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Post by ??The Riddler?? on Mar 8, 2006 17:17:25 GMT -5
Talk about Batman Strikes #19 here, I'll get some cover shots up in a bit. I'm featured in this issue, my commentary is in the back, funny I didn't write anything about Riddler though . Anyway, the story was great a 10 out of 10, I loved the story and appearance by, well best not ruin it. One of my top five favorite Batman Strikes, Chris and the crew did excellent!
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Post by /\/\att on Mar 8, 2006 17:46:16 GMT -5
Wow, thats great Kat! Post up a pic of the cover and a scan of that letters section if you can
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Post by The Dark Knight on Mar 8, 2006 17:51:42 GMT -5
Awesome pics Riddler! Love the cover, especially Grundy! It's a shame he isn't buff like on the cover, I liked him that way, but I know Ill enjoy the comic anyway
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Post by ??The Riddler?? on Mar 8, 2006 18:00:44 GMT -5
Here is a pic of my comentary, although I wrote about Riddler it desn't seem to be in there. Oh well it's better than not having one at all. I do admit the last thing I wrote is corny. Hey I wrote this around September anyway, Matt I can't get the entire section or you couldn't read it. Hope that's okay. Oh and I wrote Mr. Freeze the right way, but they wrote it like that there.
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Post by /\/\att on Mar 8, 2006 18:13:04 GMT -5
Thats really cool, Kat! Its always fun to get your letters published in the backs of your fav books. I had one in Grendel one time years back
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Post by ??The Riddler?? on Mar 8, 2006 19:56:30 GMT -5
Batman Strikes #19, anyone who gets a hold of this issue please feel free to post your thoughts. Chris and the crew love the fans thoughts of the stories. Chris I just loved it, Dave did an amazing cover, Bill had a nice story going, Terry did great on the inks, great job team!
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Post by BruceWest on Mar 9, 2006 7:32:00 GMT -5
Thats cool to have your letter in the comic , i've been sending letters since the 70's and never got one in. Very cool issue. The back cover features the DC Heroes Superman and Bizzarro if anyone likes those adds.
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Post by blinker on Mar 10, 2006 19:35:32 GMT -5
REVIEW: Before I never got The Batman Strikes. After deciding to on #18, and how good that was, I decided I should start getting it. My next issue is of course a new one: #19. Since...I'm not gonna go backwards on this series, just forwards.
In Season Two's "Grundy's Night", we were introduced to Solomon Grundy. I questioned this descion since while he was a DC villian (or a Superman villian, depends on my sources) he isn't a Batman one. With the twist in that episode's third act, it was handled fine. But from that last shot, we wondered....
The story: Batman has been fighting goons who have been dumping in the swamp. Gordon believes gangster Rupert Throne, who has returned from his capture seen in "The Bat in the Belfry" to be invovled, but Batman doesn't believe so as the truck they used belong to Paul Industries. The oen who runs, who everyone including Bruce Wayne hates, maybe invovled. At that night, someone calls out someone out from the swamp: the REAL Solomon Grundy.
First and foremost: Rupert Throne is back. I though he was gona appear in the Bane issue with him teaming with him. I guess this was a surprise of his real appearence; a cameo. Another thing: he wears shoes! Not sandles.
Despite what he looks on the cover, Grundy (real one) is just like what he looked like in Grundy's Night. Not a similar take to the STAS/JL/JLU design. The mystery wasn't about who destroyed what (as I thought), it was about the chemical dumps and whoever did that was planning on getting Grundy. Grundy was just a victim of what Mr. Paul was doing to his company to Grundy's swamp. He's not the main villian, Paul. That wasn't bad. I just wished it had more going at it.
Overall, while I like this comic series and love #18, #19 wasn't all that great in my mind. After reading it and went "well ok, thats it I guess. should there have been more". Its still good for its moments on characters. As for plot on his return, I feel something more should've been made for it.
RATING: 7/10
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Post by crazyhatter on Mar 12, 2006 11:42:25 GMT -5
I will definetely have to get this issue because I loved Grundy in The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Thanks for the review!
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Post by Christopher Jones on Mar 20, 2006 18:27:05 GMT -5
Has anybody else read this issue? I had thought there would be more chatter surrounding the Grundy story...
Chris
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Post by ??The Riddler?? on Mar 20, 2006 18:29:45 GMT -5
Come on you guys I know a lot of you that have read this issue, if you read it tell Chris and the gang what you think.
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Post by /\/\att on Mar 21, 2006 1:55:39 GMT -5
I haven't gotten a chance to pick it up yet, either. We just had a big snowstorm here! ugh.
Hopefully I'll get to the comic shop soon!
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