Comic Book Fury 4: Blackest Night Preview

May 10, 2009 by Mike Buechele · Comments
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Tim and I tease a little bit about X-Men Origins: Wolverine, there will be a full review next week as well as one for Star Trek so hang tight for that.

We discuss Free Comic Book Day, when I picked up Blackest Night Zero. It’s a fantastic primer for what’s happening in the Lantern Corps and the coming Blackest Night story arch which we think will be THE story of the summer. Tim gives us a little history on the Anti Monitor, because he’s very important to the Blackest Night story. See if your local comic shop still has some copies of it.

Everything begins this July with Green Lantern 43 and Blackest Night 1.

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We finish up the Neil Gaiman Batman story. It was an odd ending and we don’t get where this fits into the rest of the Batman stories, especially with what happened in Final Crisis. One of the problems with getting a guest writer like Neil Gaiman is you expect a lot, maybe too much. Plus, his style is very different than what Batman readers are used to. It’s still a good story, but we’ll wait to see what happens before we place

Tim reviews the latest Green Lantern, how mixing blue and green is pretty dang powerful, and his battle against the Orange Lantern. I might be done with Ghost Rider already. It’s a little too campy for me right now. I will check out Jason Aaron’s other book Wolverine Weapon X though.

Tim has found a great comic, which unfortunately has been pulled from production, called Manhunter. Think Law & Order with super villains and a lawyer that turns vigilante when the system breaks down, but not like DareDevil.

We end the show with a little talk about Fables, which we’ll really get into in a few weeks.

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Comic Book Fury 3: Ghost Rider and House of Mystery

April 21, 2009 by Mike Buechele · Comments
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This week’s CBF podcast runs 49 minutes.

Tim is back from Ireland with stories of Leprechauns,  Blarney Stones, and an Irish Forbidden Planet. We get into a little more Green Lantern while we await the Blackest Night story line hitting the DC universe this summer. I review  Ghost Rider 32 and 33. Really interesting take on the Ghost Rider and Spirit of Vengeance mythology. Jason Aaron, who is also writing Wolverine: Weapon X, changes the Ghost Rider origins and creates a new environment and characters. It has a Hellblazer and Buffy feel to it, and peaked my interest enough to follow through. We’ll see where Jason can take Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch.

Tim has been reading Captain America and I may have to pick up a few issues after hearing his review. Ed Brubaker, who also writes DareDevil, has been pumping out a great story for the Captain. With Steve Rogers assassinated at the conclusion of the Civil War story line, Bucky (aka Winter Soldier) takes up the shield. I make a few mistakes on who Bucky is, confusing him with Nomad.

My local comic shop suggested House of Mystery to me. I was blown away by the first graphic novel. I haven’t read anything this well done since Gaiman’s Sandman, or maybe Fables. Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, the House of Mystery is Cain’s house which used to be located in The Dreaming. Cain finds his house has gone  missing one afternoon which is the start of the new series.  Anyone can find the house, which is also a Tavern, from any alley, from any time, and from any place, which includes Fairy and other realms where magic is common place. The taps are always flowing, the kitchen always full, and the currency is story telling. Amazingly well written and drawn, House of Mystery just went to the top of my must read comic book list.

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