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Notes:
(1) There are three main artists here, all with very different styles.
- McFarlane's the most dynamic. He draws exaggerated and sketchy and is inclined to thin vertical panels.
- Sears is by far the most conventional. Though his men all have distractingly prominent square jaws and cleft chins.
- Giffen should just stick to writing. All his characters have LEGO heads.
— Jun 07, 2025 06:15AM
Notes:
(1) There are three main artists here, all with very different styles.
- McFarlane's the most dynamic. He draws exaggerated and sketchy and is inclined to thin vertical panels.
- Sears is by far the most conventional. Though his men all have distractingly prominent square jaws and cleft chins.
- Giffen should just stick to writing. All his characters have LEGO heads.
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Notes:
(1) This trade suffers from its very concept. I doubt these three issues were written with the expectation they'd be packaged together to be read exclusively.
- So much is left to tie-ins to explain, and if I hadn't already read them I'd be constantly baffled.
(2) The UN must have been a bigger deal back in the day!
- I've never seen such liberal use of "communiqué."
— Jun 07, 2025 09:35PM
Notes:
(1) This trade suffers from its very concept. I doubt these three issues were written with the expectation they'd be packaged together to be read exclusively.
- So much is left to tie-ins to explain, and if I hadn't already read them I'd be constantly baffled.
(2) The UN must have been a bigger deal back in the day!
- I've never seen such liberal use of "communiqué."
Jayson
is on page 151 of 254
Notes:
(1) It's pretty clear to me now that, if you have the time and energy, the best way to read this is along with the companion books in chronological order, which is what I did my first time around.
- While readable, the collected trade reduces nearly all of the superhero comeback to companion issue recaps and continuations, which by themselves lack sufficient context.
— Jun 06, 2025 08:40PM
Notes:
(1) It's pretty clear to me now that, if you have the time and energy, the best way to read this is along with the companion books in chronological order, which is what I did my first time around.
- While readable, the collected trade reduces nearly all of the superhero comeback to companion issue recaps and continuations, which by themselves lack sufficient context.
Jayson
is on page 96 of 254
Notes:
(1) Anyone who's seen the 1966 "Batman" film will be familiar with the trope at the heart of this book: if the villains could just join forces, they could easily beat the heroes.
- Among others, this is the premise of Mark Millar's "Wanted."
- The twist here is it's hostile alien races that team up, which this does an excellent job of introducing and differentiating.
— Jun 05, 2025 03:30AM
Notes:
(1) Anyone who's seen the 1966 "Batman" film will be familiar with the trope at the heart of this book: if the villains could just join forces, they could easily beat the heroes.
- Among others, this is the premise of Mark Millar's "Wanted."
- The twist here is it's hostile alien races that team up, which this does an excellent job of introducing and differentiating.
Jayson
is on page 48 of 254
Notes:
(1) You may have noticed a bit of a time jump between my first update and this one.
- My plan had been to read the entire series and all its companion books in sequential order (which I did as part of a buddy-read) and then read just the main three issues myself in this collected trade.
- Well, it's been around a year and I've only just decided to get back to it now!
— Jun 04, 2025 02:25AM
Notes:
(1) You may have noticed a bit of a time jump between my first update and this one.
- My plan had been to read the entire series and all its companion books in sequential order (which I did as part of a buddy-read) and then read just the main three issues myself in this collected trade.
- Well, it's been around a year and I've only just decided to get back to it now!
Jayson
is starting
Notes:
(1) Buddy-read with Sophia and Chad!
(2) I'll be reading this in singles first (alongside the tie-ins) and then again in trade.
- There isn't a definitive reading order, only issues grouped by phase, so I'll probably just go by original release date.
— Apr 28, 2024 06:00AM
Notes:
(1) Buddy-read with Sophia and Chad!
(2) I'll be reading this in singles first (alongside the tie-ins) and then again in trade.
- There isn't a definitive reading order, only issues grouped by phase, so I'll probably just go by original release date.
