crd55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Chuck Dobrovolny) (09/05/84)
<--> >Beauty & the Beast ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! (okay) OKAY!!! This was bad but not *quite* as bad as the Dazzler Graphic Novel. Among other stupidities, I can't fathom any reason for Shooter depicting Dazz standing in front of a mirror admiring her glowing naked body other than giving the kiddies some titillation for squeezing 6 or 7 bucks out of their allowances for *this* predictable trash! For all the hype this book got prior to its release, I expected something along the lines of "God Loves, Man Kills" (X-Men Graphic Novel) which I thought was quite good. >TNTT #49 ......Nice Infantino art for the mid-section. Agree again. As a matter of fact, it looked better than most of his Flash stuff (with the exception of super-speed scenes in the Flash--always great). I refuse to believe that the difference lay in different inkers--most of Infantino's people in the Flash have sort of a blocky-faced look about them. I would almost suspect that Perez had more than just a few words of creative advice with Carmine's rendition of Wally and Fran (especially Fran, heck, she looked downright attractive which I can't say for most of the characters in the Flash). >FLASH The *TRIAL*, finally. I hope this doesn't last as long as the preamble. > ......Now it's like reading a soap opera. Agree, agree!!! This trial and other related occurances in this book lately have made for some awfully boring stuff. What the hell is Cary Bates doing with this book??!! Nothing, I mean NOTHING is worth such a long, drawn-out build-up (using the word "build-up" loosely). I remember the days when the Flash went up against some really mean characters and even his usual rogue's gallery of villains were far more well-characterized! Hey, I wanna read cliffhanger suspense with a little science blended in to make it *sort* of believable. I wanna see at least half the pages in a Flash comic devoted to super-speed action not boringly done characterisations. I'll admit that some of the Captain Frye stuff was funny, but that's about it. If he doesn't AT LEAST end up revealing his secret identity after all this bullsh*t, I'll *really* be pissed!!! Hey, sorry I flared..... Charles.