Twilight Rendezvous
Twilight Guardian #2
The Twilight Guardian has gotten an invitation to join a group of “Real Life Superheroes” meeting at a comic book convention. Of course, she worries about the possibility that her arch-nemesis, the Dusk Devil, will take her absence from patrolling as an excuse to wreak havoc, and she wonders about the strange location of the convention — a remote island in the middle of Lake Superior. After collecting a new hoard of comics and partaking in some of the usual convention activities, she gets to meet her fellow hero-wannabes — the Vermillion Claw, Captain Community, the Strong Right Arm of Justice, Wendy City, and Dr. Double-Danger. They trade crimefighting tips, help a stranded motorist, and solve a crime. And once they part ways, the Guardian learns that someone has been following her, and he has a strange offer for her.
Verdict: Thumbs up. I won’t lie to you and tell you it’s an action-packed story, or that it’s not still deeply weird. But I liked seeing the Guardian out of her usual environment. It’s clear that part of what she needs, besides taking her meds regularly, is social interaction and non-superhero activities. Of course, I can’t help wondering why on earth there was a comic convention, complete with large crowds, tons of booths, and a large convention center, on a tiny island that has a normal population of just 220 people…
Avengers Academy #9
Tigra has kicked Striker, Hazmat, and Veil out of Avengers Academy, and now the rest of the faculty have to persuade her to withdraw her expulsion. Meanwhile, Finesse has decided she wants to track down the Taskmaster, who she believes is her real father, and she blackmails Quicksilver into helping her find him. And once they meet, of course they have to fight each other…
Verdict: Thumbs up. Fun action, fun dialogue (especially the sniping between Tigra and Quicksilver), and fun artwork.
Green Lantern #62
Well, the villain kidnapping the ring entities is revealed to be Krona, who has some crazy plot involving using the entities to rid the universe of emotional imbalances. Various Lantern corps members try to stop him and are generally powerless against him. Flash, Batman, and Superman try to convince Hal to work with them after Krona makes his escape, but he goes off with the other ring bearers instead.
Verdict: Thumbs up, but it’s a close one. The story is fine, but it’s not really very noteworthy.
Today’s Cool Links:
- Mark Evanier had this great remembrance of Joanne Siegel, widow of Jerry Siegel, the co-creator of Superman. Joanne died just last week.
- Might be a bit far to travel to, but Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is looking for papers and presentations about female superheroes.
- Scarlett Johansson beats up everyone.
- This video reminds me of my last vacation.
- You gotta appreciate all the hard work these guys did to make this.
Troy Hickman Said,
February 22, 2011 @ 9:56 am
Thanks for another very cool TG review, Scott! We’ll talk about the island thing when nobody’s listening… 😉
scottslemmons Said,
February 22, 2011 @ 10:04 am
Ooooh, secrets! 🙂