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"Daredevil must have made fun of his haircut, kick...

2008-02-01T10:37:00.000-04:00

"Daredevil must have made fun of his haircut, kicked his dog and told him his mother dresses him funny because this is some messed up shit he's doing to Matt as of late."

Yeah, when a blind guy makes fun of your haircut and the way you dress you know it has to be bad... :)

Jokes aside, great reviews as always.

1) I put the speech thing down either to OMD, the ...

2008-01-31T14:17:00.000-04:00

1) I put the speech thing down either to OMD, the fact that his ninja clan (the True Believers) were shut down/retconned thanks to Stan lee's copyright thingy, and/or his time in prison. Certainly, he seems o have let his estranged wife get away with his 'heir', so he's alright in one respect.

4) Speaking of 'Black' - the scarred Guardian was sitting in a room with decoration similar to the Black Lanterns symbol, and she had Black Lantern eyes. Also, the Alpha Lanterns could be considered technically dead. Could it be that she thought up the Alpha Lanterns so as to have some ultra-powerful corpses planted in the GLC come The Blackest Night?

@salieri1 - I loved the Black Tarantula when he wa...

2008-01-31T13:29:00.000-04:00

@salieri

1 - I loved the Black Tarantula when he was introduced (well, new version I guess is the word) back post Clone Saga. I loved teh character design and thought he was being setup to be the perfect new 'Venom' for Spidey.

Unfortunately, he wasn't the resurrected Green Goblin that SPidey will have to fight for the next 50 years in regurgitated bull shit stories, so he had to be written out of the book.

I'm really happy to see him show up under Brubaker's care in Daredevil though. I'm a little confused as to his slight change in speech patterns, but he's still very much the same character int erms of actions, personality and abilities.

He was really interesting (or his son was) in the Spider-Girl series, but I can't comment on the current Amazing SG, as I don't follow it that much.

2 - It's not that I hate the Cap costume, but there are parts of the design that just clash in my opinion and detract from an otherwise nice update.

4 - Heh, I don't think we'll be seeing, Beta, Gamma, Delat, Theta, etc Lanterns, but I wouldn't rule out an Omega group that might act like a kill squad or something.

Personally, I'd like to get an update on the Black Ops Green Lanterns that Guy helped out earlier in the GLC series.

1) Just because you appreciate Black Adam in the s...

2008-01-31T10:43:00.000-04:00

1) Just because you appreciate Black Adam in the same way that I do, I'd like to pose this question to you: do you think the Black Tarantula could someday be his nearest Marvel-equivalent? They've got the same qualifications: They're both ultra-violent do-gooders, both 'Black Sheep' of the Marvel and Spider-Families, they've both lost loved ones, etc.

2) I personally loved the new Cap costume. Hoping that the new Cap is here for years to come.

3) Bah, I still say John Crane will get a ring come the Blackest Night.

4) I have a theory that because the Alpha Lanterns were created for the first law, there'll be a squad of Beta Lanterns for the second, etc, until everyone is divided up and you can't be made a Green Lantern without deciding which squad you want to be in. Perhaps the Green lantern Corpse will be the Omega Lanterns.

5) Alpha Lanterns vs X-Force, maybe?

6) It's been a great week for comics, by the look of it...

>>...setting aside as a potential Best Single Issu...

2008-01-31T09:32:00.000-04:00

>>...setting aside as a potential Best Single Issue for 2008.

I totally agree with that. not as good as the original, but damn, it was awesome.

and the Y issue, it was... bittersweet I suppose is the best word.

I had the same issues with the Alpha Lanterns you ...

2008-01-31T04:25:00.000-04:00

I had the same issues with the Alpha Lanterns you did - I like the idea, not thrilled with who got chosen (Boodika, Kraken and Green Man in particular). Still, a promising start, especially combined with the creepy Guardian at the end.

Overall, this was a great week...nice to see so many books delivering on quality.