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I picked this up a few days ago. And I am more pleased with this book than most of the new books I got along with it. For less than the cost of a new book I got truly great art (Keith Giffen and Klaus Janson ) and a cool story.

At first I was very intrigued with this story line. I could not wait for it to get going. I kept thinking about the possibilities of who could be the next Batman. Bu this issue confused me. Half the time I could not tell who was saying what to whom. And how the heck the bad guy get Nightwings mask?

I hope this arc will end on an interesting note. I would hate for all this hype to end Batman on a dud.

I had read comics since I was little but this issue really got me into it. The art and the story had such a punch. At the time I had never seen anything like it.

Bill Sienkiewicz still holds allot of interest for me. If his art is on it I want it. This run of Moon Knight more defind comics for me. And untill Marvel went nuts with the Anti-hero Moon Knight was the best. At this period I found it much more enjoyable then Batman. Who Moon Knight is said to be a cheap knock off of.

I used to dig through bins at second hand shops to find issues of Dagar. It may have been a Conan knock off but the art of Ernie Chan was great. The stories are light and a good read. I wish someone would do a reprint collection of these issues. Goldkey of this time were some of the most fun in comics. His comic lasted 18 quarterly issues, the last of which (December, 1976) reprinted the first issue. Dagar was a typical barbarian hero of his genre. Big and brawny, fearless in battle, not especially bright but clever and cunning enough to win most of his fights, moved around a lot and therefore tended not to form permanent relationships. His foes tended to be monsters, wizards or supernatural entities.

I am really enjoying the Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes story-arc. I have been away from comics for about 4 years. What great way to come back in.

I am enjoying the art as well the plot. It is a great idea to have the Rejects get some revenge, Geoff Johns makes it look easy to revitalize lame characters.

Everything I like about Superman is here. Most importantly what I don’t like isn’t here. After all the book isn’t called the Clark Kent Chronicles.

I big kick out the fact that each time I see the Legion of Superheroes every one has a new costume!

Cherry Poptart. This title was funny. A kind of adult Archie comics. Cherry was the town naughty girl. She found herself in all kinds of interesting positions (every pun intended) with all kinds of freaky people. Like in one issue Cherry's hacker girlfriend Ellie Dee is the main star. When she gets sucked through her computer into the Land of Woz, she meets up with a walking mass of data looking for a central processing unit, a Transformer robot in need of a DNA code, and a genetically-engineered lion-man who wants to destroy the bio-lab that spawned him. When Ellie and friends finally meet the all-powerful Woz he orders them to retrieve the electric

whip belonging to the wicked dominatrix witch of the Wild west

This book was great! I wish I still had my copies. Very Violent and gritty. The art was good and the dialog pretty raw. I never like the War Machine in the regular Marvel Universe. But in this MAX universe it was totally cool.

In this series In the non-canon MAX miniseries U.S. War Machine, Rhodes is fired by Stark after War Machine kills two hostage takers on national TV, one in cold-blood. After his dismissal, Rhodes is attacked by former War Machine pilot Parnell Jacobs in an attempt to recover the War Machine armor. The two are picked up by Nick Fury and taken to the Helicarrier. It is revealed that Jacobs had sold his stolen War Machine to HYDRA for money when he learned his wife was pregnant. S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to recover the armor and was in the process of reverse engineering the Stark technology. Nick Fury planned to field a squad of War Machines commanded by Rhodes.

I just picked up this issue and what a surprise it was. Back in the day my best friend read Flash and I used to laugh at him. But every now and them I would pick one up and for the most part enjoyed them.

But I was shocked on this issue. Not that it is anything earth shattering or Character changing. But I like art and felt it fit very well.

I am now very interested in what I haven’t known about Mr. West for the last 8 years or so. Kids? With Abilities?

Now I must find at least the back issues of this story arc.

I read this after picking up issue 235. Being surprised that issue I went and picked up a few previous one. And was similarly entertained by them.

I like the some what lighter tone of this book. Yet being a father of a son and a daughter I kind can imagine being in Flashes situation. And for once a superheroes kids are a nice addition to the book.

I hope they do keep the kids with the title. As well as the creative team. If it wasn’t for the price of everything going nuts the Flash certainly would be a monthly stable. And it just might anyway. I really recommend picking an issue up if you don’t already read it.

I have to say I am disappointed with this series. I am a huge Jim Starlin fan. I don’t think I have ever been let down by anything he has done.

I almost did a cartwheel when I first heard he was taking on the New Gods. It was a formula for perfection for me. Starlin, the New Gods, Superman and another epic saga.

Not that I don’t like it 100%. It just has not lived up to my hopes. Once the killer was reviled in this issue I was like.. so.

I still love Jim’s art. But some how the dialog seems off. Superman isn’t sounding like Superman should (in my opinion). And I find I really don’t care about all the dead New Gods. Which is odd considering how much I like them.

I just really hope there is a BIG pay off once the saga is over.