tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post7447674440819949232..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Cosmic Odyssey, Part Four: The Final HourDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-10284203623149903852014-03-26T20:31:14.218-05:002014-03-26T20:31:14.218-05:00I got one issue of this mini series, can't eve...I got one issue of this mini series, can't even remember which one, but it didn't intrigue me enough to get the rest of it. I loved much of Starlin's work for Marvel in the '70s and early '80s but didn't get much into any of his DC material and while I enjoyed his run as a writer on the Silver Surfer mag and the first Infinity gems mini, the revived Warlock mag didn't do much for me and I really loathed the Hulk-like version of Drax.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-5252613760939878142014-03-26T11:23:47.778-05:002014-03-26T11:23:47.778-05:00Kevin, I definitely agree with you about Darklon. ...Kevin, I definitely agree with you about Darklon. I have that (color) reprint comic published by Pacific that you mention. It contains some very solidly written and drawn stories that serve as a pretty good introduction to Starlin's earlier work.<br />And Kevin makes another good point: Karen, your tpb really needs some first aid. You should see if a local bookbinder can fix that up for you for a reasonable price.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-12021248096230673612014-03-26T10:38:45.645-05:002014-03-26T10:38:45.645-05:00Karen, sorry you had to sacrifice your TPB for thi...Karen, sorry you had to sacrifice your TPB for this review.<br /><br />Being a huge fan of Starlin's work at Marvel in the '70's, especially the Warlock saga, it is hard for me to admit that much of what he did after was simply re-working of the same themes.<br /><br />Darklon the Mystic was one offering from Starlin that I would recommend. I believe it was originally serialized in Warren's Eerie magazine, later collected into a single comic by Pacific.KevinFermoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954844486657046965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-86045592528871250492014-03-26T10:25:40.619-05:002014-03-26T10:25:40.619-05:00I thought this story was ok but overall a missed o...I thought this story was ok but overall a missed opportunity. Teaming up these characters in a cosmic story with Darkseid, written by Starlin? Should've been a knockout! I thought the art by Mignola was just ok--some striking pages, but at other times distant like looking through the wrong end of binoculars.<br /><br />Thanks for the review Karen! I'd seen these comics here and there over the years but never picked them up until your review of the first part. <br /><br />It seems to me Starlin's writing was on fire in the Bronze Age, with Captain Marvel, Warlock, Death of Captain Marvel, and Dreadstar. I haven't read his post-Bronze Age stories...how are they? Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-22987655003413506422014-03-26T06:31:37.820-05:002014-03-26T06:31:37.820-05:00First things first: if I haven't said it befor...First things first: if I haven't said it before, great review, Karen - not just this one but the whole thing.<br /><br />I definitely agree with your dim view of the story, although I'd probably go a bit farther: it's more than just "not bad," it's really not that good.<br />My main problem, as you state here (and as I stated in previous comments), is the idea of Anti-Life as an actual being or entity. That really came to the fore in this last chapter, with the rather unexciting battle against the entity. It did nothing to make the entire ridiculous concept work.<br />Another big problem I had with Cosmic Odyssey is characterization: like I commented on the last chapter, Starfire was off, and so were the rest of them, really. And yes, the idea that all of those heroes would just wait around for Batman and Forager just goes against everything we know about, say, Superman, J'onn, etc. Also, good observation about Starlin making Darkseid a bit too much like Thanos, here. It really does seem like a poorly-done rehash of the themes he covered so much better in the pages of Captain Marvel and Warlock.<br /><br />Otherwise, I agree with you that the Batman/Forager plot-line was the only one that was really good, but not good enough to save this trainwreck.<br />Ultimately, the sole thing Cosmic Odyssey has going for it is the art. I found it beautiful throughout, but again, even that couldn't save what is at its core a weak story.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com