Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #1
Flashpoint: Legion of Doom » Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #1 - Hot Blooded released by DC Comics on August 2011.
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5 (0) 4 (0) 3 (2) 2 (4) 1 (0) 2.1 starsAverage score of 7 user reviews
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Uneven But Saved By a Fantastic Ending 1
The first issue of Flashpoint's Legion of Doom tie-in gives a very bad first impression. The opening conflict between Heatwave and Cyborg feels confused, rushed and weighed down by some truly awful dialogue written by Adam Glass. (A personal favorite exchange: "Didn't your mommy ever tell you not to play with matches, Heatwave?" "Sure did! So I burned her to death!") The fact that Rodney Buchemi's pencils look rushed and sketchy at parts doesn't help matters, and there are some truly inexcusable...
5 out of 5 found this review helpful. -
On shaky legs. 1
I have to admit, I only picked up this title to receive the beautiful Legion of Doom pin that comes with the title. Unfortunately, the rest of the issue did not impress me. Now, this tie-in doesn't really tie-in to the main Flashpoint narrative. I can't really blame Adam Glass's difficulty on writing a character like Heatwave. Geoff Johns did a good job on defining the character but Glass doesn't really illustrate the sick and twisted mindset of Heatwave. He comes off as screw up and delud...
4 out of 4 found this review helpful. -
Worst Flashpoint tie-in yet 4
To be honest I really didnt go into this issue expecting to much, and what I got was actually worse than I was expecting. The Bad: This issue was mediocre all around. The characterization of Heat wave is depressingly one note, especially considering how awesome he was written under the pen of Geoff Johns. Firestorm was absolutely wasted in this issue, only being used as a means to an end for Heat Wave to be thrown in the slammer, and the lack of reaction from Ronnie Raymond after he saw his par...
15 out of 16 found this review helpful. -
I Don't Think Getting a Swirly Is What Happens to You in Prison 2
Heatwave steps into a starring role in this Flashpoint tie-in, spotlighting the life of a metacriminal in the Flashpoint universe. Unfortunately, writer Adam Glass fails to make a compelling character out of Heatwave, falling back instead on artificially inflating the villain into a badass and thinking that will be enough to carry this book. Glass tries to give Heatwave some major villain credibility right away by having him kill one of the two parts of Firestorm, but instead, it is such an unb...
2 out of 3 found this review helpful. -
Cameos Can't Save You 0
The Good: One of my favorite parts of Flashpoint is looking at every issue and tie-in and saying, "which characters are going to be in this?" I did enjoy seeing all of the inmates, most of which you recognize from the regular DC Universe. And who wouldn't love the prison, which was featured in an old cartoon featuring some...friends that are just super! The Bad: It's been said before, but the dialogue wasn't very impressive. The whole beginning fight seen, featuring Jason's death, just seemed b...
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Starts Strong But Can't Finish 0
For the most part I'm enjoying DC's assortment of mini-series built around the main Flashpoint book and intended to give us a better picture of the Flashpoint world. "Flashpoint: Legion of Doom" follows Heatwave, a pyromaniacal villian captured for murder and sent to the Block while he awaits execution. Adam Glass handles the writing duties and does a pretty good job. He sets up his story with a nice action packed sequence which results in Heatwave's imprisonment. From there the story slows do...
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I couldn't get past the first three pages 0
'I've got a hunger...burning in my gut. The only way to stop it...is to satisfy my appetite!' NO. Just...no. I understand what the writer is trying to do here (compare the 'burning hunger' of the focal character, Heatwave, to fire, which would be a nod to his name), but it's failing horribly. It just ends up being so cheesy and contrived that I couldn't force myself to continue reading- and that is really, really, really sad. ...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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