DC has released a preview of Secret Six #12 that arrives next week. Take the jump to see Wonder Woman bring the smack down to the villains.
Category Archives: Secret Six
Review: Red White And Blue Rapid-Fire Reviews – Now With Roman Candles!
Or – “We Hold These Comics To Be Self-Evident…”
Today is American Independence Day, commonly referred to as July 4th, as it takes place on the 4th of July, hence the name, and that’s why the song is called Alice’s Restaurant… To all the faithful Spoilerites of the United States, Happy 4th of July. For those of you who are from elsewhere, sorry about all the hegemony and stuff. Either way, it’s time for another bout of our Rapid Fire Reviews, bite-sized chunks of comics that I either couldn’t write three paragraphs about, or ran out of time to cover. Give us your tired, your poorly drawn, your huddled masses of comics, yearning to be bagged in mylar…
Review: Secret Six #10
Or – “The Abyss Gazes Also…”
It’s been an interesting ride for the erstwhile Secret Six, crossing the country while pursued by the DC Universe’s finest cannon fodder, crossing swords with a sincerely scary crimelord who turns out to be one of their own members’ siblings, picking up an immortal banshee to fill their empty sixth slot, and just basically having the bajeezus slapped out of them. After a short interlude with half the team on a date, and the other half filling the shoes of Batman, it’s time for the Six to get back to what brung them to the party: swift and blinding violence.
Review: Secret Six #8
Or – “Love In The Time Of Cauliflower Ear…”
After last issue’s events, the members of the Six have discovered that one of their own is NOT a traitor at all, but a noble dunderhead who couldn’t think of any way to protect his friends other than shooting them and stealing their ride. Scandal Savage may have found the secret to bringing her lost love back from the dead, and Bane has had his brains beaten out with a series of bricks (and with Bane, you can’t imagine that he’s got much to spare.) This issue, an even worse fate faces three of the Secret Six: A DOUBLE-DATE.
Rapid-Fire Reviews Unlimited: 3 Fast 3 Furious
Or – “Cut Me Some Slack, I Been Working For A Promotion…”
My day gig is a study in many things… Management theories. Inappropriate dress. The mating habits of the Bisexuals Of The Plains. But one thing that it is not, and has never been, is uncomplicated. Thus, I have come to you, our Faithful Spoilerites, with another batch of mini-reviews, just like a Chili’s mini-burger entree only less likely to make your @$$ look like a truck. (Also, be aware that I just barely decided not to do this one in limerick form, in honor o’ th’ wearin’ o’ the green…)
Rapid Fire Reviews Infinity: Spoilers Gone Wild
Review: Secret Six #5
Or – “Protagonist Doesn’t Always Mean Hero…”
I’ve often suspected that if Gail Simone wrote a cookbook consisting of recipes for human flesh and stucco, I’d probably read it obsessively. Given an interesting cast of characters, a great artistic counterpoint in the form of Nicola Scott, as well as the presence of the DCU’s sarcastic master of the gun (imagine if Bullseye actually had a personality) and Secret Six is shaping up to be the best series in YEARS. Of course, last issue ended with the whole team ingesting a lethal dose of poison, so you might not want to get too hung up on them…
Rapid Fire Reviews LVXXXIII: Dream Warriors
Or – “What Happens When I Continue To Fall Behind On Everything?”
What’s the scraping noise? Looks like the raccoon done busted out the heavy weapons, which means it’s time for another look at some of the comics that were too esoteric, too weird, or too numerous to look at individually: RAPID FIRE REVIEWS! BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA! Make sure that the release lever is elevated, and that the debris shield is down, put on your safety goggles and PREpare… to REview!
Review: Secret Six #2
Batman eats burritos? That can’t be good…
It’s the Bat vs. the Cat, need I say more? It’s the kick-ass issue you’ve been waiting to read, and here’s your Major Spoilers reaction to the second issue of Secret Six.
Review: Secret Six #1
Or – “Is It Okay If I Cheer, Now?”
There has been much discussion at Major Spoilers in recent months about whether we follow titles, characters, or just our fave-rave creative teams from book to book. Some say they’ll read anything with Spider-Man, some say they gotta finish that run of Avengers, others insist that they only read Brubaker, and anybody else is just Folger Crystals. I actually subscribe to an odd melange of the three, as well as a tendency to want to read interesting arcs (like the “Club of Heroes” bit in Batman some months back) of things I normally wouldn’t read. But in Secret Six, we find the Total Package, the Ultimate Warrior, the Texas Rattlesnake, the Heartbreak Kid… Wait, sorry, that started one place and ended just repeating wrestling nicknames. In any case, this book represents characters I’ve always liked, (Deadshot especially, ever since I read his reintroduction in Detective Comics from like 1977) a title I’ve collected forever, (I started picking up the original Secret Six issues from 1968 before I got married) and creators that I would crawl over glass and bathe in rubbing alcohol to read (the superlative team of Gail Simone and Nicola Scott.) Game, set, match, DC wins 3 bucks a month. More After the Jump
Birds of Prey #107
Or – “There Are Some Resurrections That You Just Don’t Complain About…”
Normally, I tend to rant about bringing characters back from the dead. It’s a convention that generally doesn’t work, and I think it’s no coincidence that the two forms of entertainment most guilty of using it (Comic Books and Soap Operas) have stigmas attached to their fanbase. But, frankly, Ice’s death was a cheap 90′s sales ploy carrying just about as much emotional weight as a chromium-embossed Bloodshot cover, and as hypocritical as it might make me seem, I’m gonna chalk up her return in the win column. Of course, she’s currently crazy, and ready to kill both Birds of Prey and Secret Six, so I supposed we have to call it a mixed blessing.
More After the Jump
Birds of Prey #106
Or – “Things Continue To Fall To Pieces… Thanks, Spy Smasher!”
With the rather unhappy news that Gail Simone is leaving ‘Birds of Prey,’ the title she pretty much made excellent again, I was a little bit saddened to see this issue in my hold bin. In my mind, it meant one less issue of awesome Gail writing… Turns out my mourning was very much premature, as BoP gave us a nice couple of twists on the traditional comic book fight scene, some character development for several of our twelve or thirteen main characters, and made me almost like the new Spy Smasher. (Turns out she’s still a schmuck, though.) Add to that some of the best matchups in comic book slapfight history, and it was enough to find my smile again…