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scans_dailyIt's time once again to turn back the clock to the !mpact era. This time around we have The Comet #1:
The comic starts out with The Comet saying that when he was young his dream was to be a baseball player. But just as he gave up on that he found a new dream.
These criminals are a strange and geeky lot.
I don't think I'm supposed to identify so strongly with the bad guys.
"Sir how does that work?" -They're so polite too!
...and thus were the maleficent malevolent miscreants brought low by our courageous chivalrous champion!
The police show up surprisingly fast since they were in the area investigating a murder. Apparently a serial killer from 1898 called Applejack has started up again. A reporter named Victoria Johnson is at the scene of the latest murder and one of the officers shows her a note from the killer. The handwriting is a match for a fan letter she received earlier signed Applejack that (up until this point) she had thought was a joke.
Meanwhile our hero recounts his origin.
He had just returned to his parents home (an isolated outpost in Alaska). Even though he thinks he only left that morning the place looks like it had been abandoned for weeks. After getting trapped under a falling radio tower he panics and blasts it away. When he calms down he goes to the military in the hopes of finding out about his parents. (He doesn't tell them about his new found powers.) They seen less interested in helping him than in finding out what happened to the research his parents had been conducting.
Scared and confused he returns to his hometown and visits his friend Victoria:
That whole "getting ahead of myself" thing? That happens a lot in this comic. If I sound less than enthusiastic about this particular character in the Impact line this is why. Instead of hinting that there might be more to the story than what we're seeing this book flat out tells you there is more but refuses to elaborate. There is a line between being mysterious and mocking the reader's lack of knowledge.
Anyway Rob Connors (The Comet) goes to his home in town, reads a story in the paper about Applejack and recalls how scared he used to be of him. But then...
That looks and sounds more than a little villainous to me but it seems like a realistic reaction to getting powers.
He shares his secret and his plan to be a hero with Victoria:
Initially she doesn't take it all that well:
But she comes around and together they create The Comet identity and costume.
After receiving another letter form Applejack (on her pillow as she slept no less) Victoria goes on TV calling him a twisted menace. This does not go over well:
Since they didn't have letters yet here is what they printed in their place:
Credit where credit is due:
Story/art- Tom Lyre
Script- Mark Waid
Colorist-Tom Ziuko
Letterer- Tim Harkins
Editor- Brian Augustyn
Well what do you folks think?
Also there is still time to nominate for the Dailies Awards! Go here and support your favorites!
The comic starts out with The Comet saying that when he was young his dream was to be a baseball player. But just as he gave up on that he found a new dream.
These criminals are a strange and geeky lot.
I don't think I'm supposed to identify so strongly with the bad guys.
"Sir how does that work?" -They're so polite too!
...and thus were the maleficent malevolent miscreants brought low by our courageous chivalrous champion!
The police show up surprisingly fast since they were in the area investigating a murder. Apparently a serial killer from 1898 called Applejack has started up again. A reporter named Victoria Johnson is at the scene of the latest murder and one of the officers shows her a note from the killer. The handwriting is a match for a fan letter she received earlier signed Applejack that (up until this point) she had thought was a joke.
Meanwhile our hero recounts his origin.
He had just returned to his parents home (an isolated outpost in Alaska). Even though he thinks he only left that morning the place looks like it had been abandoned for weeks. After getting trapped under a falling radio tower he panics and blasts it away. When he calms down he goes to the military in the hopes of finding out about his parents. (He doesn't tell them about his new found powers.) They seen less interested in helping him than in finding out what happened to the research his parents had been conducting.
Scared and confused he returns to his hometown and visits his friend Victoria:
That whole "getting ahead of myself" thing? That happens a lot in this comic. If I sound less than enthusiastic about this particular character in the Impact line this is why. Instead of hinting that there might be more to the story than what we're seeing this book flat out tells you there is more but refuses to elaborate. There is a line between being mysterious and mocking the reader's lack of knowledge.
Anyway Rob Connors (The Comet) goes to his home in town, reads a story in the paper about Applejack and recalls how scared he used to be of him. But then...
That looks and sounds more than a little villainous to me but it seems like a realistic reaction to getting powers.
He shares his secret and his plan to be a hero with Victoria:
Initially she doesn't take it all that well:
But she comes around and together they create The Comet identity and costume.
After receiving another letter form Applejack (on her pillow as she slept no less) Victoria goes on TV calling him a twisted menace. This does not go over well:
Since they didn't have letters yet here is what they printed in their place:
Credit where credit is due:
Story/art- Tom Lyre
Script- Mark Waid
Colorist-Tom Ziuko
Letterer- Tim Harkins
Editor- Brian Augustyn
Well what do you folks think?
Also there is still time to nominate for the Dailies Awards! Go here and support your favorites!
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Date: 2011-03-19 08:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-19 08:47 pm (UTC)Of course if you were being sarcastic I'm sure this song will help get that one out of your head.
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Date: 2011-03-20 01:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-19 08:20 pm (UTC)Is there another meaning for the word "Applejack" besides the beverage and the cereal?
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Date: 2011-03-19 08:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-19 11:07 pm (UTC)Well played sir or madam, well played
: )
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Date: 2011-03-20 02:46 am (UTC)Is it like one of those "There are some who call me Tim" thing?
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Date: 2011-03-20 04:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-19 10:40 pm (UTC)My childhood has aged poorly.
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Date: 2011-03-20 02:01 am (UTC)The pun-dit it me weeps.
Seriously, thanks for sharing all of these!
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