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Catwoman: Lonely City 1
This is the Catwoman version of Dark Knight Returns. Set ten years in the future, Selina Kyle is old, just out of jail, and dealing w/ a post-Batman Gotham City where Bruce Wayne’s been dead for ten years. Cliff Chiang surpasses all of my expectations on both writing and art duties, and on top of it all, Josie Mac shows up! Looking forward to the rest of this.
Superman: Son of Kal-El 5
Admission: I wanted to cut this last issue, but didn’t want my LCS to think it was because I’m against Superman being in a gay relationship. Whatever. This comic isn’t doing anything for me, and his relationship status has absolutely nothing to do with it. Cutting.
Miracleman: Apocrypha 1-3
A bunch of more short stories from quite the impressive list of creators, including Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, James Robinson, Kelley Jones, Norm Breyfogle, Matt Wagner, Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, Darick Robertson…
The stories themselves nothing too stand out, except for the Ross story, which is basically a retelling of Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope:
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: No
Would read again: Yes
Rating: Nice
Moon Knight 1-6
The Warren Ellis/Declan Shalvey issues. He’s definitely on his back half of his career at this point (2014). It feels like he’s barely trying. And yet, it really doesn’t suck. Suboptimal Ellis is still entertaining. And the sniper issue (issue 2) is really effective as each victim gets picked off one by one.
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| The moonblades have such a clean, elegant look. |
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| Moon Knight really has the coolest cape ever. |
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| Edna Mode be damned. |
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| I don't know, he killed the other eight. Bank doesn't always win. |
Plus, I think Shalvey’s the one who came up with the “Moon Knight in a suit” thing (I’m not sure), and it’s a sweet look.
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: No
Would read again: Yes
Rating: Nice
Miracleman 4
The missing issue in my Gaiman/Buckingham run came in the mail today. Eh, not that interesting, but it’s worth filling out the gap. (Gaiman tells us what happens to Winter after she flies off into space.)
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: Yes
Would read again: Yes
Rating: Fine
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