Or – “Where’s My Santa On The Shaver, Dammit?”
Sometimes the holidays turn into a blur of food and family and spectacle, like the Roman Empire right before the Dark Ages. When that happens, it’s good to have Rapid Fire Reviews: Reading the comics, so you don’t have to!
For the past three weeks, I have been reviewing the series of one-shots introducing the MLJ/Archie Comics characters into the DC Universe. Instead of introducing these characters stories into the DCU through the originally planned Brave and the Bold series, plans where changed and Michael J. Straczynski instead introduced the initial four characters into a series of weekly one shots. We started with The Hangman, which I gave 2.5 out of 5 stars. The next week, Inferno was the character in the spotlight, and I gave him 1.5 stars out of 5. Just when things where starting to look really bad for the reintroduction of these characters, the third week featured The Web, and I felt that this character had finally started to fulfill the solicitations and the 3.5 out of 5 stars showed it.
Now we have the final installment of the inter-connecting “one-shots†in the form of The Shield. Does it finish of the introduction with a bang, or did the whole series fall flat on its face? Let’s find out after the jump…
Continuing the series of one-shots introducing the MLJ/Archie Comics characters into the DCU that starting with  The Hangman and continuing in Inferno, this week we have THE WEB.
As part of the launch for the upcoming Red Circle titles, DC is publishing a series of four one-shots by J. Michael Staczynski to introduce the old MLJ/Archie characters to a modern audience. First up, The Hangman.
Or – “Sir, I Protest! I Am NOT A Merry Man!!!”
Once again, we’ve come to the situation where Stately Spoilers Manor contains far more comics than there are days to review ‘em, leading once again unto the Final Frontier… NUQNEH – NOOKNEHH! Phasers on summarize!
