a "DC Crossovers and Events" section to my memories, in which I intend to review the major events of the DCU starting from Crisis on Infinite Earths. The advantage in starting this project, though, is that I ( Read more... )

Anyone else notice how neatly the emotions pair off as you move outward through the Lantern spectrum ( Read more... )

Now that we're a month past the halfway point of Countdown, and therefore more than halfway through the lifespan of this incarnation of the DC Multiverse (as Final Crisis, from its name alone, will almost certainly scramble and reboot things once again), it's clear that DC has completely squandered the storytelling potential of this set-up ( Read more... )

On the whole, I'm thrilled with the effect the "Messiah Complex" crossover is having on this book. It's forced the writers to allow the cast to deal with the effects of the last several storylines, and they've been doing a pretty good job of it. They've integrated their recurring bad guys, the Church of Humanity, into the story well, although ( Read more... )

This has to be one of the most astoundingly racist war covers I've yet seen. Don't forget to read the caption at the bottom to get the full effect ( Read more... )

So I have to say that I'm quite happy with the new "Messiah Complex" crossover event that's currently taking over the major x-books. The one-shot that launched it did a good job of establishing the scene and actually getting some things to happen right off the bat, and this week's 2nd chapter in Uncanny X-Men was a good continuation, and also used ( Read more... )

Well. That was actually... quite good. I'd say it's the best since Whedon's first storyline.

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With this issue Kyle and Yost finally take a break from death, screaming and torture. I wonder if someone forced them. In any event, the result is one of the most enjoyable issues in a long time. There's one significant problem with it, but primarily this finally catches up on some much-needed character development, allowing the kids to react ( Read more... )

I just want to point out something: Now that they've both finished, I can safely say that World War Hulk: X-Men was better than the entire Amazons Attack! crossover. Yes, that's right, a throwaway 3-issue miniseries that's completely peripheral to the plot of it's main event, and has no obvious reason for existing, turned out to be better than ( Read more... )

This week both X-Men and (astonishingly) Astonishing X-Men shipped new issues. And it's really interesting to contrast what the two books (and their authors) are doing ( Read more... )