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Aquaman Vol 1: The Drowning by Dan Abnett

March 23, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

This is the first straight forward Aquaman comic I’ve read. The artwork isn’t bad. The fact that Mera says my love quite a bit is rather annoying. However, This issue has several great things about it. 1. Mera – she decks Superman (and the reaction to this action is so wonderful). She is also kick ass. 2. The look at how people see Aquaman – how despite being part of the Justice League, he is still a bit outside of the league. He isn’t part […]

An overstuffed mash-up of everything you could possibly think of.

April 4, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

The inaugural run of Guardians of the Galaxy started out better than it finished. It started out with a pretty simple premise, and then got more complicated as it went on, when Abnett and Lanning started throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the narrative, including of course, many instances of characters coming back from the dead, among other cliches. I still liked this overall, especially the first half of it. The characters are likable, the dialogue is snappy, the situations operatic. But I feel […]

Rocket Raccoon is the best.

March 22, 2015 by narfna 3 Comments

I read some article over the summer when the Guardians of the Galaxy movie came out that listed this as one of the books I should check out if I wanted to beef up on Marvel shnizz before seeing it. I never got around to it, and I’m kinda glad. I would have expected a much different movie afterwards if I had. This is actually the book where the current incarnation of the GOTG were created. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning pulled together the new […]

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