Episode 1265 Talkback: Off the Racks
Pants
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In this episode we give our Buy/Borrow/Pants reviews of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1 from DC, Captain Marvel #1 from Marvel and Revival #1 from Image and have some brief discussions on Daredevil, Fantastic Four and Batman: Earth One. (1:04:34)
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Matthew
I tried Masters of the Universe, and it just didn't do it for me. Maybe I was born too late (1989 represent), but with how much I loathe Phillip Tan (are we forgiving him for Batman & Robin yet? I'm not) and Robinson leaving, I can't imagine reading more. Pants'd.
I won't even bother with Captain Marvel. Flipped through the first few pages at the shop and art turned me off faster than Tim Curry in drag.
Also, Batman: Earth One made me anti-Geoff Johns for the rest of my life. It was a steaming pile, which had sooooo much potential. Gary Frank draws perdy, but he doesn't draw Batman.
Masters of the Universe..loved it. He-Man was the toy obsession of my youth and it would have to be a lot worse than this for me not to enjoy the comic.
Captain Marvel was a big disappointment. I was hoping for something a little more cosmic but ended up with a boring story and lousy art.
Captain Marvel #1 - Wow, I have heard nothing but bad things about this for various reasons. I wasn't going to bother with this one at all. Shortly after Marvel announced this book I heard an interview with Kelly Sue, can't remember where, it wasn't something that I normally listen to but she came off as a very angry, spiteful man hating woman. Maybe she was just having a bad day or something, I don't know.
Anyways, I glanced through it at the LCS and I really liked the art. The art alone made it a buy for me. The writing went downhill after the fight with the Absorbing Man. the scenes in Avengers Mansion, we get an example how continuity can mess with a reader that has been away from Marvel, or even people that are new readers but that have some knowledge of a specific characters and that is having Spidey running around with his mask off. This is something that I have read and heard from people as a reason why the book was disliked or not bought. The transitions from the fight to Avengers Mansion to her deciding to take the name and so on, did not transition well from scene to scene and that carried over into issue #2.
I assumed that this took place post AvX, but I didn't feel like the "when" was an issue. I also had no problems with Captain America being in the story. Carol and Steve are teammates, I didn't need an explanation or a purpose why he was there. He was the one nudging Carol to take the mantle of Captain Marvel though.
I was reading Captain Marvel #2 while listening to this episode. I still love the art, the writing is still jumpy and that needs to improve quick. Buyrrow.
Revival #1 - Comics like this, even movies, television show and novels like this were never my cup o' tea. There was a time that I would never ever give this a try, no matter who the creative was. Thanks to this fine, outstanding community and a wife that loves this type of story, I have broadened my horizons. All I will say is, buy this book!
He-Man, on the other hand... yeah, that was bad. And I speak as someone who was a big He-Man fan as a kid. Maybe if you call the book He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, you put He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in the first issue? I'm just sayin'.
I really liked Pants enthusiasm toward Daredevil and I love it too, but as Jamie said, it's 2.99 so if they double-ship it, it's not so bad, but that IS the reason I quit FF because with both FF and Fantastic Four they were basically double-shipping (still at $2.99) but the FF title was mostly about the kids and the art itself got really cartoony. I quit them both because it felt like you needed to read one to get the full story in the other.
DRUNK CAP!!: Yayy! " Did you use up all your cherry bombs, Jamie?" Hahaha...
"Well, I didn't ask you about your day because it's supposed to be a secret. She's a Secret Avenger, you know!" Classic!