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July 30, 2009
Spectrum just posted some news Spectrum Reviews "Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2" 12:05PM
"Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2" Reviewed    The comic features three short stories all centered on different members of the different Corps of light. This issue features the story of Bleez, a once beautiful princess who becomes a member of the Red Lanterns; Carol Ferris' encounter with a rather persistent Star Sapphire Ring; and finally it details how Blume the Godhead, came to be collected by Larfleeze, Agent Orange, and how that led ...

July 29, 2009
Spectrum replied to the topic Superboy-Prime Gone for good? Spoilers***** in the Superman Prime board. 9:32AM
I love Superboy Prime, hes my favourite villain, this ending makes me angry.....dam it. Looks like Crisis of three worlds turned out to be heap of "not very good comic"
July 28, 2009
Spectrum replied to the topic What If Superman joins Marvel? in the Superman board. 7:28PM
Its simple really, Superman vs Wolverine, theres a clear winnerBRUCE WAYNE
Spectrum had a submission approved for Indigo Tribe for a total of 2,732 points. 7:18PM
Spectrum reviewed Blackest Night Prologue: Tale of the Black Lantern 5:21PM
Back in Black
Green Lantern #43 is said to be the prolougue to the Blackest Night. I disagree. This issue is basically an introduction, if you havnt met him already, to Black Hand. The main bulk of the issue is seen in flashback, through the eyes of Black Hand.  We see childhood memories, his first encounter with Green Lantern and his birth as a villian. The end of the issue is set in the present and we see Black ...

July 27, 2009
Spectrum replied to the topic Challenges... 8:06PM
I may try my hand at this challenge
Spectrum replied to the topic The Unlikly Successor Discussion thread 7:51PM
@Darkchild said: "This will be up after Secret Wars, a way to connect end of SW and DCs retirement."Retirement? you getting old or somthing?
Spectrum replied to the topic What If Superman joins Marvel? in the Superman board. 11:59AM
@Sidney said: "You people are dumb. DC will lose the rights to Superman all of his rights to the Siegal family who will give all therights to Marvel.How DC gonna sue Marvel if they do not have the rights?And no one is gonna be mad and outrage people. If Superman goes to Marvel then they will read him in Marvel. Superman is bigger then a comic book company. He will ...
Spectrum replied to the topic What If Superman joins Marvel? in the Superman board. 11:07AM
@DEGRAAF said: "@Spectrum said: "Imagine the outrage of fans and the entire comicbook community  if Marvel were to gain the rights to Superman. It would show a complete and utter lack of respect for the character and it would really be a poor show on their part. I would imagine that they  would have to change the character as their universe is inherently different to Supermans DC home universe and in ...
Spectrum replied to the topic The new Justice League has been revealed! Partially in the Justice League Of America board. 10:59AM
@DMC said: "@Spectrum:  That's Mon-El kid.The way I see it, by bringing Mon-El to New Earth, D.C has (intentionally or unintentionally) made Mon-El into the "second tier" Superman completing the B-Team of the D.C Trinity.A Team : Superman / Batman (Bruce) / Wonder WomanB Team : Mon-El / Dick Greyson / Donna TroyC Team : Superboy / Tim Drake / Wonder Girl"for some strange reason i always associated superboy with ...
Spectrum replied to the topic fastest hero? 10:51AM
@Watch Dog said: "@Spectrum said: " Guys pick up Flash Rebith #3 and it will clear all issues on whos fastest, Superman or Flash (Barry)Superman "Iv raced you before Barry"Barry " Those races were for charity Clark"Then Barry leaves Supes in the dust, its a classic moment.Id say Barry Allen "That was my favorite part in that issue.But that still does not make him the fastest in every universe. "Mine too!!!Thats true, ...
Spectrum replied to the topic fastest hero? 9:52AM
Guys pick up Flash Rebith #3 and it will clear all issues on whos fastest, Superman or Flash (Barry)Superman "Iv raced you before Barry"Barry " Those races were for charity Clark"Then Barry leaves Supes in the dust, its a classic moment.Id say Barry Allen
Spectrum replied to the topic The new Justice League has been revealed! Partially in the Justice League Of America board. 9:45AM
@danhimselfagreed, superboys costume is cool (and better) and having seen that picture above I say its pretty safe to say that its Mon-el
Spectrum replied to the topic What If Superman joins Marvel? in the Superman board. 9:43AM
Imagine the outrage of fans and the entire comicbook community  if Marvel were to gain the rights to Superman. It would show a complete and utter lack of respect for the character and it would really be a poor show on their part. I would imagine that they  would have to change the character as their universe is inherently different to Supermans DC home universe and in changing him i cant ...
Spectrum replied to the topic The new Justice League has been revealed! Partially in the Justice League Of America board. 9:30AM
@danhimself said:  what do you mean? of course that's Mon-el "I wasnt sure if somehad actually announced it or wheather or not people were just going on the imge, i was kinda hoping it was Superboy....oh well
Spectrum replied to the topic The new Justice League has been revealed! Partially in the Justice League Of America board. 9:23AM
How do you know its Mon-el???I know Robinson mentioned that the rooster of the JLA would be shook up after the "Cry for Justice" miniseries ends so i can see characters from that arc being included into the new league line up, looks like this is the case for Congrilla. The fact Green Lanterns in there also kinda reinforces this. Green Arrow, the Atom, Supergirl, Shazam and Starman are all in Cry for Justice, so ...
July 26, 2009
Spectrum is back and trying to catch up on everything he missed 4:11AM
Spectrum is back and trying to catch up on everything he missed 4:11AM
Spectrum is back and trying to catch up on everything he missed 4:11AM
July 10, 2009
Spectrum is on holidays, back in 2 weeks! 4:29PM

Spectrum had many misadventurse during the Powers Boom of the early 2000's. After his life on earth ended, ending with him outliving his wife and children, he took flight to the skies spanning the universe to try and find answers to his creation and purpose. Here he found that he, and he alonf had the power to bridge the gaps of between the seven unsiverse's existing together as one. With this information he showed, accidentally and in no way out of kindness, the Professor, the Android and the rest of the Team how to each the ORange and Indigo universes. Spectrum has powers unlimited, yet he is crippled by his futile mind, subject to insanity and frequent mood swings.

Added by Spectrum on April 25, 2009

The pages of 52. He died of lung cancer, really understated just like he was. It was amazingly done and ill allways remember it. Renee trying to drag his body through a blizzard to get him to Nanda Parbat and hen he gains lucidity again, it was really really beautiful.

After that Sue Dibney. Identity Crisis was just great and having never read about Sue before  it it really made her out as a great character making her murder all the worse!


Added by Spectrum on April 17, 2009

Having read Rogues Revenge Id have to say The Flash. for people who look ridiculous and have names to match they are pretty bad ass.

Classic line when Mirror Master turns to the new Trickster and say "you dont tell Cold why you want to be here you tell why you have to be here" of when Cold says hes going to kill his own father...icy!

I recommend Rogues revenge to all!!!



Added by Spectrum on March 21, 2009

those that get their powers from an acccident, are born aleins who in yellow sun have powers, or are just born with a mutation all just have to make the decision to say

"Okay, im specail, il go help poeple"

WHERE AS poeple who say "Hey the situation in bad out there, i dont like it, im going to change it" are really heroes

like BATMAN


Added by Spectrum on Jan. 1, 2009

the corps in general is really spicing up the war of light and even blackest night and going to be great to read!!!! 



Spectrum's Reviews
Reviewed by Spectrum
July 28, 2009

Green Lantern #43 is said to be the prolougue to the Blackest Night. I disagree. This issue is basically an introduction, if you havnt met him already, to Black Hand. The main bulk of the issue is seen in flashback, through the eyes of Black Hand.  We see childhood memories, his first encounter with Green Lantern and his birth as a villian. The end of the issue is set in the present and we see Black Hand confront his family. The layout of this issue really annoyed me. I want to see progression of this story, im sick of issues being used here and there to prep us for the big event or introduce to characters or even to just jog our memories abit. I want the story now. Its only in the last two pages that we see the story towards the Black Night progress. I find this happening alot in all things BLackest Night and it anooys me. Maybe Johns is trying to pull every other title back to allow Blackest Night #1 to pack as much punch as possable. Maybe but who knows except for him and unfortunately I havnt been able to get my hands on Black Night #1 so I cant say if this is true or not. What I can say is that I found this issue stagnant, with very little story progression.

However......

Saying all this I read through the issue again and have to admit it is excellently written. By Black Hand mentioning many of the dead heroes and villians in the DCU our minds are instantly brimming with anticipation. We are reminded that any of these characters could be making an appearence very soon. Our appitites are wetted. Those characters that have been dead and ressurected  are also given a specail mention which would indicate to me that they have a specail connection to the Black Lanterns or a significant role to play in the BLackest Night. Johns has also excelled in creating Black Hand as a menacing, frighting and original villian. Black Hand is shown as a missunderstood boy who grows into an strange and tormented man. There is something truely terrifying about the stillness that is acheived in the illistration of the last pages. The speed at which he raises the rod to his head and the lack of hesitation as he sets it off. There is no high strung drama or epic inner monologoue as William Hand ends his life. It is writing at its best, refreshing and wonderfull, a pleasure to read. It is thorugh this that Johns create Black Hand as an exceptional character. I neither sympathise with him nor depise him. I look at him in those pages and I think, what an absolute freak. Johns proves his worth as a writer ,not the first time mind you and also reminds us why we love him.
Here comes the hardest part. I feel this issue stalls the story, which I hate. This issue explores Black Hand incredably, which i adore. This leaves me with two scores, 2 out of 5 and 5 out of 5, and inner conflict like you wouldnt beleive. Averaging both of these you get a rating of 3.5 out of 5. Part of me is telling you to pick this issue up, the other is telling you not to bother. Unfortunately I dont think Iv been much help on this one, maybe next time.

....go on then, pick it up!



Reviewed by Spectrum
July 4, 2009

First off, I like miniseries. Unlike continued comic series, with miniseries you always feel there is going to be a definate conclusion at the end. So while this issue by itself may not have been fantastic, as an introduction to this miniseries i think it was superb. From what i can gather the series appears to be character driven, which i love! It reminds me very much of Identity Crisis where characters, their emotional journey and thought process all took center stage and this was something which i realy liked. I really think that this miniseries is taking the same direction and I look forward to seeing if it does.
Iv always been a fan of Green Lantern, Green Arrow, my first exposure to him being Identity Crisis, and their relationship and i think it was superbly captured in the opening pages. The dialougue between them really captured the intensity of their relationship but was not over burdened thanks to the witty exchanges and often comic dialougue between the two.
Its nice to see Ray Palmer back! Identity Crisis was again my first exposure to this character and this series seems to be carrying on the emotional intensity that was created in that arc. The dialougue between the two atoms was excellent again it really captured the essence of the relationship, the new Atom, in awe and the original Atom, inspried by the new.
Characters like Congorilla and Starman are completly new to me. I dont however find that this hinders the story or comic as a whole. From their introductions they seem as real and complex as the more mainstream heroes and i am very much looking forward to seeing how their journey unfold.
The illistration was incredable. I find Casciolis style to be very like that of Alex Ross except less user intensive and in my opinion, better. He creates innovations in the simple things like the representation of Green Lanterns bubble. In other words, its never looked so cool.
Something else i really liked was the little wrap up text by the Robinson at the end, Iv always been a fan of looking at the process of producing the comic and I felt this really added depth to the comic.
Highlights, Hal talking down Superman and the League, that was a riveting speech, the illistration,and Green Arrows "you and me, old times, new times, ALL the time." love that line.

Lowlights, the lack of plot, while i like the characters development i dont know if it was a waste not including some hint as to the story or plot and am afraid that other characters that are introduced along the way may suffer from no having the same tome taken to introduce them.
With all this said, for crying out loud, i think we need more comics like this! 4 stars. Essential reading.



Reviewed by Spectrum
Feb. 20, 2009

This issue takes place after the events of The Outsiders Specail. First and foremost its not an action issue. It deals with the new cast of the Outsiders, seen on the cover and weather or not they are willing to become part of the team. I suppose the issues base function is to introduce the cast, new format of the team, and basically all the newness.
Its a good issue. Does what its supposed to and does it well. One thing i reallly liked was the close in on each character and what they did during their two days in which they had to decide weather to join or not. Creeper out of all of these was my favourite. He's going to provide the bizarity of the group, im not going to say humour as Metamorpho has that all wraped up, but even better was the inner struggle that was described in his talking to himself. From the onset it looks like hes the ticking time bomb that could blow at any second.
I was not a fan of the whole Geo-Force and Katanna kissing thing that they had going on. In my eyes it was a way of killing two birds with one stone. The writiers would now only have to deal with the one emotional upstart for the two characters. Now, had I been writing I would have had the love interest develop and blossom once the team were on a mission.
Black lightning was a bit cliche. Family man,  daughters, yadda yadda yadda. Hes bringing to the team what Green Arrow brought, old age, except Green Arrow was funnier. It could work out that his serious disposition could contrast well off Creeper and Metamorpho, but well have to see.
Halo, like Owl man a character i had not read previously also like Creeer for that matter, was pure gold. Her banter with Katanna was classic and i cant wait to see the two more really great pairing of female characters while her lonley entrance to the Batcave was heartbreaking and really emotive i think off all of them im looking forward to see how she develops thruogh the series.
Owlman i like to. Im glad they didnt make him dark and moody. Batman was enoughof that and seen as they look so similar im glad they took him in another direction and made him a TV host. Metamorpho too also was on fire, talking to himself, bringing the element of humour as always. (element get it!!!)
Iv been reading the outsiders since it began its new run 14 issues previous and to be honest ill be pretty peived if they dont deal with other characters who were in the previous team and how theyve not been included. Its something id like to see done and if they dont Ill just feel like they dumped the previous team by the wayside with no further thuoght. Thats a bad thing.
I loved the shut down of communication Alf is implementing. Itll allow the team to develop within itself and mean they dont go galivanting off with the J.L.A on a four issue story arc cause the writiers cant come up with anything better to write about.
Im really loving the direction the team is being taken. Its reminisent of the old Jame Bond style with Alf incharge playing it good old British style. I can feel he to will add alot to the series.
This issue was a good one. But it should be stated tthat it was the begining issue and these are always fun to read. The team seems good as do their prospects of survival on my reading list. As i said up top its not an action issue, but the very end villain sequence wets the appitite for the adventure to come while the Germen setting continues the international feel the series has already set in place.
Four out of Five aint bad, not at all, it would have got less but dam, that batrocket was cool!
Yours in reading,
Spectrum





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