tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post2188066858099515847..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Blue Beetle Vol. 2: Blue Diamond trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-32612977165060718822013-11-05T09:56:39.267-06:002013-11-05T09:56:39.267-06:00Appreciate your chiming in on this one, Matt. I ca...Appreciate your chiming in on this one, Matt. I can see your point that maybe the Blue Beetle title needed to spend more time in El Paso, but I actually liked the shift to New York and space in part because it helped differentiate this series from the Blue Beetle series that immediately preceded it. That book did take place almost completely in and around El Paso, and I'm not sure Bedard could have done anything new with the book treading that old ground. <br /><br />Either way, I thought this book went out on a high note, and I'm eager to see them use Blue Beetle again somewhere. A digital-first miniseries, maybe?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-89547164482661877712013-11-05T06:02:41.686-06:002013-11-05T06:02:41.686-06:00This is one of those times i'm going to disagr...This is one of those times i'm going to disagree with you... This particular volume was a perfect example of why we can't have nice things... <br /><br />Blue Beetle volume 1 is kind of establishing the idea of Blue as the hero of El Paso, complete with actual super villain (god i miss super villains in the NU52), but this volume threw all that away for no return on the investment.<br /><br />We where smack bang in the middle of the "establishing phase" of the narrative & the writers just up and decided "nah, lets go to new york, then space & spend 11 issues not telling a story."<br /><br />The establishing phase is the most important phase of any new title, even more important when its a solo book & its a relatively new, untested property. <br /><br />So why this book decided to up & jump the shark so immediately is not just counter intuitive but just down right self defeating.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-19308252224804301192013-09-01T13:42:11.768-05:002013-09-01T13:42:11.768-05:00A coda that, having now read the New Guardians &qu...A coda that, having now read the New Guardians "half" of this crossover, it makes sense that it was not included here; the New Guardians appear in the Blue Beetle issue, but Blue Beetle does not appear in the New Guardians issue, only separate Reach characters, and including those one or two New Guardians issues would have significantly affected the flow of this book.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-86045368550328172582013-07-25T22:57:04.890-05:002013-07-25T22:57:04.890-05:00This was one of the series that I was most disappo...This was one of the series that I was most disappointed to see canceled. <br /><br />Between this and the earlier cancellation of the Giffen/Rogers pre-New 52 Blue Beetle-series, I guess there's a pretty clear message that there just isn't a big enough fanbase to support a monthly series (or at least one that isn't written by a superstar writer like Scott Snyder or Geoff Johns who can sell issues on their name alone). It's a shame because I think that Jaime Reyes is probably one of the best new characters from the past decade.Scott Beattiehttp://www.grizzlybearblues.comnoreply@blogger.com