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by **BlueStreak** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:44 am

Last week on Review Group Drama: There was shockingly little. Don't forget to vote for your Favorite Review Grouper in the Best Poster of 2010 poll!

Weird Worlds #1
selected by john lewis hawkWEIRD WORLDS #1
Written by KEVIN VAN HOOK, AARON LOPRESTI and KEVIN MAGUIRE
Art by JERRY ORDWAY, AARON LOPRESTI & MATT RYAN and KEVIN MAGUIRE
Cover by JUSTINIANO
Welcome to one of the weirdest titles DC has ever assembled – 6 issues filled with stories of monsters, ghouls and far-out cosmic craziness!
Each month, you’ll be treated to new 10-page chapters in three exciting serials. In this debut issue, Kevin Van Hook and Jerry Ordway bring you the continuing adventures of Lobo, everyone’s favorite Czarnian (after all, he’s the only one left, so he’d better be your favorite). Aaron Lopresti introduces you to his newest creation, the kind-hearted monster called Garbageman. And Kevin Maguire takes you to the farthest reaches of outer space with the introduction of a hero called Tanga!
Wrap it all up in a cover by the amazing Justiniano, and you’ve got a truly monstrous hit on your hands! These artists are letting their freak flags fly – join them, why don’t you?

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by **Jubilee** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:45 am

Looking forward to this. If I see King King soon I will try and read and review Action Comics.

by **BlueStreak** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:47 am

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by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:33 am

I think this book is just so DC can hang onto the rights to publish the title "Weird Worlds" and not lose them, which it hasn't done since the brief run in the '70s.

by **BlueStreak** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:10 pm

Administrative Notes:

1) Action Comics column will be up this weekend barring an impromptu trip north this weekend. Suicide Forest will go up post Greg's review.

2) Just a reminder, if you need to be excused from participating for a particular week, it's easier to PM me if possible. In the midst of the kvetching that goes on in here, I sometimes lose them during the day.

3) Anniversary Week is coming. If you have a suggestion on what to do, I suggest you make it now, otherwise I'll move forward with my plan starting this weekend.

4) On a personal aside, if columns become...delayed (more than they already are), I apologize in advance. My wedding might be getting moved up a year from next summer to this summer so I'll have to start managing my time a little more effeciently. Have no fear, though. Darcie understands that I need to devote at least an hour a week to Review Group so it shouldn't be a problem.

by **doombug** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:42 pm

should be an interesting read.

by **BlueStreak** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:02 pm

I'm stunned by the lack of posts today.

by **Royal Nonesuch** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:04 pm

I haven't even been outside of my apartment today! Geez!!

JERKS!!

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:05 pm

BlueStreak wrote:I'm stunned by the lack of posts today.

That was good of that one guy to re-write a Swamp Thing story since DC won't publish a Swamp Thing story.

by **God-Man** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:05 pm

I'm excited for the art in this book. Not so much the stories.

by **guitarsmashley** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:25 pm

BlueStreak wrote:Administrative Notes:

4) On a personal aside, if columns become...delayed (more than they already are), I apologize in advance. My wedding might be getting moved up a year from next summer to this summer so I'll have to start managing my time a little more effeciently. Have no fear, though. Darcie understands that I need to devote at least an hour a week to Review Group so it shouldn't be a problem.

Done got yourself into a little bit of "trouble" huh?

also I believe we all agreed that we were not reviewing this book as we'd like to see hawk permabanned from the review group.

by **BlueStreak** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:28 pm

guitarsmashley wrote:
Done got yourself into a little bit of "trouble" huh?

also I believe we all agreed that we were not reviewing this book as we'd like to see hawk permabanned from the review group.

Nope, no pregnancies. We were going to wait until after she graduated college to get married, but due to her school switching from quarters to semesters, another year got added. So, why wait and deal with the stress of a large expensive wedding when we can do one on the cheap this year instead?

by **guitarsmashley** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:51 pm

BlueStreak wrote:
Nope, no pregnancies. We were going to wait until after she graduated college to get married, but due to her school switching from quarters to semesters, another year got added. So, why wait and deal with the stress of a large expensive wedding when we can do one on the cheap this year instead?

well that doesn't mean you can't keep practicing.

by **chap22** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:48 pm

so, re we really boycotting this review to get Hawk permabanned or what? b/c i've got a review ready to write for this incredibly mediocre, pointless waste of money if we're not...

by **BlueStreak** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:50 pm

chap22 wrote:so, re we really boycotting this review to get Hawk permabanned or what? b/c i've got a review ready to write for this incredibly mediocre, pointless waste of money if we're not...

I'm playing a wait and see game. Sadly this wasn't the worst comic of the week for me, but damn was it close.