Author Archives: W. Blaine Dowler

As you may be able to tell, my formal training is not as a writer. My degrees are in physics and education. In my day job, I work in supplemental education, which is why my productivity is lowest when report card season hits.

Weekly Comics Discussion – July 20, 2005

This week’s shipping
list
has a grand total of one item I’ll be picking
up, and that’s Ultimates 2 #7. Other
notables include Day of Vengence #4, getting
ready for this October’s Infinite Crisis,
JSA Classified #1, Astonishing X-Men
#11
(which I’ll get in TPB form), Daredevil
#75
(which I’ll get in TPB form), Defenders
#1 (of 5)
(which launches the new miniseries),
Doctor Spectrum: Full Spectrum in TPB form
(which I should get around to reviewing, as I have the
issues; it really doesn’t add much, and certainly
isn’t a “must read”), new printings of Essential
Spider-Man
volumes 2 and 3, Exiles #67
(which I’ll get as a TPB), House of M #4,
Marvel Knights 4 #20, The Pulse Vol.
2
(which I should also get around to reviewing;
it’s not bad, but must work as a companion piece to
the main title), and Ultimate Spider-Man #80
(which I’ll also get in TPB form.)

CoMers Episode 9: Discovery is live

Anonymous Coward writes,
http://www.comerstheseries.com/episode09.html
We’ve reached the 3/5ths point for those hung up on
fractions!

To see all the episodes click here.

I also wanted to take a minute and really extend my
thanks to bureau42 for their ongoing support, almost
since the beginning. It’s a fun site that I check
almost daily, without all the pretense and geekier
then thou attitude, yet still fun and indepth.

Weekly Comics Discussion – July 13, 2005

This week’s shipping
list
has a few items of interest. First and
foremost: Dark Horse’s Serenity prequel
trilogy, written by Joss Whedon, hits shelves today in
three variant covers. (Do you folks want this
reviewed an issue at a time, or all three issues
together?) Interested shoppers can also find
Essential Killraven Vol. 1, New Avengers
#7
, Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 (marking
the return of Mark Millar and a cross-over with the
regular Marvel Universe), Ultimate X-Men #61
(which I’ll get in TPB form later on) and Ultimate
X-Men Vol. 11: The Most Dangerous Game
. Also
available are X-Men: The End: Book 2: Heroes and
Martyrs #5 of 6
, another one I’ll get in TPB
form, Superman / Batman Vol. 3: Absolute
Power
in hardcover (I’m holding out for
paperback), Rann Thanagar War #3, All
Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1

(featuring the return of Frank Miller to writing
Batman, with Jim Lee on pencils), Marvel Knights 4
Vol. 3
in TPB form, and new printings of
Essential Avengers Vol. 1 and Essential
Thor Vol. 1
, both of which have been reviewed.
(Those reviews can be found through this
page
, which includes every review written under
the 42 point system.)