ddern@bbncca.ARPA (Daniel Dern) (09/12/85)
Spreaking for the "Lustbusters!" issue, has anyone else noticed the definitive
references to George Harriman's Krazy Kat within the speech of the robot dog as
he carries off Raoul? I began to suspect something as the spelling got more
and more phonetically discombobulated; by the time we got references to "kop"
and "brick", I was no longer in doubt.
I can't say I find this issue as visually compelling or tight as previous ones,
but the high and sustained density of puns and cross-references to previous
comics and cartoons (Daddy Fleshbucks, Miss Little, Pornjob...) is nicely done.
By the way, I finally decided I did want to have all the Crisis of Infinite
Continuity Problems series ... a random walk through about half a dozen local
comics stores took care of this, but (1) prices of the earlier issues are
rising, (2) In some stores, issues as far back as #4 were still available on
the racks, elsewhere, bagged and higher priced as late as #6, (3) Prices vary
-- In on place, issues 1 and 2 were $5 and $4 respectively, while I ended up
paying $1.75 and $1.25. Reading the background text pages makes it clear this
is NOT a trivial or hasty effort; they did do their homework. Even so, it
seems that some of the characters are getting disproportionate play in the main
books -- and I agree, I wish they hadn't killed Kara, they should have
repatriated her to New Krypton; and why couldn't they leave Barry Allen alone
after jerking him around for so long. Oh well, the Beyonder can always undo it
if need be ("My Secret War's no secret any more...").
--
Daniel Dern
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