Posted in Comics, SFW on 01/14/2012 07:26 pm by fanboi
I’ll admit to enjoying some of Rob Liefeld’s earlier work way back in the 90s. I enjoyed Cable and Liefeld’s first Hawk and Dove at the time, but my tastes improved and I knew better than to like Youngblood – that was really bad and heralded my loss of interest in his work. His unfortunate homophobic reaction to Peter David’s fanning the flames of the on-record bromance between Rictor and Shatterstar into a full-fledged romance aside, his recent work has been pretty abysmal.
It has been announced that as of February’s Hawk and Dove #6 Rob Liefeld replaced Sterling Gates as writer of the series. Apparently that announcement was about all it took to put the last nail in Hank and Dawn’s coffin. Hawk and Dove is cancelled as of issue #8, and with “new” character designs like the BLATANT Kraven The Hunter ripoff on the cover of #7 it’s no wonder reader confidence is low. I’d cancel it too.
What I WOULDN’T do is give Rob Liefeld 3 MORE DCnU titles to lead to the slaughterhouse. Luckily these titles aren’t any that I’d been reading, so when Rob takes over as writer & artist on Deathstroke and as writer on Grifter and Savage Sword of Hawkman with issue #9 I won’t have to drop them.
Hawk and Dove is one of 6 cancelled titles (along with Blackhawks, Men of War, Mister Terrific, O.M.A.C. and Static Shock) to be replaced with new books in the second wave of the “NEW 52.” Liefeld’s assignment to these books has inspired an almost unanimously negative reaction (on forums, article comments, facebook alike) by the always outspoken internet populace. Which leads me to believe they WANT to kill these titles due to low numbers in preparation for a 3rd Wave.
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Posted in Comics, SFW on 06/09/2011 08:40 pm by fanboi
SOLICIT INFO ADDED: To me, the biggest surprises in the latest 8 titles of the upcoming 52 #1 issues revealed would be the additional Wildstorm titles – tho the announcement of Voodoo #1 should have tipped me off. Well it sort of did, but I just didn’t dare hope. VERY excited about Stormwatch and Suicide Squad (BUT I WANTED SECRET SIX DAMMIT), and will check out Deathstroke and Blue Beetle. The rest of these I doubt I will follow much past #1… IF I even bother getting that. No way I’ll spend money on a western or war comic (even Blackhawks) and have zero interest in Omac or Grifter.
With Stormwatch #1 (which I mentioned earlier) and 8 more of DC Comics 52 # issues revealed we have only 2 more titles to go!!! What will they be?!?!?! They’ve still only announced ONE Superman titles (but didn’t name it as Superman #1 or Action #1) so I’m betting the OTHER will be one of the final 2. But what is the other? If I had to guess, I don’t know – Cyborg #1?
It’s been said that these are looking and feeling like the “Ultimate” DCU and I cannot say I disagree. That said I DID like a few things about the Ultimate line. But there was a lot of crap too. The real question is WILL IT STICK? I’m thinking no. Will probably last a year or less, 2 tops. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the announced 52 don’t get to #12.
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Posted in Comics, SFW on 04/25/2010 01:02 pm by fanboi
Fabrizio Fiorentino early pencils and covers for TITANS: VILLAINS FOR HIRE. I still don’t love the idea of a bunch of villains running around with Deathstroke under the Titan’s logo. I do like Slade Wilson and LOVE Cheshire so I’ll be giving it a shot. I don’t see how the recently resurrected Osiris adds much to the team but raw power. He was inexperienced and naive enough to get tricked to death by a big bio-engineered alligator, so he’ll have to nut up to run with this crowd.
Generally the art looks good, but I miss Cheshire’s original asymmetrical Perez-era costume. We still don’t know who firechickie is. I didn’t follow the Crisis aftermath Ink series (drawn by Fabrizio Fiorentino), so I don’t really know what happened therein to the Tattooed Man. Did I miss much?
via TheSource
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Posted in Comics, SFW on 02/12/2010 02:34 pm by fanboi
Since a number of members of the original “New Teen Titans” (Dick, Kory, Donna, Vic and Wally) have graduated to the JLA many had been wondering what will become of the title that was launched specifically to chronicle their tales. But then DC revealed that there would be a new team of Titans, led by Deathstroke? New members would include Cheshire and the Tattooed Man as well as a few surprises they are still keeping under wraps until Brightest Day #0
Their first mission: to assassinate The Atom! And for this team, failure is not an option so he might want to get his affairs in order. I’ve enjoyed a number of anti-hero centered books over the past few years (Secret Six, Thunderbolts, Dark Avengers), so I’m intrigued by this idea.
If you like the look of the image above, then you are in luck because cover artist Fabrizio Fiorentino is also the interior artist for Titans: Villains For Hire SPECIAL #1 due May 12 and written by Eric Wallace. More news on this title as it is revealed.
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Posted in Comics, Preview, SFW on 07/08/2009 02:28 pm by fanboi
If you had told me during his first run that the character of Booster Gold could actually be a hero, I would not have bought it. But casting him as the greatest hero the world can never know is a stroke of genius and the stories practically write themselves. Not that the excellent creative team doesn’t deserve some mad props.
“Day of Death” part 2! Booster Gold travels back in time to prevent the Black Beetle from killing the New Teen Titans, but who will save Booster Gold from the Black Beetle — and what role will Deathstroke play?
And in the all-new Blue Beetle co-feature, Jaime must battle a flying robot army from destroying all of the people in El Paso!
If you overlooked this title because you think Booster is just a fame-hungry bozo – then he has you fooled. But don’t feel bad – the only person to see through his charade was Bruce Wayne himself.
via Newsarama
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