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5 (2) 4 (1) 3 (1) 2 (0) 1 (0) 3.6 starsAverage score of 5 user reviews
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Great art, bizarre dialogue, trippier than Grant Morrison 0
I read this collection for one reason, and it wasn't because of the X-Men title, nor was it because I'm a fan of Longshot (who is?), nor was it even for the great artwork by a young Art Adams. No, I read this because I have a morbid fascination with Ann Nocenti's utterly bizarre use of dialogue.All the way up to her current work at DC Comics, Nocenti's dialogue defies any sense of realism, and if I thought it was purposely written in a surreal fashion, then it'd be brilliantly weird. As it is, ...
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A work of staggering mediocrity 0
So let me try and summarize this storyline, and you let me know if this makes any sense to you. Okay, ready? So Gilda Dent--after apparently been thought dead--somehow came into possession of (or has stolen?) her ex-husband's coin, without which Two-Face has become totally deranged and went on a rampage. We learn that she become romantically involved with Mario Falcone after they both went insane following the events of The Long Halloween (wait, she went insane?) and Dark Victory, a pairing ...
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JMS' first comic is among his best (and least-known) stories 1
I don’t understand why this story isn’t considered a classic. The fact that it’s an early work by J. Michael Straczynski (his very first comics work, I believe), back when he was the excellent head writer for The Real Ghostbusters, that alone should be reason to have this story in print. And yet, it’s relegated to dollar bins and never discussed when people talk about the greatest comics of JMS, nor the characters Cyborg and Two-Face. It’s a shame, because all three shine in rare form here. Esse...
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The first Elseworlds is also the best Elseworlds 0
The best Elseworlds stories utilize the alternate reality format to gain fresh perspective on the characters and themes they represent. I've always loved the mantra which used to accompany the earliest books in this imprint:"In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places--some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't, or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorro...
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One of the best Two-Face stories, with almost no Two-Face in it! 0
This is one of the best Two-Face stories I've ever read, and it barely features the character at all. But much like Orson Welles's Harry Lime, whose five minutes of screen time dominated the whole of The Third Man, the threat of Harvey Dent looms throughout this great Batman/Green Arrow team-up story from 1973's The Brave and the Bold #106. Written by Bob Haney and drawn by the great Jim Aparo (who got top billing, strangely but deservedly enough), "Double Your Money... and Die!" was the secon...
1 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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