This was an interesting issue, but . . it goes all the way back to the Aftermath! of the Casualties of War! storyline. That came after the Our Worlds at War storyline, that . . really, was quite a while ago. I'm not sure why that would be pertinent now. Anyways, this story revolves around Anderson Gaines. He's a philanthropist that is STAR Labs silent partner. He's helping with a lot of the financing for the rebuilding after Our Worlds at War. He's on a solo climbing expedition in the Himalayas when he comes what looks like a piece of a space-ship, at the peak. He doesn't show up again until months later when Clark is doing an interview with Garrison Slate . . the guy at STAR Labs that's in charge of all the rebuilding. However, when Anderson crosses paths with Clark, you can tell that he's somehow physically affected. Later, back at the Planet, Clark finds out that someone has hired NRG-X to take him out. 'I'm just here to eliminate some reporter. Someone requested the scorched-Earth treatment . . the kind I specialize in.' But we all know that's not gonna' happen. Anyways, while this is going on, Bruce is back in his lab examining a sample of DNA that he and Clark took off of the Kryptonian war vessel that they found in space. Someone, or something, had apparently taken out the crew of the ship and then escaped in one of it's modules. So they think that someone, or something may be on Earth. Unfortunately, the DNA sample confirms Bruce's suspicions. This creature is a shape-shifter. I'm guessing right now . . he's posing as Anderson Gaines. I thought this was a pretty decent story. Even if it did seem a bit out of place . . chronologically, I mean. But I thought Joe Casey did a decent job with it. The art was done by Adrian Syaf. He also did the art on the Blackest Night Batman mini series. I think his work has progressed quite nicely. He definitely has an Image-comics type of style to him. It looked good. And the story flowed rather nicely. This guy definitely has a lot of potential.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Superman / Batman #68 - DC
This was an interesting issue, but . . it goes all the way back to the Aftermath! of the Casualties of War! storyline. That came after the Our Worlds at War storyline, that . . really, was quite a while ago. I'm not sure why that would be pertinent now. Anyways, this story revolves around Anderson Gaines. He's a philanthropist that is STAR Labs silent partner. He's helping with a lot of the financing for the rebuilding after Our Worlds at War. He's on a solo climbing expedition in the Himalayas when he comes what looks like a piece of a space-ship, at the peak. He doesn't show up again until months later when Clark is doing an interview with Garrison Slate . . the guy at STAR Labs that's in charge of all the rebuilding. However, when Anderson crosses paths with Clark, you can tell that he's somehow physically affected. Later, back at the Planet, Clark finds out that someone has hired NRG-X to take him out. 'I'm just here to eliminate some reporter. Someone requested the scorched-Earth treatment . . the kind I specialize in.' But we all know that's not gonna' happen. Anyways, while this is going on, Bruce is back in his lab examining a sample of DNA that he and Clark took off of the Kryptonian war vessel that they found in space. Someone, or something, had apparently taken out the crew of the ship and then escaped in one of it's modules. So they think that someone, or something may be on Earth. Unfortunately, the DNA sample confirms Bruce's suspicions. This creature is a shape-shifter. I'm guessing right now . . he's posing as Anderson Gaines. I thought this was a pretty decent story. Even if it did seem a bit out of place . . chronologically, I mean. But I thought Joe Casey did a decent job with it. The art was done by Adrian Syaf. He also did the art on the Blackest Night Batman mini series. I think his work has progressed quite nicely. He definitely has an Image-comics type of style to him. It looked good. And the story flowed rather nicely. This guy definitely has a lot of potential.
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