REVIEW: Monsters Unleashed! #1

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Penciler: Steve McNiven
Inker: Jay Leisten
Colors: Davil Curiel
Review: Madman

Before I actually read this comic, I’d just like to say that Marvel had better not screw this up. I am so excited to read this “happening” that I probably peed in my pants at least eight times on the way home from the LCS.
One of those sentences is a lie...

I’ve been a huge fan of giant monsters and anything resembling a giant monster my entire conscious life. Dinosaurs started it all in the real pee-in-my-pants days of my youth, which led into Godzilla in my teens. Of course, Hollywood puts out metric shit-tons of cheesy giant animal movies…yeah, I know most of them are horrible and love everyone of them. That being said, this comic is almost like my two best friends dating or something along those lines, and it’s awkward or something along those lines. I haven’t really cared about any of Marvels’ “Super-Events” in a long time. I passed on most of Civil War 2 and whatever the one before that was, but I care about this. Now bring on some Fin Fang Foom vs Stilt-Man action!

REVIEW: Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #1 (of 6)

Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Jason Fabok
Colorist: Alex Sinclair
Letters: Rob Leigh
Review: Will Dubbeld

I must give DC credit; they’ve largely avoided mirroring in the comics what happened in their movies. Hell, Warner Bros. has owned the company for decades and they’ve managed to keep that movie flavor out. Marvel could really learn from this business model, considering they have a track record of shoehorning elements of the movies into the comics books.  I personally hate that method of marketing crossover appeal between the two media and have been thankful DC avoids the gimmick.

Thank goodness for small miracles, because DC has plenty of other means to alienate the reader base.

I know DC Comic has a comically long history with reboots, retcons, and line-wide upheavals, but New 52 was shining example of what not to do in comics.  I’ll spare readers the dissertation on Flashpoint and the drek that followed and suffice to say DC has done plenty to invoke the ire of this reader. If it wasn’t enough to retcon and reshuffle almost all the post-Crisis DCU I know and love, they were insistent in cramming Wildstorm garbage all over the place.  Eff a bunch of New 52.

REVIEW: Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse #3

Script: Chris Roberson
Pencils: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Karl Story
Colors: Wes Dzioba
Letters: Michael Heisler
Review: Art Bee

There are very few Dark Horse comics that make it into my collection; most just don’t interest me. One quality the brand has that I do admire is their attention to detail when it comes to adapting characters from movies or TV series. Each artist hired must be able to create an adequate likeness of the actor/actress. This is smart work on editor’s part because it makes the comic easier to sell to fans and easier to read without trying to decipher who is talking. It would have been nice if the newest installment of Serenity carried this attention to detail.

I wish I could say I have been a fan of the Firefly/Serenity story from the start but, alas, that bandwagon passed me by and left me bewildered. Actually I wasn’t introduced to the series until 2007, but the first episode of Firefly aired on FOX Sept. 22, 2002. The series ran for only 11 episodes (14 were made) and was canceled due to low ratings. Personally I didn’t know of the show’s existence until my friend introduced me to it, so the ratings issue had to be a failure of promotion on FOX. The series is amazing.