Book of the week 6/20/07 Captain America #27

Written by Ed Brubaker
Pencils and inks by Steve Epting and Mike Perkins
Coloring by Frank D'Armata
Lettering by Joe caramagna


This was a very big week from DC with a lot of surprises but I was left with mixed feelings about those books. Captain America 27 was the last book that I read and in one sentence I can sum up why it was chosen as the book of the week.

I'm OK with Steve Rogers death.

Before reading this issue I still found myself mourning over cap, heck I barely made it through Fallen Son: Spider-man this week without crying like a baby, but Brubaker truly does the impossible. He brings Bucky back to life (with a metal arm no less) and I am totally in love with the whole thing. I WANT BUCKY TO BE CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!! Brubaker is definitely teasing this but I can only hope that he follows through.


Epting and Perkins do an amazing job on this book but I have to say that the wild card on this team is Caramagna's coloring. You would expect that a Captain America book would be bright and full of red, white and blue but the tone of this book is really dark and Caramagna's coloring does a beautiful job of conveying this. I can say that this is the first time in my comic reading history that I have actually taken notice of the coloring and it's something to be commended.


I'm so glad this book is back on schedule and I can't wait to see what happens next. All I know is that Bucky Barnes now has cap's shield and it looks good on him.

Weekly Review Podcast episode 3- Green Arrow #75

Eric picked Green Arrow #75 as the book of the week. We also discuss the much hyped New Avengers #31, World War Hulk #1 and more. We also have seen Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer and we give you our reviews. All this plus our top five worst comic books movies!

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Skrull Paranoia

After the end of New Avengers #31 I was really confused, but I found this interview that ign.com did with Bendis, and now I'm pretty excited to see where this is going.


Make sure you check out this interview.

Robot Chicken Star Wars Special

In celebration of Star Wars turning 30 years old, the cartoon network show, Robot Chicken is airing a special Star Wars themed episode on June 17th at 10 pm. It looks promising.

Check out the trailers here!

The Dark Knight emerges

Superhero hype has posted picks of the the new batsuit for The Dark Knight. I have to say I'm pretty impressed, the batman begins suit was cool but a little weird but this suit looks a lot better.

What do you think?

Book of the week 06/13/07 Green Arrow #75

Years ago, when DC first announced that they were reviving Green Arrow for a new book, I was a little hesitant. I've never been a fan of characters coming back from the dead. Usually it's convoluted or poorly handled. Since I trusted Kevin Smith, I picked up Green Arrow #1 and was immediatly on board. Since then, this series has provided the humor and entertainment I expect from a comic book. I've always been a fan of Oliver Queen's dry wit and the fact that he's just a normal guy trying to do good in the world. In issue #75, the final issue of this series, we see the full circle of Oliver's good intentions as he steps down as mayor in his public persona as well as a full knock-down drag-out fight between the Green Arrow "family" and Deathstroke. Deathstroke has become one of my favorite villians in comics and its awesome to see him have a vendetta against someone other than the Titans. I've really enjoyed not only Ollie's adventures in this book but Mia, Conner, and Roy's growth as characters as well and I hope that they recieve the same excellent attention in other books that they have recieved in this title over the years. Winnick and McDaniel have both done a great job on this book. Even though Ollie's and Dinah's story will continue in the Black Canary book, this series will be missed.


Eric
Oliver Queen: That's really incredible. You know you have every newspaper in the country calling this guy the Green Arrow. He's got a real following.
Lois: Yeah, well, so did Charles Manson.

Weekly Review Podcast episode 2- New Warriors #1

Hey guys, Our second podcast is up covering New Warriors #1 as the book of the week. We also discuss Detective comics #833, Countdown #47, Avengers the initiative #3 and many more. Eric and I also tell you our top 5 best comic story arcs.

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