tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post3260705476754772697..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Guest Review - "The Judas Contract", part oneDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-5585379128932865092016-10-15T10:46:15.007-05:002016-10-15T10:46:15.007-05:00Great review Mike. Sorry I am late to the party. ...Great review Mike. Sorry I am late to the party. Just wanted to say that the artwork you shared in the post is really great; it never gets old. That double page splash is a classic. I always wonder how long it takes to work on something like that. It is just packed with detail. Martinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-59025959849291351762016-10-15T10:34:46.059-05:002016-10-15T10:34:46.059-05:00This was the exact comic (#39) that got me back in...This was the exact comic (#39) that got me back into comics. During my sophomore year, after giving them up in high school (I think I bought into that old trope of "putting away childish things," big mistake). My buddies and I wandered into a 7-11 and there was this striking cover. The funny thing was, I was never a DC fan. But anyway, thousands of dollars later and a lot of enjoyment, here I am.spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576369979304207262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-30822874497042698452016-10-13T19:58:41.127-05:002016-10-13T19:58:41.127-05:00"Also got a laugh out of your 'smoking an..."Also got a laugh out of your 'smoking and drinking' comment. Yep, that used to be the surefire signal that any female character was bad, esp. in comics. Also, I tend to agree about her apparent affair with Deathstroke, who is old enough to be her grandfather, I think. Very skeevy."<br />There's a panel in the old X-Men series where Jean Grey is at the beach and there are clearly cigs on her beach towel. THAT is how you knew she was going to go Dark Phoenix!<br /> I never understood why Deathstroke (note the name!) was held to some kind of a high standard. He was clearly dead set on massacring a group of kids, but having underage sex was a bridge too far?<br /> Overall, though, this was an interesting arc. Wolfman and Perez had spent the first 25 or so issues (and mini-series) fleshing out the team and the solidifying their alliance, and then followed that, almost like a marriage after a return from the honeymoon, with all sorts of outside strains and influences upon the group, setting the stage for how an infiltrator such as Terra could take them down. The Titans were largely distracted, especially Raven, who, under ordinary circumstances would have perceived the threat and dealt with it, but was too busy fighting her father's influence. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-52498608850546007542016-10-13T13:32:34.503-05:002016-10-13T13:32:34.503-05:00@Doug: Well, at least Donna's legal! Terry alw...@Doug: Well, at least Donna's legal! Terry always came off as older than 29 or 30, at least to me. I'm not bothered quite as much by he and Donna being together as some people are; we'll see Terry in the second half of my review, on Tuesday.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments, everybody. I've always loved this storyline and it's great to relive all that cool Perez art and Wolfman angst.<br /><br />Mike WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-82700884541514983192016-10-13T13:21:11.207-05:002016-10-13T13:21:11.207-05:00Awesome job dude!! Love me some classic NTT. I hav...Awesome job dude!! Love me some classic NTT. I have the entire series up through "The Judas Contract" reprinted in TPBs, and I plan to start reading them all shortly (probably this weekend). Should be a fun trip.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988016825582035390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-78729011890082800532016-10-13T12:28:51.311-05:002016-10-13T12:28:51.311-05:00Great review Mike! I prefer the earlier Brother Bl...Great review Mike! I prefer the earlier Brother Blood story in NTT #21-22, but certainly Terra is an interesting character and this story arc is highly regarded. Yes very sharp detail in the art as Redartz says, especially when Perez inks himself as in issue 39. Looking forward to the rest!<br /><br />Doug, in NTT #12 it says Terry Long's age is 29.Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-11536008583153144092016-10-13T08:31:11.662-05:002016-10-13T08:31:11.662-05:00I'll echo everyone's repulsion at the impl...I'll echo everyone's repulsion at the implied Deathstroke/Terra tryst. It stood out to me the most when I read this the first time, and to be honest it remains the main thing I recall of the story.<br /><br />I don't know how old Terry Long was supposed to be, but I always had a similar vibe from him. I know I'm "judging a book by its cover", but I never ever saw he and Donna together.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-55861316818184720062016-10-13T08:03:05.105-05:002016-10-13T08:03:05.105-05:00Terrific review, Mike. I read the first parts of t...Terrific review, Mike. I read the first parts of this arc when they came out, but missed the ending as I was dropping comics at the time left and right. This title was one that got dropped, so it will be nice to see the ending after all these years. Like Edo, I'm going to be looking for that tpb.<br /><br />It never fails to amaze me, looking over the art you provide, how much detail Perez fits into a panel. Incredible; makes you wonder how his eyesight is holding up. Great stuff. <br /><br />Oh, and the Terra / Deathstroke thing; pretty creepy indeed...Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-37826709667490328542016-10-13T08:01:26.137-05:002016-10-13T08:01:26.137-05:00This was indeed a major turning point for the Tita...This was indeed a major turning point for the Titans title. It was a fun and engaging read up until now; with the advent of more Blood-related subplotting, the early excitement seemed to dissipate and perhaps it overpowered NTT a bit. <br /><br />Later when it came to the Baxter series (after Perez left..), I personally felt it weighed down the series to a crawl. I recall several reader's letters agreeing to that. It was indeed hard to watch Dick's brainwashing (with Raven's support), and to me the title lost some charm by this point, especially in the after issue 8 or 9 of the Baxter edition, going on for the next dozen or so issues when I departed all together.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-38197931293574023692016-10-13T07:50:43.138-05:002016-10-13T07:50:43.138-05:00To answer Doug's closing question: yes, yes in...To answer Doug's closing question: yes, yes indeed. I stopped reading NTT somewhere just before this whole Tara/Terra thing started really heating up - somewhere in the mid-30s I think. So regretfully, I missed this one, which is considered one of the major story arcs of the entire series.<br /><br />Thanks for the review and rundown, Mike. Great selection of images as well - they just further whet my appetite.<br />Also got a laugh out of your 'smoking and drinking' comment. Yep, that used to be the surefire signal that any female character was bad, esp. in comics. Also, I tend to agree about her apparent affair with Deathstroke, who is old enough to be her grandfather, I think. Very skeevy.<br />Anyway, I think I'm going to start looking around to see if I can't land a reasonably priced copy of the tpb...<br />Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com