Zanaduuuu - All-Star Comics 62

When Fall the Mighty

All-Star Comics #62
Cover Dated: September / October 1976
Released: 24th June 1976

 Bickering, oh so much bickering!

 This is one of those middle stories with all the various plots being juggled and the ball all still being in the air. Doctor Fate is lying dying, whilst Zanadu has awoken from amber and is holding Shiera whilst draining all of Tokyo of life. Oh and an 11th-hour appearance, possibly, of an Injustice Society Wildcat.

 Power Girl spends most of the issue bickering with people, either Wildcat or Superman, oh yeah Superman is in this one, basically the same old tune about being underappreciated. Look I'm obviously a big Kara fan but even I at this point have to admit it's getting a bit too much. With all this is a general malaise among the older heroes, Hourman turning up just for reason, about how it's just not the same being a superhero as it was back in the (Goldern) old days. And with the general soupiness of the whole thing I've got to admit they're probably right.

 And when in the last couple of pages when Supes and Kara go toe to toe with Zanadu they both get taken down in a panel or two, not before Kara complains again about not being counted. So all is lost and the world is doomed, again...

 Yeah, this one is just meh, it's not terrible and Shiara show a little agency, though I'm used to the animated kick-ass version of the character, it's just one of those middle issues where little happens. Still maybe the next one will be better?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It's the Final Countdown! (Again) - Wonder Woman #293

Image
Countdown to Chaos Wonder Woman #293 Cover Date:  July 1982 Released:   8th April 1982 The first thing here to comment on is this is a Wonder Woman comic so it's her show, though all the other female heroes get something to do, more or less. We however start with our last female heroes to join the quest, Starfire, Wonder Girl and Raven from the Teen Titans. Raven has a major case of the premonitions so they fly off to Paradise Island to get some help from the Amazons. And like any good hero burning a message into a panel so the boys know where they have gone! The one thing that really strikes me looked back is just how tiny Starfires costumes is, more or less a sparkly bikini, especially the back which for some reason we see a lot in this issue. I've nothing against skimpy costumes now and again, but with almost everyone being more dressed and the cheesecake on how it's drawn it really stands out here. Anyway Korri and Donna go to help stop the final horseman on another Ea...
Read more

No butts - Infinite Crisis #2

Image
The Survivors Infinite Crisis #2 Cover Date:  January 2006 Released:  9th November 2005 ⋅ Writers:   Geoff Johns  ⋅  Pencilers:  Phil Jimenez   ⋅  ⋅  Inkers:  Many Hands  ⋅     Colourists:  Jeromy Cox / Guy Major  ⋅  ⋅  Letterers:  Nick J. Napolitano  ⋅  Editors:  Jeanine Schaefer /     Eddie Berganza  ⋅ So I'd like to say that this was planned, what with (as of writing) we're halfway through the most recent Crisis, Dark Crisis (of Infinite Earths), but basically the JSA comics heavily rely on this crossover, so we're bringing this one forward! To sum up issue 1 the DC universe is falling into chaos, the Trinity (Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman) are fighting over recent actions, including Wonder Woman killing Maxwell Lord live on television.  Watching from their crystal world the Earth-2 Superman and Superboy-Prime (last seen from Crisis on Infinite...
Read more

Showcase #97 - Power Girl

Image
POWER GIRL* SHOWCASE #97 *The issue's story is unnamed. Published: 15th November 1977 Cover Date: February 1978 Cover Artists: Joe Staton / Joe Orlando Writer: Paul Levitz Penciler: Joe Staton Inker: Joe Orlando Colourist: Jerry Serpe Letterer: Ben Oda Editors:   Joe Orlando Introduction So this is a little bit of a soft reboot, a DC tradition in itself, I wanted a chance to cover some of the original comics (my original content being terrible) as well as look at a wider range of comics. It's a chance to catch some of those comics in a blank spot I have in the mid-90s. But where to start? I've covered her original appearance in All-Star Comic #58 several times already, so we're best than the comics that told Power Girls' origins, only two years after she was first introduced. And as is appropriate to my soft reboot Showcase is also a soft reboot of Power Girl, making her if not softer at least a more rounded character. It's also more relevant than ever, in m...
Read more