Review: Green Lantern #57

Story: Geoff Johns
Art: Doug Mahnke

Johns is slowly revealing each of the seven colors' entities per issue. Last issue, it was Ophidian taking over Hector Hammond, this time it's the Predator, though the Predator is already known.

The focus of this issue is more on Carol Ferris than Jordan and Larfleeze. It picks up where the last issue ended - Ophidian. After a little battle with the two, Ophidian-Hector runs away and goes for Carol in Las Vegas, where Jordan and Larfleeze follow suit.

Classic Marvel Figurine Collection #101: War Machine

If you have Iron Man in your collection, you gotta have a War Machine. He's like a greyscaled Iron Man, but with more guns and missiles!

Classic Marvel Figurine Collection #30: Black Panther

Here's another one of the main members of the Avengers - Black Panther.

Classic Marvel Figurine Collection Special: The Hulk

After waiting for a few years, I finally got myself one of the core members of the Avengers - The Hulk. Good things come to those who wait, indeed. Hulk Smash!

DC Comics Superhero Collection #60: Dr. Fate

When I got into the DC line of lead figures, I said to myself to only get the Green Lanterns. But when a WIP of Dr. Fate was sneaked a long time ago, the sculpt is so beautiful that I knew I had to get him when he comes out. So I present Dr. Fate!

DC Comics Superhero Collection #38: GL Guy Gardner

Here's another Green Lantern figure I got. He's probably the angriest and most aggressive Green Lantern there is.

DC Comics Superhero Collection #55: GL John Stewart

It's been a while since I posted something related to DC lead figures. Well, I got another GL figure - John Stewart.

Review: Brightest Day #9

Story: Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi
Art: Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado

It seems Boston Brand is the only character who consistently appears on every issue of "Brightest Day". That's no surprise, because he's pretty the White Lantern as of this moment. On the other hand, other characters like Firestorm still does not appear in this issue.

We are teased with the new Aqualad, a boy by the name of Jackson, showing us a bit of his powers. It is then cut-off with his dad warning him about using his powers in public, then calls him inside.

Review: Shadowland #3

Story: Andy Diggle
Art: Billy Tan

I really had high hopes for Shadowland when it was first announced. Daredevil slowly moving on to the dark side? I wouldn't say brilliant but it's the logical next step when looking at Daredevil's character. Unfortunately, with three issues in, the event is still pretty disappointing.

The subplot with the Kingpin and Lady Bullseye is probably the most interesting part of the event and I'm eager to see what happens next with the confrontation of Ghost Rider and Kingpin. At least we got the answer why Ghost Rider just suddenly appeared like that.

Review: Invincible Iron Man #29

Story: Matt Fraction
Art: Salvador Larroca

Everytime I read Fraction's "Invinvible Iron Man" I feel like I'm watching a TV drama. And just like every drama shows out there, there's something big about to bust out eventually, usually towards the end.

For almost a year now, "Invincible Iron Man" has been about rebuilding Tony Stark. The last arc was about "resurrecting" Tony Stark back to life, and this arc is about rebuilding Stark Industries to Stark Resilient.

Review: Amazing Spider-Man #640

Story: Joe Quesada
Art: Paolo Rivera, Joe Quesada, Danny Miki, Richard Isanove

After the miraculous CPR of Peter last issue, the other explanation we get for that by Joe Quesada is... love. Yes, a miracle like this happens in real life, but in the context of "One Moment In Time," I can't get it out of my head that Mephisto's all behind it. That love concept may be an easy way out when one cannot give a rational explanation, however if you can't accept that, then you just have to believe. You decide on that.

Quesada got me with the nurse wearing a red outfit last issue. I assumed that was Mephisto, but after reading this, I guess she's just a plain nurse working for Kingpin. What a perfect red herring (pun intended).