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!decwrl!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Laurie Sefton, C/O chuqui) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: This week's bag o' goodies (spoilers) Message-ID: <3141@nsc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 21:54:10 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.3141 Posted: Sat Aug 17 21:54:10 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 07:16:45 EDT Distribution: net Organization: The Warlocks Cave Lines: 53 Another slow week.... The New Mutants #34 COIE #9 DC Challenge #1 The New Mutants #34: You know, at least Sienciwicz's (whatever..) art, even though it wasn't realistic, had the feel that he had *worked* at it. Leialoha's art gives the feeling that he really isn't that interested, he'd just like to get the 17 pages out and go. Some of this artwork looks like George Tuska on a *very* bad day--wide set eyes, wide mouth, and a couple of slashes where the cheekbones would be... We do find out that it is Farouk that is the force behind Karma's sudden change (as in posession of her). We also get a lead-in to the New Mutants Annual--and lets hope that it fits into the continuity *somewhere*, and that Marvel can get it on the shelves in the correct order (something they haven't been able to do, at least to my satisfaction). At least there wasn't any Secret Wars trash in this issue.... COIE #9: Hmmmm. the Earth-2 style Harlequin shows up both in the group of villians, and the group of heroes.. is there more than one of her running around (earth-1's harlequin is busy being retired) ? Other than that, we'll have to wait until next issue to see who is dead, and who was merely down for the count this issue. Oh, yes, another question-- I thought that Wally Wood (Kid Flash) couldn't run faster than a normal human being without being in massive pain. I realize he might have been caught up in the moment, but i would have thought he would have felt *something*. Brainiac's physical self has been trashed to little tiny bits, and Psimon is turning out to be a much stronger character than when he was first introduced. Nice crossovers into Green Lantern and Teen Titans. I see the difference between the COIE crossovers and the SW crossovers in being that COIE makes you *want* to find out what is going on in the title, and that if you read the main title only (for some reason), you can go on reading the main title without losing a lot, or suddenly coming into the middle of the story. DC Challenge: This is the start of a 12 issue round robin story, as created by some current and former writers and artists. To see how Gene Colan does Superman is worth the price of admission. This is also occuring outside of the normal DC continuity, which gives the writers a *lot* more leeway. It looks like a book that was done because the people behind it wanted to do it, not because they had to do it. It shows.... That's it for this week... Laurie Sefton -- Chuq Von Rospach nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA {decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui Son, you're mixing ponderables again