The Brave and the Bold # 5 - The Lords of Luck: The Batman of Tomorrow, Chapter Five
is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 7 / / 2007Plot Summary
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All roads lead back to Earth for the final showdown over the Book of Destiny, whose possessor will have the knowledge of all that has ever been or will be! Every guest star involved will have the opportunity to glance inside the book, including Batman, Green Lantern, Supergirl, Blue Beetle, Lobo and more!
This issue takes place before the JLA/JSA Lightning Saga.
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Is This The '50's or 1999?
Reviewed by AirDave817 on March 11, 2008. AirDave817 has written 128 reviews. His/her last review was for Trouble in Paradise. 35 out of 35 users recommend his reviews. |
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For me, reading The Brave and the Bold is like going to the buffet. EVERYbody loves going to the buffet, right? I could live on burgers, fries, pizza and starwberry milk shakes. Give me a Chicken sandwich (TM) made like a Whopper (TM) with an order of onion rings and a strawberry milk shake and I am one happy camper. That was life in high school. Good times. Now my diet ranges from that to the buffet. At the buffet you can stick to just what's on the salad bar or you can branch out.
Me, I'm a little worn on the world-shattering, universe-crumbling events. The Book of destiny feels a little like that, but Mark waid and George Perez are handling it differently. They've found a spot at one end of the DC Universe pool, and tossed in a pebble and we get to see what the ripple effect looks like. It doesn't feel forced or heavy-handed. It doesn't feel like a stunt.
I read the Legion a couple of times back in the Paul Levitz days. I stopped reading because of economics and when the future became so fluid that it was constantly changing. That was during the '80's. I picked up Legion and Legionnaires for a bit in the early '90's, and then the future changed some more again. Okay, so maybe this issue is due to promote the Legion books - with Supergirl - and the cartoon on the WB. It still was fun to read. The Legion was still pretty familiar and hadn't changed or grown that much. The only thing I noticed was that thins was a Legion that didn't have access to Time Travel. I'm not sure whether or not I miss the old Time Bubbles or not. It would have made an easy out for the story.
But then, I like to take my time and graze a little at the buffet.
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Made me feel like it was 1980 again!
Reviewed by vidmouse on March 3, 2009. vidmouse has written 1 review. His/her last review was for The Lords of Luck: The Batman of Tomorrow, Chapter Five. 1 out of 1 users recommend his reviews. |
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The best part for me was the end (this issue), where Batman takes on the Legion, and you can't figure out why (and apparently neither can the Legion, even with Brainiac 5's intelligence)... you find out as they find out. I like the nod to the Batman TV series with the siamese Human knot that he used to subdue Triplicate Girl with, but in the end I felt like they all got hooked by the bad guy a little too easily.
And, it all seemed a little too convenient that a SECOND shot from the super weapon would make everything alright again... how do they know?
I remember Brave and Bold from the early days when Batman teamed up with the Legion to fight Universo. It was one of my favorite Legion stories for some reason. This one didn't quite top it, but it brought back a lot of the same feelings. Thanks, DC!
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| Date Added: | June 6, 2008 |
