Back in the saddle again!
Review code format (ranked 1-5, blah to faboo): [writing / art / new reader? / non-comics reader?]
Supreme Power: High Command (Vol. 3) (Marvel MAX) [5/5/3/3] (collects #13-18)
w. Joe Straczynski; a. Gary Frank
Things get dodgier for all the cast. Hyperion works with Blur and Nighthawk to track down a rogue super who’s been killing hookers, only to have the government take him off their hands. And when Hyperion tries to increase his independence, the Feds retaliate by outing him as an alien. So he has to up the stakes a bit …
JMS continues to examine “power and responsibility” issues, with varying answers (and questions) on the subject. The strongest installment of the series to date. Oddly enough, it’s not available from Amazon or B&N.
Teen Titans/Outsiders: The Insiders (DC) [4/4/4/4] (collects TT #24-26; Outsiders #24-25, 28)
w. Geoff Johns, Judd Winick; a. var.
Before all the big Infinite Crisis foofoorah, the previous cross-title nastiness was this TT/O cross-over, as Superboy was taken over by his biological half-father, Lex Luthor, and Indigo turned out to be a simple shell for Braniac. Hilarity and carnage ensued, as both teams played the “Wake up, I don’t want to kill you game” before being soundly trounced. Throw in the popular rogue Superman robots, and both teams are in serious trouble. Trouble that can only end in death.
Good stuff, wrapping up some major storylines and setting the stage for others. Pity it was all upstaged by later, bigger events to follow.
(listening to: Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir, “I Want to Ride That Glory Train” from Artist’s Choice: Tony Bennett)
(listening to: Elfman, Danny, “Martian Lounge” from Mars Attacks!)
(listening to: “Quincy, M.E.” from Television’s Greatest Hits – III)
(listening to: “Julia” from www.mythemes.tv)