{"id":15350,"date":"2009-07-25T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15350"},"modified":"2009-07-25T15:26:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T21:26:26","slug":"bt09-i-is-for-indefatigable-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-i-is-for-indefatigable-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 – I is for Indefatigable (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Invincible, vol. 8, “My Favorite Martian”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Image) [collects #36-41]
Invincible, vol. 9, “Out of This World”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Image) [collects #42-47]
Invincible, vol. 10, “Who’s the Boss?”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Image) [collects #48-53]
w. Robert Kirkman; a. Ryan Ottley<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Invincible remains a steady and powerful performer. While on one level Kirkman is producing a four-color Silver Age title, with wacky (if evil) super-villains and big fight scenes, part of what makes the book special are the pieces between the lines. <\/p>\n

Mark’s struggles with his academic career harken back to Peter Parker, but ring more true vs the old 60s soap opera. Dealing with his mixed Viltrumite heritage — both in how much he’s (mis)trusted by some, as well as dealing with Viltrumite agents coming to Earth — remains a constant challenge (often associated with a fair amount of blood). Dealing with a girlfriend or two, with a corrupt government handler (or is he?), Martian invaders … it’s all a lot for a teenager to handle. Watching that all play out has been a joy, and kept Invincible at the bottom of my weekly read stack (saving the best for last) for quite some time.<\/p>\n

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JLA Confidential, Book 1: “Ultramarine Corps”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(DC) [collects JLA Classified #1-3, JLA Secret Files #1, JLA\/Wildcats #1]
w. Grant Morrison; a. Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Morrison can do much better than this rather muddled tale of the Ultramarine Corps, the JLA, Gorilla Grodd, Robot JLA substitutes, and an odd JLA\/Wildcat backup story. McGuinness’ cartoony art doesn’t help. There are some interesting images and ideas here, but an overall disappointment.<\/p>\n

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JLA: Salvation Run<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(DC) [collects #1-7]
w. Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham; a. Sean Chen, Joe Bennett<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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This was one of the big Summer Events at DC last year — all the big villains shuffled off to a wilderness planet to survive or fall on their own. Arkham Asylum <\/em>meets Lord of the Flies<\/em>, but even the Joker-as-Chaos vs. Luthor-as-Order conflict never really gels, the deaths come across as gratuitous inventory cleaning, and in the end none of it ever seems to matter. Seriously disappointing.<\/p>\n

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Listening to: Gold, Murray, “The Cybermen” (Doctor Who – The New Series – Original Television Soundtrack))<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Invincible, vol. 8, “My Favorite Martian” (Image) [collects #36-41] Invincible, vol. 9, “Out of This World” (Image) [collects #42-47] Invincible, vol. 10, “Who’s the Boss?” (Image) [collects #48-53] w. Robert Kirkman; a. Ryan Ottley  Writing New reader? Art Non-comics reader? Invincible remains a steady and powerful performer. 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