SomeBritishDude said:
Kpt._Rob said:
But oh well, it's their loss really. Action Comics #1 was amazing. I've been looking forward to it ever since the beginning of the Flashpoint event, and it did not disappoint.
Incidentially, if you pre-ordered #1-3 of Batman and Superman, you might want to check out Action Comics and Detective Comics as well (and Justice League, just cause it kicks ass). Action Comics isn't exactly the origin story for Superman, but it is covering the events from the five years leading up to when the new Superman series will be set. And the story Detective Comics is running right now has Batman and the Joker and it was really really good.
Though my surprise favorite of the new series they've released so far has actually been Justice League: International. So if anyone's interested in it, they should check it out. It's worth reading for Rocket Red alone.
Action Comics #1 is fantastic. I've never felt my blood pumping reading a comic book like that, it really takes "[b/]Action[/b] comics" very literally. Great version of Superman too, and lots of little references and clues of what's to come.
Don't know about JLI, I've heard very mixed things.
I would definitly recommend Swamp Thing and Animal Man, both of them were fantastic starts, great for horror lovers. Some really creepy stuff in those issues.
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I for one loved JL:I. I don't think it'll be the most epic of superhero series, that said, it's got some fun characters, a really good sense of humor, and what looks to be a good, if somewhat classic at this point, plot. You've got Rocket Red, who has that overstated Russian accent which probably shouldn't be funny, but it is. Booster Gold as the mildly inept team leader, chosen, it would seem, because his need for attention makes him easy for the UN to control. Batman shows up to help them along, and brings with him that very dark Bat humor that you just can't get from any other character. And the rest of the team, while they haven't gotten too much play yet, seems like they have the potential to be fun interesting characters.
As for Swamp Thing, I found myself surprisingly underwhelmed with the first issue. It's one of the series I was actually the most excited for, and I'm not going to dismiss it just yet, but the pacing of that first issue just really didn't work for me. I think part of the problem is that in the case of Swamp Thing, it's the one relaunch title I've read which most clearly follows in the footsteps of events from before Flashpoint.
Specifically, the tale from Swamp Thing #1 is referencing the events of Brightest Day #24, and the Brightest Day Aftermath miniseries
The Search for Swamp Thing. But the thing is that the whole Alec Holland isn't Swamp Thing anymore thing was pretty well established by the conclusion of the mini. Now granted, it hadn't been explored from Holland's perspective, as it was in #1, that said, after the awesome build up to the series we got in Search for Swamp Thing, I was really hoping things would start with a little more of a bang and a little less of a whimper.
Not that that's entirely unfitting if they hope for the new series to be reminiscent of Alan Moore's run, which I suspect they do. Moore's take on the character was pretty cerebral, if not a little bit mopey at times, and it rarely went anywhere too fast until it reached the climax. Not only that, the villain looks and has a modus operandi surprisingly similar to one seen in Moore's run. Not that inserting flies into people's ears to control them was unique to Swamp Thing, as I recall it happened in some of the earlier Hellblazer comics, so take it for what you will. Hell, considering that Swampy and John Constantine have crossed paths before, it's not entirely unreasonable to think they might pit him against one of the demons from the early Hellblazer series.
Whatever they do, I must admit that after reading some about Animal Man in the column in the back I have found myself a little intrigued. Mostly by mention of The Red, which I assume has some similarities to The Green, only less for plants and more for animals. So perhaps I'll have to check it out.
