It's funny how Vril Dox plays all these different people in this group that he's assembled here. They're all doing something to perpetuate his plan, but . . none of them know what the others are up to. They know the overall plan, but they don't know the individual components. Now that he's moved on from the Black Lantern threat, Vril is once again ready to put together his 3 part plan. First he needs the shards of the Gamma Gong. Captain Comet, Kanjar Ro and Wildstar are tasked with retrieving it. Next, Admiral Xylon will be taking Adam Strange, Ciji and Bounder to Kaipei to retrieve a Dominator Gene-Bomb. And finally Vril himself, with Kreel and Tribulus will go to Kalanor for the third component. From the cover, you can tell what that is . . Despero's head. Meanwhile, Strata and her family have left the cause. Or have they? And the Omega Men, after infiltrating Starro's home galaxy, discover a secret that Starro doesn't want anyone else to know about. On a remote world, now long dead, there once lived a hunter race that Starro targeted. They fought back, but were eventually defeated. However, in the process they had also discovered the secret to defeating Starro. They knew how to keep from becoming mind-slaves and how to kill the Starros. But, while all of this is going on, Starro has finally defeated all the Black Lanterns that Vril left him in the midst of. Of course he needed Lyrl's help to do so. And . . they didn't so much defeat them as transport them. Lyrl opened up a transmatter portal and sent them all to the event horizon of a supermassive black-hole at the heart of the Milky Way. And with Starro's High Vanguard now decimated, he needs Lyrl's help to coordinate his army. However, he lets Lyrl know in no uncertain terms that he owns him. And Starro's next target? The planet Earth. 'It was Earth and her heroes that drew me to this galaxy. I think it's time to test their mettle.' So I hope Vril Dox's plans, and that of the Omega Men, come together soon. Because, otherwise . . I think the Earth may be in for more trouble than it can handle. Tony Bedard is doing a fantastic job with this book. I always thought Vril Dox was an interesting character, and the way Tony has him manipulating and planning is just phenomenal. There's a plethora of fantastic characters in this book now. And Tony has them all jumping through hoops. This issue Geraldo Borges fills in as the penciller. I thought he did a pretty decent job. It looked ok. But I miss Claude St Aubin's work. It looks like he'll be back next issue. It looks like this story will wrap up with issue #14, and then we'll be heading off in a new direction with issue #15. I think this is a great book. If you aren't reading it . . you should give it a look. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Monday, January 18, 2010
R.E.B.E.L.S. #12 - DC
It's funny how Vril Dox plays all these different people in this group that he's assembled here. They're all doing something to perpetuate his plan, but . . none of them know what the others are up to. They know the overall plan, but they don't know the individual components. Now that he's moved on from the Black Lantern threat, Vril is once again ready to put together his 3 part plan. First he needs the shards of the Gamma Gong. Captain Comet, Kanjar Ro and Wildstar are tasked with retrieving it. Next, Admiral Xylon will be taking Adam Strange, Ciji and Bounder to Kaipei to retrieve a Dominator Gene-Bomb. And finally Vril himself, with Kreel and Tribulus will go to Kalanor for the third component. From the cover, you can tell what that is . . Despero's head. Meanwhile, Strata and her family have left the cause. Or have they? And the Omega Men, after infiltrating Starro's home galaxy, discover a secret that Starro doesn't want anyone else to know about. On a remote world, now long dead, there once lived a hunter race that Starro targeted. They fought back, but were eventually defeated. However, in the process they had also discovered the secret to defeating Starro. They knew how to keep from becoming mind-slaves and how to kill the Starros. But, while all of this is going on, Starro has finally defeated all the Black Lanterns that Vril left him in the midst of. Of course he needed Lyrl's help to do so. And . . they didn't so much defeat them as transport them. Lyrl opened up a transmatter portal and sent them all to the event horizon of a supermassive black-hole at the heart of the Milky Way. And with Starro's High Vanguard now decimated, he needs Lyrl's help to coordinate his army. However, he lets Lyrl know in no uncertain terms that he owns him. And Starro's next target? The planet Earth. 'It was Earth and her heroes that drew me to this galaxy. I think it's time to test their mettle.' So I hope Vril Dox's plans, and that of the Omega Men, come together soon. Because, otherwise . . I think the Earth may be in for more trouble than it can handle. Tony Bedard is doing a fantastic job with this book. I always thought Vril Dox was an interesting character, and the way Tony has him manipulating and planning is just phenomenal. There's a plethora of fantastic characters in this book now. And Tony has them all jumping through hoops. This issue Geraldo Borges fills in as the penciller. I thought he did a pretty decent job. It looked ok. But I miss Claude St Aubin's work. It looks like he'll be back next issue. It looks like this story will wrap up with issue #14, and then we'll be heading off in a new direction with issue #15. I think this is a great book. If you aren't reading it . . you should give it a look. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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