Who'd Like A Cocktail? #107

Because he's the Batman! Duh!

• THE BOYS: HIGHLAND LADDIE #4 - I really like Starlight. She's honest and smart enough to realise that something's fishy with how Wee Hughie got sight of that footage. And she's willing to put them both through the wringer in an attempt to salvage their relationship. Another excellent issue.
• BRIGHTEST DAY #14 - Deadman gets taught a lesson as we have a quick tour through his past and hey, what do you know, the resurrected Batman turns up. Oh, and Deadman and Dove get together at last - Hawk's going to be pissed!
• DC UNIVERSE: LEGACIES #7 - wait, John Stewart became Green Lantern after Armageddon 2001?! That makes no sense at all! Nice to see the highlights of the Death of Superman as well as Knightfall, though. And hey, Brian Bolland artwork on Camelot 500! Damn fine issue.
• GREEN LANTERN #59 - "You can't erase your crimes by putting on a ring." Ummm, isn't that kinda what you did, Hal? I don't see you serving time in a Sciencell for the death of Kilowog or Sinestro. Oh and I don't know what's funnier: Larfleeze stealing Flash's wallet or the fact that somewhere in that skin tight uniform Flash finds room to keep a wallet!
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS #54 - interesting bit of back story on the Weaponer and who knew that skinny Sinestro could fight so well hand-to-hand?
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #51 - heh - the Atom explaining about parallel worlds to Alan Scott; like he needs a lesson on the Multiverse! Another big fight with lots of exposition.
• POWER GIRL #18 - you know, with the recent balls-up of Ice's origin over in Justice League: Generation Lost, I was expecting Winick to mess this title up as well. Thankfully, he's surprised me by turning in a decent story again of Power Girl vs Divine, but I'm still nervous about the long-term prospects.
• THE STAND: HARDCASES #5 - the Free Zone Committee are in place and everything starts to gear up now.
• ZATANNA #7 - a fill in issue is always a bit worrisome but Adam Beechen turns in a great one-shot issue. This really is a charming series!

And what made me smile:

I shall now be using this repeatedly for the Friday Night Fights!

Updates On The Annotated Blackest Night

Going away for a week was good fun but it also means you spend a bunch of time catching up on stuff when you get back.

One of those things was finishing off the Black Power Ring Percentage Level table over at the Annotated Blackest Night - now that the rings are up to 100% it's unlikely I'll need to edit that page again!

Something I've worked on over the last couple of days, though, is a new page over at the site: say hello to the Character Map.

As you can see, I'm trying to chart where the important characters of Blackest Night appear - I can't keep an eye on every character because there's simply too many of them! However, those that I think are going to be important (most of the GL Corps, Sinestro, Atrocitus and even Dove following the events of Blackest Night: Titans #3) will be followed from one issue to the next and the map will be updated as it goes along with those updates being posted to the site.

Interested to hear what you think of this.

Enjoy!

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #59

With the wonders of technology, I'm not even here when I'm posting this!

• Ambush Bug #7 - the mini-series that almost died finishes in typically bizarre fashion. Marvellous series but I think this might be the end of the Bug.
• Blackest Night #4 - Damage is done for! 100%! Nekron rises! Oh crap!
• Blackest Night: Titans #3 - who'd have thought Dove would turn out to be the saviour of the day?
• Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #6 - a bit up and down, this series, but at least that ending's kinda cool.
• Green Lantern #47 - waaaaait a second . . . did Sinestro just get a first name after almost 40 years? Or have I somehow missed that in the past?
• Justice Society of America #32 - Power Girl gets ready to hit someone!
• The Last Days of Animal Man #6 - and this mini-series wraps up nicely. Really enjoyed this and, if you haven't been reading it, I recommend picking it up once it's collected.
• Teen Titans #76 - Beast Boy acts like a dick; Aquagirl and Bombshell bitch about each other; Blue Beetle and Static bitch about Beast Boy. That's the entire issue. Anyone remember the days when this team liked each other?
• Ravager co-feature - Ravager over steps herself and, for the first time in a while, gets her arse kicked.

And what made me smile:

The bare faced cheek of Keith Giffen!