Thursday, 10 December 2009

Random Review: Challengers of the Unknown #87

"Twelve Million Years to Twilight" by Carla & Gerry Conway, Keith Giffen and John Celardo, cover by Alex Saviuk and Dick Giordano.

In this issue the Challengers of the Unknown, along with Deadman and Swamp Thing, have travelled to the distant future to stop the tyrannical Sunset Lords from dumping monstrous mutant creatures in the present.

This was the last issue of the Challengers of the Unknown, so it's perhaps understandable that Carla & Gerry Conway's story feels a little hurried. What's less understandable is why pages are wasted on a mindless fight scene and a cross-section of Challenger Mountain when more important events are shown in a few cramped panels. Keith Giffen and John Celardo's art is similar to Carmine Infantino's, but less quirky and interesting.

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Awesome Cover: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #125

Jimmy Olsen acts like a callous shit on the cover of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #125, by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

Random Review: All-Star Squadron #2

"The Tyrant out of Time!" by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway, cover art by Joe Kubert.

The newly-formed All-Star Squadron attempt to rescue the Justice Society of America from the clutches of a time-travelling tyrant called Per Degaton.

Good fun, with nice art by Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway, but the story gets too bogged down with recapping the characters' origin stories.