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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

DC has been cranking out some nice animated features and the latest one just might be my favorite: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.  The story borrows little from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's graphic novel JLA: Earth 2 and ultimately manages its original take on the JLA going against their counterparts the Crime Syndicate of Amerika.  The animation is beautiful and the story tight with never a wasted moment.  The voice acting is near perfect with the only weakness (amazingly) being Batman, but even William Baldwin wins me over in the end.  My guilty thrill favorite moment is the battle between Superwoman and Wonder Woman, sensationally voiced by Gina Torres and Vanessa Marshall respectively.  Without reservation, this movie is a must buy for comic book fans!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Psylocke #2

My favorite X-Man has to be Psylocke.  Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock started as an English telepath, and sister to Captain Britain, before being transformed into an Asian telepathic ninja.  Yeah, when it comes to convoluted backgrounds, they don't come much wilder than Psylocke's.  The important thing is she sports one of the hottest costumes around and gets to kick all sorts of ass in it!  And even though she was killed off for a spell (bonehead move there, Marvel) she has returned to her rightful place in the X-Men comics - even having her own 4-issue mini-series!  In Psylocke #2 of said series she engages Yukio in a fight that is beautifully illustrated over several pages.  Even without this fight, the series is well worth collecting for all Psylocke fans.
 

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Justice #4

I've always been a fan of Alex Ross.  His artwork has a way of making heroes seem truly heroic and villains their most sinister!  And the 12-issue Justice has a pretty gnarly concept: super-villains working together to defeat the superheroes stop the end of the world... okay, by defeating the superheroes!  The dookie hits the fans for our heroes in Justice #4 when the villains make their move, and with Ross at the helm their predicament has never felt so dire.  Wonder Woman faces off with her arch-nemesis Cheetah in one of their most brutal encounters I can recall.
 

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Secret Six: Depths

Secret Six is easily my favorite team of anti-heroes, always walking that fine line between self-serving and "damn, how did we end up doing a good deed?"  One of their most compelling stories has to be "Depths" focusing on the slave trade and missing Amazons following the "Amazons Attack" event.  Guest stars appear in the forms of Wonder Woman and Artemis!  The 5-part arc is excellent, but I'm gonna highlight Secret Six #12 for an amazing rumble between Wonder Woman and Secret Six's strongwoman Jeannette.  The outcome will shock you!