Sorry about no weekly reflection or any reaction last
week, my laptop has been acting up (for example, with actual smoke coming off
of it). As such, I lost my ability to
type anything up. The problem extends
into this week as well, but I managed to work around the problem slightly. However, I only had two reactions for comics
this week. So not much this time around,
but let’s try to enjoy what was available regardless.
Be warned, there will be spoilers below!
FF #6: In this issue, Darla Deering gets into trouble
with the Yancy Street Gang. The gang
really looks up to Thing (or just likes to screw with him) and takes real
offense to Darla taking on his role while he’s gone, so they resolve to make
her life completely suck. However, with
Scott Lang, the two of them turn the tables on the gang and properly deal with
them. Meanwhile, Medusa and Bentley are
missing in action for some reason.
I had a lot of fun with this comic as always, with its
fun characters and enjoyable dialogue.
What really stood out to me the most though was the art. For a good chunk of the comic, I did not even
notice there was an artist change and honestly, I like that sort of thing. It helps give the comic a consistent feel
throughout it, especially when you read it all at once.
My only problem with this comic is that it is taking its
time getting anywhere. I’m not sure when
this kill Doctor Doom storyline is going to kick in or if we are going to deal
with Medusa issue soon. It’s kind of
annoying in that regard. Despite all of
that, it is still a really enjoyable comic and worth checking out.
Justice League Dark #19: This issue was reviewed over on
Adventures in Poor Taste, so you can head over there and check it out:
Talon #7: Continuing from last issue, Casey discovers
that Sebastian Clark was the former Grandmaster of the Court of Owls and who
had originally picked Calvin for becoming Talon. She’s nearly caught by the old man, but she
and her daughter manage to escape. With
Calvin, he manages to destroy all of the data the court has in their main
computer system and escape the current Grandmaster. However, when he reaches Clark, he is
attacked and has his neck snapped by Bane, who is working with Clark for some
reason.
This was a very good ending to the first arc of the comic
and what amazes me the most about it is how the writing evolved over time. While it could have been described as Scott
Snyder lite during the first two issues (not including #0), it has become its
own thing, placing more emphasis on the characters and less dialogue in some
scenes.
I really have no complaints about this comic in
particular. I had a great time and I’m thoroughly
excited to see where this goes, especially with the writer flying solo without
Snyder and with an artist change too. This
is my pick of the week and I’m hoping you guys check it out as well.
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