Hi all. So i had these grandiose plans to start this blog and on Wednesdays or Thursdays review the plethora of comics i bought this week. Well I went to my shop (Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, NJ) this week and noticed that I was only getting two books. So instead of having a two sentence post i though I would take this time to write a letter to Dan Didio about something that has been bugging for a while now.
First to the Comics I got this week:
Countdown #whatever the f the new number is: I thought this was a slight step backward. After 3 weeks of fantastic pacing, art and writing i thought this book slowed down considerably. I hope it picks up but i said that for the first 12 weeks of this comic. Grade C+
Batman Annual #26: What a great book. This is the back story of Ra's Al Ghul. He is one of the most demented of the Bat Villains. Unlike the Joker who does evil because it is fun Ra's has always done evil because he felt it was for the greater good. The problem that I had with this book was it was supposed to be the Back story of Ra's but instead it was split between his back story and current time with Talia and Damian. I have no clue when this book takes place though. Was this supposed to be before the batman and Son Story line or after. I can see though how this is going to lead into the huge Cross over (oh my DC doing a crossover No way) about the rebirth of Ra's Al Ghul. The art in this book was great and the story was well written but i don't think it was plotted well. Grade B.
Well Now on to my Plea to Dan (yeah we are on a first name basis). If you are not Dan you can Turn away if you like.
Dan,
For the love of god please help a brother out. If you are going to have a company wide crossover (or for god's sake two at the same time) please bring back the editors box. Now i know you think that I am made of money and I am buying every book in the DCU but to tell you the truth the wife likes to buy things too (i know, I know i need to get a better hold on her). I read Countdown, I read batman, I read Flash, Green lantern, JLA. I pick up on a lot of the things going on but not all. For example I had no clue where the Athenian women's complex came from and if it wasn't from listening to Podcasts (thank you Raging Bullets) i would of had no clue that came from amazon's attack. If you let me know with a little box simply saying *as seen in Amazons Attack #2 (to tell you the truth i have no clue the number because i am not reading this) i might of wanted to pick up that comic to learn more about it. I had no clue who Holly Robinson was. If I wasn't reading the Flash, the funeral would have been way the f out of place.
I am reading a lot of the Showcases and For god's sake there are editors boxes in those that refer to things that happened two pages ago. I've lived my life hard in college and a lot of my memory is shot. A simple inclusion an editors box not only may get me to buy something else but also may jar my memory for something that i have read and simply don't remember. if you could do this i would be much appreciated.
Thank You,
TJ
2 comments:
I hear you, man! That's why I've pretty much bowed out of reading these current crossover events. If they are good, I can always go back and catch them in a trade or something. Showcases and Essentials are a Godsend.
it seems that we are seeing a few more editors notes now than we did earlier. hopefully this is a sign of things to come because i think a lot of people were having problems with this.
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