Doomsday and Mountain Giants
First Look for January 16, 2018 Today’s first look heads to a galaxy far, far, away and then again to Metropolis and each sees a larger than life bad guy. Actually, in Star Wars #29, the Mountain Giant isn’t really …
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Things Are Not Always What You Think They Are
First Look for January 15, 2018 Today’s issue of Star Wars seemed to slow down the pace a bit but it moved things along such that we finally found the Heart of the Mountain. Unfortunately, things are not always what …
Moving the Story Along
First Look for January 14, 2018 Today’s issues did have something in common but it wasn’t really the focus of the issue. In Star Wars, the various child warriors each thought Yoda was not a threat and many called him …
Potentials
First Look for January 13, 2018 I suppose when I take a first look at both Star Wars #26 and Action Comics #957 I think of the potentials that are presented in the stories. In Star Wars, Yoda finds a …
Fighting Back
First Look for January 12, 2018: Fighting Back One commonality between the two comics I look at today is fighting back. In both, someone is injured intentionally and there’s a need to get retribution. In Letter 44, it’s President Blades. …
Perspectives
First Look for January 11, 2018 In today’s first look, I actually get 3 stories for the price of 2 comics and it’s interesting how the three basically layout different perspectives of events. In Avengers vs. X-Men #0, the first …
Transitions
First Look for January 8, 2018 Looking at the comics I read today, I see a common theme of transitions. In Letter 44 we see that Gomez is transitioning into some kind of hybrid. The leg where he was stabbed …
Hearts and Minds
First Look for January 9, 2018 As one soldier in the issue of Letter 44 I read today comments, it’s all about the hearts and minds. In my first look today, the hearts and minds can be seen in both …
Shattered into Pieces
First Look for January 8, 2018 As I look at the two issues for my first look today, I see that both are looking at worlds shattered into pieces. In Letter 44 #9, we see ex-President Carroll searching desperately for …
New Weapons
First Look for January 7, 2018 I suppose the common concept I can find going on between the two issues I looked at today would be New Weapons. In Letter 44 #8, President Blades lets the army in on his …