Patrick's Hat Trick: Pellet Reviews for 4/18/08

Aloha out there. Today it's 80 degrees and we had a earthquake in the midwest. And I'm inside writting reviews of comic books.

Brave and the Bold #12: You can just tell this was a story written for George Perez. Lots of characters, big cosmic crisis. A good book, but Jerry Ordway, while a great artist, is not a great sub for George Perez. A good book, but the art just doesn't quite match up with the story. What could have been a clever B with Perez on art, ends up being an everyday commonplace C.






All Star Superman #10: I love Superman. So much so that at my wedding my wife and I walked out of the church to John William's Superman Theme. And I think All-Star Superman may be the best Superman comic that I have ever read. And I've read a lot. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are doing the best Superman comics of the last 20 years. Issue 10 is a bit slower than the some of the previous issues, but still is a ton of fun with lots of new ideas and twists on the Superman myths. A very high clever B+, with the run overall looking like it could be Bad Genious.




All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #9: This book is a crazy ride, and it's one I dig some months more than others. There are times I've looked at this book and thought "what the hot holy heck was Frank Miller thinking when he wrote this?" and other months I just read it and smile. This month, I smiled. And I think I also began to see what he was up to with his "what was he thinking" moments as well. A solid B.