Swastik Bhargav Lohop

Dylan Dog n.245, The cemetery of freaks

n.245 Dylan Dog, The cemetery of freaks
Di Paola Barbato and Nicola Mari



Paola Barbato can write one of his worst stories, in a register predictable, obvious and poorly written, saved only by good drawings of Mari.
The story starts quietly, but turns out to be flat and boring in the duration of the reading, with the unnecessary moralistic implications.
The originality with which every now and Barbato seasons her scripts? Absent
.
All the subplots are interwoven and developed bad worse, and too often left where they are.
Thankfully designs not bad, Mari featuring the faces of the characters very well, probably due to deformation vague and unnatural, and makes the dark atmosphere, perfect for the "Cemetery of freaks."
Last note: the cover of Stan I am not at all pleased.

In short, the quality of the stories of Dylan Dog continues to worsen, and do not recommend purchasing this 245esimo number to anyone who wants to start reading DYD, while I believe regular readers like me if you take it anyway.
I sincerely hope that the upcoming release will be able to like it (the cover is intriguing), Masiero maybe bring a breath of fresh air.

Rating: 4 / 5

(Review by Michael deler)

Footprints With Wings

The Road to Civil War: Fantastic Four 268

Overall Rating:
The Register as a whole remains at a good standard, see the official return of continuity on FF after the faint hints in the queue last episode of the series (yes, it seems that the much loved / hated continiuty is back in fashion in the Marvel Universe ), but above all stories of the Quartet are the open track to 'imminent Civil War.

Analytical Findings

Fantastic Four

the hammer falls

Cover breathtaking, even if the story I was disappointed : all things considered, however, this is probably one of the best stories about FF ... Stracchino thing that leaves me somewhat perplexed about his work on the series longest running House of Idee.La thing that convinces me they are definitely not the dialogue: a little verbose, sometimes banal and weak; aggiungiagmo to that the excessive use of cartoons without dialogues, and we get a story "to Bendis' (which in the eyes of this writer is not a virtue). This is despite the many ideas on what would have been possible to strike up a strong story: the meeting of the Illuminati (I really liked the recall" copy "as read about Thor 94), the hearing of Tony in Congress, the return of Destiny and the hammer Thor.Tra the number of main dishes, however, stand out above all the two" returns "and in particular the return to" origins "of the historical nemesis of the Quartet that Dr. Destino.Sinceramente I was sorry that the good old Victor is back to its historical framework, but I know it's expensive to Unthinkable Waid and so I guess that is why Stracchino has set aside the magic armor in human skin for the old technology of steel armor. A pity because Doom had revolutionized Unthinkable and for me it was the best saga of the Quartet of the last ten anni.Detto this remains to be seen what Victor has been smoking to think that it can lift the hammer of Thor, which have not been able to Superman, during the now legendary Avengers / JLA, without the consent of Thor.Cosa Stracchino you invent? A trivial conclusion or some shocking revelation on the heart of pure fate? As regards the design, I was not very convinced on the stroke of Fate McKone: in my opinion makes it a little too massive and regal and "rounded." For now, unfortunately McKone proved to be a superb writer of covers, but disappointing in the implementation of internal tables.

4

Finally my favorite series puts the arrow and officially joined the Marvel Universe: sin to occur only now, when the head is about to close! Regarding the two stories presented, in my humble opinion are by far the best history of openness, but first things first and start with ...

private lives, public face.

Sacasa once again writes a good story "fell into the reality of every day," starring Susan and Reed, that the couple par excellence the Marvel Universe: Susan, in particular, is confronted with the problems that women face every day and at the end demonstrates his humanity and at the same time his doubts about what and how a superhero should behave in front of certain situations and if has the right to use its powers to resolve certain situations private.Reed, meanwhile, is at the bedside of a terminally ill patient and to even stop him from running a meeting of the Illuminati. The final page then it is a worthy introduction to the Civil War now in its ports.

Fall Out

history that connects directly with what they read about D & H 125, with the Quartet to complete research the remains of Godsey looks like a normal routine mission, but in reality it is not Reed ... his goal, as you'll discover at the end of stories, is to eliminate all evidence of what the satellite senziente.La that struck me was the cynicism of Reed, impassive and cold in removing an intelligent being who seems more frightened hostile to him I would never have expected a similar behavior, adding that an open mind to new and Susan Reed Richards is ready to become one of the key figures of the forthcoming CW: What are the reasons behind this change? Reed really believes in what he does or is manipulated by someone?

She Hulk

Love and Eros (1 / 2 part)
What is the difference between Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk? That half the history of Ms. Marvel, nothing happens and you are not even able to judge, but in half the history of SheHulk many things happen and you are satisfied with even a few pleasant paginette.In summary history, which sees the second appearance Calderone (since a few months ago about The Thing) and there is the problem of how to legally defend a superhero with a power like that of Starfox ...... also known that Conrad has decided to return to the look of the origins of Eros After the interlude with the goatee view Capitan Marvel.Ufficializzo Furthermore, my hatred for that frescone John Jameson: Poor Pug!

Finally, I report to 'attention, gentlemen readers, the winner of the first table offered as a prize by Di Vito: yes I am, let me strut!

If I Have Hiv, Will I Get Sick More Often?

Green Lantern Special # 2

Green Lantern Special 2

second issue of the number of Johns, all drawn by Pacheco.

continues a pattern begun very well, but carried out much worse, in a story in which action takes precedence over everything, but finally manages to annoiare.L 'arrival of a new breed Manhunter could be interesting, but could make only the background, while the story seems more focused on this evento.Johns I was disappointed, though there are several interesting points, the choice of the family of Jim's return Hal in aeronautics, the conclusion seemed to me obvious, although I hope that it will develop well. Pacheco is an artist in my opinion suitable for this type of lantern and history, but is not exceptional nor particularly originale.Lo storytelling is taken care of well, the negative characterization abbastanza.Nota backgrounds are almost non-existent and the complete lack of details.

Now I hope that Master Geoff lifted the series for next month, although not think I can say the same for Pacheco, stable and very eclectic. However, a number
nice and enjoyable, recommended to those who have already taken the first exit.

Rating: 5

(Review by Michael deler)

Where Can I Go To Paramedic School, Illinois

GIXM 199

The Incredibles X-MEN 199

Finally, after months of subplots and clues scattered dropped as if they were unimportant in this issue comes to light the truth about the resurrection of Psylocke! Last triptych by Chris Claremont on Uncanny X-Men before his surrender to another because of his health problems, supplemented by a slightly disoriented Tony Bedard, who had to rewrite the final minisaga not to complicate life with a crossover that was not his bag of flour.

But let the stories,
After have been killed by Vargas, body and soul dell'avvenente x-woman have been rebuilt by his brother Jamie Braddock crazy, who also made his sister immune to external controls for use in the fight against the First Fallen, the opposite magnitude of the Phoenix, who appeared to Jamie and his other friends (Amina, Ned and Godfrey) during an attack on the four by traffickers of weapons during a rally race in the desert ... Jamie did not accept the proposal of the First Fallen to help improve the world, unlike his friends, and this caused his follia.Gli x-men do not seem able to counter the power of Godfrey, Ned and Amina carrying Bishop, Rachel, Cannonball, Kurt, Jamie, and (unbeknownst to them) Betsy First in the world of the Fallen, but realize that the perfection of that reality hides a terrible segreto.l 'cosmic entity carries in his world only four representatives of each species, sacrificing the rest of all people! But there is a weapon able to defeat the First Fallen, and was crated by Jamie Braddock: his sister, Psylocke, which together with the combined efforts of the x-men, unable to stop the powerful entity and restore the threads of reality, but not without the apparent sacrifice Jamie, who, in an act of extreme altruism decides to sacrifice himself rather than continue its business in Africa sorella.Intanto Storm against the torturers of mutants, this time without Wolverine, absent unexpected of this number, the adventures of mutant mini-series will continue on the same name with the subtitle "Marriage" to be released from his marzo.Claremont it only takes the initial idea for the rest Bedard can not handle well the plot conceived by the legendary Chris, that in the initial intentions, he wanted to end this saga with a crossover with the Exiles, to promote his arrival on the head.
designers Bachalo is supported by the usual myriad of ink, but it's always great, and then, after admiring the paintings of the Canadian artist, here's something that we do not wait, as if he had already done enough damage to "what Lorna saw" , here is an "unwelcome" return to an unwatchable Roger Cruz.un pity, since the days of X-Men was an excellent and promising matitista.I 198: the other half the history of the rioters mutants that this time, under the leadership of Absalom Mercator, they decide to leave the institution without a second thought. . while the mysterious Johnny Dee continues his mysterious purposes.
Hine is good and you already know, a little flaw Muniz with backgrounds, but his personal style is davveroi intriguing.

Rating: 6

(Review by Matt "Vulcan85" Sferrella)

The Length Of 3 Adult Pinky's

Batman / Deathblow

Batman / Deathblow - After the fire


Brian Azzarello, author of several stories of Hellblazer and writer of "Batman: Broken City" we ventured back into the Dark Knight and Lee Bermejo, together with a very good pencils to sign this new saga of the world's most famous detective.
The story is simple enough, Batman has to find a mutant arsonist (yes, it seems to be in the X-Men) and bring him to justice before he does any more damage. Follow various flashbacks and return Deathblow died years before.
A nice pair ... A masked avenger to the good but the darkest of evil and a military that is willing to do everything not to fail the mission.
Azzarello is one of bravura and confidence in this story gives us thrills take your breath away.
Everything seems good, but Unfortunately (for those who bought the edition Planeta Agostini) is not. The translations are low-level, are sometimes mixed words between Italian and English and speeches, of course, are not well capibili.
Advice? If you really want this little gem of Azzarello and Bermejo to retrieve the damn edition Press Play ... The volume of positive Planeta has only the graphics and board.

Rating: 6 / 7

(Review by Lorenzo "lobe" Bozzi)

Preparation H For Hips

100% Runaways Young Titans

Runaways # 2 100%

Finally, after an agonizing wait, Runaways are back in Vaughan and Alphona, and do so with a substantial volume with stories really unmissable!

Already, the Runaways.
One of the most bizarre publishing events in recent years.
game as a series from a few claims, was immediately hailed by critics without achieving a successful result acceptable Quesada but decided not to suspend the series and the results are giving reason.
Before talking about the history of this wonderful volume, we need a clarification: the stories published in Italy only collect the first set, which lasted 18 issues in the States, so I will speak of the events that conclude the first "season." OK, go to the stories.
Alex, Molly, Chase, Gert, Karolina and Nico after have discovered that their parents are criminals who have made a pact with the creatures called Gibborim to gain power and immortality through human sacrifice, are being hunted by the police and hide in the shelter of Chase, the hostel, trying to find a persecutori.I way to prosecute them on their side, however, who the police ...
When food supplies become scarce the boys decide to leave to refuel, but the shop was raided by robbers; two of them fled, while the third is taken at the hostel, and now has a certain charm about Nico and Karolina, but something is wrong.
The boy is in fact a vampire, and puts a strain on the capacity of the Runaways, and only thanks to the powers of Karolina, the situation is resolved without permanent damage.
Meanwhile, the chief of police, operated by the parents of the boys on the run, to enlist their capture vigilantes Cloak and Dagger, which initially can put their prey in check, but then, understood the truth, they decide to let them go .
This is the prelude to the clash between the evil parents, who meanwhile had discovered the hideout of Chase, and their children, instead they head toward the temple of Gibborim.
hearing the truth about the masters of their parents, the boys try to turn the situation to their advantage, but the unthinkable happens ... someone has them betrayed and manipulated them!
Meanwhile, the Avengers have been informed of the facts and decide to take custody of the boys to entrust them to suitable structures, sending Cap to recover them.

Vaughan's skill with this kind of characters is almost disarming. Assemble a group of teen-agers from outstanding personalities and interesting, and characterizes them in a fresh and intelligent, laying bare all their forces, but also their weaknesses and their innermost fears, comparing them with situations much more bigger than themselves.
Splendide all the scenes inside the hostel, where children spend most of their time, and where all the elements that are out there make the characters three-dimensional;
is also the theme of homosexuality, but with grace and without falling into banality or even in torbido.Chase looks like the idiot of the group, but soon turns out to be a cohesive element to which the rest bums can not waive, nor can it give up Alex, their leader, or even the little Molly, innocent and lovable;
The icing on the cake are Nico and Gert: their characterizations are simply perfect. The
a somewhat 'naive, the other disillusioned, Nico tries to accept the new condition of fugitive clinging to Alex, Gert instead reacts in a totally opposite, relying only on their forces without too much reliance on anyone else.
These elements are more than enough to fascinate readers of all ages, with honors, and to promote the work of Vaughan, awaiting the second series of stories.
Alphona is perfect, full stop.
improvements compared to the stories of the previous volume is considerable, his pencils are simple and clean and have similarities with those of Joshua Middleton.
His storytelling is great, does not miss a comma in any episode, and it is still early in his career ... I imagine that if you continue on this road will become a true phenomenon of the drawing board with its sudden changing!
designs Takeshi Miyazawa unfortunately they are not at the levels of those Alphona and seem unappealing and ill-suited to the type of story ... but, overall, are digestible.
E 'was a truly exciting reading for the freshness of the characters and dialogues and designs so beautiful, and I recommend it to anyone who does not want to read the stories of super-heroes, but only a beautiful and enjoyable saga that leaves something after the negative is the lettura.Unica spixellatura.Certe sometimes see all the pixels on the pages and it is disturbing to read a real nuisance to the eyes ... we hope that the next volumes presenti.Per this problem does not rest, twelve stories by spontaneous applause.

Rating: 8

Notes: Panini announced new publications devoted to the Runaways in view of their involvement in the Civil War, and perhaps waiting for the next, exciting episode, it will not be long!

(Review by Matt Sferrella)