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Birds of Prey #1

Gail Simone (Wonder Woman) continues where she left off with the re-launch of Birds of Prey. This time around she’s joined by one of the best artists in the industry, Ed Benes (Justice League of America). The issue is under the Brightest Day banner since its stars one of the twelve resurrected characters. The group consists of mainstays like Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress and Lady Blackhawk with the addition of Hawk and Dove. Hawk being the dead man walking.

Story weaves from one character to the next as Oracle must unite the team. Black Canary and Lady Blackhawk find themselves in Iceland trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. After a lengthy but futile conversation, Black Canary takes down the scummy kidnappers showing why she’s bad ass. When Huntress receives Oracles call, she’s pounding on some street punks and making it look easy. The avatars of Peace and War, a.k.a. Dove and Hawk are engaged in battle with an evil Pep Squad. Hawk forces himself to deal with the idiot teenagers with restraint. Hawk is still dealing with being resurrected and figuring out his place in the world.

Bagged And Boarded – Return of Bruce Wayne

Welcome to “Bagged and Boarded”, a series of articles by Kevin Beckham and Dustin Cabeal. In “Bagged and Boarded” two comic fans express their thoughts/opinions about an issue or comic event.

This week we discuss DC Comic’s Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne 1 of 6.

The most anticipated series of 2010 is here! Superstar writer Grant Morrison tackles his most ambitious project to date with THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, a special six-part series that chronicles the return of the original man behind Batman’s cape and cowl! Each issue spans a different era of time and features the dynamic artwork of one of today’s artistic juggernauts, starting with Chris Sprouse (TOM STRONG) on the extra-sized issue #1 – DCcomics.com

Marvel’s Siege – Series Reveiw

With House of M, we saw the destruction of the mutants and the Avengers. This forced both groups to rebuild. With Civil War, we saw the war of two ideologies at battle. One represents comics of old while the other demonstrates a more modern take on superheroes and comics in general. Then, there was the Initiative. Finally, the Heroes and Brains were running the show! They introduced a new way of doing everything including training and registration. It was a short lived success that was soon spoiled by the Secret Invasion. Skrulls had placed themselves within every organization in the world by replacing people with doppelgangers. The Skrulls made their push to take over the world but the heroes retaliated and won.

Fraggle Rock #1 Sells Out at the Distributor Level

Los Angeles, CA (May 19, 2010) – Archaia proudly announced today that copies of Fraggle Rock #1 have sold out at the distributor level. (Copies may still be available at local comic book shops.) Additional copies of issue #1 are being sent to Diamond Comic Distributors now to meet the demand.
 
“We’ve been overwhelmed with the positive response to Fraggle Rock, and I’m so excited that the first book of the Archaia/Jim Henson Company partnership has flown off the shelves so quickly!” said Archaia Editor-in-Chief Stephen Christy. “Archaia is focused on long-term, generational brand building, and Fraggle Rock is one such property that allows us to bridge the gap between the generation that grew up with the original TV show and a new generation of kids, some of whom have never read comics before. Working with The Jim Henson Company is a thrill and an honor, and we hope to continue this success with future Henson comic books, including The Dark Crystal.”    

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 – Review

Have you heard? Batman died. Not actually. You see near the end of Final Crisis, Darkseid hit Batman with his omega beams, which normally destroy people on contact. Batman, being Batman, was not killed but displaced in time. The Return of Bruce Wayne is just that, Bruce Wayne finding his way through time to return home. Each issue deals with Bruce in a different era trying to survive. The first issue has him at the dawn of man-kind surrounded by Cavemen.

The story begins with a group of men huddled around a crashed rocket. How the rocket got there is a mystery. The cavemen speak in broken English and are amazed by the find. They’ve arrived to turn one of their boys into a man and to do so they must visit the one called Old Man. What they find instead is Bruce. The Old Man has died after drawing several of DC’s embalms on a cave wall. The one called Man, takes the place of Old Man as the prior Old Man had done before him. The group stays the night as they study Bruce. Before the night ends the group is attacked by a warring clan. Everyone but the boy and Bruce are killed.

Stealth – Pilot Season

In years past, each book was done by different teams. But this year all of the titles are written by Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible). The third book released in 2010 is Stealth. With this release, Robert Kirkman attempts to tell an interesting story of a father and son dealing with loss of family in their own way. The son Todd, dealing with his daughter and ex-wife. Plus watching his father’s loosing battle to Alzheimer’s.

Invicible Iron Man #25

This issue marks the first issue of the Heroic Age at Marvel and also premiers the brand new suit for Iron Man. Previously Stark was forced to erase his brain, which had been changed into a hard drive after the Extremis experiment. Tony’s brain possessed all of the Super-hero Registration information, but to keep it out of Norman Osborn’s hands, he needed to wipe the drive clean. Now he’s running on a back up hard drive. He has gaps in his memory and isn’t aware of some of the horrible things he did in the name of protecting the world.

Tony and his supporting cast find themselves healing, as well as helping to rebuild Asgard and the neighboring town. As for Tony, he is spending most of his time learning about everything he has missed and everything he has done. With his new power cell (similar to the movie version), he finds himself upgraded. His body produces more energy, and his mind runs at a higher capacity. Apparently Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist, Uncanny X-Men) felt that Tony just wasn’t smart enough.