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Showing posts with label Booster Gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Booster Gold. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

ComicDorksCast Episode 129 - The Hang Up

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  • Things get back to normal ... -ish ... in Bruce Wayne - The Road Home: Batman & Robin #1.
  • Darren's Pick of the Week: New Avengers #5.
  • Noir suits Bruce in Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #5.
  • Erik's Pick of the Week: Green Lantern #58.
  • DVD Extras from DC in Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1.
  • Scott's Pick of the Week: Booster Gold #37.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Brief Mentions: From Pharaohs to Heroes

Booster Gold #18

Written By: Dan Jurgens

Art By: Norm Rapmund

The greatest hero you’ve never heard of may very well be the greatest comic book you’ve never heard of. Booster Gold is a comic book that has really flourished after post-johns era and continues to produce great story telling. Written by Dan Jurgens (who originally created the character) with art by Norm Rapmund, Booster Gold #18 provides a classic comic experience: good guys, bad guys, and big fight at the end. My first exposure to Booster Gold occurs in the pages of 52 and I’m not going to lie – I hated him. He was just that character that was easy hate. He was a sold-out superhero who put himself primarily before anyone else. Where I saw a horrible character Geoff Johns saw potential. After two story arcs with Johns, Booster Gold has been in the capable hands of Dan Jurgens. Issue #18 is the finale of the “Reality Lost” story arc. Booster Gold along with his sister Goldstar and sidekick Skeets, travel time with out the time master, Rip Hunter, and try to track down the creation of a certain dagger. This trip ultimately leads to Egypt. One underlines theme to this book is a look at how fragile time is. Events that occurred of 4000 years ago directly affect the lives of the heroes today. If you are a fan of Back to the Future (ALL 3 OF THEM!) then you will love this time traveling trio. Norm Rapmund provides excellent pencils that really enhance the story telling. It is a great book and I hope to see in the hands of more readers in the future… or maybe the past…time traveling is confusing.

Batman Confidential #27

Written By: Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir

Art By: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

So Bruce Wayne is gone. He is no longer throughout the pages of Batman Detective Comics and Batman. So maybe your asking yourself: What is a Batman book without Bruce Wayne? Well I have good news for you. For those Bruce Wayne Batman fans you can find refuge throughout the pages of Batman Confidential. Batman Confidential is a series that is focused on the early years of Gotham’s Caped Crusader. This story as well provides excellent comic reading experience and also focuses on minor characters throughout Gotham as well. Batman Confidential #27, written by Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, is part 2 of “Riddle of the Sphinx” story arc. King Tut is going around Gotham using The Riddler’s m.o to attack a museum’s board of trustees (who dress quite scantily might I add). So in this issue we see a SUPERHERO SUPERVILLAIN T-TEAM UP! Nigma and Bruce join forces to discover who is behind these attacks and how to stop them. It’s excellent to see The Riddler’s humor juxtaposed to Bruce’s serious attitude. These two distinctly different personalities provide for great character interaction and dialogue. So if you need a little Bruce Wayne in your life, then check out Batman Confidential. Enjoy!

Monday, March 17, 2008

ComicDorksCast Episode 006

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Running Time: 01:02:21

  • 00:02:51 - We talk the Time Traveling wonder that is: Booster Gold #7
  • 00:09:14 - It started during Greg Rucka's run and continues through today Scott LOVES Wonder Woman
  • 00:09:14 - We are starting to see a deeper meaning from The Boys with issue #16
  • 00:12:26 - Darren's Pick of The Week - Punisher #55
  • 00:20:38 - Scott's Pick of The Week - Superman #674
  • 00:27:00 - Green Arrow & Black Canary #6 is another thrill ride for us both
  • 00:31:56 - Scott's Trade of the Month is: Fear Agent Vol 3 The Last Goodbye
  • 00:36:05 - Darren's Trade of the Month is: Y: The Last Man Vols 1-6
  • 00:45:12 - Brief Mentions of a few books that caught our eyes this week
  • 00:47:51 - Possibility of a special edition all about online comics gets teased
  • 00:51:13 - All the Best in Dork News
  • 00:56:47 - Darren's anticipated books for March 19th
  • 00:57:35 - Scott's anticipated books for March 19th
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The Music at the opening and closing of the show was: "The Sporting Life" by The Decemberists

Sunday, February 17, 2008

ComicDorkscast Episode 002

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Running Time: 01:05:05
  • 00:00:40 - Introductions
  • 00:01:50 - Darren got Y: The Last Man volumes 1-6 for Valentines Day and Nicole utilized the buy one get one trade paperback program to get them.
  • 00:02:40 - Scott offends all the women listeners
  • 00:03:43 - Darren's dug the Punisher MAX Forces of Nature One Shot
  • 00:09:22 - Scott is definitely still loving Green Arrow & Black Canary #5
  • 00:15:03 - Darren and Scott differ on the controversy over Simon Dark
  • 00:21:50 - Scott LOVES Scalped and checked out Ghost Rider #20 and liked it
  • 00:28:01 - The ComicDorksCast should be available through iTunes any day
  • 00:28:44 - Darren's Pick of The Week is Tiny Titans #1
  • 00:32:58 - Scott's Pick of The Week is Gotham Underground #5
  • 00:38:30 - Darren Really, Really liked Booster Gold #0
  • 00:42:05 - Scott is glad to see that X-Factor remains relatively unchanged due to Messiah Complex
  • 00:47:06 - Darren's favorite recently concluded story-arc was Booster Gold: 52 Pick-Up
  • 00:52:14 - Scott's favorite OGN that he read recently was Therefore, Repent! from IDW by novelist Jim Munroe with art by Salgood Sam.
  • 00:59:13 - Darren picks the three books that he is most excited about coming out next week
  • 01:00:20 - Scott picks three of the multitude that he is excited about for next week
  • 01:01:09 - Scott gives a quick recap of the week's big news from the world of comics
  • 01:03:07 - Outro
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The Music at the opening and closing of the show was:
"The World May Never Know" by Dr. Dog