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Nov. 19, 2009
  • HaloKing343 replied to the topic Detective Comics #862 Cover Art - Real in the Batman board.
    Yeah, I'm guessing that Batwoman will survive in Detective Comics for... I dunno, about however long Batman and Robin will last... what's that? Twelve issues right? Yeah, so I am guessing that Batwoman will last twelve issues. So unfortunate. I really want to see more of her in Detective Comics. I really like the new direction of the series.
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  • HaloKing343 replied to the topic Best Big Comic Universe
    Ultimate is really growing. I think it deserves to be up there with the others.
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Nov. 18, 2009
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  • HaloKing343 replied to the topic girls + halo in the Master Chief board.
    Did someone say Halo? Go figure! Halo's my middle name (well, actually my first name, but you get the joke). I'm entered in a Halo tournament that takes place the day before Thanksgiving. It should be swell. Too bad my doubles partner is "okay" and I have been off my game lately.
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  • HaloKing343 replied to the topic Say it isn't so!! KOTOR coming to an end!! Knights of old Republi in the Star Wars Universe board.
    @iloverobots: I think perhaps they could start to make a KOTOR series that ties further into the video games themselves. It seems like the series pushed away from the plot of the games and I think it would be cool to see a darker tale, one that tells most of the story about Malak and Revan.  That's my opinion. A darker KOTOR about the Sith.
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Nov. 11, 2009
My Super Life

Life as a Superhero:

At this point in time I have developed full control of my neural implants and have begun my super hero life away and in seclusion. I have fully branched away from the strange beings of whom possesed me as a "child" and I now understand that they were actually drug addicts who mistook me as an infant on account of all the usage. Now I am a super hero and I stop crimes and other bad things. Just yesterday my friend required my aid in stopping a robbery. Two superpowered burglers attempted and failed to get away from a jewelry store, due to my heroism. But alas, I do sometimes yearn to return to my days nurtured as a child. They were simpler times and as I fight this crime, my mind slowly grows onto those memories of me as a "kid" being raised by drug addicts.

Simple times with my "parents"
Simple times with my "parents"

So one day, I set out on a glorious quest to find my stupid and idiotic parents. I discovered them both lying underneath a tree trying to find out where the bathroom was. Upon approching them, I concluded that these people were far too stupid for me to be socialising with. So I left and went back to my house.



Marvel Civil War:

During the Civil War, I (Yellow) decided to ally myself with Tony Stark and his band of dudes. Seeing as we were both robotic-cyber dudes, I thought that it would make a unique duo. Unfortunatally, it turned out that I was such an unknown superhero, that nobody noticed me. Alas, this cool duo concept was never used. Tony Stark may have been super awsome, but we never fought together.

He loves me... but forgot about me
He loves me... but forgot about me

TBC: A Group for All Worthy Halo Fans!
Added by HaloKing343 on Aug. 28, 2009
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Are you a fan of the Halo video game series like me? Well perhaps you should consiter joining the Brash Commune (http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/119080/Group/GroupHome.aspx ). I will be there along with my many Halo friends. 
 
Do we play together? Sometimes. Do we all know each other in person? No. But are we excelent friends in a community that is appreciative of each other and always expanding? YES! 
 
Join the Brash Commune NOW! And begin your days of fun in a Halo themed community, always determined to play in in-forum contests and experiance special treats such as, 
 1. Caption Contests (Weekly) 
 2.  Short Story Contests (Bi-monthly) 
 3. Exclusive Interviews (Whenever) 
 4. Halo Matchmaking (Rarely) 
 5. Art Contests (Yearly) 
 6. First To Post (Week long rounds) 
 7. Last To Post (Monthly) 
  
Each contest gets you points which ranks you up in status and in our "TBC Winner's Circle". 

Or if none of that stuff is for you, then we totally understand. You don't have to partake in any of those things. For all we care, you can just chill and talk with people. 
 
Lots of our members like comic books, so there'll be someone to share interests with (including me). 
 
So what do you say? Are you willing to give TBC a shot? (http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/119080/Group/GroupHome.aspx) Join NOW!!

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Captain America... how many times can YOU read it before you die?
Added by HaloKing343 on July 11, 2009
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I'm sure that all of us here love Captain America. Afterall, who doesn't? But perhaps the hype and the super-ness of the series gets overexaggerated. To annoy you all, I'm going to write a paragraph where I see how many times I can write the word(s) "Captain America". So, without further adoo... here is my paragraph.

Captain America is Captain America because Captain America is the Captain of America and Captain America fits that role of being the Captian of America. If Captain America was not the Captain of America then his name would have to be something other than Captain America because the only person whose name should be Captain America is the person who happens to be the Captain of America. Now whether you have Bucky Cap', Steve Cap', 50's Steve Cap', or any other Captain America, it doesn't really matter. As long as the person titled Captain America is the Captain of America, then it doesn't matter. The only requirement for being Captain America is that you are the Captain of America. If you are not the Captain of America then you should not be called Captain America. Afterall, Captain America is Captain America because of his Captain-ing of America. If he wasn't the Captain of America then he wouldn't be called Captain America.

Wow, that sure was annoying. Hopefully that won't scare you away from reading some of my other blogs. Oh well. I'm crazy afterall. Not as crazy as Deadpool or the Joker, but I'm still crazy.

Speaking of Deadpool, I happen to be a big fan of Deadpool. I know that this statement is completely irrelevant, but I don't care.

Captain America, Captain America, Captain America... Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers... Bucky Barnes, Bucky Barnes, Bucky Barnes... Red Skull, Red Skull, Red Skull...

Are you annoyed yet?

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Iron Man: Worlds Most Wanted
Added by HaloKing343 on May 22, 2009
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This long-ass arc sure is hot! Up on the edges and explosion based!

The main story seams to be split between Tony Stark, Maria Hill and Pepper Potts stories, but they all link together and manage to be really cool alltogether. I like how Tony's brain is deteriorating and almost working "backwards". It's like he's moving back in time.

Iron Man is one of my favorite series. Even during that long session where people hated him and everything associated with him, I still was interested in his series. Ever since the Ellis/Granov arc (which was SO GOOD!), I've been a passionate Iron Man fan (hey, that rhymed!). Therefore, I know which writers work for him and which writers don't. With that, I also know which artists do and do not work. The first Iron Man arc I read (as I mentioned earlier) was scribed by Warren Ellis and drawn (computer generated) by Adi Granov. That my friends... was amazing! The flow and content of the arc was so good. It reminded me of a summer movie starring Tom Cruise. I loved it.

Ellis/Granov - First place

Second off is our current contender and the title of this blog post... Fraction and Larroca. (Did I spell that correctly?) I really like the art in the current issues. It's shiny, arty, and most importantly... he's great at drawing technolegy, which is obviously abundant in a series about a man in a robot suit.

Fraction/Larrocca - Second place

The team for the majority of the Iron Man series was the team of Knauf(s) and a series of on-and-off artists. These artists varied from Thunderbolt's artist, De La Torre to whoever that guy is who drew the Cable and Deadpool series. Here's what's down. I didn't really like any of the artists that were paired with the Knauf team. Out of the pick, the "Haunted" arc was the best. The Knaufs killed that arc and it was so brilliant. De La Torre and some of the other artists worked on that arc, so I'll throw him in there as gettin' the credit.

Knauf/De La Torre - Third place

Last and least is whoever wrote that final "With Iron Hands" arc. I don't know the guy's name but he sucked. The regular "rotating artist" team drew that boy, so they were the same dudes who illustrated the brilliant "Haunted" arc.

The "With Iron Hands" arc team - Last place

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HaloKing343: Who am I?
Added by HaloKing343 on April 4, 2009
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Aha, a new day and the first entree of this "wonderful" blog of mine. Oh, well here's the low-down on the down-low. I am a huge Halo fan. And by Halo... yeah, l do mean the Bungie video game franchise. Definitally not those comic book mini series that aren't too good. Because those comics are... well... not too good.

Anyway, so yeah. I'm a Halo fan and l like to play Halo and be involved in Halo. The "King" part of the name just shows that l'm good at playing and at winning. That's pretty obvious and pretty easy to figure out.

Yeah, and so the "343" part is probably what has you guys all perplexed. Either you are curious or you don't know why you're reading this and you just don't care. Well don't you worry, because if you are in that second catagory, then just skip to the next paragraph. You see, the "343" part comes from a big character in the Halo Universe. In the Halo Universe, giant rings called "Halos" were built a very long time ago by a race of aliens known as the Forerunners. Their race has long been extinct and now in year 2552, humanity and the Covenant (two rival "space groups") have discovered one of these seven galactic rings. This spesific Halo ring was known as Installation 04. On this ring, and every other ring was another alien race known as the Flood, who wadged war with the Forerunners until both sides annihilated each other into extinction. As it turns out, the last surviving Flood that had survived, were trapped and contained in small "storage units" on these Halo rings. When the Flood were released on Installation 04, the local robotic units who's job was to eliminate the Flood, were activated. They were called the Sentinals. It just so happens that the group of Sentinals who were positioned on Installation were led by another robot named 343 Guilty Spark. That's where l got the name for the 343. It came from the character, 343 Guilty Spark Moniter of Installation 04.

Now that you know the derivation for my name (or skipped that annoying paragraph), you'd probably like to know the boring stuff like... l don't know... what are my favorite comic series, or who are my favorite characters. Well okay then. l'll get to that.

My favorite series are Invincible Iron Man, Captain America, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, War Machine, Star Wars Legacy and Deadpool. Those series are pretty much my devout favorites and therefore l love them and always buy all of them.

My favorite characters are obviously the characters listed in that list. For example, Captain America, Iron Man, Deadpool... but l also like some other people. l also like Thor, Fury, Batman, Darth Vader, Grevious, Syler (From Heroes), Master Chief (From Halo), Wolverine, Punisher, Daredevil... you know. All those cool guys.

Other pressing questions that l wish to answer... hmm. Well there is always the topic of, poop, cats and french fries.

Oh, those aren't topics that you wonder about? Never mind.

Anyway, Extremis was awsome and it was a mistake to take that away from Iron Man. Case closed. Point made. Boom roasted.

Lastly, I would just like to post some Signatures that l have on other websites so that you can get a better understanding of who l am. You can read my stupid phrases and wonder why I'm so strange. Here they are.

"I'm a dude playing a dude desguised as another dude. I hate heritics, non-logical thoughts and people who are better than I am. People tell me that they like a lot of games, but I hate them all. Whenever I play a video game, I always go crawling back to Halo 3. Never go full retard!"

"I'm a dude playing a dude desguised as another dude! Never go full retard.  Kim Jong Il is right. We should ebrace Obama's new socialist reform. Afterall, doesn't everybody love excessive government regulations?  McCain was the better choice.  Change: It is all that we are going to have left."

There. The first signature was from Bungie.net, a wonderful website for any Halo fan. The second one was taken from two places. The first was from Xbox live, and the second was from Zune.

Thanks for reading this mindless and long blog post and I hope that I get enough friends so that more people can read these long walls of text.

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Definitally
Added by HaloKing343 on March 23, 2009
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That's how l get introduced to lots of new series. For example, l wouldn't have any intrest in Nova and Guardians of the Galexy if the first several covers weren't so great. Now that they have me and all the readers as die-hard fans, Marvel can afford to slap on some crappy covers now because they've already gotten us hooked.
Related to: Do you judge a comic book by its cover?

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HaloKing343's Reviews
Reviewed by HaloKing343
Sept. 10, 2009
What is this?



I was looking at this, you know, checking out the cover and the summery. It looked to me like a corky comedy series with a little fun and a little craziness. Something that you don't take seriously. But it turned out that this was a horror comic? What? 
 
So here's what's up... I didn't read this when it first came out. I didn't even buy the hard copy. I read this book on digital comics (I know a lot of people hate Digital Comics for that reason... sorry). Yeah, so anyway, I read this on digital comics, instead of actually buying the book. To my suprise, this was not a comedy thing at all, it was like a horror story. Unfortunatally, the art here was pretty sad, the story was well... too stupid and the lettering, something that people usually don't care about, was exceptionally subpar in this instance. 
 
Don't bother with this. I read about I dunno... nine (I think) pages into it and I decided to stop reading. I didn't even bother finishing the story. It was too boring. 
 
My rating is... suckit! You don't get numbers!
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
Aug. 17, 2009
The end result of Morrison's plan...



He tells us the end of the story only soon after he told us the begining. This in continuity story dives into the future of the Batman story and foreshadows shit that's going down later on. 
 
I wasn't particularly entertained or blown away by this issue, but the contents of it are important to the overall direction of this series in the future. Essentially, what we're getting here is a statement, "this is what the Batman series will be about in 15 years." Now to actually do something like that is insane. First of all, it will be a hard task to follow a pattern emerging at this end result for the next fifteen years, but we've already seen Grant Morrison developing towards it. 
 
For example, about three or four arcs before the Battle for the Cowl and already, we learn that Dick has been Batman at one point. Damian, (the Batman in this future world) states that both his father as well as Dick Grayson have both been batman. Sure enough, anyone smart enough to visit the current Batman and Robin series or the current Batman series can see that this has come true. 
 
Already, two years before Batman Reborn and already, Grant Morrison is telling us what's happeining in that arc. 
 
Clearly, he has a huge plan going! Introducing villans, concepts, heroes that haven't even been revealed until 2009 in this book... he's following a path. 
 
Belive me when I saw that Morrison is planning out these Bat books for the next ten or so years and this book, Batman #666, is the end result. I'm not even lying. He has it all planned and that is frankly something that's astounding. 
 
Art - 7/10 
Story - 7.5/10
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
Aug. 14, 2009
Solid issue with an incredibly epic tale...


Admiral Gar Stazi... a freedom fighter... a visionary... and a natural leader. He's done quite a lot of stuff since the Galactic Alliance was disbanded. He's raided the Empire and rallied other freedom fighters across the galexy. Infact, he's become something of a symbol. Like Cade Skywalker, Gar Stazi has now become more than just a man, but an idea. A symbol which would help lead the forces of the Galactic Alliance against the Empire. 
 
So this dude's quite the hot-shot. But after years of mere raids and small combat, it's time to turn the intrest elsewhere. It's time to begin the ultimate raid... the raid of one of the Empire's own vessels... the Imperious . 
 
That was all last issue. In the previous issue, we saw the setup to this ultimate robbery and we saw the begining of a gigantic space battle. Ooh! Aah! Well anyway... where was I? Ah yes, well it turns out that this whole thing is a trap! Wow! But who is doing the trapping and who is being trapped? 
 
Unfortunatally, it's our wonderful friend Gar Stazi who is being trapped. But luckily for him, he has learned from the past. He has forseen this trap being set and has brilliantally prepared countermeasures. In this case, he's got a plan and it's super nasty. 
 
I don't want to give anything away becasue I know that people read reviews for one of two reasons. Either they want a second opinion on a story that they already read, or because they are debating whether or not to read it.  Well if you just want a secon opinion, then you already know what's happening and if you want to read this story, I'll just tell you to quit reading this review and buy the damn book because it is EXCELENT. 
 
But alas, here I go... 
 
The battle plays out really well. Ostrander knows how to write this type of stuff. He moves the fleet and the different positions like pieces on a chess board. His way of displaying battle decisions is both inteligent and riveting. 
 
But what's even more amazing is the way that the different characters respond to the motions and actions made by the other characters. 
 
My final statement on the plot is coming up and then I'll start discussing the art... 
 
The final parts of this story are astounding. Let's just say that a certain sacrifice is made to deliver a certain blow to the Empire. One person doesn't want a certain other person to make that sacrifice and sacrifices himself for this other person... wait... whaaaat? Well anyway, it's awsome. The ending is so good that it will make you feel something. Ostrander can dive into your emotions and that's true evidence of a strong writer. 
 
But don't take it from me... read this book and see how much of a true genius Ostrander is. His writing is flawless and brilliant. 
 
Okay, as promised, now it's time for art. 
 
Unfortunatally, I'm not much of an art critic, but that doesn't mean that I don't have high expectations. Infact, I have very high expectations and often times turn down a comicbook for poor art, even if the writing of that book is exceptional. 
 
In this case, the art was very good. Dursheema's art isn't present here, but the fill in artist does a very good job in terms of imitating her style. So that's a good thing. 
 
All in all, here's my star rating... 
 
Art - 7.5/10 
Story - 9/10
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
Aug. 14, 2009
Not a comicbook... a short story. CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE



Let me just start off by saying that this is not a comicbook, it's a short story. With that said, it is incredibly important here to change your perspective when reading this issue. 
 
Now for one thing, this short story with pictures concept was really new and really innovative.This medium of storytelling really allows us to get into the minds of the different Batman characters such as the Joker for example. We learn how they think, how they feel, their motives. We can be placed inside of their shoes in a way that was previously unatainable through the comicbook medium. So essentially, writing a short story rather than a comicbook which mainly moves plot along through dialog, can give us a brand new perspective and display a completely new type of story. 
 
So as expected, we get tons of stuff here that we've never seen before. We can get into the minds of the characters and see things in a precise detail that we can't get from comicbooks. So that's totally a plus. 
 
On the negative side of things however, this medium makes for a very slow story and to an extent, I actually got bored. The story in this book could have easily been told in 1/3 the amount of pages if it were done in a comicbook format rather than a short story format. So things are slow, and very dragged out. 
 
But as I said earlier, there are still many plus sides to writing books in this format. So you have positives and negatives. 
 
I can't jugde the art here because there were only a few images. All of these images were strangely computer generated. The Joker looked like something out of a video game and HarleyQuin looked like some sort of glass doll from an antique shop. 
 
And unfortunatally, I can't jugde the writing either. This type of storytelling was far too unconventional and really shouldn't be reviewed as a comic. Frankly, I don't even classify this story as a comic. 
 
So even though you see a half star in my rating, I actually give this NO RATING. Simularly to Wensday comics, I can't judge this comicbook the way that comicbooks are judged. It's far too distant from the regular installments of this medium. 
 
There are good things and there are bad things but overall, here's what it comes down to. 
 
If you're a Joker fan... you DEFINITALLY need to see this book.
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
July 21, 2009
Claws of the Dragon Part 4


"Arg! I am evil sith man now! Look at how evil I am!" - Cade
"Oh no! We need to save Cade!" - Corde
"I'm Darth Talon. I'm going to kiss Cade now! Muahahaha!" - Talon

I like this issue, but it seams to me that Ostrander can't come up with a new concept. If anybody read Star Wars: Republic, then you are obviously familiar with Ostrander's Quinlan Vos story, where Vos acts like he's going to the dark side to decieve Dooku, but actually ends up turning to the dark side. Essentially, the same story is being told here with Cade Skywalker rather than Vos. They even have a part of this comic where Darth Krayt comes out and says something like "a simular event happened a long time ago during the clone wars." Obviously Ostrander recognises that he's telling the same story twice. Oh well.

None-the less, it is cool to see how stuff is playing out. l like how they used the Vong bugs and how Darth Talon is gettin' the hots for Cade. But that's all a trick right? "Deepening the bond". Yeah, suuree...

Anyway, I'm not sure how the jedi on Ossus can help with this Cade situation and I'm not particularly understanding the whole story with Moff Calixte (the most ugly character ever). But l'm sure it will work out sometime soon if not in this arc then in the next arc.

Writing - 8/10
Art - 9/10 (Cool art of Cade's mom as Sith. That was cool.)
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
July 19, 2009
Cool Sith Characterization


What Star Wars Legacy has been bombarded with in the past are tales from the Fel and/or Cade point of view (With the exception of issue #4 and some Imperial perspectives). This issue isn't much of an exception as the majority of this story focases on Cade's trials in the sith temple. But what is interesting in this issue is that Ostrander starts to flesh out the sith characters like Nihl and Krayt.

I liked the scene where Nihl was forced to stay outside of the gate. I've always liked Nihl. I thought he was a badass character and I've always been fond of his weird-ass lightsaber staff thingy. He feels like since he's not a pureplood sith, that he isn't respected by Krayt and the rest of the sith purebloods. This is very interesting because later on in this issue, we discover that Krayt himself isn't actually a pureblood. Infact, he used to be a jedi.

The end of this issue has a strong suprise. It isn't much of a twist, but it is definitally a cliffhanger. It wasn't so much of a "Oh $#!&" moment but more of a "What the hell?" moment. It was interesting to see Krayt's true identity and I was suprised to see how much he had fallen. Afterall, he was one of the people who tried to pull Anakin back to the lightside during the Clone Wars. Now look, he's the Dark Lord himself.

So strong sith characterization here. I also liked how Cade could heal himself from the deathsticks. It's fun to see him go back and forth from light and dark, but scary at the same time.

I'm looking forward to seeing what's gonna happen with Skull squadron and I'm also looking forward to seeing more of Cade's mother. Not to mention that next issue is supposed to deal with the Kenobi legacy. That will definitally be awsome. So yeah, can't wait for next issue. That's gonna rock.

Art in this was nice too. As long as Jan Durshema does the art, I see nothing wrong.

Art - 8/10
Story - 8.5/10
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
July 15, 2009
Cap' vs Cap'! Sharon vs Sin! Skull vs America!


It's Bucky Cap' vs 50's Cap' on the rooftops. We have a cool dynamic here. Bucky's all brains and Mr. 50's is all brawn. As fun as it is to see two dudes dressed as Captain America (neither of them being the real Captain America), beating the crap out of each other, the end where they start to calm down is cool. Bucky starts wondering just who this masked man is, and he finds out... oh $#!% It's Steve Rogers! For several seconds, there is an interesting reaction. Bucky is horrified but confused all the same. When asked  why they are fighting, 50's Cap' replies "you killed Bucky", which is when Bucky lifts up his own mask and reveals himself.

Seeing as their faces are identicle. Steve's face to Steve's face and Bucky's face to Bucky's face, I love the confusion that follows. This is the Captain America from a different era, and the Bucky from a different era, crosssed together at last. What follows is complete confusion. Bucky thinks he's found Steve back from the grave. Steve thinks he's found Bucky back from the grave.

But like the snap of the finger, this awsome moment was interrupted by Faustus. Bucky quickly figures out what's going on and this "slow motion time" moment exploded as Bucky jumps off of a rooftop to avoid getting clobbered. That moment was pure beauty. Just this "two second" moment of time was breathtaking.

Pure storytelling gold. A+ Brubaker.

Art - 9/10

Story - 10/10

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Reviewed by HaloKing343
July 14, 2009
Ah! Another installment of Brubaker's stunning talents...


I wasn't crazy about the art. I'm gonna come right out and say it. Torre may have been excelent on Iron Man: Director of SHIELD, but this is frankly a whole new game. Steve Epting style art is all that should be allowed to be put into this series. What I saw however was nothing of the sort.

But let's get out of this. So far, Brubaker's "Death of Captain America" arc has been astounding. I can be quoted on this. The Death of Captain America is the single greatest story arc I've ever read in comics. This is for several reasons.
1. Strong characterisation
2. Consistanly high quality
3. Excelent storytelling
4. Not too "old reader friendly"
5. Not too "new reader friendly"
6. Good art

Wait... what was #6? Oh yeah... good art. Well that was missing here. Oh well. Fortunatally, the rest of it all was here so that's good. Frankly, I've been caught being critical of him in the past (see some of my earlier reviews) but to be completely honest, Brubaker is the king. Whatever sillyness or bizzare treats that we may encounter gets completely justified in the end by being made super significant. Just use my previous reviews as an example. In one instance, I reviewed a classic WW2 story as being irrelevant. That of course proved to be completely false as it gave the origin story of Lukin.

The bottom line that I'm trying to get across here is that Brubaker knows what he's doing. And in this case, he surely has delivered a twist that I'm completely fond of.

Bringing 1950's Steve into the mix! Aha! This idea was wonderful if you ask me. Making the dynamic between the dead Steve/Bucky/50's Steve all "being" the true Captain America is a GREAT concept. Another thing that I like about this arc is just how phsycological Big Red's plans can be. He manages to completely cripple America, but not by sheer brute force. He gets the citizens to start riots and lead rebels! But those days are long gone because the rebellions have stopped by this point in the story. It was time for Big Red to move on with his next devious plot... the Third Wing! Ooh... scary!

What we have here is the Red Skull using his witts and his goons to GAIN AMERICA'S SUPPORT (hence: the man who bought America). It is truly a fascinating concept and Brubaker makes it even more interesting by making Steve Rogers (not the REAL one) back up this fake contendor. Ah! So evil is on top. What's even more amazing about this story is that you can tell this concept was thought up from the beggining. Bucky killing Jack in issue #7 finally came full circle last issue, managing to convince 50's cap that Bucky was the bad guy.

Planting seeds and planning out 39 issues in advance is amazing. I cannot believe how great of a storyteller Ed Brubaker is! With that said, I'm gonna take back everything bad I've ever said about him. If any of you guys have read some of my past Cap' reviews (the earlier ones, not the more recent ones) then discredit me for I was mistaken then. I have now seen the light and it is glorious.

Art - 6.5/10

Story - 8/10 (Twas a little slow this issue)

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Reviewed by HaloKing343
July 14, 2009
One strong dude


This is the 90's so comics are kinda dumb. We still see many elements of comics that cauesed its decline back in the day. Go figure that this is part three (I think) of "The Death of Superman" story. So yeah, there's that.

Though comics in this era aren't known to be particlularly good, I really liked how well Doomsday's invoulnerability was handled. The writer (don't know who it was) did a good job illustrating how this dude could take ten billion punches and then give ten trillion back.

Doomsday is one badass motherfucker and that was very well illustrated here. Unfortunatally, the rest of this issue is pretty poor. What we see here is one giant battle and the most annoying and rude teenage kid in the world. God, l hope he dies rather than getting saved.

The art was meh'.

Art - meh'
Story - Lame
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Reviewed by HaloKing343
July 11, 2009
Pretty lame issue


I liked this crossover. The first three parts were good and funny and I enjoyed them (Last issue's "love drama" was hilarious). This issue however, demonstrates a classic example of how final Deadpool installments seam to lose their touch. Issue #5 of Deadpool had a simular issue. When a story arc ends, too often the comedy seams to end with it.

I liked seeing how the Thunderbolts team interacted here. Headsman got some credit and Norman Osborn's final speech in the Thunderstrike was awsome.

The comedy wasn't there though. The action was kinda' stupid in this case, and l just didn't like it. Even the credit card joke was okay. It just doesn't compare to the rest of the crossover. Jokes like "yes, this is a gun in my pants" don't show up here. The only attempt at comedy that I can see are the "shot through the heart" joke and the credit card thing. Unfortunatally, neither of those were nessisarily comical.

So the first three parts of this crossover are great though.

Art - 6.5/10
Story - 6/10 
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