Wednesday, May 17, 2006

52.2 is Boosterrific!

So what's not to love about this weeks issue of 52?

Secret inverted grave messages!
Question ominously hovering over lounging lesbians!
New Superboy based religion!
Sleuthing Dinby!
Dr. Magnus, complete with pipe!
T.O. Morrow. T.O. MORROW!
Madman kidnapping other madmen!?
Booster saves the day! (er... uh... kinda... maybe? not too sure about that one)

First thing first, everyone talks about how Frank Quitely can draw a smug looking Supes, but ain't nobody smugger in the DCU than that Dr. Magnus. You'd be smug too if you made the Metal Men. The man's a P-I-M-P pimp.


So anyway, 52.2... if you havn't read it yet, do so. Even if your not reading any of the One Year Later stuff, go out, get it, and have a good time. It's fun, it's interesting, it's multilateral, and it has some of the greatest underappreciated DC characters headlining it. This weeks cover was just plain fun too. Originally I thought a comic explaining how the DCU get's to the point we've already been reading about for a few months now was gonna be a bad idea. But in two weeks this comic has already made it to my Must Read at All Costs list.
The scene with the Question inside of Renee Montoya's apartment was a little awkward (i'm sure he could have come at a better time), but then again, he's kind of an awkward fellow. And that's why we love him, that and his severe paranoia.
My favorite scene in the book tho (barring any scene with Boosty, especially any heroic scenes) had to have been the conversation between Magnus and Morrow. Intense.


Also out today... All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder # 4. This issue definantly picks back up from what was lacking in issue 3... completely insane Batman. And that is what he is; a grown man who dresses up like a flying rodent, has a submarine car, kidnaps prepubescent boys, and lives in a cave, there is no other way to describe such a man, and Frank Miller does so fantastically. Also, I have never been the biggest Jim Lee fan, his Hush batman was fine, i suppose... but he draws damn fine crazy batman, and I'm begining to appreciate his artwork more and more with each issue. And talk about splash pages! The Lee cover, by the way, was pretty good, nice batcave and all that... but I very much enjoyed the Miller Superman cover, very powerful, yet didn't feel like shelling out the 10 bucks, i can admire something without having it.
For any of you fanboys who say this is an awful series... your just dumb.

Also noticed some discrepencies in Shadowpact #1 with 52 #1, Shadowpact appears at the grand conference that Superman failed to attend, but then later the Pact is helped by Superman to pierce the blood barrier. Whatever, DC will make it work.

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