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BOOK
OF THE WEEK:
DYNAMO 5 #1
Comic Review by:
Mike Kurnat
Writer: Jay Faerber
Artist:
Mahmud Asrar
MSRP: $2.99,
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"At
Captain Dynamo’s funeral, the casket is surrounded by
superheroes from other Image books, makes you wonder
where he’s been."
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Imagine if Superman dies, for good this time, and Lois
finds out that he kept a little black book of all his adulterous hook
ups throughout the years and you will have the beginning of this book.
Captain Dynamo a.k.a. Superman dies mysteriously in a hotel room and
while his widow cleans out his secret headquarters, she finds the book
with detailed notes. The widow, Maddie, who just happens to be an old
investigative reporter, finds out that Captain Dynamo fathered five
children all possessing one of their father’s powers (telekinesis,
flying, heat vision, super strength, and morphing). After getting past
the obvious parallel to the man of steel mythos, and a character called
Scatterbrain like the recent Markosia comic, the book is well thought
out and twisted enough to be gripping. These five strangers are asked to
defend the now defenseless Tower City from Captain Dynamo’s former foes
while Maddie takes on the Oracle role of the group telling them what to
do and how to do it. I think that this book will only get better being
that there was a lot of character building in the first issue but I’m
already fascinated by the ideas of this book. Good story, solid
characters, above average art (at times) and sprinkle in an unexpected
ending and you get yourself a winner with Dynamo 5.Favorite Part: At
Captain Dynamo’s funeral, the casket is surrounded by superheroes from
other Image books, makes you wonder where he’s been. |
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 WALKING
DEAD #35
Comic Review by:
Mike Kurnat
Writer: Robert Kirkman, Artist:
Charlie Adlard/Cliff Rathburn
Rick and the rest of his gang made it back to the prison at
the end of issue #34 to find it overrun by zombies and #35
shows the group’s frantic attempts to get to safety and to
see if their loved ones are still alive. This book really
gets back to basics when Rick and everyone get back into
their prison safe haven because it gives the book the chance
to play off the group in crisis angles again. The last arc,
although excellent, had a lot of person to person
interactions as apposed to the rest of the series when the
entire group made up the identity of the comics. This story
really does set up the next big events in the series the
most important being the birth of Rick and Lori’s child.
There is a new nurse in the group and she is already a
little shaky about the whole thing. Also, Rick is forced to
see his new disability, his missing hand, for what it is. As
for the rest of the group’s future, Glenn looks to be making
a big life decision with his girlfriend Maggie. After the
prison yard is clear, he asks the men to stop burning the
bodies so he can look for a ring. The most interesting new
development is Michonne doing her Ali Larter impression and
talking to herself about what she did to the Governor. If
Michonne goes completely crazy with that sword, I don’t know
who would stop her. Much drama, all up to par with what the
series has done. This is a book I always look forward to and
this one was worth the wait. Favorite Part: Glenn passes up
sex to go look through the dead zombies for a ring. Is that
love, stupidity, or just gross?
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KIDZ CORNER COMIC REVIEW:
TEEN TITANS GO
#40
a DC COMICS ongoing series
Comic Review by: Jim "Good Old JR" Rutkowski
Release Date:
022807 |
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Based on the popular
animated series, this comic is fast paced and light
hearted. The first story of the two contained in this
issue centers on a group of villains gathered together
to swap stories of how each of them was nearly
captured by one of the Titans. Each of their stories
begins with the words, “There I was, minding my own
business….” and ends with, “ I was nearly nabbed”.
It’s probably not going to spoil your reading of this
issue if I tell you that they all are nabbed by the
time you reach the final page. The issue also contains
a back up story involving a mystical genie that finds
himself in trouble with the Titans. There are also
several puzzle pages contained between the tales.
Breezy, fun writing and decent art help to put this
book in the kinda' fun category. Recommended. |
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IMAGE ROUND UP THIS WEEK…
Phonogram #5
The best way to describe this book is eccentric. It’s out there, jumps around
and it’s all centered on pop music and sorcery mixed together. The creators of
this book were very meticulous with their use of music references listing them
in the back of the book and they also listed what they listened to while writing
and drawing the book. Intriguing stuff, but that can’t be said for the book
itself.
IMAGE ROUND UP LAST WEEK…
Jack Staff #13
When reality is out of whack, Jack and Becky are forced to put it back together.
A somewhat interesting tale where we find out that there is an agency that
patrols time and the agents are chimps. It’s a little goofy and the art doesn’t
do much to help this issue. Overall, it so-so.
Noble Causes #27
The Nobles fight a demon and bad press in this issue. Gaia released demons in
the last issue for the Noble’s to roundup in public view for some good PR but
the demons were too strong and they killed a few civilians. The issue felt like
a bridge to issue #28 because very little happened but it does build up nicely.
Strange Girl #14
Beth and the group go on a bogus journey through different personalized versions
of hell. We get to see quite a few different angles of the characters as they
try to escape hell. Nick Stakal’s art is gritty and grimy and perfect for the
subject matter.
True Story Swear To God #4
It’s a romantic comedy chick flick put onto paper. The art is Wednesday
newspaper comics quality but the story just had too many swear words to make it
into the Sun-Times. It’s corny and a miss unless you like that sort of thing. |
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Reviews are based on the Sneak
Peek titles sent out by Marvel & Image (DC no longer sends them out). It's not
everything that's shipping for the week, but it is a real good cross-section of
this weeks releases. |
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