WONDER TWINS #7 DC COMICS
Once again the talented team of Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne give us a tale riddled with life lesson but never-the-less entertaining. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman’s dialog is hilarious and the Twins’s attitudes are spot-on. With Zan being the cocky one and Jayna being the one who actually gets what’s going on. With the add on of new character Repulso, there is a whole lot going on in this issue. But in the end, I agree with Jayna a bit more than Superman. But isn’t that what interesting storytelling does, make you think? Who would have thought that about a comic? Makes you wonder what else is there for you to discover? I give it an 8 out of 10 Grahams.
ARCHIE THE MARRIED LIFE 10TH ANNIVERSARY #2 ARCHIE COMICS
Oddly enough, I read the Married Life Magazine back in the day. It was different and unusual at the time. And with the advent of the Riverdale TV show and the new look in the Archie Comics, I was really glad to see the Dan Parent art. And Michael Uslan is definately a man who can write an interesting tale. Unfortunately, this book suffers from the same problem I was facing back then. As the Riverdale gang turns into adults, they start to have everyday problems and, well to be blunt, turn into jerks. They still may look the same but these modern day trials the gang is facing are just not what I want to read in Archie. Even Veronica’s Dad on his death bed is an absolute @ss. And you didn’t think that was possible. So when you stack it up the art work is great, the story is interesting but in the end Archie worried about needing more time off and corporate evildoers trying to break up Archie’s 10 year marriage are not what I want to read about. I see too much of that in real life. I give it a 6 out of 10 Grahams.
GOTHAM CITY MONSTERS #1 DC COMICS
DC Comics and monster titles were never able to click like they did back in the days at Marvel. And although the I…Vampire series in the old House of Mystery title was well done, it never really made the impact that Tomb of Dracula did. And that’s what’s wrong here. There is no impact. Unable to even match the level that the Creature Commandoes had, this title seems to have no purpose. Steve Orlando’s story is fine and Amancay Nahuelpan’s art is a great fit for the subject matter. And congrats to Trish Mulvihill for discovering shades of green that I never knew existed. The sad part is that due to a lack of classic monsters in house, Killer Croc, Lady Clayface, Orca (wasn’t that a Marvel character at one point?), and Melmoth (from the always confussing Seven Soldiers series) are now being considered as monsters instead of villains. And now that DC has switched gears and is now all about the Multiverse, there is soon to be a multidimension threat for them to reluctantly battle together. Sigh! It’s not that this is a bad book, it just is a book that didn’t need to be made. I give it 5 out of 10 Grahams.
