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