Teen Titans #10 Preview!

Well, thanks to (Teen Titans artist) Brett Booth for directing my way to the preview of #10! So here are the actual images from the preview.

Superboy #10 Review

Hey, folks. So I know everyone is talking about all the "Avengers vs. X-Men" stuff and the whole "Phoenix Five" thing, but I'm not really interested. I'll keep up on the plotline without paying $3.99 every two weeks, thank you. But what I am interested in, is keeping up with what is going on over in Teen Titans. And this issue happens to lead into what happens in #10 of Teen Titans apparently so I figured "Eh, why not." So while that doesn't seem very hopeful or optimistic about this issue... I'm actually looking forward to it. Haha. So without further adieu...

Superboy #10 cover by Scott Clark

Superboy #10

Written by: Scott Lobdell

Guest-Art by: Sebastian Fiumara 

Summary

• Superboy and Wonder Girl wake up together on the beaches of Mystery Island
• WG is still pissed at SB about how he kicked her ass in Teen Titans #4 and 5
• SB basically summarizes everything that the Titans have done for him thusfar in his own personal thoughts
• He and WG begin fighting about how the Titans gave everything to find and save SB from N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
• Then...a T. Rex comes and chomps down on SB
• WG kicks the dino's ass halfway across the island until they both manage to take out the raging beast
• Later, at night, WG is bathing and SB "just so happens" to walk up
• Umm...Superboy does some perverted things in this scene, just saying
• Later that night, Cassie and Kon-El have some bonding time sitting around a fire
• Kon-El (can he finally call himself "Conner" now?) learns how good food can be
• He asks Cassie about her powers and such and she flies off and gets all pissy with him
• He goes and calms her down and they almost kiss, but she punches him away (HA!)
• Then they realize the dino (who they tied up, I guess?) disappeared
• They walk down a little trap door's stairwell until they pop out on the other side, upside down, with a dinosaur about to chomp their heads off

Thoughts

I don't know. I don't think this issue was all that awful. But I think the dialogue was kind of poor. I don't think teenagers talk that way. I mean... I'm a teenager. I would know. And also the bit about Superboy using his tactile telekinesis to take a peek at Cassie was extremely awkward, but I guess a real guy would do something like that... But besides that, I liked this issue. I thought it was amusing but serious at the same time. So it worked. I give it a 8/10.

On the next page she punches him. That was hilarious. Hahaha.

Green Lantern #10 Review!

Cover to Green Lantern #10 by Doug Mahnke

Okay so I know that everyone has been talking about the big announcement that came in Batman #10 (which is also sitting here in my lap) but I figured I'd get the finale of "the Secrets of the Indigo Tribe" done and overwith so we can get to some big announcements. Though I honestly think that I liked GL more. Just so you know.

Green Lantern #10
Written by: Geoff Johns
Art by: Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, & Tom Nguyen

Summary

• The former-Indigos are now attacking Hal and Sinestro because their rings are shut off
• Black Hand took his Indigo ring off and tosses it away and tries to run away
• Hal & Sinestro come upon Natromo
• Sinestro threatens him to fix the Indigo Battery
• Hal convinces Sinestro that "Fear isn't the answer."
• Sinestro runs off with a drained ring to fight the non-Indigos
• Natromo tries to recreate the Power Battery but fails
• Then Iroque (aka Indigo-1) walks up and ignites some compassion in her ring which Natromo uses to recreate the battery
• Then the entire Tribe goes back on-line except Black Hand who jumps off a cliff to avoid the Indigo ring
• He dies upon hitting the ground
• His Indigo ring goes in search of a replacement in 2814 (think that will come up later? DUHHHH!) 
• Indigo-1 asks Hal is he truly believes Sinestro can be a hero again, to which he says that he wants to believe it
• Then  Black Lantern ring (!!!!) comes and "Rise"s Black Hand, who says he wants to go home

Thoughts

I really loved this issue. Between Iroque having real compassion and Black Hand becoming a Black Lantern again, there wasn't a single thing about this issue that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. And is it just me or did Doug Mahnke's art look better than ever? Just saying. 10/10

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New Guardians #8 and Batman: The Dark Knight #9 Reviews!

So I picked out two issues that were my two favorite issues out of the ones that I bought yesterday. Those two turned out to be Green Lantern: New Guardians #8 and Batman: The Dark Knight #9. First up...New Guardians.

Green Lantern: New Guardians #8 cover by Tyler Kirkham

Green Lantern: New Guardians #8

Written by: Tony Bedard

Art by: Tyler Kirkham & BATT

Summary

• The Korugarians are sentencing the Weaponer of Qward to death for his membership in the Sinestro Corps
• Arkillo saves him from death
• Arkillo questions the Weaponer about where everything is (Central Battery and what happened to the Corpsmen and such)
• Cuts back to an hour earlier with the New Guardians escaping from Invictus's base
• The New Guardians find out that the Sinestro Corps has been taken out
• Arkillo runs off
• Munk gets called away (for the stuff going on in "Secrets of the Indigo Tribe" over in Green Lantern)
• Bleez takes charge
• Back to Korugar...
• Arkillo and Weaponer fight off an army of Korugarians
• They escape into the sewers
• He explains how Sinestro and Hal took down the Sinestro Corps by themselves
• He reveals that he made his own Yellow Ring not connected to Sinestro's Corps.
• Arkillo accepts it and he attacks the approaching Korugarians

Thoughts

This was a really good issue. I can't believe I stopped buying this series...what is wrong with me?? Hahaha. I plan to buy this series again. Definitely for sure. Especially leading up to the Third Army event. Can't wait!!! Like I said yesterday...9.5/10

Arkillo is actually really cool. Just saying.

Batman: The Dark Knight #9 cover by David Finch

Batman: The Dark Knight #9

Written by: Judd Winick

Art by: David Finch & Richard Friend

Summary

• We see the Talon that was sent to kill Lincoln March
• He gets shot in the head by Lincoln (after he stabbed Lincoln in the chest)
• Cuts back to "Years ago" when the Talon was at Haly's Circus
• The Ringmaster killed him
• He walked out of it in a zombie-like state
• Then he became the Talon for the court but after a while, he became old and futile
• Turns out, this was the Talon who was supposed to be replaced by Dick
• He fails to assassinate a target
• The Court decides to replace him
• Back to the present when he fights Lincoln. Before Lincoln shot him, he tasered him as well
• Then Batman shows up and Lincoln pulls the trigger (this is all seen from Batman's POV in Batman #9, which I do believe I reviewed here)
• He wakes up and begins attacking Batman
• Bats knocks him out a window tot he ground
• We then see the Bat-family searching for the Talon, but he has escaped into the sewer

Thoughts

Just like New Guardians, I really enjoyed this issue. Granted it was Judd Winick's writing instead of David Finch's in this issue, so it was bound to be better. I am honestly reconsidering what series I will be buying from here on out after these two issues... So just like New Guardians, this issue gets a 9.5/10. Only reason it didn't get a 10/10 is that the cover and solicit lied and said Tim Drake would be starring in this issue. 

This is the only time you see Tim in this entire issue...

Some Quick Reviews

Alright well here we have  a bunch of reviews from the past two months or so. The rest of the Culling crossover, a few Night of the Owls issues, and two other issues. Since they're all scattered around as for when they were released, I'm just gonna do some quick reviews. A sentence or two then a rating.

Green Lantern: New Guardians #8-Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, & BATT
I wonder why I stopped buying this series... I wish I hadn't. This issue is a perfect reason why I should have kept reading it. 9.5/10


Superboy #9-Scott Lobdell, Tom DeFalco, R.B. Silva, Rob Lean, & Iban Coello
Part 2 of the Culling crossover...Not a huge fan of this issue, to be completely honest. It was about average at best. 6.5/10


Legion Lost #9-Tom DeFalco, Pete Woods, & Brad Anderson
Part 3 of the Culling...Same as last issue, about average. For some reason Skitter still hasn't shown up again. Weird. 7/10


Teen Titans #9-Scott Lobdell, Ig Guara, & JP Mayer
Part 4 of the Culling...Now this was a good issue. I really liked it. 9/10


Detective Comics #9-Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea
Why did I bother picking up this issue? I can't stand Tony Daniel's story or art. Barely got through the issue. 4/10


Batman: The Dark Knight #9-Judd Winick, David Finch, & Richard Friend
Now this issue I surprisingly enjoyed. Granted I wish that Tim Drake had been in this issue...it's a really good story told from a Talon's point-of-view. Really good issue. Totally recommend. 9.5/10


Worlds' Finest #2-Paul Levitz, George Perez, Kevin Maguire, & Scott Koblish
This issues honestly didn't live up to how good the first issue did. I liked it, but it wasn't as good at the last one. It was honestly about average. 7.5/10


And there we have it! A group of quickies outta the way. Thanks for reading!