Good Times; Bad Times
Nov. 17th, 2005 04:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
white_tiger
This week has, for all intents and purposes, gone up and down so many times I can't even clarify what it's been. Things have gone good; things have turned sour due to one specific event.
Example: Things were good yesterday and today since I'd gotten two issues-one, released yesterday; the other, released the week prior. Things ended up bad since on my way back home today, before I decided to take a detour, I end up seeing the end results of another car accident. This time, however, both cars were in the vicinity and the police already on the scene.
For the most part, life has been partially good this week, and bad for the majority. I don't even feel entirely up to explaining the reason my mother put me in a sour mood earlier this week, but I'll provide a short version-she claimed that my response to her-that revolved around my cousin-meant that I "was on her side" concerning a situation a few weeks ago, when my response had been anything but that.
Danger Girl #1: Back in Black
Upon seeing this issue-that has the Wildstorm logo on it-as part of yet another four-part saga, I was a bit cautious on deciding if I wanted to buy it-and get involved in another four-part epic, since the month before, I had finally gotten out of a certain number of four-part issues concerning comic books I won't be picking up anytime soon. However, the plotline that involves a team of spies convinced me otherwise. I'll explain a bit more on this sometime next month.
Superman/Batman #7: Protégé
This back issue came out over a year ago, and I was pleased to come across it this past Sunday afternoon. The main plot revolves around the protégés of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel-Robin and Superboy. The two teen heroes ended up journeying to Japan in order to convince a 13-year-old to assist Batman in building his line of Bat-toys-helicopters, planes, weapons, etc. They also had to face John Corben-back in a human body, but still with the Kryptonite heart, strangely enough. This was also before Superboy's secret-that 50% of his DNA was Lex Luthor's-became public knowledge, and was known only to the two teen heroes in this book.
Supergirl #3
This issue should've been released last month, and I should be discussing Supergirl #4, but for some reason I can't fathom, DC Comics pushed this book back by one month, meaning Supergirl #4-6, for the most part, will be released a month before the actual month printed on the cover. Still, I'm pleased I was able to get it at all instead of having to wait endlessly for it. The comic book store I got it from ended up being sold out of the issue after just one day.
Back to the storyline-this book started off with the Girl of Steel in combat with a number of the Outsiders-Grace, Thunder and Arsenal. (Out of those three, I'm still only familiar with Arsenal.) She had a Kryptonite chain wrapped around her wrists, and Arsenal had a bullet filled with Kryptonite liquid. Reason being for those items? To keep her at bay, most likely. Yet, I doubt that happened, since she was able to break the chain and then mopped the floor with the first two members. Kara didn't even have to deal with Arsenal, since he ended up getting hit on the side of the head-and his shot ruined entirely-by an Escrima Stick, meaning she'd been helped out by Nightwing.
(Continuity-wise, this book would've been after the Teen Titans/Outsiders crossover, and undoubtedly after The Return of Donna Troy saga. Though, out of all the current members of the Outsiders, I did not expect Kara to have a crush on, out of all people, Nightwing. Titans-wise, he's had a relationship with Starfire; Batman-wise, he's been in a relationship with Barbara. There is no need to add in a 16-year-old Kryptonian girl into a complicated triangle.)
Though, in this issue, what I've been waiting for finally occurred-Supergirl confronted Luthor. Yet, she should've taken Nightwing's advice and allowed the Outsiders to come help her out. Luthor pretty much wiped the floor with Kara since he had that damned row of Kryptonite-green; red; blue; black-in that suit, held in place. He used the green Kryptonite on her throughout the final pages of the book, then hit her with a concentrated ray of black Kryptonite.
That may have been a critical mistake on his part, since it allowed a darker version of Supergirl to emerge-complete with dark costume, silver S on her chest, and all. Now I'm even more eager for the next issue, since it will not only have the battle between an evil Kara and Lex, have the JLA involved somehow, but it apparently coincides with Superman #223.
The quote for today will be from my purchased issue of Superman/Batman.
"You ever hear 'don't trust anybody over the age of thirty?' There's a reason people say that." -Superboy
"This from a clone who may never turn thirty." -Robin, Superman/Batman: #7
Example: Things were good yesterday and today since I'd gotten two issues-one, released yesterday; the other, released the week prior. Things ended up bad since on my way back home today, before I decided to take a detour, I end up seeing the end results of another car accident. This time, however, both cars were in the vicinity and the police already on the scene.
For the most part, life has been partially good this week, and bad for the majority. I don't even feel entirely up to explaining the reason my mother put me in a sour mood earlier this week, but I'll provide a short version-she claimed that my response to her-that revolved around my cousin-meant that I "was on her side" concerning a situation a few weeks ago, when my response had been anything but that.
Danger Girl #1: Back in Black
Upon seeing this issue-that has the Wildstorm logo on it-as part of yet another four-part saga, I was a bit cautious on deciding if I wanted to buy it-and get involved in another four-part epic, since the month before, I had finally gotten out of a certain number of four-part issues concerning comic books I won't be picking up anytime soon. However, the plotline that involves a team of spies convinced me otherwise. I'll explain a bit more on this sometime next month.
Superman/Batman #7: Protégé
This back issue came out over a year ago, and I was pleased to come across it this past Sunday afternoon. The main plot revolves around the protégés of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel-Robin and Superboy. The two teen heroes ended up journeying to Japan in order to convince a 13-year-old to assist Batman in building his line of Bat-toys-helicopters, planes, weapons, etc. They also had to face John Corben-back in a human body, but still with the Kryptonite heart, strangely enough. This was also before Superboy's secret-that 50% of his DNA was Lex Luthor's-became public knowledge, and was known only to the two teen heroes in this book.
Supergirl #3
This issue should've been released last month, and I should be discussing Supergirl #4, but for some reason I can't fathom, DC Comics pushed this book back by one month, meaning Supergirl #4-6, for the most part, will be released a month before the actual month printed on the cover. Still, I'm pleased I was able to get it at all instead of having to wait endlessly for it. The comic book store I got it from ended up being sold out of the issue after just one day.
Back to the storyline-this book started off with the Girl of Steel in combat with a number of the Outsiders-Grace, Thunder and Arsenal. (Out of those three, I'm still only familiar with Arsenal.) She had a Kryptonite chain wrapped around her wrists, and Arsenal had a bullet filled with Kryptonite liquid. Reason being for those items? To keep her at bay, most likely. Yet, I doubt that happened, since she was able to break the chain and then mopped the floor with the first two members. Kara didn't even have to deal with Arsenal, since he ended up getting hit on the side of the head-and his shot ruined entirely-by an Escrima Stick, meaning she'd been helped out by Nightwing.
(Continuity-wise, this book would've been after the Teen Titans/Outsiders crossover, and undoubtedly after The Return of Donna Troy saga. Though, out of all the current members of the Outsiders, I did not expect Kara to have a crush on, out of all people, Nightwing. Titans-wise, he's had a relationship with Starfire; Batman-wise, he's been in a relationship with Barbara. There is no need to add in a 16-year-old Kryptonian girl into a complicated triangle.)
Though, in this issue, what I've been waiting for finally occurred-Supergirl confronted Luthor. Yet, she should've taken Nightwing's advice and allowed the Outsiders to come help her out. Luthor pretty much wiped the floor with Kara since he had that damned row of Kryptonite-green; red; blue; black-in that suit, held in place. He used the green Kryptonite on her throughout the final pages of the book, then hit her with a concentrated ray of black Kryptonite.
That may have been a critical mistake on his part, since it allowed a darker version of Supergirl to emerge-complete with dark costume, silver S on her chest, and all. Now I'm even more eager for the next issue, since it will not only have the battle between an evil Kara and Lex, have the JLA involved somehow, but it apparently coincides with Superman #223.
The quote for today will be from my purchased issue of Superman/Batman.
"You ever hear 'don't trust anybody over the age of thirty?' There's a reason people say that." -Superboy
"This from a clone who may never turn thirty." -Robin, Superman/Batman: #7
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Date: 2005-11-17 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-18 01:32 am (UTC)When you do get the Supergirl issue, think you could make me a few icons featuring Supergirl's darker side? I was real impressed with her costume; reminded me of when Superman returned from the dead and wore the dark costume with the silver S.
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Date: 2005-11-18 06:43 am (UTC)I liked that Superman costume a lot, though I can only imagine the fan uproar that had happened with that costume.