First of all . . that's an amazing cover by Fabrizio Fiorentino. Inside . . Tom Derenick's art is equally impressive. The thing I like about Tom's work is the way he captures the essence of the characters he's drawing . . the life and character he puts into their faces. On pg 8, he draws an absolutely stunning vision of Wonder Woman. As Eel O'Brien puts it, "Homina Homina! It's Wonder Woman. Man, is she a babe." Anyways, it appears that with this story-arc, DC is first bringing the Royal Flush Gang into the 21 century, and secondly . . they're making them a force to be reckoned with. And why not. The essential characters, and Amos Fortune, have been a fixture in the DC Universe since the mid 60's. But in all that time they've been little more than a laughing stock . . an inconvenient annoyance that occasionally rears it's head. Well now they're becoming an international crime-syndicate . . a terrorist organization much on par with Intergang. They've got a neat concept . . an unusual paradigm, but . . they've just never thought, or schemed on a grand enough scale. Well . . Amos Fortune, with I'm sure more than a little bit of help from Roulette . . or maybe prodding is a better word . . Amos has decided that he's tired of being simply outnumbered by the likes of the Justice League. "But why should they? After all, there are 52 cards in the deck. Perhaps it's time we started using them all. It took a while to work out the logistics, but eventually we began recruiting new members to the Gang wherever we could . . Metropolis, Gotham. Wherever there's a dollar to be made, there you'll find us. There is now a branch of the Royal Flush Gang in every major city in the country." And he's decided to use that influence to shake up the board a bit. The RFG strikes at 3 separate targets simultaneously . . Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. The issue ends with the JLA splitting up into 3 teams . . Doctor Light and Plastic Man, Wonder Woman and Red Tornado, and Vixen and Firestorm. It'll be interesting next issue to see if the strength actually does lie in the numbers. Len Wein has come back to the story-telling reins with this arc. I like it. Why through away such a well-known commodity as the RFG? They can be so much more than just an occasional threat . . or inconvenience. They just need a little inspiration and guidance, which apparently Amos has gained. Now I hope the JLA just gets some inspiration and recruits some new members. Lord knows they need it.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Justice League of America #36 - DC
First of all . . that's an amazing cover by Fabrizio Fiorentino. Inside . . Tom Derenick's art is equally impressive. The thing I like about Tom's work is the way he captures the essence of the characters he's drawing . . the life and character he puts into their faces. On pg 8, he draws an absolutely stunning vision of Wonder Woman. As Eel O'Brien puts it, "Homina Homina! It's Wonder Woman. Man, is she a babe." Anyways, it appears that with this story-arc, DC is first bringing the Royal Flush Gang into the 21 century, and secondly . . they're making them a force to be reckoned with. And why not. The essential characters, and Amos Fortune, have been a fixture in the DC Universe since the mid 60's. But in all that time they've been little more than a laughing stock . . an inconvenient annoyance that occasionally rears it's head. Well now they're becoming an international crime-syndicate . . a terrorist organization much on par with Intergang. They've got a neat concept . . an unusual paradigm, but . . they've just never thought, or schemed on a grand enough scale. Well . . Amos Fortune, with I'm sure more than a little bit of help from Roulette . . or maybe prodding is a better word . . Amos has decided that he's tired of being simply outnumbered by the likes of the Justice League. "But why should they? After all, there are 52 cards in the deck. Perhaps it's time we started using them all. It took a while to work out the logistics, but eventually we began recruiting new members to the Gang wherever we could . . Metropolis, Gotham. Wherever there's a dollar to be made, there you'll find us. There is now a branch of the Royal Flush Gang in every major city in the country." And he's decided to use that influence to shake up the board a bit. The RFG strikes at 3 separate targets simultaneously . . Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. The issue ends with the JLA splitting up into 3 teams . . Doctor Light and Plastic Man, Wonder Woman and Red Tornado, and Vixen and Firestorm. It'll be interesting next issue to see if the strength actually does lie in the numbers. Len Wein has come back to the story-telling reins with this arc. I like it. Why through away such a well-known commodity as the RFG? They can be so much more than just an occasional threat . . or inconvenience. They just need a little inspiration and guidance, which apparently Amos has gained. Now I hope the JLA just gets some inspiration and recruits some new members. Lord knows they need it.
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