CBF Quick Picks #34 : Justice League Generation Lost #8

August 27, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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We’ve hit the end of August with some intriguing books on the market:

- I gave Avengers another shot with issue #4, but it still didn’t gel with me. Too much funny dialogue detracts from the story and whatever it is, John Romita Jr’s art is lacking in detail in some areas.

- Action Comics #892 continues Luthor’s quest for the Black Lantern energy. A continually good character study of the popular DC villain from Paul Cornell, although Pete Woods’ art took away from some of the action scenes. I expect more when you have Deathstroke as a guest star.

- Superman/Batman #75 gets a super-sized special and while the main story from Levitz is decent enough, it’s the back-up pieces that steal the show. Anybody who’s read the Luthor/Joker 2-page short here knows what I’m talking about.

But when it’s all said and done, Justice League Generation Lost #8 is the clear winner. Judd Winick and company has made a believer out of me with this series of many former Justice League Int’l alumni banding together to pursue and capture Maxwell Lord. Each character gets standout moments and the dialogue between them is laugh out loud hilarious. It says something when this bi-weekly series has enough chops to compete with the main Brightest Day book (and sometimes surpass it).

Superman/Batman : Apocalypse Trailer

August 12, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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I’m just going to shut up and let this trailer speak for itself…

Batman Inc. Gets The Batman Army Ready

August 10, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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We’re getting more details on the new Batman Inc. series Grant Morrison is bringing in October and it looks like quite a show. Say what you will about Morrison’s unconventional storytelling methods, you can’t fault him for trying to push the medium further, especially using an iconic DC character to do so. It will be interesting to see how far this “Batman” army will go to achieve Bruce Wayne’s grand agenda and what stakes will be involved.

I’m sure as well we’re going to see lots of angry tweets about the “glowing” yellow Bat symbol returning to the costume. Look, it is what it is – give me good storytelling and character development and I’ll accept whatever costume changes Morrison and team have in mind. Just please don’t use the Batman and Robin movie as source material for the changes and I’ll be peachy…

CBF Episode 20: Comic Con Coolness Recap

July 30, 2010 by Mike Buechele · View Comments
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Well Tim and I didn’t go to Comic Con but that is not going to stop us from sharing some of the cool things we saw around the Internet about SDCC.

Here’s some of what we thought was cool. What did you see there that we missed?

  • Batman Inc
  • Green Lantern panel – Ryan Reynolds recites the Green Lantern Oath to a little kid.

And lots of other extremely cool things found on the interwebz about Comic Con.

CBF : Batman Under The Red Hood Review

July 29, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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(Looong music intro, enjoy)
DC’s latest animated DVD, Batman:  Under the Red Hood,  came out this past Tuesday and Comic Book Fury has got your back in reviewing it. Definitely one of the best animated DVD offerings Bruce Timm and team have brought out since they started doing these a couple of years ago (I’m still debating as to if this is better than Wonder Woman). Plotting, pacing, voice acting, animation, action sequences – this one has all of that. Plus you get the Jonah Hex we should have had in the live action movie and a nice peek at the next DVD.

Enjoy the show and give us your feedback on the flick too!

Music : Breaking Benjamins – Blow Me Away

CBF Episode 19. Brightest Day, X-Men Second Coming, Batman News

July 23, 2010 by Mike Buechele · View Comments
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We talk  about-

Scot Snyder, of American Vampire and Iron Man Noir, new writer for Dective Comics

Tomasi taking over Batman and Robin

Brightest Day #5 and Green Lantern #55 with Lobo

X-Men Second Coming wrap up

We also have a new Facebook Fan Page!!!

CBF 2010 Mid-Year Report Card

July 20, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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We’re days away from San Diego (the comic world in general, not us – we’re glued to our desks playing Pokemon) and I felt it good to review what the 1st half of 2010 brought to us from the lands of Marvel and DC. This site has devoted a lot to DC books as of late, but there are still a few good Marvel showings that came out that weren’t Avenger-related. That being said, we really felt DC gave a lot to the readers from both its superhero and Vertigo imprints.

Enjoy the show and all the best to those attending San Diego this year!

CBF Quick Picks #23 : Batman/Superman Annual #4

June 6, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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It’s a great day for me when DC decides to officially introduce one of my favorite cartoons into the DC universe. Paul Levitz is tasked with integrating Terry McGinnis into comic book land and does so with style – a testament to the overall work he’s been doing since returning to his writing duties after a good lengthy run as DC Publisher. It only gets me more hyped up when the 6-part mini-series gets rolling this month.

Now can somebody call Bruce Timm please and tell him a new Batman Beyond movie is a great idea?

CBF Quick Picks #22 : Return of Bruce Wayne #2

May 27, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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It takes a couple of reads to really get where Grant Morrison is heading, but in the end, he paints a good picture about not only what happens when Bruce Wayne jumps to different time periods, but what that effect is having on the entire DC universe. Think witch-hunts, Lovecraftian monsters, and the end of time and you got a good Morrison book. Ultimately, I think I just enjoyed Bruce wearing a Puritan hat and everybody calling each other brother.

Enjoy, folks! Here’s a kitty!

CBF Quick Picks #20: DC Rules The Universe

May 16, 2010 by Tim Robinson · View Comments
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There was too much going on in DC land to limit this to one or two books to Quick Picks this week. As much as Return of Bruce Wayne deserved a good amount of hype, I was thoroughly impressed by a bunch of DC offerings. DC is hot right now and I’m glad they’re continuing to build other franchises beyond the Batman and Green Lantern names.

This is not to say that Marvel didn’t have a good week too – just that DC did things one better. Marvel wrapped up Siege and officially began their march into Heroic Age. It was nice that they finally wrapped up all those threads, but my review here on iFanboy can give you some insight as to why I felt it could have done a whole lot more.

Enjoy the podcast!

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