This week, Stephen gushes about The Flash, Afterlife with Archie #7, Krypton to SyFy, Cumberbatch is Doctor Strange, Preacher gets a pilot order, Mark Hamill is The Trickster… again. Plus Gotham Academy #3, Vampirella, and Comet!
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NEWS
Krypton series for SyFy
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Doctor Strange actor hired
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AMC Green Lights Preacher Pilot
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Mark Hamill returns as The Trickster
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REVIEWS
STEPHEN
Afterlife with Archie #7 – (W) Roberto Aguirre Sacasa (A) Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli (CA) Francesco Francavilla
“Betty, RIP,” Part 1 (of 6). It’s been weeks since Archie and his friends left Riverdale. Now, they are wandering the deserted highways of America, one step ahead of the ever-pursuing vicious zombie horde. When they decide to set down roots to observe their first post-apocalypse Thanksgiving, Mr. Lodge leads a team into the forests of Pennsylvania to find dinner, but the hunters soon become the hunted, and not all of the gang will make it out of the woods alive! For TEEN+ readers.
[rating:5/5]
MATTHEW
GOTHAM ACADEMY #3
Written by BECKY CLOONAN and BRENDEN FLETCHER
Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL
1:25 Variant cover by BECKY CLOONAN
On sale DECEMBER 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
If you thought getting detention was a pain, just wait till you see detention Gotham Academy-style!
[rating:3.5/5]
RODRIGO
Vampirella: Feary Tales #3 – Writer: Nancy A. Collins, Elaine Lee, Joe R. Lansdale
Art: Jack Jadson, Eman Casallos, Elmo Eklabuz Vampirella is still trapped inside the nightmarish netherworld of the Feary Tales book, tormented by the disembodied voice of the mysterious Storyteller, and her only hope of escaping is if she can survive the ghoulish mix-ups of familiar nursery tales until she reaches the last story. But first she must weather Stephen R. Bissette (Swamp Thing) and Denis St. John’s (Monster Pie) macabre re-imagining of the classic Betty Boop version of “Snow White”, then help track down a little missing mermaid in Gail Simone’s (Red Sonja) “Thirsty, Thirsty Town”.
[rating:2.5/5]
ZACH
Comet Set in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple’s six-year relationship. Director: Sam Esmail Writer: Sam Esmail
[rating:4.5/5]
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I will agree with Stephen about all the things that made Wally West’s Flash enjoyable and unique. Friends with reformed villains Chunk & Pied Piper; a tag-and-play relationship with the the Rogue’s gallery; a twenty-something lifestyle with a super-hero skin. However, almost all these things he cites as “Waid’s Flash” but they were indeed NOT Waid at all, rather they were the work of William Messner-Loebs.
While Waid certainly made contributions to the popularity of the Flash series, his main achievements lie in other forms. He replaced the diverse supporting cast of reformed supervillains, etc. and with every super-speedster in DC’s library, turning the book into an super-hero legacy tale. He invented the “Speed Force” and took away all clear definitions of Wally’s powers and capabilities and made them as powerful (or occasionally as weak) as was convenient for the plot.
So, yes, Waid’s run on the Flash is iconic and significant in the history of the book, but it’s Messner-Loebs’ work on the book that gave Wally West the human character that defines his approachable personality.
I reserve the right to be wrong! WRONG SIR WRONG! :) Thanks for the clarification. #rainbowstar
I’m looking forward to Kyrpton. I understand Mathew’s point about it but ScyFy, at least in the past, has had some incredible shows. And if this helps them get back to that and away from the Z rated movies for a bit, all the better.