October 2011

Triumvirate of Terror!

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  • Title: Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Triumvirate of Terror!
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The intro segment is pure Silver Age foolishness (hey, I’m not complaining!) featuring the JLI battling the Legion of Doom in a baseball game called by Jimmy Olsen (Alexander Polinsky). Things look bleak for our heroes until Batman (Diedrich Bader) gives the team a rousing pep talk in the bottom of the Ninth about winning the game for the young kids watching in the stands like little Julie Schwatz and Frankie Miller (nice touch). And if that’s not enough the segment ends the only possible way it could, with a Bat-Man pun. Classic!

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Stormwatch #2

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stormwatch-2-coverMy biggest complaint with the first issue of the series was the terribly rushed art by Miguel Angel Sepulveda. The art of the second issue is a definite improvement and the series introduces more members of the team (including their leader Adam One) and further explains the role of Stormwatch in the DC Universe.

Once the Martian Manhunter has calmed down Apollo and Midnigther the team starts to look into the problem of the moon where The Eminence of Blades has come across a hostile alien lifeform.

To keep the Justice League from getting in their way of actually solving the problem, Stormwatch uses the powers of the Projectionist and the Martian Manhunter to suggest a random supervillain is responsible for the moon’s attack of the Earth leaving the team to settle matters quietly on their own. It’s actually a hilarious idea, even if it is a low-blow to the JLA.

The second issue works well (even with the unsubtle entendres between Apollo and Midnighter). Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Person of Interest – Mission Creep

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  • Title: Person of Interest – Mission Creep
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When the machine spits out the name of a soldier (James Carpinello) home from Afghanistan Reese (Jim Caviezel) follows his new target to figure out what danger might befall him. What he uncovers is a crew of former soldiers turned thieves executing precision robberies across the city.

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The Mentalist – Pretty Red Balloon

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  • Title: The Mentalist – Pretty Red Balloon
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When a young boy (Miles Elliot) is kidnapped the CBI is called into investigate but things get complicated with the mother (Kelli Williams) turns out to be a former client of Jane’s (Simon Baker) from his psychic days and the evidence leads the team to believe the child was snatched by a serial killer who will likely kill his victim in less than eight hours.

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Animal Man #2

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animal-man-2-coverWriter Jeff Lemire continues to take Buddy Baker down an odd road as Animal Man grabs his young daughter, who has tapped into the source of his own power, and begins a journey to discover what that means. Their journey will take them deep into “The Red” (the mystical morphogenetic field created by all living creatures).

Of all of DC’s New 52 this is the one that feels most like a Vertigo title in DC clothing. It’s bizarre, more of a horror comic than a super-hero tale, and at times fairly creepy. Yeah, very Vertigo. It’s also very well done.

Even though I’m not the biggest fan of this type of story, and I’ll probably move on from the comic before this storyline is finished, I’m interested to see where Lemire and artist Travel Foreman end up taking the character, and how big a role the young Maxine will have in her father’s use and understanding of his powers. And given the early glimpses we’ve seen here, the exploration of The Red is going to be a trippy experience. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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