tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post8470892003466523184..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-56576983771833930162012-04-27T02:42:28.177-05:002012-04-27T02:42:28.177-05:00Color me intrigued by that Green Arrow flashpoint,...Color me intrigued by that Green Arrow flashpoint, one I actually ignored until this point!Eyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1815124030166597962012-04-26T18:02:46.201-05:002012-04-26T18:02:46.201-05:00Frankenstein is the only one of this set that I re...Frankenstein is the only one of this set that I read. I remember thinking the opening chapter was great, but it dropped off drastically in the middle and picked up a bit in the third chapter. Maybe A-C-B in terms of school grades.<br /><br />The New 52 version has been kind of hit or miss, but it's been holding just this side of the keep-reading threshold (unlike, say, Justice League Dark).Kelsonhttp://speedforce.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29653190665890090422012-04-26T16:51:53.193-05:002012-04-26T16:51:53.193-05:00It is a weird transition, now that you mention it....It <i>is</i> a weird transition, now that you mention it. I actually think Hal is answering Hammond there, not Tom -- Hammond says "Something's entered our airspace" and Hal, taking fire, screams "They're invisible planes!" Now how, exactly, Tom could "see" the invisible planes, that I couldn't figure out ...collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-7195868363588150742012-04-26T16:46:16.439-05:002012-04-26T16:46:16.439-05:00I don't have the issue with me right now, but ...I don't have the issue with me right now, but the weird transition is right at the beginning, when Hal is in the middle of a conversation with Tom via radio and, when you turn the page, there's a double-page spread and Hal is screaming "they're freaking invisible planes" or something like that.<br /><br />Since all other Flashpoint tie-ins were 20 pages long, I thought they might have accidentally skipped two pages before they sent the issue to the printers, so when I took another look at the issue, that's where I figured the hypothetical missing pages were supposed to be. However, if the issue is still 18 pages long in the TPB, I must have been wrong in my assumption.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-11792956175414191742012-04-26T15:28:54.312-05:002012-04-26T15:28:54.312-05:00I agree that Batman: Knight of Vengeance is a stro...I agree that Batman: Knight of Vengeance is a stronger story than Abin Sur, Sheldon -- sounds like we both liked Abin Sur for the same reasons, but I agree KOV wins out.<br /><br />I'm not quite with you on Project Superman though; as you'll see in my final Flashpoint review, I think Citizen Cold stands neck and neck with KOV. You are quite welcome to your opinion, but I thought Project Superman was predictable -- the story we already know of Doomsday, tacked on the story we also already know of Captain America. I thought the bits with Superman in the second and third issues were quite moving -- the "Superboy," as it were, saving young Lois -- but I didn't take to Sinclair nor did I think it was on par with Snyder's other work. <br /><br />But you are not the first here to praise Project Superman, and I appreciate your perspective. Stick around!<br /><br />shag, I just counted and the second issue of Hal Jordan also has 18 pages in the trade. I don't have the single issue to compare to -- what was weird about the transition?<br /><br />I've been meaning to say -- and this seems like as good a place as any -- that the pages in the Flashpoint tie-in trades are really thin. Super-thin. My copies of all these books warped as soon as I opened them, probably because it's such thin paper. I think this was because some of the trades were longer than normal, like 12 issues, but buyer beware.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-50702865389804732452012-04-26T12:02:41.873-05:002012-04-26T12:02:41.873-05:00As I recall, when the Hal Jordan mini came out in ...As I recall, when the Hal Jordan mini came out in single issues, the second one only had 18 story pages, with a weird transition in the first scene that gave me the impression that they had accidentally cut 2 pages. Was that corrected in this TPB?shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-91166874434945121682012-04-26T10:05:01.598-05:002012-04-26T10:05:01.598-05:00Reading the reviews have made me go back and start...Reading the reviews have made me go back and start on the tie-ins again. I have to disagree with the GL story. I found parts of it interesting (Sinestro, "flashpoint prophecy", Black Lantern war) but overall felt that it trudged along. <br /><br />Considering Abin Sur may have had 5 panels at most throughout the whole Flashpoint main book it seemed as if they had added a Green Lantern book as an afterthought (too bad really...the Lanterns are, IMO, a staple of the DCU and a kickass GL story in the Flashpoint timeline would have been great)<br /><br />Batman: Knight of Vengeance was an incredible use of the Flashpoint timeline to tell an engaging and interesting story about a unique take on a Wayne as Batman. I may be in the minority on this but I think Project Superman was the 2nd best after Batman:KOV. (The Gorilla Grodd one shot is pretty close though!!)<br /><br />Project Superman was, again my opinion only, a great story on how an industrial military complex would use an alien technology to further their own needs. Keeping Supes alive and imprisoned to further study while at the same time using Sinclair as a guinea pig to create a super solider seemed "real" to me. As he has done with Batman, Scott Snyder de-constructed the essence of Superman (orphaned alien from dying planet, powers under yellow sun, intrinsically a good person, in love with Lois Lane) and used that as the starting point to create a Superman that was different enough for the Flashpoint timeline but still recognizable in terms of the old DCU characterization. (LOVE it when he lands on Enchantress and then takes out Wonder Woman and Aquaman w the super punches!!)<br /><br />I agree that Superman seems disjointed at times but that is a part of a bigger "Event Tie In" problem, that I honestly think only Knight of Vengeance has been able to overcome (and I'm talking ALL events in both of the Big Two!!)<br /><br />I'm not generally a Superman fan (really enjoying new 52 Action Comics...not so much New 52 Superman title though!!) so I can't even say this is coming from a Superman fanboy but I do think the Project: Superman title is one that needs more appreciation in terms of the issueFlashpoint timeline.Sheldonnoreply@blogger.com