Alan Rapp

If I Rebooted the DCU (Part Four)

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With DC Comics reboot of their entire universe with 52 new first issues now underway I take a final look at what I would do if I rebooted the DCU.

Where I could I kept ideas DC wanted to explore in the relaunch (when not incredibly stupid like Voodoo), and even included titles I’m personally not all that high on but characters I know have a devoted fan base. You’ll find I’ve also kept far more of the current titles than DC’s proposed reboot, and brought back a few personal favorites as well.

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Yvonne’s Maxim Photoshoot (Updated!)

/ / Books & Magazines

Yvonne StrahovskiChuck star (and seriously hot Australian babe) Yvonne Strahovski took somet time to promote her new film Killer Elite by doing a photoshoot for Maxim. Inside you’ll find a few picks as well as a video for the shoot in which the actress discuses the film, an ideal first date, and shooting on a location that’s usually reserved for adult films. Updated with more pics!

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Angel & Faith #1

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angel-and-faith-1-coverThere are parts of Buffy Season Eight I enjoyed (the start, Faith’s arc, the final issue, and most importantly “Wolves at the Gate“), but as the season continued there’s more than a little I’d just as soon forget (super-Angel and super-Buffy, the reveal of Twilight’s identity, and the complicated and convoluted story arc which ended the series). From this first issue it looks like we’re sadly going to be mired in the post-Twilight angst for a little while longer. Sigh.

Season Nine begins, not with Buffy, but with Angel and Faith and the repercussions of the Twilight story arc and Angel’s return to form as a cursed vampire with a soul seeking redemption. After the death of Giles, Faith and Angel have teamed-up to fill his role, including saving a possessed young girl in this issue. Giles left the Watcher’s Chronicles and a hole to be filled, and Angel has a plan on what to do next.

This first issue isn’t awful, but it’s pretty disappointing. Season Nine, the first full comic season with all the characters under one publisher’s banner, begins not with a bang but a whimper. Hit-and-Miss.

[Dark Horse, $2.99]

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Coming Soon

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  • Title: A Monster in Paris
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From director Bibo Bergeron (Shark Tale, The Road to El Dorado) comes this animated tale about a projectionist, an inventor, a monkey, a cabaret singer, and a giant singing cockroach. Redubbed from the original French film, Adam Goldberg, Catherine O’Hara, Danny Huston, Vanessa Paradis, and Bob Balaban provide the voices. A Monster in Paris opens in theaters on October 19th.

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