afo@pucc-k (Flidais) (12/16/84)
(10 days and counting) Well, I've just read the first issue of 'Crisis on Infinite Earths', and I certainly hope this gets better. At least it looks like we won't be treated to the same hystronics attached to the ~secret bores~. At least we get to find out that Lyla isn't quite the bubblehead we might have thought she was; and boy did we ever get rid of one universe quick (earth-3)!!! But I do wonder about the statement that 'hey, if we off a hero, that's it; none of this "bring 'em back from the dead" schtick'. Then again, we'll have to see *who* they manage to nail in the next twelve. I mean, if it turns out to be people of the same caliber as the 'Red Bee' in the All-Star Squadron, well, I'm not going to get *too* upset..... now for some quickie reviews Alpha Flight 20& 21: Due to the vagaries of the shipping schedule, I managed to get both of these today. I think the proofreader is going to have a *fun* time trying to fix Aurora's dialogue from one scene to the next. Well, at least we got a biography for Diablo, anyway. Did I interpret that little discussion Shaman had with Judd the wrong way (hey, I just finished my finals here, my brain hurts), or what? New Muties #25: Feh. The artwork could have been a *lot* better (and there has been some stuff of the unspellable's that I have liked). I know the idea behind limbo is that it changes, but does it have to become a random drawing (pun intended) for the artist? You know, I started out liking the characters of Cloak and Dagger; now I think they are just plain stupid...bad writing for them and the character development has just gone to the pits. Superman TUY #3: Did they let someone from Marvel loose on this one? I haven't seen this much angst in years.... Justice Society #3: It keeps getting better....I am going to be *very* frosted, however, if Wes Dobbs bites the biggee before this is over. I think he probably will, though. Infinity Inc. #12(?): The one with the press conference. Well, that's one group that won't have to worry about "someone finding out my secret identity". Gee, it looks like the Harlequin is the mum of Jade and Obsidian. Note: Now I always thought that although the Harlequin was looking like a bad guy, she was actually working undercover for the police. Is this just being forgotten, or what? Crossfire (latest): The one with the bimbos getting offed, naw that describes most of the issues; uh, the one with his friend from high school being set up to take a fall by another highg school chum. And Crossfire has had his blood replaced... looks permanent..(notice how he was able to stay underwater longer than he should?) Well, that's it for this week... -- Laurie Sefton {harpo,ihnp4,allegra,decvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h!afo Some people prefer top down programming; others prefer botom-up: Me? I prefer slash and burn...
eric@aplvax.UUCP (12/17/84)
> Well, I've just read the first issue of 'Crisis on Infinite Earths', > and I certainly hope this gets better. At least it looks like we > won't be treated to the same hystronics attached to the ~secret > bores~. > > At least we get to find out that Lyla isn't quite the bubblehead we > might have thought she was; and boy did we ever get rid of one > universe quick (earth-3)!!! But I do wonder about the statement > that 'hey, if we off a hero, that's it; none of this "bring 'em back > from the dead" schtick'. Then again, we'll have to see *who* they > manage to nail in the next twelve. I mean, if it turns out to be > people of the same caliber as the 'Red Bee' in the All-Star > Squadron, well, I'm not going to get *too* upset..... How about the "new" Green Lantern as a candidate for martyr? Or maybe the Blue Beetle? Anyone want to bet that more bad guys (Psion, Dr. Polaris) bite the dust than the good guys? Actually, not much happened in the first issue (except for the death of two universes). I must admit, the Monitor did not end up looking like anything I expected, though. The last page had a nice impact. -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!eric