Benjamin Simpson

Simps

Name: Benjamin Simpson

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As much as I’m looking forward to James Robinson taking over this title, I was pleasantly surprised by this nice…

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Stuff happened!  While I tend to agree that on the whole, Countdown has been a mess, this issue saw plots…

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Simps's Recent Comments
June 18, 2010 3:45 am Umami Burger is the absolute best burger in LA.
May 28, 2010 3:06 pm Darwyn channeling his inner Mignola on that cover.  Love it.
May 13, 2010 3:27 pm @wallythegreenmonster and @stuclach My best guess is that it is the same Batman/Hellboy/Starman mini-series that appeared in the Starman Omnibus (since there was only one such crossover), now collected as part of Mignola's Hellboy library.
April 30, 2010 1:44 pm Love the cover, Allred homaging himself from X-Force #116: http://www.comicsbulletin.com/soapbox/images/1001/X-force.jpg
April 22, 2010 6:53 pm @TheNextChampion Obviously I would disagree with that. It's worth mentioning that it's more like 7 1/2 issues + roughly 30 pages of extras. And I think the book itself is an important enough a story that it warrants the presentation.  If, over the next 5-6 years, The Flash became the cornerstone franchise of the DC Universe, I would argue at that point that Flash: Rebirth would deserve the same treatment.
April 22, 2010 1:31 pm I realize this book isn't necessarily for everyone, especially at such a price (but as Conor pointed out, Amazon and DCBS both have it for $47.25), but as the book that hooked me (and many others) on Green Lantern, it was worth it.  Arbitrarily sticking the first six issues of the ongoing series wouldn't quite fit tonally, and while it would be nice to have Johns' entire run in this format would be great considering the wonderful production this book boasts, it's not realistic.  Instead I'd rather get really nice editions of the Rebirth/Sinestro Corps War/Blackest Night Trilogy.
April 15, 2010 4:19 pm Big fan of Don Kramer's work, this ensures I'll check out the book now.
April 14, 2010 5:54 pm

Well, there was an Elseworlds book with the same title, but having never read the book, I couldn't guess whether it might be connected or not.

April 13, 2010 8:30 pm See them lined up together here
April 13, 2010 7:10 pm @NawidA Same dimensions, I think it's just the reality of prices going up after 5 1/2 years.