Comments on: Review: Countdown #1

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:52:21 +0000

Yeah, and the cover sucked too! :)

Had to get that off my chest.

By: E.

E. — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:38:56 +0000

Disappointing series. It had a few bright spots (w/ the art), but was overall inconsistent.
At the end, do I really care more about these characters?
Jimmy? No.
Forager? No.
Ray Palmer? Yes.
Jason Todd? When he assumed the Red Robin mantle. Then he went back to being a brat.
Donna Troy? No. Maybe in Titans. She didn’t really serve a purpose here.
Kyle? No. For someone who used to be friggin’ Ion, he got PWND way too often.
Piper? Not sure.
Trickster? Seemed written out of character just to have someone as homophobic.
Mary Marvel? HEY! Black Adam has his powers back! YES! Huh? Whazzat? Mary? Oh. I’m not sure.
Holly & Harley? Nope. Still laughing over how Granny Goodness ran from them on Paradise Island.

By: doubledumbassonyou

doubledumbassonyou — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:38:00 +0000

I’m not a DC guy by any means so I have no idea what this whole Final Identity Crisis Infinite Earth-2 thing is all about.

By: nu

nu — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:10:23 +0000

i think it will be interesting to see what happens with jason todd

By: DrStrangeCubicle

DrStrangeCubicle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:06:51 +0000

I’m just glad it’s over (apart from ‘Mary Damn Marvel’. Ugh.)

By: Katzedecimal

Katzedecimal — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:05:11 +0000

“this is, naturally, the idea of this issue; completing stories,” – and yet none of them were actually completed! Not even Piper knows WTF happened back there! Except that we shelled out for this drivel every week! Except that DC’s laughing all the way to the bank! I will buy Rogue’s Revenge, and Legion of Three Worlds, and then I will curl up in a fetal ball with old JLI issues over my head, and cry.

By: Kip

Kip — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:19:31 +0000

I wouldn’t say it was a waste of time or money, but it sure wasn’t as good as last year’s megaseries. Although, I am glad I kept up with it the whole way. The implications and changes in the DCU were incredible; just look what they did with all the Kirby creations! Issue #2 rocked when ya think about what all happened in it, but somehow they just didn’t pull it off right.

I think having Dini behind the whole thing made it more cartoony or kitsch, because of his background. Maybe Giffen should have been more editor or producer than just ‘consultant’. Or maybe it would’ve been worse!

By: Salieri

Salieri — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:14:35 +0000

Piper’s scheduled to angrily hunt down the Rogues in FINAL CRISIS: ROGUE’S REVENGE; maybe he’s gotten some new New Gods powers if he’s able to do that.

Also – who is that lesbian couple at the end? They call each other Holly and Harley…but they don’t look like them at all…

By: David

David — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:48:47 +0000

That’s IT? Really? I’m not really sure I understand how it ended still, but I’m still sure it’s underwhelming.

I didn’t buy a single issue of this book, and man, am I glad. To have paid 3 times 52 dollars for the privilage of having my time wasted for an entire year would have been beyond awful.