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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 1/11/25
Let me tell you, folks, it has been a week. I live in the northeast and we were buried under several feet of snow last weekend, and all of it is still around. Throw in a couple of other little things that just burred their way under my saddle, and I have had it up to here with crappiness. But time stops for no person, so let’s talk new comics! I reviewed two brand new #1 issues this week.
Comic Book of the Week goes to New Champions #1 for a nicely crafted introductory issue that didn’t lose me at all, despite the brand new characters.
Meanwhile, I continue to lose myself in Stardew Valley, which was the entire point, so that’s going well. Creature Commandos came to an end this week and it was an awesome show. Solid start for James Gunn’s DCU. And I can’t wait for next week’s finale to Skeleton Crew! That show has been a real hoot and a half!
Comic Reviews: Aquaman #1 and New Champions #1.
Read the rest of this entryDC Trailer Tuesday
Last week we had Marvel Trailer Thursday, and now we’ve got DC Trailer Tuesday. DC is not about to be undone. They’ve got their own movie and cartoon coming up. Fancy that.
First up is a new trailer for Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom.
I’m definitely looking forward to this one. I very much enjoyed the first Aquaman movie. It was a big, wild and crazy mess of a movie. And this sequel looks just as big and crazy. That should be fun, right? Will this movie defeat the superhero fatigue that killed The Marvels? I guess we’ll find out!
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom comes to theaters on Dec. 22.
Next up is a delightful new standalone cartoon movie, Merry Little Batman!
We’ve been hearing about this for months now, and this trailer is our first actual look at what the end product is going to be. I think it looks delightful! Funny, silly, with great voice acting; Merry Little Batman might be the sleeper hit of the season!
Merry Little Batman comes to Amazon Prime on Dec. 8.
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Aquaman and Kite-Man, Hell Yeah!
A pair of trailers for some really fun DC projects dropped yesterday and both were pretty cool. We got the first trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and it looks pretty insane. I’m not sure if it looks like a great film, or if it looks like the slapdash movie we all fear it’s going to be.
This trailer is a lot. There’s so much going on, and a bunch of it seems like an odd choice. I know it’s a classic trope to have the villain of the first film come back as a pal in the second, but are Arthur and Orm really going to be that key of a buddy pair? Was their relationship really that powerful in the first film that we want to see them team up? At least Jason Momoa looks like he’s having fun. And Black Manta looks cool as heck.
My only nitpick is that, while the trailer does reference the seven kingdoms, I didn’t catch any specific mention or tease of this titular lost kingdom. Shouldn’t that be a bigger plot point?
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom comes to theaters on Dec. 20.
Meanwhile, on the little screen, we’ve got the first trailer for Kite-Man, Hell Yeah!, the spin-off from the excellent Harley Quinn cartoon. This looks like a ton of fun.
I really love the Harley Quinn cartoon, even if I’m many episodes behind on its new fourth season. Kite-Man has been a super fun character, and I am very much looking forward to this show. It should be a hoot and a half.
Kite-Man, Hell Yeah! comes to Max sometime next year.
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6 Things I Want to See in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
I loved the first Aquaman movie. I loved Jason Momoa in the lead role. I loved how it built to an insane ending, where Aquaman and Orm are in comics accurate costumes fighting in the middle of a giant undersea war. It was a crazy movie, and it earned that billion dollars. So I’m mildly excited for the upcoming sequel: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
Granted, there are a lot of bad signs about this film. I don’t think DC necessarily makes bad movies now. I really enjoyed Blue Beetle and mostly enjoyed The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods. So I have high hopes at at least enjoying Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. It comes out at the end of December, just ahead of Christmas. And we’re supposed to get the first trailer tomorrow. So I’m in the mood to talk some Aquaman movies!
Join me after the jump for what I’d like to see in this upcoming Aquaman sequel. And feel free to share your own hopes and fears in the comments below!
Read the rest of this entryAquaman is Getting a Funny Cartoon!
That’s the news! Aquaman is getting a weird, hopefully funny cartoon. The animation style is a bit new and weird, which I like. This definitely isn’t a spin-off to the awesome Harley Quinn cartoon.
I am more than ready to give this weird thing a try! A lot of cartoons are hitting it out of the park these days, and I have every confidence that HBO Max knows what they’re doing with superhero cartoons. So yeah, let’s all get excited for Aquaman: King of Atlantis on Oct. 14!
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