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By: LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES >> 1.31.07 » Bookgasm

LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES >> 1.31.07 » Bookgasm — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:44:25 +0000

[...] THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST #1 (Marvel) I don’t care who it is – give a D-list Marvel character a new book, and I’ll be first in line to try it out. You can have your Spider-Mans and Captain Americas, but for me, the best, most intricate, most interesting characters are the ones that tend to stay in the shadows of the biggies. In the past few months, we’ve seen the returns of Blade, Moon Knight and now, after about six failed relaunch attempts in the past decade, it’s time for Danny Rand – aka Iron Fist – to get a gritty new feel, courtesy of writers Ed Brubaker and Matt Faction. Seamlessly interweaving the history of the Iron Fist lineage with the current Iron Fist whipping a whole army of Hydra operatives, this is a great start to the series. Wisely, they are going for a darker, Daredevil-esque style that works very well with the character. [...]

By: LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES >> 11.22.06 » Bookgasm

LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES >> 11.22.06 » Bookgasm — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:29:30 +0000

[...] ARMY OF DARKNESS #11 (Dynamite) Last time, I wrote about how each AOD issue is getting more and more fanfic-ish. Nothing proves this more than the latest arc, in which Ash teams up with Frankenstein’s Monster to take on Dracula, mummies, a werewolf (I think) and the return of Deadite Ash, who’s apparently been Deadite-ing it up in ancient Egypt. This issue’s ending seems final, but it says “To be continued…,” so I can only wonder how much further they can go. I’m going on record saying how much I love this approach; currently, Ash is fighting DARKMAN (albeit in a separate series) and previously fought RE-ANIMATOR’s Dr. Herbert West. Only a true fan of AOD – and also the black-humored horror subgenre – could pull that off. Keep this up, guys! Maybe soon we’ll see him teaming up with the cadre of freaks from BASKET CASE 2! That would be awesome. [...]

By: WEEKEND REGASM >> 11.12.06 » Bookgasm

WEEKEND REGASM >> 11.12.06 » Bookgasm — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:00:46 +0000

[...] PASS ME THE ISSUES Louis Fowler keeps fighting the good fight, buying single issues of comics when the fashion is to “wait for the trade.” His case is extremely strong this week in LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES, and for every crappy BLADE book or issue of MEH-SCAPE OF THE LIVING DEAD (imitation=flattery), there’s the evil Norrin Radd goodness of EXILES #87, a finally good reinvention of Damian Hellstorm (didn’t his name used to be Hellstrom?) or a badass Tonto that doesn’t step or fetchit for just anyone in a sexy domino mask. Riddle me this, though: With nearly every character I can think of being reimagined, how many are left? If the answer is “not many,” can we please, please, please, bring back Whizzer? Please? He could be totally hard-bitten and leather-wearing, but his whizzing has to be bold as love, and he sits for no man. [...]