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Friday, October 30, 2009

My Week In Comics 10-21-09

Between my usual procrastination and other events, I'm falling behind again, so I'll keep this rather brief. In order from most- to least-liked...

Blackest Night: Superman 3 (of 3): As with the Batman tie-in miniseries, since the black ring-wearing pseudo-zombies are still causing death and destruction in many parts of the universe, it's not a complete conclusion to the story. However, the immediate threats to Smallville and New Krypton are repelled in a more satisfying way than it was handled in "Blackest Night: Batman."

Supergirl 46: The final chapter in "The Hunt for Reactron" finds Reactron with the upper hand against Supergirl, Nightwing and Flamebird. Trying to reach them are Lois Lane and Lana Lang, but they run into a problem...

Lois: Oh snap! Science police have blocked off the area. We'll have to go another way.
Lana: Did you...did you just say "Oh snap"?

Simpsons Comics 159: Lisa makes a friend online, which leads to, among other things, new employees of Springfield Elementary: substitute teacher J. K. Rowling and swim instructor David Hasselhoff.

DC Universe Halloween Special '09: A one-shot featuring "13 All-New Tales of Terror!" Actually more funny than scary, though. What do you expect when the story that bookends the whole thing stars Bizarro?

Superman/Batman 65: Also something of a Halloween Special. Superman, Batman, Lex Luthor and the Joker are all having nightmares thanks to another villain. The Luthor and Joker dreams are clever, but that's about all that I really enjoyed from this book.

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