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Wouldn't you love to have The Flash come live with you?

Well, now YOU CAN!

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If I listen slightly louder..

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I am totally selling this dude on the ebay!

Don't you want to give him a good home?

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All things they want you..

JLA: The Obsidian Age, Book One by Joe Kelly

My review

Rating: 3 of 5 stars

The first half of Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke's second story arc on JLA.
Read this last night.
It's been a little while since I read "Golden Perfect", but I'd say Kelly has a more comfortable (if not slightly better) handle on the characters here.
Still nowhere near the heights the team would reach with "Trial By Fire" (http://hiptoday.blogspot.com/2008/02/shell-see-im-not-so-tough.html), but you can see that they're a good creative pairing.

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I don't care what you call me..

Superhero Video Posting Week : Part 6!


I have absolutely no recollection of that one at all.
I'm enjoying it now though.

These I remember all too well though.

She'll see I'm not so tough..

It's time for yet another new feature.

My Favorite Comics Ever.


JLA #84-89 (collected as JLA Vol. 14 “Trial By Fire”)
Joe Kelly writes a perfect Batman, shows just how powerful a player Martian Manhunter is in the DCU, and comes up with multiple Grant Morrison-sized/OMG/character defining moments for pretty much every member of the Justice League.

Doug Mahnke’s art is absolutely incredible. I mean, there’s no other way to say it. There are totally scan-worthy panels on pretty much every page of every issue.
The guy is just an amazing artist capable of making Superman look “super” whether he’s sitting in a lawnchair at J’onn’s backyard BBQ or racing across the planet to chase down the last of several hundred nuclear missiles the JLA must stop.
Even more importantly perhaps is the fact that he makes characters like The Atom and Major Disaster look every bit as epic and impressive as Superman and Batman. (And Joe Kelly does his part to make them seem just as important and integral to the story as “The Big Guys”.)

Oh, and did I mention that the only person who can save the JLA and the Earth itself is Plastic Man?
Yeah, it’s pretty awesome.

I don’t know that it’s the best Justice League story, but it’s definitely top notch on every level. I can't say that it's my favorite JLA story of all time, but it's certainly my favorite JLA story at the moment and one of my favorite comics ever.

I insist you go ahead..

So has anyone other than me seen that movie Sky High?
It's really good.
If not actually sit and watch it, I could at least have it on in the background once a week.
Speaking of movies, if you enjoy horror flicks and Christopher Guest movies, you need to seek out Behind the Mask : The Rise of Leslie Vernon. I had no idea what to expect going into it, and I'm really glad I didn't because pleasant surprises are the best surprises.

I saw They Might Be Giants live and in person playing music last night.
Possibly more on this later.

And now for what I'd like to refer to as..
"A Series of One Image Illustrating Why Ivan Reis Should be Drawing Justice League of America and not (shudder) Ed Benes."

Could Superman look any mightier? No. No, he could not.
Are you kidding me?!
BATMAN JUST KARATE CHOPPED A ROBOT'S FACE OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are not enough exclamation points in the world to accurately explain how awesome this is.

In the not too distant future..

While you (read : Curt) may recall me saying that the first issue of JLA/Hitman was just okay, I'd like to let you (read : Curt + anyone else) know that the second issue was definitive comic excellence.
I thought of doing one of my "A Series of Images.." posts with this comic, but you really need to read the whole thing to get the full effect.

Also, Curt, you really need to get on that updating your blog thing. I'm anxious.
In return, I will continue to work on our comic.

Very..


very..


slowly.