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Comic Review: 52

DC Comics 52 Omnibus

After the events of Infinite Crisis, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman have disappeared with no one knowing their whereabouts. Not to be confused with the New 52, DC Comics created 52 as a vehicle to feature some of their less popular characters such as Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Black Adam, Animal Man and other lesser known characters. The introduction of Batwoman is also part of the series.

This series came out 1 issue week for 52 weeks and featured stories written by some of DC best writers which included Geoff Johns, Mark Waid and Grant Morrison and were drawn by a huge list of DC’s most talented artists which included Brian Bolland, Howard Chaykins, Ivan Reis, JG Jones, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Andy Kubert, and Ethan Van Sciver.

All in all the series was great for those of you want to read more in depth about the other characters that DC has in their stable. This series also featured many spin-off stories. Some notable ones that are worth reading are DC World War III featuring Black Adam, The Search for Ray Palmer, and  52 Pick-up Booster Gold

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Comic Review: Wanted

Wanted

Hopefully you haven’t seen the wanted movie, mainly for two reasons. It’s SH*T or so I’ve heard never seen it don’t need to. The other reason–this comic rules. When you read this book you will understand why they couldn’t make the movie truer to the story. Mark Millar (The Authority, The Secret Service) and artist JG Jones (Y The Last Man, Before Watchmen: Comedian) have put together a comic at Top Cow that asks the question, don’t you want to bad?

Wesley Gibson is a loser and he knows it. His girlfriend is screwing his best friend. Everyday he goes to the same dead end job and eats the same boring food. Yup loser. While going to lunch to get the same food again he is approached by a woman who tells him to come with her then proceeds to kill everyone in the shop. She explains that she is part of The Fraternity, they can shoot, kill, rape or destroy anyone without any consequences. Now it’s up to Wesley if he wants to join this elite group.

The story really takes the idea of being a bad guy through all the paces. From the training to alternate universes and even running the world. This is a really enjoyable comic and we are quite lucky to have the whole series in one go. It took two years for all 6 issues to come out so when you get to the last issue keep this in mind as it might have influenced the ending.