Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 8/22/15
What a lovely day! This week, we released the first two issues of Gamer Girl & Vixen into the wild! If you backed my Kickstarter, you’ve been sent your digital copies! People are reading and loving our little comic, and I’m on Cloud 9! Hopefully I’ll be able to share some good reviews coming up.
If you missed the Kickstarter and would still like to read the comic, stay tuned! We’re working to either get it up on Comixology or sell it ourselves!
As for regular comics, we’ve got a pretty OK pile this week. None of my favorites came out, but we’ve still got some good options from DC, Marvel and beyond. Comic Book of the Week goes to Star Wars #8 for the phenomenal introduction of Stuart Immonen on art.
Lightsabers will never be not cool
Over at Word of the Nerd, I picked up the first issue of the House of M tie-in to Secret Wars, and I’m pretty sure I’ve lost all reason to care about these tie-ins anymore. This feels like it’s going on forever. The issue itself was pretty standard nothingness. Competently made, but utterly worth less than nothing. Oh well.
Comic Reviews: Black Canary #3, Power Up #2, Robin: Son of Batman #3, Secret Six #5, Silk #6 and Star Wars #8.
This Joker/Jason Todd Theory is Hogwash, I Tells Ya!
A big theory about the Joker in the upcoming DC Cinematic Universe movies has been making its way around the Interwebz, and I figured I might throw my 2 cents onto the pile. Why else have a comic book-based blog if I’m not going to throw two pennies at all the comic booky things?
The theory is that the Joker in the upcoming movies will be a former Robin, driven insane. The biggest piece of evidence found so far to support this theory is a seemingly matching set of wounds on the teaser image of the Joker from Suicide Squad and the tattered Robin costume in the latest trailer for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
I’m still torn up about the dead Robin thing…
I believe some folks on Reddit discovered this, to give credit where it’s due.
There are other bits and pieces of so-called evidence around the web. Mr. Sunday Movies has a pretty solid recap of everything on Youtube, or if you can’t watch a video, check out this article at Den of Geek. The theory gains further traction from the fact that, in the Dark Knight Returns universe in the comics, Dick Grayson does indeed go mad and turn into a new version of the Joker. But this happens in that comic’s sequel, The Dark Knight Strikes Again, which everybody hates.
Simply put, I think this whole theory is hogwash for one simple reason: DC and Warner Bros. are not going to re-invent the Joker.
They are on the verge of launching this whole DC Cinematic Universe thing, with rumors circulating of a new Ben Affleck-driven Batman trilogy, which will likely involve the Joker. He’s one of their big draws, a major player in the fandom. The big wigs would love nothing more than to recreate the fan reaction of Heath Ledger’s Joker.
So I just don’t see anybody signing off on this kind of alteration to the Joker. It’s creative, sure, but it might be a little too creative for comfort. I’m sure everyone wants the normal, old Joker, without any weird twists or surprises. Keep it simple, stupid.
Also, for my money, that tattered Robin costume is from Dick Grayson. Just because Jason Todd is the Robin who died in the comics does not mean they’ll carry that over to the movies as well. That’s another of my two cents.
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What do you henchies think? Are you buying this theory at all? Or do you agree that it’s all just some crazy fan speculation? Let me know in the comments!
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Epic The Martian Trailer is Epic
The second trailer for Matt Damon’s The Martian flick landed on the Internet yesterday, and it’s pretty stunning.
Man, I can’t remember the last time a trailer really hit me like this one. It’s not as actiony epic as an Age of Ultron trailer, but this is some powerful stuff. Good use of music, good use of character. I’m definitely going to see this one when it comes out in November!
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Everybody was a Little Surprised that Kingsman: The Secret Service was Such a Neat Movie
I liked it. And I like Mark Millar comics, though I haven’t read Kingsman. But it’s a neat, catchy, pretty fly sort of flick. And Honest Trailers has their usual fun with it.
Though I notice they didn’t make fun of the main character’s name being ‘Eggsy’. What’s up with that?
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6 Superheroes Who Would Look Good in Robo-Suits
I don’t know about you, but I’d say the new Robo-Batman is a big success so far! The story is cool, the concept is engaging, and it’s a refreshing new status quo for the Dark Knight. We all know it won’t last, but for now, I’m enjoying the mech suit ride.
Bunny ears are optional
Which got me thinking: what other superheroes would benefit from a robo-upgrade? I’m talking the full Iron Man treatment! What superheroes would look pretty stellar in their own Iron Man-esque suit of robo-armor? Join me after the jump to help speculate!
And if it’s alright with you, I’m just going to pretend that Avengers: United They Stand doesn’t exit.
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