Comments on: MONDOcomics’ Books of the Month for June 2009

By: Caesar

Caesar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:46:49 +0000

BOOOOOOO

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:57:15 +0000

I would totally be up for that, but I’ve been giving them to a friend of mine. Isn’t he lucky?

By: Caesar

Caesar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:52:24 +0000

Yeah, I don’t hold it against Starman. I hold it against DC. I’d really like to read the rest of the series though (i bought the first two volumes of the softcovers years ago but never got around to buying the rest). If they brought the ominbi out in softcover, I wouldn’t have a problem with this at all because it would be a lot cheaper, and still sort of match the first two volumes I have.

Hey, I’ll buy your softcovers off you (except the first two obviously).

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:28:27 +0000

I don’t blame you for hating that price. Yikes. And yeah, it’s lousy that DC isn’t keeping the softcovers as an option as well. But if it’s any consolation, those Omnibi are totally worth it. I own all of the softcovers but felt I needed the omnibi anyways, since the softcovers are missing so much of the story. Sure it’s pricy, but the material is great, and they’re making it well worth the cost.

I’m not saying that you should run out and spend a lot of money if you don’t feel like it, but please, please don’t hold it against my dear Starman. *tear*

By: Caesar

Caesar — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:20:16 +0000

OH! And I just remembered that I hate Starman: Omnibus, but ONLY because it’s a 55$ hardcover that wiped out the much more affordable softcover versions that I wanted to get. Damn you DC! I want my Starman for a reasonable price!

By: Caesar

Caesar — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:35:05 +0000

I’m not a fan of Flash: Rebirth. It seems to be aimed at people who know almost everything about the absurdly complex and labyrinthian history of the Flashes. Stuff is happening that seems to tie to Flash backstory but the history is so complicated it probably only makes sense to Geoff Johns and Mark Waid. Black Flash what now? Timestream who?

** SPOILER ** Can anyone explain to me what the last page is all about? Max Mercury and Johnny Quick were trapped in the speed force or something (haven’t they been gone/dead for years?), but then they turn to bones so they’re dead now (again)?

Plus Barry Allen is being written like a whiny little bitch. When Johns started this series he promised that he’d make readers love Barry Allen again, but from what I’m hearing that’s not happening. People like Wally more.

Oh, and I disagree with the whole ‘Barry Allen going out at the top of his game’ thing. I think that’s completely opposite of what was going on at the time. DC editors from that time have admitted that they killed Barry Allen because he was stale and people weren’t identifying with the character anymore. So they gave him this big hero’s death.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:11:12 +0000

I agree. I was worried that my love of The Unwritten would cool with the second issue, but I’m happy to report that issue 2 was another smash hit with me.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:02:50 +0000

To leave a record that I said this to him:
“Isaac, you make a compelling case for your book of the month”

and the unwritten is completely fantastic only 2 issues in. I hadn’t seen any hype for the series, I didn’t know what it was, but it sure does know how to reel me in apparently.