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Brightest Day #22 - The jakob187 Review 0
I kept trying to figure out why the hell I was still picking this book up on a faithful basis, as I feel like only a third of this series has really been worthwhile. However, now that we're here in issue #22, there are FINALLY some pretty big answers unveiled. As the cover proclaims, Firestorm and the Anti-Monitor have a bout with each other. That bout lasts a max of about two or three pages (including a GLARING typo on a full-page panel of "LET'S DO NOW!"). The art passes for serviceable, a...
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Brightest Day #13 - The jakob187 Review 0
As those reading this event know by this point, Brightest Day has been a hit-and-miss kind of series. There are too many times where the story becomes too focused on one character that it somehow forgets about everything else that is going on. Many have stated that if the series were released as a double-sized issue once a month, it would probably read better. Brightest Day #13 definitely feels like it hits that sentiment over the head with a baseball bat, as the issue is weak for the ongoing...
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Superman #703 - The jakob187 Review 0
While J. Michael Straczynski's run for Superman is only three issues (and some change) deep at the moment, it has raised some considerable ire amongst fans of the series. Many have seen his take on the Man of Steel as uncharacteristic, going against the grain of what we know from Superman. It's in that frame of mind that makes #703 such a crucial issue, as it really delves into what this first story arc from JMS is trying to drive home. All the while, a bigger picture is coming out of James R...
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Daytripper #10 - The jakob187 Review 2
Coming into the last issue of Daytripper was much like all other "last issues": a sense of sadness and joy mixed together followed by the realization that this was it. Moon and Ba took us on a fantastic journey of ups and downs, but could the last issue live up to last nine? Ladies and gentlemen, the last issue of Daytripper will go down (at least for this reviewer) as easily being one of the best last issues possible. It's a tearjerker at times, leaves goosebumps on your arms at other times...
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Daytripper #9 - The jakob187 Review 0
W-O-W! Very few times does a single issue of a comic series, let alone a limited run series, leave you completely flabbergasted and lost for words. After what seemed like a couple of ho-hum issues, issue #9 of Daytripper throws the reader for a loop that completely defies everything the book has seemingly been about and grips you by the balls. At the same time, it puts into perspective exactly what the book has truly been about and leaves goosebumps forming on your arm and questions lingering...
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Brightest Day #7 - The jakob187 Review 1
After six issues of slow-start nonsense, it seemed like issue #7 would finally be the mind-blowing issue that everyone was hoping for with Brightest Day. Having finished the issue, it doesn't honestly feel like we're much further than we were before. It may have some people fooled into the idea of things being revealed, but one has to ask what has really been revealed with this issue. Expect spoilers, folks...and maybe a little rage. Starting out with Boston Brand, Hawk, and Dove, we find Bo...
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Daytripper #8 - The jakob187 Review 0
After reading issue #8 in Daytripper, one thing rang certain: an issue without Bras just doesn't hold the same weight. With this journey that Vertigo, Fabio Moon, and Gabriel Ba have been taking us on, there have been plenty of emotional valleys. This is the lower of those valleys, and I would go so far as to say that it's too stereotypical of a pull on the heartstrings to really gain any form of true emotional response from. We've seen this done a million times before, and there is nothing ...
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Batman & Robin #13 - The jakob187 Review 0
Two things ran through my mind for the month and a half that it took for Batman & Robin #13 to finally grace the shelves: how crazy are things about to get, and is Frazier Irving's artwork going to kill the next three issues for me? To answer those: things get pretty crazy indeed, and Irving's artwork actually works for this issue in a way that (surprisingly) I don't think any other artist could've done justice in nearly the same tone. Now that the cat is out of the bag, issue #13 sees th...
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Brightest Day #5 - The jakob187 Review 1
With the past few issues in this DC event, I've wained back and forth on whether I would continue reading it. While the story elements featuring many of the characters has been a little intriguing, it continuously felt like a downhill struggle for any of that stuff to make any sense. Another major complaint was the lack of incorporating more of the characters that were brought back amongst The Twelve. Brightest Day #5 has reaffirmed my faith in this event, bringing the best issue of the serie...
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Daytripper #7 - The jakob187 Review 0
Out of all the Daytripper issues so far, issue #7 definitely ranks as the most "WTF" issue of a comic series I've read in a while. Don't worry, the gimmick of the story is still there, but the way the gimmick is handled just doesn't really seem to fit the series as a whole. As a matter of fact, as an issue, it's pretty barebones on anything happening other than explanations. At the end of issue #6, Bras' longtime friend Jorge ends up claiming that he's not coming back home, that he's found hi...
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Brightest Day #4 - The jakob187 Review 0
With events, it can be difficult to space things out enough for multiple characters to ensure a good amount of face time while still capturing the parts of the story that need to be told. Brightest Day #4 finally brings in a couple of characters that haven't shown up since #0, but it's at the sacrifice of abandoning other characters for a full issue. The breaking of this pace isn't detrimental to the overall story arc, as it does offer a nice timeout for other folks to get some spotlight. Unf...
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Legends of the Guard #1 - The jakob187 Review 0
There's a certain beauty to the type of book that Legends of the Guard is. It's not a return to the main story that we know from Fall 1152 and Winter 1152. Instead, this is a side-series that plays out as patrons of a local bar are told that there will be a contest to see who gets their bar debt dismissed. They must all tell the best story that they can. This sets a good pace for Legends, but it's ultimately more of a way for Petersen to build upon his already expansive world than it is a ne...
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Brightest Day #3 - The jakob187 Review 0
Within the opening moments of Brightest Day #3, we get thrown right into the mix of Deadman meeting up with the Anti-Monitor, and it would seem that this would set the pace for what the rest of the book would have to offer us. Sadly, that pace happens to be too many questions and not enough substance. Let's just get to the brunt of the problems now: the issue is too crammed, and because of that cramming, it doesn't feel like anything happens in this issue other than "hey, let's build up secre...
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Brightest Day #2 - The jakob187 Review 0
Despite the amazing Finch cover art that this issue happens to bear, Brightest Day #2 is definitely a bit of a weak link. The first two issues of this event definitely grabbed me by the balls and did everything possible to keep me interested. A lot of it had to do with a good pacing, as well as a decent length of features with "The Twelve". Issue two, unfortunately, lacks even a decent pacing and tries to rely on huge reveals in order to give itself some form of credit. To start, those looki...
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Daytripper #6 - The jakob187 Review 0
Coming off of issue five, it felt as though the way that Moon and Ba's Daytripper issues were ending was having less of an impact for me. During the time between issues, I searched within myself a bit to try and understand why I was so attached to the books. It quickly sunk in that they are about how death makes the events of life mean something more; the realization of mortality makes the meaning of life vastly more significant. Issue #6 takes this to the next level, and the results are a bi...
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Brightest Day #1 - The jakob187 Review 0
Following up the lackluster #0 issue, Johns has picked up the pace and laid fine groundwork for what looks like it will be a worthwhile and intriguing story arc. Despite the lack of Maxwell Lord in this issue, as well as a handful of new questions that need answers, there is a breath of anticipation and excitement that I now feel going into further issues. As happened with issue #0, Boston Brand is still being transported between "The Twelve", witnessing events that are occurring for each of t...
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Brightest Day #0 - The jakob187 Review 0
With the Blackest Night at a close, the great mystery of "why these twelve people" has come upon us. Familiar faces of the past are storming the DCU to mix things up, and with Geoff Johns at the helm, it's sure to be a roller-coaster ride. With issue #0, Johns takes the time to reintroduce long-time readers with these characters from DC's past while simultaneously giving any new readers a baseline catch-up on what they need to know for the upcoming story arc. It's one of Johns' many great tal...
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Batman & Robin #12 - The jakob187 Review 0
Despite the fact that we're in the midst of Bruce Wayne's return, Dick Grayson remains the titular Batman and Grant Morrison delivers one hell of a great issue. You can tell that he's enjoying this story and working to make it one of the year's stellar feats in the DC Universe. When we last left off, Dick was traveling through tunnels to find himself at the brunt end of a beatdowm from Damian, who is being mind-controlled by Slade Wilson via implants that Talia made in Damian. Picking up righ...
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Daytripper #5 - The jakob187 Review 0
Now that we've had some time to see what Daytripper has to offer us, as well as the tricks that Fabio Moon uses so well to tell his stories, I knew that this was going to be quite an interesting issue when I heard "in issue #5, Bras is 11 years old". The fact of knowing that every issue ends with Bras' death mixed with the fact that he's 11 makes for a potentially gut-wrenching issue. While #5 does have that "jerk a tear" moment at the end of the book, the issue itself features very little act...
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Daytripper #4 - The jakob187 Review 0
Very seldom does a comic come around that breaks all the ideas and conventions you have for the way it can present itself. Even when the medium is breaking past the superhero tights and eye-laser villains, it's usually delving into some dark place with vampires or cybernetic post-apocalypses; gritty realism has taken something away from the art of telling great stories. Vertigo has always been a risk taker, and Daytripper is the finest example that they've probably ever presented. With issue ...
3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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