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Shaved Oriental Pirate Gorillas. . .oh my!
ISSUE 9
Okay. . .I get it now. I guess I should have before, but new arc doesn't really mean new story in this age of TPB collections of series. . .it just means a cliffhanger to encourage buying the next TPB for those not reading the series issue by issue. So my lower rating of last issue for not resolving the end of a story isn't entirely justified, as things pick up right where they left off in this issue.
- read moreWelcome to the 1950's. . .where they have cell phones, laptops, and dirigibles! Welcome to DC's failed and forgotten attempt to start a new pulp-influenced universe. Welcome to FIRST WAVE!
BAT MAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL
So what we have here is the one shot introduction to what was supposed to have been a new DC pulp-influenced universe. From what I understand, DC had the license for some of the pulp characters for a short while (with the glaring exclusion of The Shadow. . .who was already a DC character in the past. A shame) and were trying to figure out what to do with them.
- read moreCan it really be called Longbox Junk if there's a $250 variant cover?
I only have $4 covers, so in my case. . .yes.
ISSUE 1
- read moreShort version. This one was bad.
ISSUE 1
I love the X-Files. I have the whole Topps run, as well as the entire T.V. series (good and bad) on DVD. I love 30 Days of Night. I have the original series signed by Steve Niles, as well as the movie (which I consider one of the few successful non-superhero comic movies). It would SEEM that the two properties would be a sweet fit for each other.
But. . .
This first issue makes me wonder if X-Files and 30 Days of Night sounds better as an idea than as an actual thing.
FBI Agents Scully and Mulder find themselves in Alaska investigating 16 beheaded bodies drained of blood and hung 40 feet in the air on a pole. Also on the case, believing it to be a serial killer he's been tracking is an old rival of Mulder's, Agent Daniel "Frenchy" French.
Niles is usually a good writer, but the dialogue seems stilted and unnatural. The art isn't doing the story any favors either. The covers are OUTSTANDING for the entire series (Especially the Sam Kieth variant for the first issue), but the interior art is pretty bad. Scully looks nothing like her T.V. counterpart and Mulder bears only the slightest resemblance. It's a fairly big fail if you're going to do a licensed property and can't get the likenesses at least halfway there.
In my opinion, this first issue is a dud. Good concept. Bad writing. Bad art.
5 more issues to go. , I hope it gets better. . .
Travel back in time with me, Ladies and Gentlemen. Marvel at the smoooooooth texture of this new thing called "Baxter Paper". Where are we? We're in a time without Facebook, without smartphones, we're in the year 1987.
WINTER WORLD
Issue 1
- read moreEveryone that collects comics has it. Series, minis, random issues that you've picked up over the years that aren't really worth anything as far as monetary value goes, but there they are taking up space in your collection. Longbox junk comes to us in many ways, but it's just not in the nature of the collector to toss comic books in the trash because they aren't worth anything. And so they sit there. . .bagged and boarded in a lonely cardboard longbox prison. . .forgotten.
Until now. Ladies and Gentlemen of Comic Book Realm, I present myself to you as the champion of Longbox Junk! I have taken upon myself the (sometimes not so great) task of digging deep into my comic collection to fill in missing information, read, and review all manner of Longbox Junk as my contribution to this great site. They were perfectly willing to provide me with a valuable service for free, and I intend to do my best to return that favor.
Feel my joy as I discover forgotten gems!
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