Well, a couple GA items came out today...well here they are:
Green Arrow/Black Canary #13: Well, that didn't really make a whole lot of sense
DC Universe "Decisions": This didn't make much sense either. Very forced, poorly written, kind of a mess. I rarely dislike books, but this one was just something else. I appreciate GA getting more exposure and all, but jeeez!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Spotlight:: Green Lantern vol 1 #84
Issue: Green Lantern vol. 1 #84Title: "Peril in Plastic"
Cover Date: July, 1971
Credits: Denny O'Neil (scripts) Neal Adams (art)
Synopsis: Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris, newly reunited after last issue, have spent several lazy weeks getting to know one another on the beach. Towards the end of their jaunt, Carol tells Hal she plans to see a revolutionary doctor in the next town by the name of Palm. Hal agrees to let her go on her own and decides to use the time to visit Green Arrow.
Ollie is now shacked up in a disreputable part of town. Without his fortune, he can't exactly afford penthouses anymore. The two chat for a few minutes, until a report comes over the radio about an failing dam in a nearby town...the same one that Carol is in for her doctor visit!
Hal flies off, and using his power ring, manages to patch up the dam. Unfortunately, the fact that the guardians have weakened his ring means that all the activity has left him almost too tired to stand. In the aftermath of the rescue, Dr. Palm, who also happens to be mayor, comes out and insists on throwing GL a party and presenting him with a key to the city. He also attaches a small device to Hal's uniform, which randomly sprays perfume in his face.
After a strange ceremony, attended only by Dr. Palm and on a plastic stage, GL prepares to leave. Dr. Palm isn't too keen on this idea, and has his goons chase GL down. His will sapped by the perfume, GL cannot escape, but does manage to send his ring to Ollie just before passing out.
Unfortunately, Black Canary picks that moment to show up, and distracts Green Arrow just as the ring drops into his apartment. They go out to dinner, but have a fight at the restaurant and split up. Ollie returns and finds the ring, reasoning that Hal wouldn't have sent it away unless it was an emergency. He puts it on, recharges it, and heads for Piper's Dell and Dr. Palm.
Meanwhile, GL awakens, trussed up in a strange chair. Dr. Palm is revealed to be the Black Hand in disguise, who has hooked up with shady financial backers to use brainwashed workers to produce shoddy goods in Piper's Dell. To prove that the population is totally under his control, he lets Hal and Carol go, only to have them face a mob of angry civilians. The mob traps GL and Carol at the edge of the dam, only to have Green Arrow arrive just in time. He gets the power ring back to GL just in time. Hal then uses the ring to contain the mob and trap Black Hand in his own crappy plastic products.
Thoughts: Again, you have to give O'Neil and Adams props for tackling such am important issue (rampant consumerism at the cost of individuality) but again they end up beating you over the head with it. Literally. At one point, Hal and Carol are pummelled with plastic bricks. The Black Hand ends up trapped in a plastic prison of his own making, etc. And to think, credit cards were a fairly new thing back then!
Also: It took me a couple read-throughs to get the Dr. Palm/Black Hand connection. I blame the late hour.
Next Time: The Main Event, the reason this series is famous...Speedy on drugs!
I'm Not Dead!
No reason to call the Star City police guys, I am indeed still alive! Life conspired to interfere with my quest to chronicle the exploits of everyone's favorite Emerald Archer, but it appears it has lost interest and wandered off somewhere.
Expect new content tonight, where I'll finally restart our spotlight series on the Neal Adams/Denny O'Neal run on Green Lantern.
Expect new content tonight, where I'll finally restart our spotlight series on the Neal Adams/Denny O'Neal run on Green Lantern.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Yet another haitus
Sorry guys, I'm getting sent on a 3 day business trip to Montreal, so no updates till Thursday, when I'll post the rest of the Dragon*Con report.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Dragon*Con Report, Part 1: Pictures addendum
I can't believe I forgot this picture in the last post:
The mook in the middle, dressed as Quagmire from Family Guy, is a friend of mine. I believe the young ladies on his arm are dressed as female versions of Namor, The Sub-Mariner, and Aquaman.
Either way, yowza!
The mook in the middle, dressed as Quagmire from Family Guy, is a friend of mine. I believe the young ladies on his arm are dressed as female versions of Namor, The Sub-Mariner, and Aquaman.Either way, yowza!
Dragon*Con Report, Part 1: Pictures
Hey everyone! Sorry it took me so long to get the Con report up, but this weekend was really draining, and your humble correspondent needed time to recover! Tomorrow we'll go over my acquisitions (very few on the comic front, unfortunately) so today we'll focus on the amazing sights that were there to be seen at Dragon*Con.
You can view all the Con pictures here
First off, we have everyone's favorite crazed loner, Rorschach! I especially like the detail of the stained trenchcoat.
Next up we have WWII icon Rosie the Riveter! This was one of my favorite costumes at the whole convention. Not only was it a really neat idea, but it was also extremely well done. The young lady even looks like Rosie!
This...is....DRAGONCON!!!! Here King Leonidas and one of his 300 soldiers form a shield wall, protecting the Exhibit Hall from marauding Persians.
The Superman Family was well represented this year, including this lovely lady dressed as Supergirl, and the young man next to her, dressed as the Connor Kent Superboy.
Tony Stark was out on the town, as usual. Here we have a rare shot of Mr. Stark without a drink in his hand. Look closely for the movie version of Iron Man's chest plate, complete with glowing lights.
This one gave me a nice chuckle. Poor Lego guy, all alone in a world not made of bricks.
Here's another Watchmen costume, this time of retired superhero Nite Owl!
I caught this shot of the nefarious Nazi war criminal Red Skull as he stepped outside for a quick smoke.
Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, along with paramour Maid Marian, made a good showing this year. Unfortunately, it appears that not all the men were Merry at this particular moment.
Thousands of people attend Dragon*Con every year, but I believe this is the first time royalty have shown up. Here we have the King and Queen of the Inhumans, Black Bolt and Medusa! They even brought a little stuffed Lockjaw with them.
Iron Man in all his glory. I guess Mr. Stark managed to find a storage closet to change in...
(Isn't that costume amazing?)
So, we were walking into one of the hotels, and the guy in front of us was nice enough to hold the door open. Well, low and behold, it turned out to be Jerry Doyle, most famous for portraying Mr. Garibaldi on Babylon 5. He stopped to chat for a second. Nice guy!
The villainous Crime Syndicate of America was out in full force at the convention. Unfortunately I only managed to get a quick shot of Johnny Quick.
OOOOOOOOH YEEEEEEEAAHHHHH!!!!!
I'm not sure why Colossus was hanging out by the trash can, but since he was in his armored form, I wasn't about to ask!
The merc with the mouth, Deadpool!
Emma Frost is a lovely, wholesome woman. And I'm not just saying that because she threatened to melt my brain if I said otherwise!
No one did manage to catch the Gingerbread Man that weekend. All we found after this picture was one of his candy gumdrop buttons.
Here we have Hawkgirl, in all her glory, and complete with mace! Luckily she happened to be on the ground briefly, so I could get a picture.
The Bat Family also put in a good showing at the convention this year, with Batman, Batgirl, and Robin all together for a picture.
Psylocke and Black Cat folks. Aren't they lovely?
Here's me and noted supervillain Black Manta. BM was good enough to pose for a picture with me, and he didn't stab me with his trident or anything! This guy's costume was great, complete with voice modulator, light up eyes, and surely attitude.
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego? Well, this weekend, she was in downtown Atlanta!
Catwoman, complete with whip. Yipes!
There are more, which you can see at the link I posted above, but these are my favorite.
You can view all the Con pictures here
First off, we have everyone's favorite crazed loner, Rorschach! I especially like the detail of the stained trenchcoat.
Next up we have WWII icon Rosie the Riveter! This was one of my favorite costumes at the whole convention. Not only was it a really neat idea, but it was also extremely well done. The young lady even looks like Rosie!
This...is....DRAGONCON!!!! Here King Leonidas and one of his 300 soldiers form a shield wall, protecting the Exhibit Hall from marauding Persians.
The Superman Family was well represented this year, including this lovely lady dressed as Supergirl, and the young man next to her, dressed as the Connor Kent Superboy.
Tony Stark was out on the town, as usual. Here we have a rare shot of Mr. Stark without a drink in his hand. Look closely for the movie version of Iron Man's chest plate, complete with glowing lights.
This one gave me a nice chuckle. Poor Lego guy, all alone in a world not made of bricks.
Here's another Watchmen costume, this time of retired superhero Nite Owl!
I caught this shot of the nefarious Nazi war criminal Red Skull as he stepped outside for a quick smoke.
Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, along with paramour Maid Marian, made a good showing this year. Unfortunately, it appears that not all the men were Merry at this particular moment.
Thousands of people attend Dragon*Con every year, but I believe this is the first time royalty have shown up. Here we have the King and Queen of the Inhumans, Black Bolt and Medusa! They even brought a little stuffed Lockjaw with them.
Iron Man in all his glory. I guess Mr. Stark managed to find a storage closet to change in...
(Isn't that costume amazing?)
So, we were walking into one of the hotels, and the guy in front of us was nice enough to hold the door open. Well, low and behold, it turned out to be Jerry Doyle, most famous for portraying Mr. Garibaldi on Babylon 5. He stopped to chat for a second. Nice guy!
The villainous Crime Syndicate of America was out in full force at the convention. Unfortunately I only managed to get a quick shot of Johnny Quick.
OOOOOOOOH YEEEEEEEAAHHHHH!!!!!
I'm not sure why Colossus was hanging out by the trash can, but since he was in his armored form, I wasn't about to ask!
The merc with the mouth, Deadpool!
Emma Frost is a lovely, wholesome woman. And I'm not just saying that because she threatened to melt my brain if I said otherwise!
No one did manage to catch the Gingerbread Man that weekend. All we found after this picture was one of his candy gumdrop buttons.
Here we have Hawkgirl, in all her glory, and complete with mace! Luckily she happened to be on the ground briefly, so I could get a picture.
The Bat Family also put in a good showing at the convention this year, with Batman, Batgirl, and Robin all together for a picture.
Psylocke and Black Cat folks. Aren't they lovely?
Here's me and noted supervillain Black Manta. BM was good enough to pose for a picture with me, and he didn't stab me with his trident or anything! This guy's costume was great, complete with voice modulator, light up eyes, and surely attitude.
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego? Well, this weekend, she was in downtown Atlanta!
Catwoman, complete with whip. Yipes!
There are more, which you can see at the link I posted above, but these are my favorite.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Dragon*Con Placeholder
Hey guys! Dragon*Con is over, and I have a ton to report! As soon as I process everything and move all the pictures off my camera, I'll tell you all about it!
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