Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Laurie Sefton, C/O chuqui) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: This week's bag o' goodies (spoilers) Message-ID: <3046@nsc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 19:53:29 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.3046 Posted: Sun Jul 28 19:53:29 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 30-Jul-85 06:38:05 EDT Distribution: net Organization: The Warlocks Cave Lines: 74 Comics to be reviewed this week: LSH # 16 X-Men #199 Nightcrawler #1 Zot #10 Crossfire #13 COIE #8 Blue Devil annual #1 LSH #1 :This is also a tie-in to COIE, of a sorts. Braniac 5 reacts to Kara's death, although there is a bit of a paradox with this issue that I suppose won't be in the newsrack version-- COIE is *still* occuring as this issue is taking place, and I would think that Kara's death wouldn't be pre-ordained as it will be in the settled down version of the DC universe. The new legionnaires get to strut their stuff, and my guess would be that Sensor Girl is a close relative of Saturn Girl. Having Supergirl show up in the future, under a mask, would just be too cruel. Quislet is patently obnoxious, and if there is a change in writers, I see him to disappear.. I guess Arthur C. Clarke is wrong-- christianity is still going strong a 1000 years from now. X-Men #199: Rachel *becomes* Phoenix (*yawn*). The biggee this issue, at least to those who aren't reading this newsgroup (or CBG, or something equally informative) is that professor X is going to die. And he didn't eat and sentinent planets or anything.... (exit heavy sarcasm mode). Mystique and her little friends are up to something nasty, but whether or not the US government manages to double-cross back us in the future.. This is setting up for Magneto's trial in #200, which will hopefully tie up a few loose ends... Nightcrawler #1: Oh, the artwork is *bad* in this book. The nasty flexographic printing didn't help, but still, the artwork is **bad**. Kitty doesn't look like any rendition I've seen before, and Illyana is just terrible. This series is apparently not designed to answer any questions from any sub-plots running in the X-Men, at least not from what I have seen from the first issue. Which will probably be the only issue I buy... Zot #10: Go out and get this book-- not only for the fact that it may be the last of its kind, but for the story. Reality intrudes in a lot of ways that we don't expect, and Zot's surprise that the Sirians didn't just jump on the bandwagon to democracy is worth the admission price. For a book not done in a *realistic* manner, it has a lot more realism than the stuff that Marvel puts out. How people could have bought Dazzler or Secret Wars, and let this gem go by is beyond me.. Crossfire #13: Ever get the feeling that the government is *not* your friend? A nice solid conclusion to the Marilyn Monroe murders story. The crossovers to DNAgents is nice and tight (I really get annoyed at references that are three months out of date). Another book where realism manages to mix in with comics, and survive... COIE #8: The Red Tornado get blown to pieces in this one, the Blue Devil ends up with the Omega Men, and the Flash dies... After al the months of having the Flash portrayed as much a victim as a hero, he finally gets to go out potentially saving the universe from the Monitor. And no one in the DC Universe is around to witness it. Somehow, I think they'll know... Blue Devil Annual #1: More silliness than a person should be allowed to have. My only beef with this is the treatment of Etrigan-- he is a much nastier character (in other DC stuff) than the rest of the cast, but here he is constantly played to be a demonic twit. I *really* liked the Marvel-ous origins for Black Orchid. One good thing about the piece of the universe that BD inhabits-- nothing ever goes *that* bad. Buy this book and enjoy!!! That's all for this week... Laurie Sefton -- :From the carousel of the autumn carnival: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Your fifteen minutes are up. Please step aside!