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GODZILLA'S MONSTERPIECE THEATRE:
Here it is, just a few short weeks before the release of Romeo & Juliet & Godzilla, and it occured to me that I didn't remember the ending of Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre. that in itself is not so unusual, but when I set about recifying that situation I soon discovered that the reason I didn't remember the ending is because I didn't read it. This is not a "Don't buy what you don't read" situation; I purposefully didn't read it so that I could later read the whole thing in one satisfying chunk... and then I forgot I hadn't read it. (I told you I was having trouble with my memory lately.) Anyway, I corrected my oversight and am now fully prepared to enjoy Romeo & Juliet & Godzilla.
KRAVEN'S LAST HUNT:
I like J.M. Dematteis and I like Mike Zeck, but somehow haven't read "Kraven's Last Hunt" since it was first released. It's pretty much exactly as I remembered it.
UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN '96:
Untold Tales of Spider-Man was a short-lived true retroactive continuity series from the mid-'90s. Great pains were taken by writer Kurt Busiek (and artist Pat Olliffe as well) to indicate exactly which issues of Lee & Ditko's Spider-Man each issue of Untold Tales fell between. Honestly, it doesn't really "read" all that well in that order... I've tried. But I appreciate the effort! Probably the best individual issue is the 1996 annual with art by Mike Allred and Joe Sinnott. It's not exactly like a mid-'60s Marvel, but it's the way we remember them... or the way we wish comics were still made... or something.
Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods, Volume 13, by Takuto Kashiki
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse, Voume 5, Nouyoshizamurai
BATMAN VS. THE INCREDIBLE HULK:
I got tired of waiting for Marvel an DC to release a facsimile edition of DC Special Series #27, so I went ahead a re-read the 1995 reprint instead. Whereas the second Superman/Spider-Man one seemed to me to be more of a "Marvel" comic (see "Superman & Spider-Man - Marvel/DC TEs"), this one, with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano, strikes me as more of a "DC" one.
"CALLING ALL ROBINS!"
The Phantom Stranger calls various "Robins" from across timelines to save Batman's life by dipping him in the Lazarus Pit.
(We discussed this comic once before, in 2011.)
I Hate Fairyland #48 - Gert's tribute to The Fly
The Will of Doom #1 - The world and the FF in particular deal with the aftermath of Doom's "death"
Out of curiousity, I picked up DC's Boss Battle, a part of their "KO" event. As a result of idiots who will buy BIG EVENT comics some plot involving Darkseid, DC characters end up fighting people from other franchises universes. And so, Superman battles Homelander, Batwoman fights Vampirella, Wonder Woman faces off against Red Sonja (which should really last two seconds), the Joker meets Annabelle from the Conjuring universe,* and Star Sapphire doesn't actually fight Sabrina the Teenage Witch.... Etcetera.
The art is great. Everything else is pretty pointless.
*Because Warner Bros. calls that a universe.
BATMAN: THE SECOND KNIGHT - BOOK THREE:
This is, arguably, the best individual issue of the two series. It could be read as a stand-alone, but the reader will get more out of it as the conclusion of a six-issue story. It is a "first meeting of Batman and Superman" story, one of the best. Highly satisfying ending.
NEW COMICS I HAVE READ TODAY THIS MONTH:
AROC OF ZENITH: I've read only one episode in the past month. I haven't lost interest, exactly, but I have a real aversion to reading comics online.
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