eric@milo.UUCP (10/14/84)
Since where I normally get my comics has been in the process of moving for the last three weeks, I just picked up a whole pile of comics. (Footnote: nothing like buying several weeks worth of comics at once to bring home just how much you are spending on them). Anyway, there were a few that I thought I might comment on. Jon Sable #20 An interesting issue, a fair amount of character development. They get extra points for explaining how the rookie can empty 6 shots into Sable and not kill him (small caliber ammo). Teen Titans #5 At last - the end of Trigon (or at least, until the writers need him again). Was handled pretty well, I was not sure how a bunch of, admittedly talented, young heroes were going to defeat a god. And of course, they can spend the next couple of issues trying to determine just what happened to Raven. Swamp Thing #32 Just when you think you have a comic pegged, they go and do something completely different. Pog, indeed. Yet, amazingly enough, even with the funny animals running around, it still managed to retain the flavor we have come to associate with Swamp Thing. All in all, a nice tribute. Action #563 Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Another Ambush Bug story! "Chuckles the clown is dead." "-I can't get it off!. -Not to worry, pal. It happens to a lotta guys." (How did they get that past the Comics Code?) Alien scientist determines planet is about to explode, decides to save his wardrobe. This is the lunacy that I have come to expect from an Ambush Bug story. (Wonder if enough of us write if we can get him his own comic?) Jonni Thunder A.K.A Thunderbolt #1 Take Philip Marlowe, turn him into a female, then add killer robots and super powers, and this is what you end up with. You guessed it, a mess. Maybe it'll get better, but it is one confused book right now. America vs The Justice Society #1 The JSA accused of treason (being Nazi's)? By the Batman? Could be an interesting mini-series. The artwork seems very faithful to the old style. Roy Thomas has done a great job in tying in the comic not only with the current Earth-2 books, but also the Golden Age stories. DC Comics Presents #78 (Superman and the Forgotten Villains) A totally forgetable book, except for the final page. The Monitor, that mystery man who has been invading every single DC book, regardless of what Earth of time it is supposed to take place in, is starting to be more than an observer and weapons supplier. Yes, after about a year of hints, "Crisis on Infinite Earths" is set to begin. This is DC's answer to Secret Wars (TM), hopefully done a little better. DC has stated that when it is through, there will not be the plethora of universes that there currently are (whatever that means). Also, in Wonder Woman #323 (another book not worth a review), the Monitor states that there is one other like himself. Yet another hint about the things to come. That's it for this batch. "Why this bug?! I never went near the Secret Wars!!" -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!milo!eric