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Monday, 5 September 2011
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Wally West - Missing In Action?
It looks like Wally West, the man who has been The Flash for over 20 years, is going to be removed from the DC Universe in September's relaunch. With the marriage of Barry Allen and Iris West undone, Wally didn't grow up idolising his uncle Barry or become Kid Flash.
There is still the possibility that Wally will pop up somewhere, somehow. Time will tell.
Enjoy this selection of Flash promo art. The original quote is below as well.
The Flash is a single man. He’s a bachelor who has never been married.
I’ll give you all a few seconds to take that in and digest it.
Yes, folks — in the post-FLASHPOINT world, Barry Allen has not only never dated Iris West, but he’s dating someone else entirely in issue #1! And that someone is…his longtime coworker Patty Spivot!
If that upsets you, sorry about that. But I make no apologies for opening up a traditional storytelling avenue with our hero’s romantic life, something that’s been shut closed for a very long time now. This is no indictment of marriage. I’m a married man and wouldn’t trade it for anything. But in the realm of fiction, I feel strongly that this change to Barry opens up fresh, new creative directions and exciting new storylines.
But don’t fret—Iris West remains an active supporting cast member. And a wonderfully entertaining one, at that! Who else could possibly hit up Barry for anonymous crime-story tips to fill her blog on the Central City Citizen’s website? No one but the go-getter Iris could consume so much caffeine and live to tell about it.
And who knows, maybe someday we’ll have the opportunity to see why Barry and Iris fell in love in the first place. Or maybe not! Stay tuned — I can assure you Barry’s love life will never, ever be boring!
The life and times of Barry Allen are as familiar today as they were yesterday, but his love life is one of the things that have been freshened up for 2011. New fans will fall in love with the fastest man alive for the first time, and I guarantee that longtime Flash fans will not only still recognize the world of Barry Allen, they will be hooked like they were the first time.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Review - Justice League #1
Okay, so with the dawn of the DC Comics relaunch, I have decided to do something that I have thus far avoided. Comic reviews. I shan't be doing them for all of the 52 simply because I won't be reading them all. I will however review those that I do read.
My rating system is simple. 0-10 out of 10. Zero being awful, 5 being average, 10 being outstanding. Any book that gets 5 is still worth reading, but doesn't do anything special and anything above 5 is considered good (or at least average with moments of good). A perfect 10 is so rare that I doubt anything will be scored 10.
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JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art and cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Justice League opens with the GCPD chasing Batman, who in turn is chasing down a Parademon (letting long time fans know who the first big bad will be). We're very quickly shown that Batman is very resourceful, able and has little patience for the police getting in his way. As Green Lantern is introduced we see references to both of their histories. Batman as an urban legend and GL as part of the Corps. Even if their methods don't align, an instant respect is struck up between the two.
Without spoiling the issue we see some early bonding moments as both Bruce and Hal demonstrate why they are allowed to be so self-assured in their own abilites (bordering on arrogance). We see a pre-Cyborg Vic Stone playing football for the Ford Titans Highschool team. We see Superman (also displaying some arrogance) in a LexCorp building site (for the City of Tomorrow).
All-in-all, this was a solid first issue featuring my two favourite characters from the League. The writing displays what we need to know about the characters and their personalities and the art is both pretty to look at and adds depth to the storytelling.
Justice League #1 was very clearly a first issue. Not a continuation of what has gone before, but the start of something new. Although we haven't seen Aquaman, Flash or Wonder Woman yet, the characters that we have seen haven't been changed as much as people may have feared, but just enough to make things fresh.
Johns' and Lee's Justice League is easily the best League book since Brad Meltzer and Ed Benes launched Justice League of America back in 2008. I just hope that, unlike that book, they can keep it up for more than one year.
My rating:
A good, solid issue that lays the foundation for something that could be very special.
My rating system is simple. 0-10 out of 10. Zero being awful, 5 being average, 10 being outstanding. Any book that gets 5 is still worth reading, but doesn't do anything special and anything above 5 is considered good (or at least average with moments of good). A perfect 10 is so rare that I doubt anything will be scored 10.
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JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art and cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Without spoiling the issue we see some early bonding moments as both Bruce and Hal demonstrate why they are allowed to be so self-assured in their own abilites (bordering on arrogance). We see a pre-Cyborg Vic Stone playing football for the Ford Titans Highschool team. We see Superman (also displaying some arrogance) in a LexCorp building site (for the City of Tomorrow).
All-in-all, this was a solid first issue featuring my two favourite characters from the League. The writing displays what we need to know about the characters and their personalities and the art is both pretty to look at and adds depth to the storytelling.
Justice League #1 was very clearly a first issue. Not a continuation of what has gone before, but the start of something new. Although we haven't seen Aquaman, Flash or Wonder Woman yet, the characters that we have seen haven't been changed as much as people may have feared, but just enough to make things fresh.
Johns' and Lee's Justice League is easily the best League book since Brad Meltzer and Ed Benes launched Justice League of America back in 2008. I just hope that, unlike that book, they can keep it up for more than one year.
My rating:
A good, solid issue that lays the foundation for something that could be very special.
The Dark Knight Rises Batcave
I've been trying to avoid too many spoilers for the upcoming batman movie, but these set photos are just jawdropping. Shot on location in the Turda Salt Mines in Romania, these appear to be photos of the refitted Batcave.
Source: darkknightrisesrumors.com
Source: darkknightrisesrumors.com
Man of Steel and DCnU Superman costumes the same?
Close up on set shots of Henry Cavill as Superman bear an uncanny resemblance to the new Superman costume that made it's debut today in Justice League #1. Has Jim Lee been speaking to Zack Snyder?
Source: ComingSoon
Source: ComingSoon
Monday, 29 August 2011
Conner Hawke and Plastic Man in the New52?
DC Comics have teased the upcoming Justice League International #1. It appears that Conner Hawke (Green Arrow II) and Plastic Man will join the team when called up by international politicians (see top of image).
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Dustin Nguyen on a 2012 Batbook
Dustin Nguyen has revealed via deviantArt that he is working on a Batbook to be released in 2012.
Could it be the finale to Grant Morrison's Batman story, Batman: Leviathan?
Source: deviantArt
Could it be the finale to Grant Morrison's Batman story, Batman: Leviathan?
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Green Lantern Animated Series Preview
Green Lantern the Animated Series is due to hit TV screens in November. MTV interviewed some of the key creators about the show at SDCC'11.
Get More: Geek: Event Coverage, MTV Games
Get More: Geek: Event Coverage, MTV Games
Get More: Geek: Event Coverage, MTV Games
Source: MTV
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