In my mind, not a single element of this book can be called into question… and perhaps least of all the appearance of our heroine. And truthfully, who can imagine a different type of character in the lead role? Kinda weird my ass.

Just read Special Forces and found it pretty interesting, even if the first-person narration occasionally felt like a spoof of Frank Miller dialogue. What I’m trying to figure is why Baker went with all the T&A? It’s not like the book shied away from using luridness as a hook, seeing as how it opened with a guy’s head getting blown off, but the violence stuff is part and parcel of war. The T&A, on the other hand, felt like Baker maybe just needed to exorcise some horniness he had pent up.

Kinda weird.

I thought it was a little weird too, but just understood it to be her reason for being a misfit. Why he chose that reason, I dunno.

Just read Special Forces and found it pretty interesting, even if the first-person narration occasionally felt like a spoof of Frank Miller dialogue. What I’m trying to figure is why Baker went with all the T&A? It’s not like the book shied away from using luridness as a hook, seeing as how it opened with a guy’s head getting blown off, but the violence stuff is part and parcel of war. The T&A, on the other hand, felt like Baker maybe just needed to exorcise some horniness he had pent up.

Kinda weird.

I haven’t read the book yet, but as a general principle gratuitous T&A is never a bad thing.

As for Action Comics #858, I thought the story was okay, but I really liked Gary Frank’s art. I’ve been a fan of his work since Incredible Hulk back in the 90s.

Kinda weird.

Glad I’m not alone on Silvestri’s art in Messiah Complex. I kept thinking, “this guy got famous for this stuff?” throughout, and I loved his work in the X-verse when I was younger (so I have no one to blame but myself). Everything is so static & posed, and figures in the background often look like rough sketches. Solid opener to an “event” I’m excited about, though, even if I’m a little burned by the price-to-main story page count ratio.

Speaking of prices, I want my $5.99(!) back, Didio. Not to single anything in out, but WTF was that David Arquette story?

But to give DC some credit, - Crime Bible was sweet. I’m digging the new mythology being created here and find it to be a great arch-nemesis for the Renee-Question; a cool way to work in the conspiracy elements of the Timm-verse animated version of the character & Montoya’s background as a cop with the spiritual/philosophical underpinning that goes with the Ditko/O’Neil foundations for Vic Sage.

Taking his cue from an actual event in 2006 where army recruiters enlisted an autistic teen, Kyle Baker has produced a savage commentary on what could happen if a recruiter has two choices- meet a quota or go back to Iraq. Desperate to avoid returning to the warzone, the recruiter does whatever he must to fill uniforms, regardless of suitability, and the result is a team of misfits that just don’t cut it. Brutal and gory, Baker pulls no punches in his condemnation of recruiters who lie and break rules to put bodies in the field. Probably Baker’s most controversial work since Truth, and I dug it.

I think it’s good to point out some of these guys who stoop to such lows to gain recruits Nothing wrong with that I just hope people who read this don’t think this reflects as a whole on the majority of recruiters who go about it the right way just because of a few bad apples.

Action Comics was really great. Gary Frank is a really great artist. I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves.

I really liked Primordia myself. I’m a sucker for those type stories but I felt it was quite good and is another solid hit for Archaia.