Well I wasn't expecting those two (eagerly awaited) trades to drop on Hoopla yesterday... but, once again, I have added more to the list
DCUltraBatman #125
Batman #126
Batman #127Batman #128
Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 Gotham City Year One #1
Dark Crisis #5
Dark Crisis Deadly Green #1MUThe Variants #1
The Variants #2Strange #1
Strange #2
Strange #3Strange #4
Genis-Vell #1Captain America: Symbol #1
Captain America: Symbol #2
Captain America: Symbol #3
Daredevil v6 #30
Other~
B.P.R.D 1946-1948 Omnibus (list of remaining issues)B.P.R.D 1946 v1
- 1946 #4
- 1946 #5
B.P.R.D 1947 v1
- 1947 #1
- 1947 #2
- 1947 #3
- 1947 #4
- 1947 #5
B.P.R.D 1948 v1
- 1948 #1
- 1948 #2
- 1948 #3
- 1948 #4
- 1948 #5
Bloodshot #2
The Boogyman #1
The Boogyman #2A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance volume 2 (with the following issues) A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #6A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #7
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #8
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #9
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #10
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #11
Follow Me Down- A Reckless Book (144 page story)***************************************
Gen-Vell - While it was nice to see Jimbo's favorite character back in print (and I'm sorry for what I am about to type, buddy) I have to say that not only was the art a little not to my liking, the PAD writing here was even worse. Not what I had hoped... expected even. And I while I didn't need a funny Captain Marvel book of old, I did think I would get decent writing, like in Maestro, but here the dialog fell way off the mark of what I am familiar with. It was just not clicking for me. Even the story, while not horrible, could have also been better, if given more room, but I think PAD was trying too hard to tie all the things, all the cool little tidbits into one issue (this is the hairbrush that....) and it was just too damn crowded with unnecessary backstory and too many forced "remember when"s. I will return for issue two, if for nothing else to see if it remains as poorly written as this one, but I hope, honestly I do, that I will finish that issue
WANTING to read the next, not like now, where I am making myself read the next
Strange - Now this one almost felt like the PAD of old. Not quite up to old PAD stuff, but close enough to make me smile. Not a great book, and maybe coming off the latter made this one shine more, perhaps, but I still enjoyed this. Is the next issue
THE last of this run?
The Variants - Ummm, yeah, another let down. Not sure why this book hit so hard for me those many months ago when I flipped through it at the LCS, but it didn't have the same punch this time. The art was good, but I like Noto, and the story isn't bad, but it isn't a "wow" like I had originally thought. Perhaps it is all a matter of timing and mood sometimes, huh? Either way, there is enough here for me to keep going.
The Boogyman - A decent story with some cool/crazy looking art. Reminds me of too many other things (Like Spawn for some unknown reason? Yeah, no idea...?) so I am not too high on it, but I will probably... maybe finish it off.
A Righteous Thirst - So I had to take a sneak peek. Once again, if you are wanting a long read, or in the mood for sitting down on a lazy day to waste time reading a tome, then this is not the series for you. Its one of those great books that I would be mad if I were paying for it, ya know?
"I paid $4 for this and I get two minutes of reading from it? Ninety panels of art and just two panels of dialog and one caption box?"
Like some of the great books by Warren Ellis. Those things used to piss me off so bad. I mean, sure, great story, once you get through it, but the value is shit man.
Hahaha
But yeah, much like Ellis books, this is a sparse read but a pretty, pretty, pretty good one.
If you are in for the story, and you're getting it off Hoopla, for free
then it is an absolute banger of a book!!
