Friday Night Fights - Good Nite

The bad guys win over at Spacebooger for this round of Friday Night Fights and for this week's entry, I've gone all sombre and maudlin as a true hero bites the dust in the pages of perhaps the super-hero book, Watchmen.

Poor Hollis Mason.  Poor Nite Owl.

HHUUGGHH indeed.

This chuckle free fight first appeared in Watchmen #8 cover dated April 1987, written by (as if I had to tell you) Alan Moore with art by the god like Dave Gibbons, though the scans come from my tired, worn out, well read and beloved copy of the trade paperback.

And remember:

Bad Timing

I'm away this weekend - myself and a bunch of fellow writers will be tucking ourselves away in a small cottage, spending the weekend writing, drinking and cooking.

We do this maybe once a year or so and it's a great laugh; trouble is, I'd normally get my comics tomorrow but won't be able to . . . and Blackest Night #7 is out this week.

Really bad timing on DC's part, I think . . .

No-one tell me what happens, okay?

Blackest Night: The Flash #3 Notes Published

Just published the brief synopsis of Blackest Night: The Flash #3 over at the Annotated Blackest Night. Green Lantern #51 and Green Lantern Corps #45 coming soon.

Enjoy!

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #72

I'm actually away this weekend but thanks to Blogger's scheduling function, I can still get my Cocktail post in!

• Battlefields: Happy Valley #3 - a sombre ending which came as no real surprise but was handled delicately and with care by Ennis who once more showed he's more than swearing and violence.
• Blackest Night: The Flash #3 - as much as the White Lantern (?) symbol over Reverse Flash's chest was intriguing, the most interesting part of this issue, like those before it, were the Rogues. It comes to something when the bad guys hold more fascination than the main character.
• Green Lantern #51 - more blood on Parallax's hands than the Anti-Monitor? Spectre, dude, the Anti-Monitor wiped out thousands of universes! Universes! And that bit with Hector Hammond? Can anyone say "groundwork for up-coming storyline?!"
• Green Lantern Corps #45 - the whole "battle your personal demons" thing was a little cheesey but it's good to have Gardner back at last.
• Justice League of America #42 - okay, a little all-over-the-place but not bad on the whole, though the couple of two page spreads weren't incredibly clear and I ended up reading down the page instead of across, but I'm liking the new villains.
• Magog #6 - tying in with Justice Society of America Annual #2 from a couple of weeks ago, this is Magog's side of things concerning the big JSA vs Magog fight along with the aftermath.
• Marvels: Eye of The Camera #6 - my god, this has actually arrived?! I'm not going to bother reading it until I re-read the earlier issues again, it's been so long.
• Power Girl #9 - did no-one tell Satanna that leopard-print went out with the 70's? Another damn fine issue where sub-plots from previous issues crop up again, making the story feel genuine. And hey, Terra's back to save Power Girl!
• The Stand: Soul Survivors #4 - damn, those were some big weasels!

And what made me smile wince:

Owwwwwwww!

Friday Night Fight - Tears Of The Batman

Another Friday Night, another Fight where the bad guys win as decreed by Spacebooger.

This week we're off to another world, an Elseworld, where for the sake of a nail, all sorts of crap goes down.

Ask and you shall receive, Joker - Robin and Batgirl to the rescue of Batman who's been captured by the Clown Prince of Crime's new high tech wristbands. But wait! What's this?

Damn that infernal technology of his!

The Joker's out for some twisted form of revenge, killing Robin and Batgirl as Batman looks on until . . .

Oooooh, something tells me he's not going to sleep well tonight . . .

This mind-snapping torture first appeared in Justice League of America: The Nail #1, cover dated August 1998, written by Alan Davis with art by Davis and Mark Farmer, though the scans come from the trade paperback.

And remember, friends:

A Public Service Announcement

Tomorrow is Friday which brings with it the traditional Friday Night Fight over at Spacebooger where myself and several other bloggers post fights for your delectation.

Fred's been hosting the fights for a while now and recently altered the voting system to allow readers and fighters alike to simply click on a poll to vote for their favourite.

Please do me, Fred and all the other bloggers a favour every Friday - head over to Spacebooger, check out the links to the other fights and then cast your vote for your favourite.

Cheers!

Booster Gold #32

It's Booster Gold written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis! You know you want it!