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This Week's Guest
Reviewers:
Chris
Ryall [Riled] from Comic Book Galaxy
(cjryall@micron.net)
Christopher
Allen from Comic Book Galaxy (gretchchris@dellnet.com)
Alan
David Doane from
Comic Book Galaxy (alandaviddoane@yahoo.com)
(Check
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RILED
New Releases For The
Week of 11-15-00
Lone
Wolf & Cub .....................................……only
25 more?
Batman: Turning Points ......................………Turning
me off
Deadenders
.............................................……..overdrive
Green Lantern/Green Arrow HC.......……….cheaper than drugs
GL/Superman:
Legend of the Green Flame...Miss ya,
Hal!
Mad
Magazine ..........................................……My
misspent youth
Tomorrow
Stories.…………………………….Yesterday’s
interest
Top
Ten ....................................... …………….Ten minus one
Midnight
Nation .......................................……Rising
Star
Captain
Marvel..................……………………Worst.
Villains. Ever.
Fantastic
Four Big Town.......................……..Unstable
molecule
Peter
Parker Spider-Man.............................…Best
in class
Sentry..................……………………………...De
Void of an ending
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN
New Releases For The Week of 11-15-00
Green
Lantern/Superman: Legends of the Green Flame
Batman:
Turning Points #3 ..............………...yak yak yak.
Fantastic
Four: Big Town #1..........……. Get Me Rewrite!
Peter
Parker: Spider-Man #25................By the Numbers
Batman:
Gotham Knights.....…...Hugo Strange, I Go Sleep
Tomorrow
Stories ............................Moore Fun Comics
Deadenders..........................................Perfect
Sentry......................................Who
Watches the Watchwagon?
ALAN
DAVID DOANE
New Releases For The Week of 11-22-00
Maximum
Security........…………..More!
X-Man
#71 ..............……………….Jenny lives!
X-Men
Universe #14..........……….Cancel it!
Punisher
#10........……………........I don’t get it
X-Men
Forever #1.....………………Ka-ching!
Incredible
Hulk #22 .......................Better than the last one
Batman:
Turning Points #4...........Awesome art, Azbats is back!
The Blurbs or Cliff Notes Guide To This Weeks Comics
CHRIS RYALL’S FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE
Lone Wolf & Cub
"As amazing now as they were when these stories were
first issued, in a fun, well-traveled size!"
Batman: Turning Points
"Another cursory look at Batman and Commissioner
Gordon’s complex relationship. A
continuing disappointment of a series."
Deadenders
"One of the best, and certainly the most fun, Vertigo
title on the market!"
Green Lantern/Green Arrow HC
"A beautifully packaged reminder of why these classic
O’Neal and Adams masterpieces still
resonate today."
Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame
"Even decade-old Gaiman reminds you why he is a true
master of his craft. The best
portrayal of Hal Jordan in
many years, all supported by stellar artwork by the industry’s brightest
artists."
Mad Magazine
"What, me worry? Mad
Magazine still delivers the laughs after all these years!"
Tomorrow Stories
"Moore’s madcap style and laser-focused sarcasm is
both sublime and hilarious!"
Top 10
"An officer falls as the long-running storyline comes to
a slamming close!"
Midnight Nation
"Continuing the roll that Strazcynski started on with
Rising Stars!"
Captain Marvel
"The most fun you can have in
the Marvel Universe, from the Microverse to…a local comics shop?"
Fantastic Four Big Town
"An excellent What If? premise backed up by clever
storytelling and crisp, detailed artwork."
Peter Parker Spider-Man
"Jenkins and Buckingham really hit their stride with
this classic Spider-Man vs Green Goblin battle. And whatever the result, the psychological ramifications will
be long-lasting!"
The Sentry
"More thoughtful, mysterious and beautiful work from
Jenkins and Lee. As the
min-series draws to a close, more questions than answers remain."
Jingle Belle’s All Star Holiday Hullabaloo
CHRISTOPHER
ALLEN’S FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE
Green Lantern/Superman: Legends of the Green Flame
"A simple but enjoyable story, with a good deal of
filler involving other DC second-stringers, but saved by the art.”
Batman: Turning Points
"Emotional weight of story undercut by weak main plot
and too much talking.”
Fantastic Four: Big Town
"A disjointed beginning with no one to root for. Nice
art and still has potential."
Peter Parker: Spider-Man
"A well-constructed issue, but we’ve seen its like
many times before."
Batman: Gotham Knights
"A ho-hum conclusion to the Hugo Strange story, and a
head-scratching backup by Robert Kanigher and Kyle Baker"
Tomorrow Stories
"Lots of easy targets skewered, sometimes too hard and
sometimes too soft. The Splash Brannigan story had the best gags."
Deadenders
"So much better than Brubaker’s Turning Points work
you’d think they were two different writers. He’s unstoppable on this
series. The ending made me smile like a sap, the bastard"
Sentry
"Beautiful art as usual, and I’m still swept up in the
foreboding mood, even if little really happened in this whole
miniseries."
Midnight Nation
"BAM! I read it! BAM BAM, I read it twice more. Getting too little story development for the price, but it looks nice."There you have it! Thanks
guys! Next update we’ll be
guest starring another set of reviewers.
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-Cth
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