Ring out the old, ring in the DCnu, everybody! Are we off to a good start? Well....
Flashpoint #5
*Okay, has the revelation of how Flashpoint really happened been hinted at anywhere else? This really seems out of the blue to me.
*Thomas Wayne is hardcore. Has he been reading Geoff Johns comics in the Flashpoint universe?
*I would have liked it if the members of the Resistance had been identified. I didn't read the Lois Lane spinoff, so I have no clue who some of these people are.
*The Enchantress is plain nuts. Just the way she ought to be.
*Yay, Skinny Kal!
*The "Fix" to the Flashpoint Universe is the kind of outlandish, wacky solution that can only happen in comics. I love it.
*OK, can we call a moratorium on having the end of event books set up yet another event?
*Now Barry knows how the Psycho-Pirate felt...
*Barry Allen, Speedy Delivery! Message for the Batman!
*Batman does something I thought I'd never see him do again.
Andy Kubert brings the goods, as usual. The writing is OK. Overall, #5 was good, but not great.
Justice League #1
*Lee and Williams do some purty pictures together.
*Is that a rocker launcher on your wrist, or are you happy to see me?
*The more I see the new Bat-armor suit, the more I like it. It suits him. GL's new look...not so much.
*Page 14: "Uh huh." Made me smile.
*Page 16: Can't we all just get along?
*"I want the machine that goes 'Ping!'"
*Well, we know who the big bad is gonna be. Good choice, IMO. "(name redacted)? What is that? A band?"
*It looks like this is the origin of not only the League, but of...well, that would be telling.
*Is there a Flashpoint crossover on page 20?
*Oh, Hal, nice to see you're still cocky in the DCnU.
Page 26: Another costume that's growing on me. Nice full page shot.
This is just part one, of course, so it's mainly sefup. It's not as wow-inducing as I wanted, but like Flashpoint #5, it's not bad. The real test will be whether how my 15-year-old son likes these, especially JL #1.
Whaddya you think? No spoilers, please.
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You kept it so spoiler-free, I have no idea what you're talking about :-)
...I went to my LCS this ayem , to see if there was any hub-bub...bub .
no particular display , no massive amount of space dedicated to it...Just one , standard , space in the rack space dedicated to JL#1 , though they did have a lot of copies...Next to it , THREE spaces were dedicated to FP #5 !!!!!!!!!!! So...........
Since I believe those are the only DCU titles shipping this week , there were some empty spaces in the store's " new stuff " rack...
...There doesn't appear to be a Wikipedia spoiler of FP #5 up yet !!!!!!!!!!!
Tsk tsk .
Where's our pioneer spoiling ingeneuity gone ???
I'd like to hear what your 15 year old son makes of JL#1, Don. According to DC's line on the reboot, it's more pertinant than what us old duffers think. Does he read many comics?
Hi Figs!
He does read comics, but not as many as me. Captain America is his favorite superhero, but he also reads a lot of manga and non-superhero stuff. I just let him start reading The Walking Dead after he and I finished the first season of the TV show.