Earth 2 #14

Earth 2 #14 – I really enjoyed reading this comic.  The war with Steppenwolf and the country he seized.  Green Lantern, Doctor Fate and the Flash attacked first followed by a standoff with a “stealth force” of other super powered people.  They agree to work together when they are attacked by Steppenwolf’s hounds.  There was a very interesting conversation between Khan and General Foster.  Their talking was a bit of catch up as the Earth 2 storyline jumps ahead and character development for action.  So far this story continues to entertain.

Earth 2 #12

Earth 2 #12 was good it was a nice entertaining conclusion to the three part Doctor Fate story.  We get a bit of the story out of order and not because of magic but that is a minor complaint.  Doctor Fate fights Wotan, while Green Lantern and the Flash keep the world army away from the fight.  They do manage to save the Flash’s mother.  Hawkgirl has a quick cameo but that was more of a way to introduce Green Lantern into the story again.  Doctor Fate wins the fight even while arguing with the soul of the original Doctor Fate.  The group ends up in Green Lantern’s home (minus Hawkgirl) in the skyscraper he owns they are planning on what to do next when breaking news happens.  The World Army has learned Steppenwolf had taken over the country of Dheran war had been declared and the world was about to attack.

Earth 2 Issue #10 Tower of Fate Begins!

Earth 2 #10 or the Tower of Fate Begins.  This was an interesting story as in this comic; we get a little more background on the Earth 2 Dr. Fate as well as Hawkgirl and the new person who can wear the helm of fate.  We also follow Green Lantern for a few pages where he continues to mourn for his lover.  The main villain Karel Wotan kidnaping Dr. Fate, the Flash and the Flash’s mother.  With the mom as hostage the heroes would go into the Tower of Fate in order to claim the helm of Fate and all the power it contains.  The journey through the tower was artistically interesting in an Escher like effect of weird dimensions.  The issue ends with a great shot of the Great Beast of the tower – a well-drawn demon looking thing.

Justice League of America #1 !!!

Justice League of America #1 was simply a setup issue.  It was rather disappointing that the first collection of the JLA was Amanda Waller and Colonel Trevor deciding who made a good team member or not.  There were a number of headshots and assumption that the person picking up this comic had been reading all the “new52” comics up to now and did not need to be brought up to speed on what was going on in the DC Universe.  I think this was a mistake because I for one have no idea what has been happening with the characters being brought into the JLA.  I do not read Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Vibe, Hawkman or Catwoman.  When I heard that the JLA was getting a comic I kind of assumed that it would be another Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman comic.  I mean that was the Justice League of America back in the day and that was the JLA in the cartoons.  If DC was hoping to bring in new readers with a throwback to earlier comics giving the reader all these new folks is just going to turn off those new readers.  I did like how the Martian Manhunter showed up but I was equally disappointed when we find out who the shadowy figure turned out to be as he “died”.  I also feel the need to repeat that this whole talking episode was boring.  There was no grand fight or surprise fight or crisis brining the Heroes together.  It is just the government plotting against the Heroes

Comcis! DC Comics!

I am finally getting to some of last week’s comic books.  DC Comics Earth 2 started out great, but the current issue (number seven) had a noticeable lack of super heroes or action.  If the comic continues this slide in to X-men like whiny talking between the Hero and Villain (we know he is the villain from issue zero) I am going to drop this book.  It is a shame because I have so far really liked the different “wonders” and how different they are from what the Heroes are like in the main line DC Universe.

Worlds’ Finest Huntress / Power Girl number seven is entertaining.  This series has been good from issue one (even if a bit disjointed).  I really like the current story with the Robin (Damian Wayne) the interaction with the Huntress’s other world family could have been sappier and I am glad it was not.  It will be interesting to see if our worlds Batman has noticed or figured all this out yet.  I am kind of interested how Batman and Huntress meeting would be handled by the writer.