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First floor, 2 bd/2bth w/ internet, sleeps 1 to 6 in North Myrtle Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Carolina Keyes
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Two bedroom/two bath in N. Myrtle Beach, in exclusive Carolina Keyes
community-on 1st floor, sleeps 6. ( king and two double beds) This condo is pool side
(within 15 feet to pool) with hot tub right out back screened porch,
100 yards from intercoastal waterway with dock.....Are you ready to
go fishing!!!! Close to restaurants, entertainment and within one
mile to the beach (go back roads and don't deal with traffic) -
Perfect location!!! Relax at one of several pools, or go walk along
the sidewalk on the intercoastal waterway. We have left childrens
board games, sand toys and books for anyone to enjoy! (Six seater
GOLF CART available for a fee, for licensed drivers over 25) A quiet hidden secret!
Monthly rentals available.
OUR PREVIOUS GUESTS SAY.......(Those beds sleep GREAT!)..We think of
our place as a "diamond in the ruff".....
CAROLINA FOREST victims, please call me directly to see how I can help. I privately own this condo, and would rent on a monthly basis for you.
No pets in condo, and no smoking in condo.
condo rental amenities
fully furnished with washer/dryer
1st floor
screened porch
outdoor pool
"kiddie" pool
spa/hot tub
boat dock to intercoastal wway
beautiful serene surroundings
view of pond
pool side/view, with gas and charcoal bb-que grills
one mile to beach, one mile to Main Street....just stay where it is peaceful, yet convenient to it all!
This condo does have internet!
NO PETS ALLOWED, smoking allowed on screened in porch
vacation rental rates
Two bedroom/two bath, sleeps 6; king in master, two doubles in guest
bdrm...seasonality determines rent
We are a famiy who enjoys sharing our condo with many repeat guests. We do not always use the calendar on vacationrentals.com website, so please email with any inquiries.
Just email or call me with any questions!
(Thank you for looking)
Can be as low as $600 week in November/December, and up to $950/week includes fees based on seasonality
Winter mthly rentals up to $1,200 (includes all utilities) - Email inquiries -
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Multiple media outlets are reporting that, according to Clinton's doctors, the clot was found in her head.
CBS and the AP report that the clot is "in the vein in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear."
Clinton did not suffer any neurological damage or a stroke, the media outlets reported, and that she is expected to fully recover.
The State Department has posted a statement on its website confirming Clinton's hospitalization. Below is a copy of it, with quotes added:
"In the course of a follow-up exam today, Secretary Clinton's doctors discovered a blood clot had formed, stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago. She is being treated with anti-coagulants and is at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital so that they can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours.
"Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion. They will determine if any further action is required."
Original Story:
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been hospitalized due to a blood clot caused by a concussion that she sustained earlier this month, multiple media outlets reported.
Clinton, a Chappaqua resident, was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital and is being treated with anti-coagulants, the Associated Press reported. According to the media reports, State Department Spokesman Philippe Reines said the clot was discovered on Sunday during a follow up medical exam following her concussion. The secretary will remain hospitalized for 48 hours, according to the AP.
Clinton suffered from the concussion earlier this month after fainting due dehydration from a stomach virus.

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Cheese Slice $3
Additional Toppings .50
ADDITIONAL TOPPINGS $2/each: Anchovies, Artichoke Hearts, Banana Peppers, Black Olives, Bleu Cheese, Fresh Tomato, Garlic, Goat Cheese, Grilled Chicken, Ham, Italian Sausage, Jalapenos, Mushrooms, Onions, Pepperoni, Pineapple, Red Bell Pepper, Spinach, Sundried Tomato.
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"Now Youse Can't Leave"
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"Is This Some Kind of Radical New Therapy?"
12" Build Your Own Gluten Free Pizza
Mixed Greens, Red Onions, Diced Tomatoes, Black Olives, Cucumber, Fried Prosciutto, Pepperoni, Salami, Shredded Cheese, Croutons and your choice of Dressing
Chef's Selection of Seasonal Ingredients and Dressing
Baby Arugula tossed with Lemon infused Olive Oil, served with Roasted Red and Gold Beets, Cucumbers and Goat Cheese
Crisp Romaine Lettuce, Croutons, and Parmesan cheese tossed with our house made Caesar Dressing
$4.49 / $7.99
Mixed Greens, Red Onions, Diced Tomatoes, Black Olives, Cucumber, Croutons and your choice of Dressing.
$4.49 / $6.99
Grilled Chicken $5
Sauteed Shrimp $7
Grilled Salmon $7
Fresh tomato relish with red onion, basil, and black olives. Served with grilled garlic bread.
Sautéed with Garlic, Basil, and White Wine Tomato Broth
Jumbo Chicken Wings Tossed in Our Original Buffalo Sauce, Served with Carrots, Celery and Bleu Cheese Dressing
Cup $4 / Bowl $6
Served with Baked Pizza Crisps
Fresh Mozzarella Medallions, Sliced Tomato & Basil, Drizzled with Olive Oil & Balsamic Reduction
Calamari, Shrimp, & Bay Scallops fried to perfection served with Mom Mom's Gravy
Breaded Boneless Chicken Tossed in Our Tangy BBQ Sauce or Buffalo Sauce. Served with Carrots, Celery and Bleu Cheese Dressing
Just Like Back in Philly, We have the Right Beef, Cheese and Amoroso Rolls
Order your Philly with your choice of:
MEAT: Chicken Or Beef
CHEESE: Original Cheese Whiz, Provolone or White American
VEGETABLES: Mushrooms, Onions, Green Peppers, and/or Cherry Peppers
Served with your choice of Caesar Salad, House Salad, French Fries or Soup of the Day add .99
Add a side of Whiz .99
Base price $10 +
Cheese Tortellini Tossed in a Prosciutto Cream Sauce with Green Peas, and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Seared Salmon, Crisp Bacon, Diced Tomato, Crisp Lettuce, Tossed in a Pesto Ranch Dressing and wrapped in a Flour Tortilla
Prosciutto, Mortadella, Salami, Pepperoni, Provolone, Tomatoes, Lettuce and Zucchini Tapenade served warm on our Ciabatta
Fresh Eggplant Lightly Browned, Topped with Mom Mom's Gravy, Mozzarella on Grilled Garlic Bread
Shaved Sirloin with our Sweet and Savory BBQ Sauce, Fresh Red Onion and Diced Dill Pickle served on an Amoroso Roll
Seared Chicken Breast, Crisp Romaine Lettuce, Shredded Parmesan Cheese tossed in our Housemade Caesar Dressing and wrapped in a Flour Tortilla
Sliced Homemade Jumbo Meatballs, Topped With Mom Mom's Gravy, and Mozzarella on a Toasted Amoroso Roll
Lightly Breaded and Sautéed, Topped with Mom Mom's Gravy, Mozzarella and Served on Grilled Garlic Bread
Roasted Turkey, White American Cheese, Honey Dijon Aioli, Crispy Bacon, Tomatoes and Sprouts served warm on our Ciabatta
Caesar Salad, House Salad, French Fries or Soup of the Day .99
Mom Mom's Original "Gravy" (Marinara) GF
Garlic Parmesan Alfredo
Tomato Basil Cream
Pesto Cream
Brown Butter Sage & Pine Nuts GF $3
Bolognese $3
"Get Baked" $3: Melted Ricotta and Mozzarella Just Like Mom Mom Did!
Freshly Baked Focaccia Available Upon
Request for $1 per Guest.
Meatball (10oz) $7
Grilled Chicken $5
Spicy Italian Sausage $6
Sautéed Shrimp $7
Pan Seared Salmon $7
Sautéed Spinach $3
Sautéed Mushrooms $3
Sun Dried Tomatoes $3
Artichoke Hearts $3
Fresh Pasta Rolled with Ground Beef, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Ricotta and Topped with Mom Mom's Gravy
Cheese Tortellini Tossed in a Prosciutto Cream Sauce with Green Peas, and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Lightly Breaded and Sautéed, Topped with Mozzarella, on Bed of Mom Mom's Gravy Served with a Side of Fettuccini
Fresh Bay Scallops, Shrimp and Mussels Sautéed with Garlic, Shallots and Basil Finished with Mom Mom's Spicy Gravy Tossed with Spaghetti
Fresh Mushrooms with Basil and Sun Dried Tomatoes.
Fresh Eggplant Lightly Browned, Topped with Mozzarella on a Bed of Mom Mom's Gravy Served with a Side of Fettuccini
Sautéed Garlic, Capers and finished with a Lemon White Wine Butter Sauce Served Over Fettuccini
His taxi business grew successfully to be the largest taxi company in the county. He fulfilled his dream to be an American businessman. In 1921, he married Rosa DiFerdinando, a sister of his friends who had welcomed him to America. He brought his bride to PennsGrove, N.J., to his large home where he planned the construction of a store-front to house "Pelura's Spaghetti House".
Rosa was an accomplished cook and easily managed the popular Italian restaurant. Word spread widely about her delicious linguini, ravioli, pizza, pasta and submarine sandwiches. The restaurant offered a 'home-friendly' welcoming, ambience, with a soda fountain counter and stools, and several small tables covered by red-checkered tablecloths. Several sturdy, wooden chairs with hand-sewn poplin covers filled the room.
When Rosa was 80 years old, the youngest of the first-generation grandchildren, Steven Maxwell, 12 yrs old at that time, asked her about the one and only wooden chair that she had kept. He asked, "Mom Mom, if you go to heaven before I do, may I have your chair?" She asked, "Why would you want that chair?" Steven said, "You never know…..I may want to have an Italian restaurant someday, like you did." Of course, she promptly announced that "the chair goes to Steven," and the chair was then relocated to his bedroom, for posterity.
That same chair now sits in Maxwell's as a reminder of the humble beginnings of an Italian American Family that continues to share a love of family, friends and great food with us.


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Your guests will be pleased as punch with these cute, cake-themed cocktail napkins. Our personalized napkins can be customized with your choice of 28 napkin colors, 33 ink colors, and 3 font styles to match your reception décor. Personalize with your names and the wedding date or a special message with two lines of text. Over 80 designs available! Beverage napkins measure 5" x 5" and are sold as a pack of 100.
Bulk Pricing (eligible for a single design):
$14.95 each for 1 pack
$12.95 each for 2 to 3 packs
$9.95 each for 4 or more packs!
Shop matching designs on Luncheon Napkins, Dinner Napkins, Guest Towels, Matches and Coasters.
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Your guests will be pleased as punch with these cute, cake-themed cocktail napkins. Our personalized napkins can be customized with your choice of 28 napkin colors, 33 ink colors, and 3 font styles to match your reception décor. Personalize with your names and the wedding date or a special message with two lines of text. Over 80 designs available! Beverage napkins measure 5" x 5" and are sold as a pack of 100.
Bulk Pricing (eligible for a single design):
$14.95 each for 1 pack
$12.95 each for 2 to 3 packs
$9.95 each for 4 or more packs!
Shop matching designs on Luncheon Napkins, Dinner Napkins, Guest Towels, Matches and Coasters.
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Great napkins at a great price
We will be using these at our reception during cocktail hour (mixed with plain napkins). We ordered 100 of the buttercream (which is really a canary yellow) with gold foil with the...Read complete review
We will be using these at our reception during cocktail hour (mixed with plain napkins). We ordered 100 of the buttercream (which is really a canary yellow) with gold foil with the Eat Drink and be Married design. They look great! After reading other reviews, I ordered the buttercream over sunflower because I didn't know how bright the sunflower would be. I'm so glad I went with buttercream, the yellow is perfect. I wasn't sure if the gold would show up on yellow, but it looks great. I got these on sale so the price was great for a good quality napkin. The imprint does show in the back, but I don't think anyone will notice. I only wish they had hunter green napkins.
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We ordered these personalized napkins for our reception to add a little color to the tables. While I would have liked more choices in shades of green (the lime green was brighter than I...Read complete review
We ordered these personalized napkins for our reception to add a little color to the tables. While I would have liked more choices in shades of green (the lime green was brighter than I would have liked) they looked nice and the butterfly image was perfect for our theme.The problem we had with these napkins was, as we were setting them on the tables the day before the wedding, we found about halfway through the box, many of the napkins had not been printed! The imprint of the words and picture were there but no ink. Thankfully we had enough printed napkins for the number of guests, but what if we needed them all?If you order these for your own wedding, just be sure to look through ALL of them when they arrive and order them with plenty of time to get replacements if you have the same problem I did.
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Wow! Excellent Service & Product!
By Mom2bwc
from Newton, NC
About Me Parent Of Bride/Groom
Comments about The Knot Wedding Shop personalized napkins - beverage:
These napkins are made from excellent materials. The color and printing were beautiful, exactly what we were looking for.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Exceptional Napkins!
By robchris
from Bel Air, MD
good quality.
Very Cute!
By Enr7137
from Chicago, IL
About Me Bride
They turned out very cute! My guests will enjoy them with a cold drink!
service isn't great
By Sue
from Rochester, MN
The product was fine except for the color. I ordered navy and royal blue came twice. The company was good about replacing it the first time but it ended up to be the same color and there was no time to reorder again. I still have not heard back from them regarding a refund for the wrong color. Also they sent a box of someone else's napkins to me and when I spoke with them they weren't able to figure out who they belonged to. The service was overall not good, the product was fine.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Beautiful cocktail napkins
By Forest
from Toronto, Ontario
About Me Groom
Arrived quickly and looked great!
Just Napkins
By Mama Sandy
from Minnesota
These are just run of the mill napkins...don't look for quality. They are cute and fun. We just had the small ones for the bar area and it was good for that. But they would not be to good for dinner napkins. Make certain to open your packages right away, ours came misprinted the first time. They did make it right, but it took awhile.
Almost perfect
By Metalmom
from Minneapolis, MN
I LOVE the designs and the colors, however I was a little disappointed with the final product. The printing left the middle of the napkin stiff and not really "functional". I view these more as decorative anyway, so I am very happy with them from that perspective.
Printing not centered on some
By Adriangel07
from Rhode Island
I ordered 4 boxes of these napkins and although when order is process it states that the company will make some adjustments if needed to ensure the final product looks as best as possible, well that didn't happen. I didn't look through them all but I there are a good few napkins that the décor wasn't centered.
Won't buy anymore
By Corp Sec
from Mulberry IN
The color was very nice but the image and printing were not centered. By the time I received the napkins, it was too late.
Would purchase again
By Jane Schul
from Cincinnati OH
I purchased these for my sons destination wedding. We will be using them for a "Welcome Aboard" coctail party. I am very pleased with them.
Personalized napkins were just lovely!
By Mare-Mare
from North Carolina
Wedding napkins order well in advance. Delivery was on time, I was just anxious!
(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Great product
By bride 1
from Michigan
We used the napkins at the bar station at our wedding.
Napkins were great!
By Mother of the bride
from Virginia
These napkins were great and the quality was fine. It's a great price for what you get!
from Maryland
Great for our MD Wedding Welcome on the Chesapeake! Just perfect!
(19 of 20 customers found this review helpful)
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Fun Addition to Wedding
By KLRR
from CT
We purchased two different napkin designs to match our wedding. One design for the bar and one for the dessert table. Our guests commented on how cute they were.
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Cocktail napkins
By Jane
from Bainbridge Island
About Me Wedding Planner
Loved them!!
Would most certainly order these again!
By Bride's momma
from San Jose ca
This was the perfect choice to add another fun and personal dimension to my daughters wedding reception.
Great Product II
By The Right Touch
from Christiana, Pa
About Me Parent Of Bride/Groom, Wedding Planner
Ordered personalized cocktail napkins. Color was exact, order was correct. For a few dollars more, it makes sense to purchase personalized, color themed napkins for the bar. Guests also took home as a keepsake to put with photos, and that was the idea when ordering them as well.
Wedding Cake Napkins Were Perfect!
By jpsimmons
from Atlanta, GA
The napkins were awesome and turned out just the way we wanted them too!
Wedding Cocktail Napkins
By Kim
from Anaheim, CA
The personalized wedding napkins we ordered for our daughter's wedding were high quality and shipped quickly. I will order from The Knot anytime I need napkins for a special occasion!
Better Than Expected!
By BAR
I bought these in 3 color choices with 3 different foil inks. They were gorgeous. In fact, my husband said that the wedding didn't seem real to him until he saw his daughter's napkins printed up. He loved them.
beautifully designed.
By Rhon
from RI
Delivery was quick. Ordering was easy.
By MOM
from Chicago
Quick delivery
quality product
By happy in pa
from Pennsylvania
About Me Parent of groom
We are having a wedding at a cabin. The napkins are thick and the printing is perfect. We ordered the metallic print and it is gorgeous. Festive yet elegant they will make a nice addition to our theme.
Great product!
By Kay dee
from North Dakota
I used these for my wedding reception and they looked great! Not too expensive and many design options.
So Cute!
By Erin
from Cleveland, Oh
These napkins were so inexpensive but look so nice! They turned out exactly as I expected. The colors look great and then imprint looks awesome! I will be using them at the bar at my reception. Definitely recommend!
we bought aqua beverage napkins
By Her Mom
from Titusville, FL
The aqua was a bit on the green side but since we were not stressing about matching colors they worked out fine. We used white ink
Lovely Touch
By Lady Phinix
from B.C., Canada
I wasn't going to get these originally and I only got them because they were on sale, but I am glad I did. I think they add an element of fun and show that we've taken the time to think of the little things. As we are doing a destination wedding and won't be able to have all the personal touches we might locally, this will definitely add a little bit of 'us' into the decor of the venue.
Just what we wanted!
By Christina M
from Washington, DC
These napkins came out perfectly. They looked exactly how the image showed in our online proof and we couldn't be happier with them. They will give a nice little personalized touch at our cocktail hour! Can't wait to use them!
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They Y Combinator startup is launching the service today. It's also announcing a $1.2 million round from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures and others.
Kevin Gao, the company's CEO, wants to publish 100 books per month, available for download on e-readers, tablets, mobile devices and computers. There's no upfront cost for the author.
Are you an expert on fishing in upstate New York? Write a book and sell it through Hyperink. Do you know which cafes are worth going to in Paris? You can write that up too.
"There's a huge space available for people with knowledge and as an all-digital publisher, we can get books out into the market quickly. What Amazon did for book sales, we want to do for content," says Gao.
A Stanford graduate, Gao started his career at McKinsey. He wrote a book about how to get a job at a consulting firm and made $200,000 selling the guide. He realized there was a demand for hyper-specific information and that people were wiling to pay for it.
With services like Lulu and Amazon's "Create Space", Hyperink has its work cut out.
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The PSA's growing stature as the voice of the rock-and-roll performance industry led Carol Grainger, the spokesperson for the UK's Health and Safety Executive, to deliver a "genuine invitation to PSA members," says PSA chairman Keith Ferguson. "'If you are unhappy with the Pop Code,' she said, 'then rewrite it.' What moved her was the way people spoke on behalf of their industry sector rather than their own specific business angle." Industry figures like Brian Croft of Vari-Lite Europe and Dave Keighley from Light & Sound Design agreed that tying in the Live! Show and the PSA meeting was useful to both parties.
The Live! Show did feature some new products, including the Vari*Lite(R) VL5A. The new CIII constant voltage plug-in dimmer for the VL5s, which can be fitted in the same Exciter rack as the VL6, was also displayed.
Avolites launched its Truss Mounting DMX Splitter, a mains-powered, opto-isolated, 1-in/7-out splitter. Avolites' Rick Salzedo said it will make software modifications to allow show disks produced on any Avo desk to be interchangeable between desks.
At the Live! Awards dinner, LSD once again claimed Best Lighting Rental Company, while High End Systems' Studio Color won Best New Lighting Product.


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Well I admit that deep down I never really thought that Queensryche would really be able to top the first Mindcrime album, I mean that album is a landmark in hard rock / metal and one that will live forever. Having said that I am suprised in the depth and in some cases intensity of the critisism this album has received. I havent really liked a Queensryche album since Empire, yes I have them all, yes there are some great tracks such as Damaged (one of my faves)and yes the band was always going to change with the general change in musical tastes around that time and the departure of Degarmo. This release surely must be the best since Empire, back to the style that the vast majority of fans loved, with only the occasional hint of that depressive drone that has haunted the last few releases. Granted not every track is a winner, but in general I think this album rocks.
As with so many bands this album doesnt really capture the new material as it is meant to sound. Last night I had the privelige to see the band live, at last, their first visit to Australia (unbelievable I know)and after travelling about 600 miles to see them in Melbourne. This material really shines live, so much more dynamic and powerfull and sits really well after the O.M 1 material. I'm American just blew me away, what a great song live. I only think that the diehard QR fans might consider giving the new material a chance live, Im glad I did. Geoff Tate sounded great, despite some of the harsh critisism he seems to cop these days and the band rocked. Anyway – just my opinion but if you get the chance, have a listen to the live tour with the two albums sitting together so well.


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Stephen tweets:
Quilt Plots: A Simple Tool for the #Visualisation of Large Epidemiological Data buff.ly/1doSx4X—
Stephen Rudd (@SAGRudd) January 15, 2014
Quilt plots. Sounds interesting. The link points to a short article in PLoS ONE, containing a table and a figure. Here is Figure 1.
If you looked at that and thought "Hey, that's a heat map!", you are correct. That is a heat map. Let's be quite clear about that. It's a heat map.
So, how do the authors justify publishing a method for drawing heat maps and then calling them "quilt plots"?
Read the rest…


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Dr. Nagelhout says, "Unfortunately, most of the time when they come in they wait too long and they have permanent damage and it doesn't get any better. With a stunned myocardium, just like it sounds, it's stunned. It sits there and doesn't work. If we get in quick enough after a heart attack we get things fixed eventually and the heart muscles improves and goes back to normal."


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AICN COMICS REVIEWS Week Three of DC's #0 issues in stores today!
|Issue #123
|Release Date: 9/17/12
(Click title to go directly to the review)
JUSTICE LEAGUE #0Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Gary Frank, Ethan Van Sciver
Reviewer: Matt Adler
We already know the Justice League's New 52 origin. But the origin of Shazam (AKA Captain Marvel) is still in progress, as last seen in JUSTICE LEAGUE #11, so Geoff Johns takes a departure from most of the zero issues and continues that story. Those who have been listening to our podcasts know that we have pretty much uniformly been enjoying the Shazam back-ups more than the main Justice League story, so that's no problem for me. I always love Gary Frank's art, and for whatever reason, Johns' plotting and characterization just seems a lot tighter on this tale of an obnoxious young boy destined for great power—which he finally gets in this issue.
It's interesting to me to compare this to the tale of Alpha over in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Alpha is just as surely supposed to be annoying as Billy Batson is. And yet, I can't tolerate reading about Alpha, whereas as much of a brat as Billy may be, I find him engaging. Why? Alpha's obnoxiousness is played for corny laughs, very often at the expense of the star of the book, while Billy comes across as a genuinely troubled kid, which makes you have some sympathy for him even as he's being a bastard. The wizard who grants him his powers seems to agree; after initially dismissing him as just another punk, he takes a closer look and sees the goodness underneath the hard shell. This fits in with Johns' new take on the Shazam mythos—none of these characters are infallible. Even the wizard is not all-knowing, and it takes Billy pointing out to him that there is no such thing as a "pure good" person for him to realize that what he really needs is someone with goodness at their core.
Of course, that core of goodness doesn't necessarily mean that Billy will instantly learn the responsible way to handle his power, and it's pretty funny to see what he and Freddy do with it upon his return to our world. I think that is going to be a big part of Shazam's tale going forward in the New 52, seeing how a kid from a messed up background adjusts to being the World's Mightiest Mortal, and I'm glad to be along for the ride.
The back-up tale in this issue, a 4-pager by Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, is a little less focused. It starts out by following up on Pandora, the mysterious woman who was supposedly responsible for some great sin in the DC Universe that she is now trying to rectify. When I say mysterious, I mean that thus far, that's pretty much all she's been; popping up all over the place, uttering some portentous lines, and then disappearing again.
We don't get much more than that here; she has some words with the wizard who granted Billy his powers, but in the end, all we're left with is more questions. Literally, since The Question shows up on the last page. You may ask yourself "Why?" Well, if you haven't been reading every other one of the bazillion tie-ins, you may not know that The Question, who until the New 52 was just an ordinary street level hero, is now, along with Pandora and The Phantom Stranger, apparently part of the Trinity of Sin, a trio who are responsible for some gross transgressions in olden times and sentenced to near-eternal punishment for it. I'm not against tie-ins or a cohesive shared universe by any means, but surely there's a less obtrusive way to do it than this, which screams to the reader "You're missing the REAL story!" That's never a great feeling to get after spending 4 bucks on a comic book.
Matt Adler is a writer/journalist, currently writing for AICN among other outlets. He's been reading comics for 20 years, writing about them for 7, and spends way, way, too much time thinking about them, which means he really has no choice but to figure out how to make a living out of them. He welcomes all feedback.
GREEN LATERN NEW GUARDIANS #0Writer: Tony Bedard
Artist: Aaron Kuder
Reviewer: Optimous Douche
This series isn't the best, but I laugh like the Joker getting his taint tickled when people say they don't buy this book because they don't know where it's going. Come a little closer, I'll whisper it to you. KYLE RAYNER IS GOING TO BE A GUARDIAN. DC was about as tricksy with their clue work as a stoned hobbit here.
Now, what this zero entry illuminates is that Kyle just might be the only Guardian as he has a mano-a-womano with Hal Jordan gal pal and Star Sapphire Carol Ferris.
For the past year NEW GUARDIANS has brought together major players from the Skittles brigade of light to thwart an intergalactic ship that was the size of an entire universe. Death Star? Psshhhaww…this is the 21st century and comics should always do better than movies because they can. But what also was happening during this time is Kyle's ring was picking up all the other rings' powers through osmosis, making him a little bit blue, yellow, purple, orange, green, country and rock and roll.
The book has been slow till now, but I fault its pivotal place in the DC Universe versus placing any blame on Bedard. The slow burn storytelling needed to happen because the other GREEN titles needed to set up the fact the little blue bastards were losing their omnipotent shit. After all, you can't have new Guardians until the old Guardians are successfully dethroned.
If my in-the-know speak confuses you, you know nothing about the GREEN LANTERN universe and as such should avoid this title. There's nothing new to see here, folks; if you weren't inclined to follow the doings of GREEN LANTERN before, this book won't change your mind.
Longtime fans, however, will learn scads of new information, like a certain faceless overlord of love teaming up with the little blue bastards to destroy anyone who wields a ring and lantern. Also, in a very sincere moment both Carol and Kyle learn of Hal and Sinestro's recent descent into the black and the rise of new Lantern El Bastardo, the evilest Mexican wrestler to ever be named a Lanter…I mean…Simon Baz…a Muslim dude from Detroit.
Two points on Kuder's art: it's beautiful…except when Carol smiles. In those moments I felt less joy and more fear for my immortal soul being devoured. Seriously, I don't know what it is, there were just a couple panels where I truly felt Carol was more maniacal than happy.
I think this 13th issue (sorry, gotta call a horse a Sarah Jessica Parker here) didn't do a lot to illuminate the past, but like GREEN LANTERN'S 13th foray in zero land, it put the book on a new and I think better direction for its second year.
Less team work, more Kyle, please.
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WONDER WOMAN #0Writer: Brian Azzarello
Art: Cliff Ciang
Reviewer: Ambush Bug
Not the strongest WONDER WOMAN issue I've read from the creative team of Azzarello and Chiang, but compared to some of the others, it'll do. I liked the way this story began with an editorial note that this is a reprint of a series starring Wonder Woman that never existed. This issue drips with intentional old school alliteration that would make Stan Lee blush and serves as a nice throwback story that embraced the comic book roots it sprang from.
Following Wonder Woman in her early years, we see her stealing a harpy's egg as an Amazonian rite of passage for her birthday, then taken under the wing of Ares to train as he did Ulysses and Achilles before her. Diana proves to be her star pupil, but when it comes to delivering the killing blow, Diana refuses, sparking a feud that resonates in the current storyline of this book. The story itself feels rushed, as if any one part of the book would have made an interesting issue—-the harpy egg hunt, the sparring with her fellow Amazons, the training with Ares, and the final battle with the minotaur. But because we get all of that in this issue, it felt as if none of them had the impact of what could have been given a larger page count. Because of this, the emotional impact we are supposed to feel when Diana refuses to kill is lessened because it's sardined in there with all of the rest of the story.
Chiang adjusts his art a bit to reflect the old school feel of the story. He squeezes more panels per page at times and tries to give Diana a younger, softer look. Still, this feels rushed compared to his regular work on the title.
Still a halfway decent issue of WONDER WOMAN is better than most comics out there. I think this just shows that Azzarello's strength lies in multi-part storytelling rather than short one offs.
Ambush Bug is Mark L. Miller, original @$$Hole/wordslinger/reviewer/co-editor of AICN Comics for over ten years. He has written comics such as MUSCLES & FIGHTS, MUSCLES & FRIGHTS, VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS TINGLERS & WITCHFINDER GENERAL, THE DEATHSPORT GAMES, WONDERLAND ANNUAL 2010 & NANNY & HANK (soon to be made into a feature film from Uptown 6 Films). He is also a regular writer for FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND & has co-written their first ever comic book LUNA: ORDER OF THE WEREWOLF (to be released in late 2012 as an 100-pg original graphic novel). Mark has just announced his new comic book miniseries GRIMM FAIRY TALES PRESENTS THE JUNGLE BOOK from Zenescope Entertainment to be released March-August 2012. Also look for Mark's exciting arc on GRIMM FAIRY TALES #76-80 which begins in August 2012.
SWORD OF SORCERY #0Writers: Christy Marx, Tony Bedard
Artists: Aaron Lopresti, Jesus Saiz
Reviewer: Matt Adler
The lead story in this issue of a revamp of the AMETHYST, PRINCESS OF GEMWORLD concept, and it's interesting to me that DC seems to be using these anthology books (see the recent debut of Looker in NATIONAL COMICS) as a launch pad to reach out to under-served comic book audiences--in this case, young women. I think they've been doing a pretty good job of it so far, and Amethyst continues that trend. It touches on familiar themes that many teenage girls (and boys, for that matter) can relate to: a sense of alienation, of not fitting in, of not understanding why your parents seem to obsess over things that don't matter.
Of course, in the case of sixteen year old Amy Winston, her mother's particular obsession involves training her to be a fierce swordswoman in modern day Middle America, making her confusion and irritation that much more understandable. It isn't until her seventeenth birthday that her mother is willing to reveal the truth to her, and she does so in dramatic fashion, by transporting them both to another world where it's revealed that they are part of a royal line that is under threat of death from a usurper. Suddenly, all the sword training pays off.
Christy Marx's writing is fast paced and entertaining (I discovered in writing this review that she wrote the JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS cartoon, of all things), and she provides her characters with some amusing lines. Amy/Amethyst, who's a bit of a rebel and dyed her hair punk colors, notices her hair reverts to its natural color in Gemworld. Quoth Amy: "I have the power to be blonde. I am soooo thrilled with that." My only quibble with this story is that even in something like this, which has no reason to be anything other than a standalone tale, we get the crossover treatment from editorial, with John Constantine, the New 52's resident magic expert, popping up at the end and meddling with the royals' plans. It's really just a cameo, but it felt out of place and thus a little annoying. Still, I think Marx has a great grasp of her characters' voices, artist Aaron Lopresti demonstrates his compelling illustrative ability, and I feel like this is the kind of book I could give to a teenage girl and not have their eyes glaze over from boredom. We need more comics like these.
The back-up story, BEOWULF, by Tony Bedard and Jesus Saiz, is of a completely different tone, with a take on the hero of Scandinavian legend. I presume there must have been some previous iteration of a Beowulf character from DC, since the New 52 has generally been about revamps, but if so, I have no familiarity with it. Tony Bedard is a writer I generally enjoy (see his run on NEGATION) but here there's not much to sink your teeth into. A group of what appear to be Norsemen, in a time "years from now", go looking for the legendary Beowulf for help defeating a monster, and he slaughters most of them before being talked into helping. The end. There are hints of something more here (particularly with the confluence of the future and the past), but it wouldn't be enough to get me to follow this story on its own. It's an odd pairing to put this in the same book as Amethyst; it could be argued that they both belong to the "sword & sorcery" genre, but that's a stretch, and they certainly wouldn't appeal to the same audience. Hopefully they will eventually allow the two concepts to develop separately, and sink or swim on their own merits.
CATWOMAN #0Writer: Ann Nocenti
Art: Adriana Melo (pencils) & Julio Ferreria (inks)
Reviewer: Ambush Bug
I'm a huge fan of Ann Nocenti's work from her days on DAREDEVIL. Some of my favorite comics of the late eighties were written by her as she capably picked up the book after Frank Miller left the title. At the time, Nocenti was great at writing deeply psychological studies of human behavior thinly veiled with super hero tropes. Nocenti's issue of CATWOMAN, the first issue I've read with her focusing on the character of Selina, is a mixed bag.
A lot of the same old psychological dissections are on display here. Some of them work, like Selina's almost kleptomaniacal compulsion to steal when she is put under duress or abused in some way. The scenes where Selina makes promises to herself to ascend the class system and be one of those people who live in the Gotham City penthouses are the most powerful in the book.
Then again, Nocenti chooses to flit around timewise with the narrative, flashing backwards and forwards so much that it really is hard to keep it all straight. With this being a "Times Past" tale in the first place, it seems odd to jump around like this and the story barely keeps itself together because of it.
Also, though I'm not sure how this Selina is portrayed in this new DC 52, she seems much more of a pushover here. Even in her Catwoman outfit, which is supposed to signify the pinnacle of proud, strong womanhood, she is still slapping her cheeks and sobbing about who she is and how she got here. I guess I'm just used to Catwoman always being in control. Maybe that's why I prefer her to be a Batman femme fatale over her solo adventures.
The art by Adriana Melo is decent. Some pages are stronger than others, while some are just downright weird like the panel where Selina and her brother look to be three feet tall grown adults being scolded by a out of proportion teacher. Is this a skewed, dreamed, abstract expression I'm not getting or is this panel just badly rendered? Not sure.
I don't read CATWOMAN on a regular basis, and despite my affinity toward Nocenti's writing, this issue didn't really do anything to make me one. It does move quickly, but the rapid pace doesn't make up for a lack of grounding from the hit and miss art and the time-jumping story.
BATWOMAN #0Writers: J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman
Artist: J.H. Williams III
Reviewer: Matt Adler
I honestly didn't know much about Batwoman till now other than that she was a lesbian and she dated Renee Montoya. This issue fixes that.
Told in the form of a recorded message left for her estranged father, Kate Kane explains how she became Batwoman, and takes us on a journey through her tortured family history along the way. This is very caption-heavy, but the pacing and rhythm of the writing is such that I never really felt like it bogged the story down; it's a dense but enjoyable reading experience. There are a couple of key elements left out of this extended recap, namely what exactly happened with her mother and sister, but the main point is gotten across; Kate is struggling with anger towards her father for keeping what she believes he knew about their fate. Kate comes across as a three-dimensional character here, not just defined by her sexuality, but by the anguish she feels over her loss, and how she's used the life of a costumed vigilante to compensate.
J.H. Williams' artwork is gorgeous as usual, of course.
Ultimately, I think this issue succeeds at what it sets out to do; it introduces you to the character, and gives you a reason to want to see what happens to her next.
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #0Writer: Scott Lobdell
Artist: Pasqual Ferry
Reviewer: Optimous Douche
This zero issue about the days of Jason Todd prior to becoming Red Hood is an absolute necessity for anyone who hasn't read anything from DC prior to the New 52 launch last September. It explains it all in a tidy 22 pages: his bad upbringing, his misspent youth boosting tires from the Batmobile, his untimely death under the Joker's crowbar, and his ultimate resurrection.
The DC 0s were meant to fill holes and RED HOOD was one of those titles that was definitely in need of some good hard plugging. The series has been wonderful, despite its initial bullshit Mommy Blogger controversy. Lobdell has always had a plan and that plan consisted of creating three very three dimensional characters that have traversed the galaxy and mystical haunts in search of a purpose. Starfire, Speedy and Jason are three of the most unlikely friends who fit together better than Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen. Yet if I were a new fan, I would be beyond bewildered why these people matter in the grand scheme of the DC universe. This does a serviceable job of truncating one of the few histories that was deemed worthy of surviving FLASHPOINT.
For long time fans this is a definitive truncation. We remember the moments that Lobdell concisely and entertainingly vacu-sealed in their initial puffy states. Jason stealing the wheels off the Batmobile was a series of epic discovery and wonderment. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY was monumental because of the heart and heartache that bled across every issue. It concluded by placing in front of all of us a mirror of our own morality, and like Roman princes, we collectively put our thumbs down and sentenced Jason to death. We helped set a precedent with that fateful 900 number and became one with the story in a way we had never imagined.
I'm not sad after reading RED HOOD; all I needed were these light embers to ignite a pyre of history before my eyes. It does make me once again question the "five years before" issue. If he was the second Robin, then the events I transcribed above happened over the course of weeks--at most months. I understand comic time runs on its own chronological meter that is infinitely slower than our own. But if our time with Jason Todd was only mere months so many years ago, it cheapens the emotions I felt reading his angst fueled adventures. I am also sad for new fans, because you truly only got a fraction of a history that is storied and one of the best in modern DC canon. Jason Todd was the definition of the dark age of comics, and it's a history I entreat new fans of DC to explore in its original state.
These are the laments of a fangeezer, though, and I am not one to pine for what can never be again. I hope you will forgive me for my maudlin nostalgia. RED HOOD #0 is a damn fun read, and if every one of you 20 year olds and younger promise to go read some of the original books I will happily ride away from this review content that history has been served and tomorrow is in good hands.
BLUE BEETLE #0Writers: Keith Giffen and Tony Bedard
Artist: Ig Guara
Reviewer: Matt Adler
Keith Giffen is credited as co-plotter here, but this feels much more like a Tony Bedard story, and that's a good thing as anyone who's read his run on NEGATION knows. He does space opera as well as anyone in the business, and that's a big chunk of what we get in this issue, with the New 52 backstory revealed for the Blue Beetle's scarab. Clearly there's no Ted Kord or Dan Garrett in the New 52, as the scarab's previous holders are shown to have never included them. But we do get to see the scarab interact, disastrously, with a creepy little spider-like girl who is said to grow up to become Lady Styx (a big bad villain, I presume). There's also reference made to the conflict between the Reach, creators of the Scarab, and the Green Lantern Corps, and in this world, the Scarab had much more of an influence on pre-Columbian cultures such as the Mayans and Aztecs than ancient Egypt.
What makes all of this exposition interesting is that it's told from the perspective of the Scarab, a sentient artifact that was not designed with the best intentions for humanity in mind. And Bedard wraps this all neatly in a bow at the end, revealing that the Scarab is explaining this all to Blue Beetle immediately after his appearance in the JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL, where he was banished back into the territory of the Reach empire. This is really a smart move, as it gives this issue a feeling of relevancy that many of the other zero issues just don't have. It certainly has piqued my interest in this series.
NIGHTWING #0Writer: Tom Defalco/Kyle Higgins
Art: Eddy Barrows (pencils), Eber Ferreira (inks), Rod Reis (color)
Reviewer: Johnny Destructo
The memories my muddy brain can still conjure of my 4 color childhood are rife with Robins. Yea Batman had the indignant brooding and the hot women, but gawd-demmit, the DC marketing bastids got it right. Those ridiculously loud, targeting beacon colors just spoke to me. Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, it didn't matter. I enjoyed all of their stories equally. Even to this day, if asked, I would say I'd rather be Nightwing then Batman. Despite having a similar origin story, Dick still has a personality. He has an identity waiting when the mask comes off, while for Bruce, there is only...the bat.
Now, since we have all discussed ad nauseam how improbable the 4 Robin thing seems ever since this new DCnU, I'm just going to forgo ad-ding more nauseam and get to the fact that this Nightwing series has been the tits! There is a consistency to the character of Dick Grayson that finally makes him feel like a real person. For some reason, in the past, it was difficult for me to think of Dick-Robin being the same person as Nightwing, but lately, with the writing, matched with the outstanding art by Eddy Barrows, Dick feels like a perpetual motion machine. He almost seems like a Flash, what with the way he's always in action. And I love the way the team has brought him back to his roots, quite literally, with Haly's circus! The only thing missing is a consistent love interest, but I'm sure that's on the horizon.
In this 0 issue, we actually do have an origin story that really isn't all that different from what we've seen in the past, but this time peppered with tasty little enhancements. My favorite addition is the emphasis on Dick's innate ability to "read" his surroundings and other people. Using people's stance, balance and body language he's able to piece certain things together. I feel like this is a talent that can be explored even further. It seems that sort of ability would make it very difficult for people to lie to him, for instance.
Another change that I've noticed since the reboot-ening is the difference in the costumes of the Flying Graysons. When I was growing up, Dick and his family were clad in get-ups that wound up inspiring his costume choice when becoming Robin. He was using the garish colors of his circus uniform as the basis, to be a constant reminder and homage to his past life. In the New 52 however, they all wear the Nightwing uniform, giant 70's collar and all. It just seems like a strange and arbitrary change to make. It was a nice touch to have Robins be his mother's favorite bird though.
The rest of his family's time together goes pretty much as it has in the past. Tony Zucco ka-snips the wires and mommy and daddy Grayson hit the dirt. Hard. Dick winds up with Bruce because the police "need to stash him someplace safe" and the rest is history. Now I don't quite remember how Dick originally found out that Bruce was Batman, but I do like that due to his aforementioned ability to read people, he figures it out on his own. This is something that Tim Drake would later figure out while watching television, but I think it's appropriate. Any kid who is going to be diving in front of bullets for Bats SHOULD be able to deduce his identity so it just seems right.
Another shard of substructure that I appreciate is the realization that while Bats did help set Dick on his path, he is a vastly different person than Bruce. There is a poignant scene here where Dick starts to realize that he is already healing from his parents premature departure. He's already dealing with it and moving on, not letting it warp and control his life. Here, Dick looks back and realizes he was always destined, or at least interested in doing his own thing. Being a sidekick was just a stepping stone to becoming his own man, his own hero. And I've gotta say, he's off to a great start! There's something to be said for compressed storytelling these days, but I could have stood this being a 4 issue mini-series to dive even deeper in the psyche of Richard Grayson and his AWESOME new Robin Costume! I almost totally forgot to mention it! Man! That is a great new old costume. Gone are the booties and the underoos, in lieu of Kevlar and armor. I think something is missing in the center of his chest though. It's pretty peripherally heavy, and there isn't anything weighing it down in the middle, visually. I think the yellow stitching down the center could have stayed, but otherwise, this is a really snazzy update. That goes for the entire issue, actually. Really Snazzy Update.
JD can be found hosting the PopTards Podcast, drawing a weekly webcomic, discussing movies, comics and other flimflam over at www.poptardsgo.com, graphically designing/illustrating for a living, and Booking his Face off over here. Follow his twitter @poptardsgo. His talkback name is PopTard_JD. He is also now co-hosting another Comic Book discussion show on Party934.com alongside Bohdi Zen. They discuss comics and play music, check it out live every Saturday from 4-5pm.
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #0Writers: Dan Didio, James Robinson, Rob Liefeld, Tony Bedard
Artists: Keith Giffen, Tom Derenick, Marat Mychaels, Carlos Rodriguez, Scott McDaniel
Reviewer: Matt Adler
Anyone remember CANCELLED COMICS CAVALCADE? This is sort of like that, with a bunch of comics that have already bitten the dust packed into one issue. Why? Well, there's some indication that DC may want to continue these stories elsewhere, so that's justification enough, I suppose. First up is OMAC, Dan Didio and Keith Giffen's labor of love, resurrecting old Kirby Koncepts and integrating them into the New 52. We're given some background on the relationship between Maxwell Lord and Brother Eye before Kevin Kho was selected for the OMAC experiment, but having not followed the series too closely, I can't say whether there's anything new or revelatory here. Giffen is in full Kirby mode here, which to be honest is an approach that never engages me for more than a pin-up, despite my love of authentic Kirby art. I'm of the mind, as someone else once said, that the best way to honor Kirby is to do something new, because that's what his career was all about. But if you were a fan of Didio and Giffen's OMAC series…well, here's more of it.
Next up is Mister Terrific, not written by series writer Eric Wallace, but by James Robinson who is picking up his story in the pages of EARTH TWO. I found this story to be a little confusing, as they try to pack a lot of backstory into 10 pages with a layout that does not make efficient use of the space, including a couple of splash pages and several unnecessarily large panels. Robinson tries to compensate for this with reams and reams of captions, but that just serves to bog the reader down. As near as I can piece together from having read a bit of EARTH TWO, Michael Holt is the Mister Terrific from our world, and he discovers a way to travel to Earth Two, where he meets an evil Mister Terrific. But here, before he's made that journey, he seems to recognize Karen Starr, AKA Power Girl. But I thought her Earth One counterpart was Supergirl, who doesn't use the identity of Karen Starr? And then there's some kind of deal with the evil Mister Terrific posing as his dead son, which I guess I'd only get if I read the Mister Terrific series. There really seems to be very little point to this tale other than to say "Hey, remember Mister Terrific? Well, here's where you can find him next!" But let's be honest; anyone who cares about the Mister Terrific solo series is surely already aware of EARTH TWO, making this tale an exercise in futility, and a dull one at that.
Now we come to Hawk & Dove, written by Rob Liefeld and drawn by Marat Mychaels. God help me, I enjoyed it. A big part of this is Mychaels' artwork; while he developed a reputation over the years as a Liefeld clone, it seems to me he's making a big effort here to establish his own style, and it shows. The art is clean and clear, with believable anatomy and realistic facial expressions. And the script? It takes the form of a debate between two cosmic powers, War and Peace. Hawk & Dove are merely bystanders in this confrontation, perhaps not even able to fully register what they're witnessing. Exposition is handled here far better than in the Mister Terrific story, with the two sides presenting the events in the lives of Hawk & Dove as "evidence" for their respective arguments. But the thing that really impressed me about the story was that we are set up to believe, as usual, that War is the irrational one, and that he is being paranoid in his accusations against Peace. But Liefeld reveals at the end that the forces of Peace can have their moments of irrationality too, and it's a nice twist. Given recent events in the Twittersphere, however, it's unlikely we'll see these threads picked up anytime in the foreseeable future.
The next story is Tony Bedard and Carlos Rodriguez's Blackhawks. This is another tale that ditches the series writer, in this case Mike Costa. The trouble with fitting the Blackhawks concept into the DCU is highlighted for me right away in this story, as we see the Blackhawks in the midst of the Justice League's first battle with Darkseid. Don't get me wrong; I love stories about ordinary people. I think the stakes can be higher, and the consequences more relatable. But when you put them in with a bunch of gods who can move mountains with a thought, it lessens them. I think the Blackhawks could be a great adventure serial outside of the DCU. Inside the DCU, they're just one more generic human strikeforce, and they never rise above that in this story.
Finally, we get Deadman, by Tony Bedard and Scott McDaniel. Deadman technically didn't have his own book in the New 52, although he did headline this very series, DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS, for its first five issues, under the stewardship of Paul Jenkins and Bernard Chang. Pre-New 52, Boston Brand's early adventures started with an extended hunt for his killer, which led him into a conflict with the League of Assassins. Bedard stakes out with this story that this Deadman is going in a different direction. Here, his murder is almost incidental, and his quest to track down the killer resolved without effort. It's clear that's not going to be the focal point, because his death is really just the beginning of a new life, one where he must atone for the sins of his previous one. It's certainly an interesting concept, but one that might tread a bit too closely to what DC is already doing with the Phantom Stranger. But I've always liked the character of Deadman, so I'm willing to see where they go with him from here.
CAPTAIN ATOM #0Writer: J.T. Krul
Art: Freddie Williams II
Reviewer: Ambush Bug
I've always been kind of rooting for Captain Atom to finally cross over from second tier hero to first. When I heard the character was getting his own series, I was stoked. But after reading the first issue, those fires of interest quickly burned out. From what I recall, the first issue started pretty broadly, but never felt like it really was able to grasp the science of what makes the character so fascinating. With this character being the inspiration for Dr. Manhattan, it was interesting that they chose to pattern his new look after the character with a bald head and penchant to walk around seemingly naked. Still, the book didn't catch on and this, being the last issue, sadly illustrates why.
While I felt that writer J.T. Krul handled some of the action scenes with skill, CAPTAIN ATOM just felt sort of generic throughout. I guess the clichés outweighed the imaginative ideas as the former pilot coped with becoming a human nuclear reactor. Though only a snippet of his origin is delved into in this zero issue, the basics are all touched upon. And while I can't expect Krul to pull off any writing to compare with the way Alan Moore wrote the character, I would hope the editors would push the writer to delve a bit more into the physics of things in a book such as this.
Imagine a CAPTAIN ATOM book written by Grant Morrison. I just did and my head had a mini-explosion go off in it.
Freddie Williams II is keeping the art fast and loose in this issue. The book looks like either he wasn't given a lot of time to finish it or as if Williams just wasn't into it. Either way, despite some cool looking 'splosions, the book just doesn't pop.
I hope this doesn't mean editors think there's not an interest in Captain Atom. For some reason, they tend to blame the characters for not appealing to the fans instead of the real culprits--the writers that write them and the editors that steer the way. I'd love to see Cap elevated to the big leagues in the Johns and Lee JUSTICE LEAGUE book and interacting with the big guns like he deserves to be with the power he's packing. Here's hoping that the character won't be off gathering dust, because it just wasn't handled well in this series.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #0Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Scott Kolins
Reviewer: Matt Adler
Paul Levitz and Scott Kolins give us the story of how Brainiac 5 joined the Legion of Super-Heroes, but unfortunately it's a rather dull affair. The Legion come to the rescue of Brainiac's home planet of Colu, which despite being under the threat of unleashed weapons super-weapons from a previous era, never really seems like an exciting or interesting place. There's no real sense of a threat here, and the Legionnaires we meet—Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, and Ultra Boy--seem very interchangeable and without much personality. The Coluans themselves seem to be a bunch of pacifists who like to wring their hands at the first sign of trouble—and they don't even have the trademark arrogance and obnoxiousness that usually makes Brainiac an entertaining character.
There's a brief subplot involving Tharok, who as I recall goes on to be a major Legion villain, but it's not developed much, and the revelation at the end of the story is a bit of yawn as well. I generally like Scott Kolins' art, but here it seems to lack any dynamism, which adds to the overall sense of tedium. This is an extremely forgettable issue, which is particularly disappointing as I've come to expect more of Levitz's writing. If you want to see him write a good "Before The New 52" issue, check out WORLD'S FINEST #0 instead.
SUPERGIRL #0Writers: Michael Green & Mike Johnson
Art: Mahmud Asrar
Reviewer: Johnny Destructo
In WHAT universe is Supergirl a more consistently fun and interesting read then Superman?? Oh right. This new one. To start, I should admit to a disturbing lack of knowledge regarding past incarnations of Kal-El's cousin. There was one that died in the Crisis, with the Olivia Newton John headband, there was the one who was somehow something called The Matrix, which looked a lot like Clayface. There was the one that just showed up a couple years ago and sided with Darkseid for a little bit in the Superman/Batman series. Oh and let's not forget Powergirl, her Earth 2 counterpart. Supergirl always seemed to me to be one of those characters that I didn't really have a handle on, like Hawkman, or Jesus. I've recently had a chance to catch up on this new series and despite a mild hiccup here and there, I've really enjoyed it! I LIKE that she didn't show up on Earth and immediately know English. I like that, due to cultural and language barriers (not to mention her teenage hormones) she keeps lashing out, unnecessarily.
And sweet sassy molassy, I like the ART. Mahmud Asrar is a name I didn't know before Supergirl, but you can bet I'll be keeping an eye out for years to come.
This issue, interestingly enough, focuses our attention not on Kara Zor-El, but on her father. On the outs with Superman's pappy Jor-El, he too knows that Krypton is not long for the universe and seeks only to send off his only daughter. There are references to the Kryponian ban on cloning which harkens to Superboy 0 and all the shenanigans from that issue, and...well hell, Superboy even shows up in this issue! I'm not sure if this is a storyline that is being revisited, since I'm an issue behind on Supergirl and several behind on Superboy, or if this is a look at an upcoming story, but I'm definitely interested in finding out. We also get a glimpse at how Argo city was saved from decimation. But what is most intriguing about this story is the relationship between Kara's parents. I'd always seen Kal-El's parents saying goodbye to him together, resigned to their fate, comforted by the knowledge that their son would hopefully be safe. Interesting, then, that Alura is kept out of the loop on what Zor is planning until it's too late. Did he think that she would want their only daughter to suffer the same fate they have in store? Is it just selfishness on her part, or something else? Strange.
I don't generally enjoy stories about Krypton, but this tale grabbed me. There was enough mystery to keep it interesting, but nowhere near impenetrable for new readers. A great start.
Speaking of great, once again Asrar drew the boogins out of this book. I can taste a hint of Stuart Immonen, but not enough to be detrimental. The linework is clean, Krypton feels otherworldly and regal...and the best part: Supergirl herself. He draws her with an appropriate eye towards dimensions and he gives her eyes a sense of youthful wonder that is just a joy to behold. Her body language speaks volumes and every emotion is on display. Just beautiful work!
This series has been a bit of a surprise for me, but it just keeps chugging along, and I hope it has a lot more miles under it's cape.
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Sept. 19, 2012, 8:40 a.m. CST
by dark
can i get my taint tickled?
Sept. 19, 2012, 8:40 a.m. CST
Nightwing, Beetle, JL.
by TheMachinist
Looking forward to these.
Sept. 19, 2012, 8:47 a.m. CST
I'd love to get back into comics, but feel guilty I should be reading a book instead
by Mikeyeieio
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:19 a.m. CST
So praise for Red Hood and the Outlaws but scorn for OMAC and Kirby?
by MrMajestic
Nice, so all Kirby was good for was covers and splash pages? So OMAC, the comic that felt like a breath of fresh air when all the other nuDC titles felt like doom and gloom, blood and sex packaged by the Marvel/Image bullpen from 20 yrs back, is brushed off? And now Red Hood and the Outlaws is a praiseworthy title and a guide to how comics should be handled for a new generation? Trust me RHatO will go the way of Venom comics from back in the day. Trying too hard to be cool, or at least a dorky teen's idea of cool. You know what's cool? Balls out art like Kirby's. Classic characters like OMAC. And definitely not Red Hood.
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:21 a.m. CST
Lots of quoting here. Let's see if the awesome power of this antiquated site can handle it!
by 3774
Optimus - 'I don't know what it is, there were just a couple panels where I truly felt Carol was more maniacal than happy.' Yeah, a couple of my friends do that. I call it the soccer mom smile. Stressed out and unhappy with their life, but desperately trying to convince themselves and everyone around them otherwise. I was a *lot* more interested in GL when Carol was a part of it (I lol'd hard at 'except me - except her). Maybe I should have been reading NG this whole time. @ Matt - I ordered Amethyst, but never would have guessed that John Constantine would be in it. JL Dark is close to being my favorite title right now. Constantine is such a bastard in his own book, that I'm going to automatically assume he tries to sleep with Amy. Here's hoping she declines. Are the first 5 issues with Deadman exceptionally well-done? If it'll significantly add to his character in JLD, I'd pick them up. JD - 'Supergirl always seemed to me to be one of those characters that I didn't really have a handle on, like Hawkman, or Jesus.' Alright, I admit I'm easy for Atheist-esque humour, but I'll throw my digital panties up on the stage for that one. Well done.
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:29 a.m. CST
mikeyeieio : seriously? lol..
by Poptard_JD
do you feel guilty when you're watching the news on the television and not reading it in a newspaper? A story is a story, whether you read it in a book with no words or alongside beautiful illustrations. Comics are the same as books, just brought to you by a team of people working in conjunction out of a passion to tell that story together. Your books won't think you're cheating on them, I promise.
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:40 a.m. CST
ps. thanks Pink! digital panties caught and..
by Poptard_JD
well i was going to say sniffed, but that just seemed out of line, lol!
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:51 a.m. CST
The act of reading prose and absorbing images are different things
by Laserhead
Straight prose forces all sorts of internal decision-making and requires more active engagement and participation by the reader than comics, and much more than television or movies, which are passively imbibed, as opposed to prose literature's active absorbing. We might say there's a spectrum between passive and active forms of narrative intake. You sit back and watch a story acted out for you in images and sounds, it's much more passive. More synapses fire, more disparate parts of the mind working together when reading literary prose. There's brain-mapping studies to show this. Just saying.
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:54 a.m. CST
by MattAdler
Mr. Majestic, I didn't review Red Hood and the Outlaws, so it doesn't make much sense to compare reviews by two different people and say "How could you like this but not like this?" On the subject of Kirby, I think I made it clear that I do like Kirby, and that I think the best way to honor him is not to imitate him-- because the imitators can never be as good as the original-- but to innovate just like he did. Breaking new ground, that's what Kirby was all about.
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:55 a.m. CST
by MattAdler
Don't go reading it for John Constantine. It really is just a brief cameo.
Sept. 19, 2012, 9:58 a.m. CST
by MattAdler
Straight prose forces all sorts of internal decision-making and requires more active engagement and participation by the reader than comics
Sept. 19, 2012, 10:03 a.m. CST
Prose vs. Comics
by MattAdler
Damn quoting system. My response to that theory about prose vs. comics was... That's baloney. I've met numerous people who find it harder to read comics than straight prose precisely because comics require your brain to synthesize the flow of the words with the flow of the artwork. In essence, the story is being told on two separate tracks, and your brain has to interweave them. Not an easy thing to do if you haven't been raised on the form, and it certainly requires as much if not more effort than simply reading a block of text.
Sept. 19, 2012, 10:17 a.m. CST
Hate Silver Age
by optimous_douche
And hated OMAC because of that vibe. I'm a product of the Dark Age of comics (86-99), so yes, RED HOOD is my cup of tea. Provide reasons OMAC is so good instead of simply stating it's good. Matt, most people have no clue the reviews are written by different folks, I accepted that fact a long time ago.
Sept. 19, 2012, 10:22 a.m. CST
@laser: point being: a story is a story no matter the medium.
by Poptard_JD
Sept. 19, 2012, 10:23 a.m. CST
really? people think this whole column is just one person? huh
by Poptard_JD
Sept. 19, 2012, 10:26 a.m. CST
Absolutely JD
by optimous_douche
Very few read the reviewer name, nor absorb the different tonality of the reviews.
Sept. 19, 2012, 10:35 a.m. CST
No, Matt
by Laserhead
Just because some people find it hard to acclimate to the form doesn't mean it's giving your brain any kind of workout. Just means someone needs practice at it. 'Interweaving' the image and the 'prose' isn't really done by the reader-- it's done there for you on the page. I'm talking science, not opinion. 'Your brain on literature' is vastly different than your brain on comics or your brain on TV and movies. No matter the quality of the materials. There's studies. Harvard, MIT, some of those places-- several years ago I was on an academic panel that had two such brain-mapping studies as part of its discussion: you could look at the magnetic imaging of the brain and see clearly what was happening. I kind of deleted that part of my life, but the studies should be imminently google-able.
Sept. 19, 2012, 11:20 a.m. CST
New Guardians?
by Eddie_Dane
Ram, Jet and Floro are back? Awesome!
Sept. 19, 2012, 11:33 a.m. CST
Prose Vs Comics: the point being address was emotion, not science
by Poptard_JD
he said he felt guilty, and so I supplied him with my reasoning why he shouldn't feel guilty.
Sept. 19, 2012, 11:36 a.m. CST
I know, pop, I got it.
by Laserhead
Just Bill Nyeing a little with Adler.
Sept. 19, 2012, 11:46 a.m. CST
I'd say comics requires as much mental energy/focus as prose given it requires you to fill in the time between panels.
by Autodidact
Sept. 19, 2012, 11:59 a.m. CST
Was a fan of the original Amethyst...
by Tom
I curious to give it a try, but DC in general has been letting me down big time.
Sept. 19, 2012, 12:54 p.m. CST
by MattAdler
You're talking about TV and movies, which are vastly different from comics. TV and movies DO interweave the visual and verbal aspects for you. Comics don't; we as longtime readers just assume they do, because we've been raised from childhood with the form. People who haven't grown up with it don't simply need practice; they will never be able to read them as easily as we do because their brains weren't conditioned in their formative years to do so. I'd be interested to see the scientific study that says reading an adult-oriented comic is less taxing on the brain than a novel of a comparable reading level.
Sept. 19, 2012, 2:45 p.m. CST
Amethyst! And the reviewers...
by Homer Sexual
I also loved the original Amethyst because it was all light and shiny on the surface, but actually went very dark,with lots of political intrigue and more death amongst its cast than most any comic I can think of from DC. It ended darkly but extremely satisfying, with Amethyst's "boyfriend" going with an actual adult instead of Amy/Amethyst and Amethyst basically sacrificing everything for gemworld. I think I am hoping for too much this go around, but I have my fingers crossed. Ok. then... I have been here so long that I remember the Comedian. I didn't like his taste in comics but loooved his reviews. I can't tell who every reviewer is,(Adler seems to tend toward a more dry approach, Douche a bit more snarky) but most of us can definitely identify some of the more (in)famous reviewers, such as.. ahem.. the Kid, Henry Higgins is my homeboy, Prof Challenger...
Sept. 19, 2012, 2:46 p.m. CST
and Lyzard...
by Homer Sexual
She only reviews/reviewed indy comics I would never read, but I appreciated a female voice and she also reviewed Archie comics, loved that...more recent ones where Archie got married, Kevin Keller became Archie's homo pal, etc. etc.
Sept. 19, 2012, 3 p.m. CST
The Legion characters are interchangeable and without personality?
by Homer Sexual
No way! The next thing you'll be saying is that despite being from worlds galore, they are all just like white young adults from America. There have been moments, but this is why the Legion ALWAYS ends up getting cancelled, then rebooted but hardly anyting ever changes. Did like the Bierbaum era tho...
Sept. 19, 2012, 3:38 p.m. CST
I would agree...
by MattAdler
...I do generally take the drier approach, even when I'm joking. Heavy snark or outrageousness doesn't usually sound right coming from me. Douche does it well. I have read Legion stories where they're well-characterized and stand out as individuals. This wasn't one of 'em, unfortunately.
Sept. 19, 2012, 5:31 p.m. CST
Only talkbackers sound the same...
by Greg Nielsen
or is that bigoted to say?
Sept. 19, 2012, 5:36 p.m. CST
Captain Atom was an example of people choosing to simply disregard a character for ridiculous reasons...
by Greg Nielsen
Seriously, JT Krul writes a few bad comics so he's bad for life? People dislike Freddie Williams being distinctive but can happily gobble down the crap that is given them from boring guys with no style like Ivan Reis, who seriously might be the most boring artist I've ever seen. Sometimes, I honestly can't tell the difference between Ivan Reis and Joe Prado and yes they do pencil and ink things separately sometimes. The book wasn't great but it was better than the slowness being jammed down our throats on Batman and Swamp Thing. It was better than the crap being served up in Batgirl and Justice League too.
Sept. 19, 2012, 5:37 p.m. CST
On a positive note, I hope DC Presents eventually turns into Cancelled Comic Cavalcade...
by Greg Nielsen
I'd buy it every time.
Sept. 20, 2012, 9:11 a.m. CST
Yup, I happily gobble down Ivan Reis' work. LOVE it. Not so much with Freddie Williams...
by Poptard_JD
I DID like his Robin work, but his Captain Atom stuff really isn't for me.
Sept. 20, 2012, 10:35 a.m. CST
@matt adler
by Tigger11
I wasn't as excited as you about DCUP #0, but I did have an interesting thought after reading all the stories in the book. "Wow, Hawk and Dove are supposed to have normal human sized feet"
Sept. 20, 2012, 12:01 p.m. CST
I don't know about excited...
by MattAdler
After all, I only liked 2 out of the 5 stories. But that's why I generally like anthology books; if you don't like one story, well, here's another.
Sept. 20, 2012, 5:44 p.m. CST
@JD: I still love you despite your love of vanilla flavored Ivan Reis although...
by Greg Nielsen
Why is his cover work superior in every single way? It's like on the Earth 2 covers he remembers maybe there should be some style. I mean it's still not my cup of tea but I still immediately recognize it as him and don't think who is this house style machine.
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Route 150 was completely shut down while crews worked the fire, and at least three ladder trucks were used to fight the fire from above.
It took crews a couple hours to knock down the flames.
Weather conditions caused complications as they battled the fire. Wind gusts made it difficult for crews to contain the fire as the flames spread throughout the wooden building. Crews also had trouble getting water from fire hydrants because of low water pressure.
Wynantskill Assistant Fire Chief Jay Wilson said they will be working all day on Wednesday to try and figure out what exactly happened here.
"We won't know anything until we take it apart and look at it piece by piece," said Wilson.
There were no reported injuries.
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Borrone MarketBar: An exciting new addition to an old favorite
Original post made on Jan 28, 2014
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Comments (11)
on Jan 28, 2014 at 2:17 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Thank you Borrone family for contributing so much to our community - good food and a wonderful place to socialize.
on Jan 29, 2014 at 10:30 am
I am a HUGE fan of everything Marina and Josh do and cannot wait to try the MarketBar!
on Jan 29, 2014 at 10:52 am
But where is it going to be? Irregular Regular since 1995...
on Jan 29, 2014 at 12:24 pm
Anything Borrone will be EXCELLENT.
I have a feeling I will never cook again!
on Jan 29, 2014 at 1:17 pm
We have been regulars at Borrone's Café for 11 years, often visiting from the Eastbay because our grandchildren live in west Menlo Park. The food never disappoints, the atmosphere transports us to Florence, and the staff makes us feel right at home. Rose, Roy, Marina and Josh greet their patrons with open arms and amazing delectable prepared from fresh, local ingredients. It is our favorite restaurant in the area. Can't wait to try the new place, too!
on Jan 29, 2014 at 1:25 pm
Great neighbors, great kids, great food.......hurrah for the Borrone's!!!
on Jan 29, 2014 at 3:53 pm
Great story. I have been coming almost every day since you opened. The Marketbar is beautiful and even offers fresh martinis. Thank you for investing so much in our community.
I hope the food trucks bring more people over on Wednesday nights.
on Jan 30, 2014 at 12:11 pm
@Winton It is located right next to Cafe Borrone, around the side of the building (in the direction you go from the registers to pick up your coffee)
on Jan 30, 2014 at 8:29 pm
I started coming to CB with Team in Training 9 years ago on Thursday nights after our work out at Stanford I could eat there everyday! I love it and Vesta too! Everything is so fresh, home made .and delicious!
on Jan 31, 2014 at 5:58 pm
Vesta rocks! Peter and Courtney are doing a gerat job. They have added a truly great neighborhood restaurant to the area! Try it, but be prepared to wait a few minutes if you do not have a reservation. It is popular.
on Feb 2, 2014 at 12:20 pm
We love Cafe Borrone! We've been going there for 24 years or so (at the start). We are now regulars at Vesta!! This family serves up the finest food in the Bay Area!
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