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Flashpoint #5 – Review

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope & Jesse Delperdang (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: The Flash realizes sometimes it’s better to just start from square one. The Review: And so we come to the end. But what exactly is ending? A misdirected war between races? The atrocious perversion of an entire [...]

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Flashpoint: Project Superman #3 – Review

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: It’s a bird, it’s a plane—it’s a flying muscleman with Super-Seiyan hair! The Review: If you’re going to write one of these Elseworlds-type stories, my unsolicited suggestion would be to really take the plunge into the alternate universe aspect of [...]

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Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #3 – Review

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Sterling Gates (writer), Oliver Nome, Scott Kolins, Trevor Scott (artists), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Run, Flash, run! And bring back some fries while you’re at it. The Review: Some people see it as a burden, but I rather like that DC has a bunch of legacy heroes, those who’ve taken up the name, [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #3 – Review

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Christian Duce (penciller), Walden Wong (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: No, no, I said we need to get the truth out there! The Review: I had a literary journalism major as an undergrad. One of the required courses I took was on journalistic ethics, which included a session [...]

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Flashpoint: The Outsider #3 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: James Robinson (writer), Javi Fernandez (artist), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: Dang it, Outsider, look at the shape you left the Martian Manhunter in. The Review: What with the Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Batman (or at least, the appearance of him) starring in Flashpoint, while Superman and Green Lantern take turns [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #3 – Review

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Agustin Padilla (penciller), Jose Aviles (inker), Andrew Dalhouse (colorist) The Story: Anything Arthur and Diana do, Orm and Penthesilea can do better. The Review: Batman may be a man of mystery, but Wonder Woman and Aquaman, for all their fame and stature, are easily the most enigmatic characters [...]

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Flashpoint: Abin Sur – The Green Lantern #3 – Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Adam Schlagman (writer), Robson Rocha & Felipe Massafera (artists), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Abin Sur’s just dying to save our world. The Review: For a lot of these tie-ins, the main events of Flashpoint have little bearing on the stories told, some of them literally avoiding the thick of the action until the [...]

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Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #3 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Fabrizio Fiorentino (artist), Kyle Ritter & Ander Zarate (colorists) The Story: Wow Boston—we’re so close now, it’s like you’re in me. The Review: Here’s a pretty good indicator of worthwhile series: when each episode, chapter, or issue has its own agenda yet plays together with the others to form a cohesive [...]

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Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3 – Review

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Vicente Cifuentes (artist), Diana Egea (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: I know I killed your wife, but do you have to act like such a jerk? The Review: We’ve known for a while now that Prince Orm of Atlantis and Penthesilea of the Amazons have worked together since day one [...]

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Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #3 – Review

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Andy Smith (penciller), Keith Champagne (inker), Pete Pantazis (colorist) The Story: It’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, monster style. The Review: One of the oldest tales in storytelling history is the journey to the Promised Land, the place which holds all the answers the questers seek. Though some may argue [...]

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Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint #3 – Review

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Rex Ogle (writer), Eduardo Francisco (artist), Stefani Renee (colorist) The Story: Daddy dearest, don’t you know dark magic only gives you skin problems? The Review: With any luck, we all reach a certain point when we get our acts together, when our moral and ideological compass stabilizes, when we figure out how to deal [...]

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Flashpoint: Secret Seven #3 – Review

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Peter Milligan (writer), Fernando Blanco (penciller), Scott Koblish (inker), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: This wouldn’t be an inappropriate time to bust into Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” right? The Review: The key to a really great ensemble cast is a broad diversity of characters. The more far apart in personality and background they are, the [...]

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Flashpoint: Batman – Knight of Vengeance #3 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colorist) The Story: I would’ve staged an intervention for you, Martha, but they weren’t invented yet. The Review: While the bulk of DC’s alter-reality stories come under the Elseworlds imprint, Flashpoint and most of its tie-ins follow more of Marvel’s What If…? tradition, positing new continuities [...]

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Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #3 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jimmy Palmiotti (writer), Tony Shasteen & Alex Massacci (artists), Rich and Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: I’ll be a sea monkey’s uncle before I let my daughter get daddy issues! The Review: If you want people to care about something, you have to let them spend some time with it. That goes double for [...]

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Flashpoint #4 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Jesse Delperdang (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Remember kids: never accept juice boxes from strangers. The Review: It’s pretty clear that whatever point Johns originally conceived Flashpoint with, the series serves little more purpose now than as a convenient vehicle to carry the upcoming DCU into fruition. [...]

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Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #2 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Sterling Gates (writer), Oliver Nome (penciller), Trevor Scott (inker), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Oh, Bart, you can’t hide anything. I can see right through you. The Review: In watching a few episodes of Dexter I noticed that even though the titular lead is one of the most compelling figures in television, very little [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Gianluca Gugliotta (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: What do we want? Men’s rights! When do we want it? Now! The Review: Historically, resistance movements against foreign occupiers have been marginalized in importance, mostly because much of what they do tend to be, by nature and necessity, discreet and [...]

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Flashpoint: Project Superman #2 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: “I’m only hurting you because I love you so much,” takes on all new meaning. The Review: Traditionally, we tend to see Superman’s values and virtues as something bred in him by the good, wholesome, Midwestern upbringing of Ma and [...]

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Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #2 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Adam Schlagman (writer), Cliff Richards (artist), Allen Passalaqua (colorist) The Story: Snakes and planes! The Review: Last issue churned out so little noteworthy material that it produced my shortest review on record. I’m usually never at a loss of what to say, but when the story gives so much plot and scenery that’s been [...]

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Flashpoint: The Outsider #2 – Review

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: James Robinson (writer), Javi Fernandez (artist), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: He’ll give you two choices: yes or yes. Did I stutter? The Review: It’s still rather hard to know what to make of the Outsider. Like Shade, one of Robinson’s famous pet characters, Michael Desai has a very complicated moral compass. [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2 – Review

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Augustin Padilla (penciller), Jose Aviles (inker), Val Staples (colorist) The Story: Boy, that decision to not sign a pre-nup sure takes on new meaning now, doesn’t it? The Review: In the thick of war, neither party can claim to be innocent of wrongdoing, which is often the same [...]

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Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #2 – Review

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Fabrizio Fiorentino & Alejandro Giraldo (artists), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: Dang it, I thought you said you would never let go! The Review: You probably have noticed in my reviews that I tend to spend a great deal of time talking up the written features of a comic, with only [...]

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Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #2 – Review

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jimmy Palmiotti (writer), Joe Bennett & Tony Shasteen (artists), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: One can never tell what lies under the sea…mayhap a dude in a fish mask and high-collar cape. The Review: Here’s the thing about pirates: expect a lot of hacking and slashing, but don’t expect much in the [...]

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Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #2 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Ibraim Roberson & Alex Massacci (artists), Pete Pantazis (colorist) The Story: You grew up in a swamp? You really are from the sticks, aren’t you? The Review: The vast majority of Elseworlds turn out either uninspired or middling, leaving a much smaller percentage with premises strong enough to support an enjoyable [...]

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Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2 – Review