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October 8, 2008 11:29 pm Incomprehensible junk.  Good art, but Hellcat/Patsy Walker deserves way better than this as far as writing/story goes.

October 1, 2008 11:12 pm Sorry, I just couldn't get into the artwork. I wanted to like this, but I think I'll just go read the reprints of the Alex Raymond stuff.

July 16, 2008 9:38 pm I also highly recommend BPRD: 1946 to anyone new to the Mignolaverse.  It, obviously, takes place before all of the other BPRD stuff, so its great even if you haven't read and of the other BPRD stuff. It has beautiful art and a great spooky vampire, nazi, demon-in-a-little-girl-body story.

July 16, 2008 9:33 pm

I will be there! Beware...

I'm really psyched. This will be only my second convention (my first was the 1st NYCC). I hope I get a chance to meet you iFanboys in person. I'm a big fan.

I also can't get enough of all the artists at this booth. I've been a huge fan of Cooke ever since Batman: Ego first came out. Genious.  Also, Seaguy is one of the trippiest, purely strange and fun reads out there (next to G0DLAND, of course). 

July 15, 2008 9:39 pm What can I say? I'm a sucker for Houdini stuff. Hope this is good.

July 15, 2008 9:30 pm

I really like this series, but (1) WTF did this cover have to do with anything inside this issue (2) why redesign the wonderful Alan Davis designed Cap. Britain costume.  This new costume does not compare in my opinion.  If it ain't broke...

 I still really like this series so far however.

July 9, 2008 1:21 am

 This has been up and down for me in single issues. I though ish 1 was ok, #2 was great and #3 was ok.  It will probably be a great read in trade as one complete story.

The covers have been amazing, though.  Neal Adams, Brian Bolland and now Mark Schultz.  3 of my all time favorite artists. Awesome. 

July 7, 2008 4:33 am

Here's how I rate this series so far:

#1: 4; #2: 3; #3 5

I gave this issue a 5, which suprised me.  I love the Invaders.  I collected the entire 70's series when I started reading comics in the mid 80's.  The Invaders is probably my favorite team of all time.  Me picking this book up is a given, however, I've been a little dissapointed up to now.  I may be dissapointed later, but this issue I really enjoyed.  I loved seeing the young Golden Age namor confronting his modern counterpart.  These two characters are very different.  Check out Namor's GA stories and you'll see.  I also liked the recapped origins for Namor and the Human Torch.  I suppose this will read better in trade, but what doesn't these days.

I guess I like it so much because I love the Invaders so much and this issue was almost all Invaders stuff.  I still think Jim Kruger has a way of writing that makes me read his captions 3 or 4 times and then I still don't quite get what I just read.  Not my favorite writer, but I'm such a sucker for the Invaders...

Hopefully, this series will keep getting better or at least not get any worse from this issue.

Slightly off topic: Can anyone tell me why Namor is currently wearing his black 70's outfit (sans yellow wings) that he wore in Super Villain Team-Up.  It was made for him by Reed Richards to help him survive out of water after Dr. Doom did something to him (if I remeber correctly). Why does he need it now?

July 7, 2008 4:19 am

I was blown away by this book.  I am a huge history buff, with an emphasis on WWII (see Ken Burn's The War for a good WWII documentary).  One of the big issues of WWII was the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Was it a war crime?  Was it necessary?  This comic will give one person's view of what would have happened if we did have to invade the Japanese home islands.

I loved both the writing and art in this first issue. I'm really looking forward to where this is going to go.

In response to the criticisms of John Wayne in the book, I say this: let's see where Dixon takes that thread.  We don't know yet.  @Firest - the Duke is not even in the armed forces yet.  We just saw him in the recruiting office.  He may not even get sent into combat.  Let's see where Dixon takes this before bashing the concept. Also @postcrisisdan - WWII was all about celebrity from the American standpoint.  Getting all the celebrities involved, either in entertaining the troops or selling war bonds, making morale lifting movies, etc.  Americans were just as obsessed with celebrity then as now, and the US used that aspect of our culture to aid the war effort.  So I would argue that celebrity does have a place in this book.  It looks like Dixon will explore that aspect as well as the ground level trooper's viewpoint (on both sides).

BTW Nobody mentioned the John Ford appearance - he was in the boat with Wayne, which made me like this book even more.

July 2, 2008 10:15 pm

This was probably my favorite issue of this book yet. I love the original 3-D Man and they treated that legacy with honor (which is rare for such an admittedly goofy character).  Loved that they had the brothers from the original character there to pass the mantle (or goggles, in this case).

Good stuff all around.