I have been spoiled by reading much bigger collections (probably because I'm years behind). A 150 pp. "trade" was like a littleObservation number one:
I have been spoiled by reading much bigger collections (probably because I'm years behind). A 150 pp. "trade" was like a little snack.
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The author is best known (to me) for 100 Bullets. The artist (and I recognized his style even before I double-checked) is best know (to me) for Paper Girls. Just as soon as I started thinking, "Hmm, this is more like Paper Girls than like 100 Bullets, Azzarello whips out some of his moves. At any rate, Chang is on break for the last two issues of this arc.
Tony S. Daniel draws better than he writes, which means he's an OK writer, but a great artist.
The "Dollmaker" arc was frankly just gross, but the secTony S. Daniel draws better than he writes, which means he's an OK writer, but a great artist.
The "Dollmaker" arc was frankly just gross, but the second arc, involving a heist of the Penquin's "Iceberg Casino" left me with a good feeling toward the book as a whole.
I like deluxe editions in theory, only in this case maybe twice as much was only half as good.
The first arc, "The Rise of the Batmen" was pretty good,I like deluxe editions in theory, only in this case maybe twice as much was only half as good.
The first arc, "The Rise of the Batmen" was pretty good, followed by a ridiculous tie-in to the latest version of the Monster Men, which was unspeakably bad.
Then came "The Victim Syndicate" which was half-assed and cringey, but there were a few pages of Stephanie Brown's soul-searching which I actually liked, although her ultimate decision made little sense (and judging from comments I've seen, I'm not the only person who thought so). It was cool for about a page, though:
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At any rate, I thought the good and the bad (not to say good and evil) were pretty evenly matched in this collection. The art was exceptional, except for the last two issues.
I can't find examples of the best pages of this online, so here's an 'old school' cover:
I was going to give this four stars due to some of its "problematic" aspects, but even the totally tripped out last issue (which I can't pretend I gotI was going to give this four stars due to some of its "problematic" aspects, but even the totally tripped out last issue (which I can't pretend I got at all) had my jaw dropping.
By the way, this pretty much guaranteed a five-star rating from me:
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So yeah, my status as a Grant Morrison fanboy is confirmed....more
One can hardly say that if it like it now, it's because my tastes have matured. Broadened, maybe.
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No, I remember what I didn't like- I generally hate all flashbacks to forgotten childhood friend of "Master Bruce," although like most things Batman, everything that's been done can be re-done.
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As far as the Chinese box style plot, with a twist on every twist, and involvement (at some level) with many many famous friends and enemies- that was all well and good. Typical Jeff Loeb, I'd say.
Part two of the "Absolute" collection comprises parts three and four of the original collection, plus two crossover sThis review may contain spoilers.
Part two of the "Absolute" collection comprises parts three and four of the original collection, plus two crossover stories.
The JLA story was very good, I thought, even if it was an absolute head-spinner. Here we had just been through a 27-issue epic quest to take down the evil Fantastic Four, and Ellis goes and makes Elijah Snow and his team the bad guys, and Bruce Wayne, Diana Prince, and Clark Kent the sole survivors of the DC Universe, all of whose other heroes have been systematically and ruthlessly eliminated by Elijah Snow.
But we know evil Planetary is a different universe from the Planetary we've just been reading about, because Jakita Wagner looks like this:
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And not her usual sweet Tarzan's daughter self:
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"Stand or fall I know there shall be peace in the valley and it's all an affair of my life with the heroes and villains." ...more
Still not sure I get the 'frame' story- the battle between the "Trust" and the "Minutemen" (and this was aftThis run really ups the sex and violence.
Still not sure I get the 'frame' story- the battle between the "Trust" and the "Minutemen" (and this was after backtracking and trying to read the whole series in order).
I may have to buy these deluxe editions someday (instead of reading them on Hoopla) so I can flip back and forth and put all the pieces together.
As the artist says in an afterword, this was not a labor of love on Alan Moore's part, and is not consiThanks, Hoopla, for the chance to re-read this.
As the artist says in an afterword, this was not a labor of love on Alan Moore's part, and is not considered one of his best works.
He also puts his finger on its flaws. The origin of the Joker is inadequate to the character, even if it is 'multiple choice,' it is particularly mawkish and unoriginal.
Neal Adams first drew Batman for the monthly Superman-Batman team-ups in World's Finest, then the Brave and the Bold team-ups with various super-heroeNeal Adams first drew Batman for the monthly Superman-Batman team-ups in World's Finest, then the Brave and the Bold team-ups with various super-heroes.
This is silver-age DC at its fruitiest.
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Each story is self-contained, but at 25 pp. each, they seem inordinately long to THIS bronze-age baby. ...more
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