The W
February 23, 2017 - mayflower.jpg
Views: 178590383
Main | FAQ | Search: Y! / G | Calendar | Color chart | Log in for more!
19.3.24 0209
The W - Print - 52: Week 12
This thread has 7 referrals leading to it
Register and log in to post!
Thread rated: 4.97
Pages: 1
(486 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
User
Post (9 total)
It's False
Scrapple








Since: 20.6.02
From: I am the Tag Team Champions!

Since last post: 2190 days
Last activity: 572 days
#1 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.32
Sorry, guys. Real life got in the way and I wasn't able to catch up for a while. It's almost better to read three straight weeks back-to-back, since it prolongs the entertainment. I'll try and keep weeks 10 and 11 short, since Week 12 was very eventful.

WEEK 10
-Clark Kent gets FIRED...until he pulls a Lois and jumps out the window to get that elusive interview with Supernova.
-Black Adam prepares for further war.

WEEK 11
-Ralph Dibny returns to his storage garage, only to find that the Cult of Conner has reached it and stolen Sue's blouse and skirt.
-Renee Montoya and the Question bust in on Intergang (led by Whisper and Abbot, two former Ra's Al Ghul lackeys) and find themselves in trouble before the debuting Batwoman makes the save.

And now...

WEEK 12
-Renee Montoya's pleas to Maggie Sawyer about Intergang fall on deaf ears, as Maggie points out that Renee surrendered her badge voluntarily. She asks "Charlie" what their next move should be, when he simply replies that their answer lies in Kahndaq.
-Black Adam uses his power to bring about the river flow for his people. Adrianna (the girl offered by Intergang back in Week 5) tells him that he can use his power to help his people peacefully rather than wage an international war, but Adam won't have it, due to his past history.
-Wonder Girl is doing her Super Laundry and notices Ralph Dibny on her couch. This allows Ralph to get the Line of the Issue: "That's where people always get me confused with Plastic Man. He's the clown. Elongated Man is the detective." When he demands answers, Cassie tells him that Sue's a guinea pig. The Cult of Conner wants to attempt to resurrect her before attempting to restore Superboy. Cassie says she only acted sneaky out of fear of Ralph's refusal. Shockingly (or maybe not so, depending on your perspective), Ralph agrees to help.
-Black Adam wants to show Adrianna something. He leads her through a secret tunnel under his palace, leading to the Rock of Eternity that holds CAPTAIN MARVEL~! (A-List hero #3), who has absolutely lost his freakin' mind! Cap has been hearing the voices of the Seven Deadly Sins ever since the Rock of Eternity was smashed and they've driven him insane. Adam takes out the scarab that Shazam imprisoned him in originally and takes out the jewel that's attached in order to induct Adrianna to the Marvel family. The transformation is imminent and the issue ends with Adrianna becoming Isis!

THOUGHTS
If you missed 10 and 11, go out of your way to catch issue 10. Seeing Clark Kent pull Lois Lane tactics is one of the highlights of this series to date. As for 12, this is THE best issue of the series so far. A lot of plot threads are beginning to turn the corner and the arcs of Black Adam and Question/Montoya are about to collide. And you'll get the official explanation of why the reigns of Captain Marvel are being handed to Freddy Freeman (if the rumor mill is to be believed). Seeing some of those Cap panels in this issue are absolutely chilling and hammer the point home that he's seriously out of his gord. And I can't emphasize enough that this series is doing a fantastic job of re-establishing guys like Ralph Dibny. Ralph's been awesome!

Work is about to slow down, so updates should be back to normal.

(edited by It's False on 28.7.06 1521)

(edited by It's False on 28.7.06 1529)


Promote this thread!
skorpio17
Morcilla








Since: 11.7.02
From: New Jersey

Since last post: 5844 days
Last activity: 5844 days
#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.46
I had some free time on a summer hour friday so I read wk.10-11 for free. Perry White shouldn't be firing Clark Kent after all these years even if Kent lost his super powers. Perry White used to play a bigger part in the series and have more character.

The new Batwoman has redhair, large assets, and is shockingly gay. There's some stuff about Will Magnus the inventor. Ralph had already been re-established in Starman.

My main problem with the series is that you can't write/draw a quality comic on a weekly basis. It is slow moving. It lacks the big names it needs (Captain Marvel is not an A-list hero.) The small names it has like Steel, his daughter, Adam Strange- are not too interesting. It also all takes place in the past where as if you read the current issue of any DC comic, you know the end results of 52. So the spoilers aren't even spoilers because it all happened already and there is no new ground to cover.

Not to be completely negative here, so the following are the good comics I read this month that are better than 52:

Superman by Buziak - (writer of Superman: Secret Identity -very good. Superman vs. Intergang.

Superman:All-Star #4 by Morrison/Quietly - surprisingly good given their bad X-Men run. Standalone story, Superman vs. Jimmy Olson.

Batman - 12 pt. Twoface story by J. Robinson. surprise underused cult-fave Batman villain returns. buy the trade.

Spec. Spiderman 28 - Civil War Identity Revealed w/ Iron Man and Doc Ock.

X-Factor:Civil War by Peter David- uncovering the mystery of Day of M - Decimation.

odessasteps
Scrapple








Since: 2.1.02
From: MD, USA

Since last post: 3562 days
Last activity: 3529 days
#3 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.58

Im's glad, 1/4 into the series, plot lines are being to intersect.

the first blah issue came a couple weeks ago, but it looks to be heating up.



Mark Coale
Odessa Steps Magazine
The Affirmation, Baby Blog
Deputy Marshall
Liverwurst








Since: 28.6.04
From: Troy, NY

Since last post: 3442 days
Last activity: 2963 days
#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.21
    Originally posted by skorpio17
    Ralph had already been re-established in Starman.

Oh man...if there's one series I miss, it's that. That being said, not much was done with Ralph in anything I'd read leading up to "Identity Crisis" and during its run "Starman" wasn't as popular as it probably should've been, so the argument that 52 is bringing Ralph back to legitimacy is legit, IMO.

    Originally posted by skorpio17
    It lacks the big names it needs (Captain Marvel is not an A-list hero.) The small names it has like Steel, his daughter, Adam Strange- are not too interesting.

I think that's the point, though - to bring the featured characters into the spotlight and make them into A-listers (or at least bring them closer to that level of popularity/exposure).

(edited by Deputy Marshall on 30.7.06 2037)


Suggested Purchase of the Week:
Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert (trade paperback) (The W at Amazon)




Hey look, an emo-free LJ!
odessasteps
Scrapple








Since: 2.1.02
From: MD, USA

Since last post: 3562 days
Last activity: 3529 days
#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.58

So, 52 is about elevating the mid-carders?



Mark Coale
Odessa Steps Magazine
The Affirmation, Baby Blog
Super Shane Spear
Bierwurst








Since: 2.1.02
From: Sector 7 Slums

Since last post: 5026 days
Last activity: 5026 days
#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.64
    Originally posted by skorpio17
    Superman:All-Star #4 by Morrison/Quietly - surprisingly good given their bad X-Men run.


Absolutely off-base. Morrison's run on X-Men was the best storyline since AoA. Cassandra Nova, Beak, Angel, Quentin, and the cuckoos were some of the best characters in the X realm ever.
Matt Tracker
Scrapple








Since: 8.5.03
From: North Carolina

Since last post: 112 days
Last activity: 5 days
#7 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.70
    Originally posted by Super Shane Spear
    Absolutely off-base. Morrison's run on X-Men was the best storyline since AoA. Cassandra Nova, Beak, Angel, Quentin, and the cuckoos were some of the best characters in the X realm ever.


I have a hard time accepting Cassandra given her introduction as an unbirthed evil twin. The sibling-revelation cliche is beneath Morrison.

Everything else is gold. He even managed to reinvent Emma as a symapthetic character.



"To be the man, you gotta beat demands." -- The Lovely Mrs. Tracker

My blog will amuse. (heygregory.blogspot.com)
Tenken347
Knackwurst








Since: 27.2.03
From: Parts Unknown

Since last post: 32 days
Last activity: 17 hours
#8 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.26
Man, I can't disagree any harder with you guys. I thought Morison's X-Men was the worst I've ever read. I though all his characterizations were way off base, and he never really found any of the characters' voices. Nothing he wrote ever felt like an "X-Men" story to me.
Evil Buddha
Pickled pork








Since: 10.1.02
From: Somerville, MA

Since last post: 6255 days
Last activity: 5653 days
#9 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.00
So, why am I getting the feeling Vic Sage is toast and Renee will have to adopt the guise of the Question?



"Naughty by Nature, Evil by Choice!"
Evil Buddha... Wrestling Fan, Bud Man
Thread rated: 4.97
Pages: 1
Thread ahead: Justice League of America #1 (minor spoilers)
Next thread: Reading Suggestions for my Brother
Previous thread: 52: Week 13 (spoilers)
(486 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
Too bad Jack is not around to see the way comics have been accepted by mainstream popular culture.
Related threads: 52: Weeks 8 and 9 - 52: Weeks 6 and 7 (spoilers) - 52: Week 5 (spoilers) - More...
The W - Print - 52: Week 12Register and log in to post!

The W™ message board

ZimBoard
©2001-2024 Brothers Zim

This old hunk of junk rendered your page in 0.144 seconds.