REVIEW: I was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space #2 (of 6)

Written, penciled, inked, colored, & lettered by Megan Rose Gedris
Review: Will Dubbeld

Well, this one is pretty self-explanatory...
Oftentimes the Dollar Box at the good ol’ LCS has naught but a mix of DC and Marvel castoffs supplemented with a cash crop of disposable early Image books.
There are times an oddball sneaks in, however.
An oddball like this Lesbian Pirates book.

Have no fear, readers. This isn’t a graphically illustrated underground porno comic.
Not that I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar as well, but anywho...
Rather, it’s an obliquely Pulp science-fiction pop art piece steeped in parody.

The issue 1 recap tells us a crew of lady pirates (or more accurately bank robbers, in this issue anyway) abduct a secretary named Susie, whisking her away to the stars.
It’s intimated the ships captain has kidnapped Susie for some specific reason but it’s only hinted at in this issue. Presumably questions are answered later on in the series or were addressed in issue #1.

REVIEW: Doomsday +1 #12

Story: Joe Gill
Art: Byrne Robotics
Colors: Wendy Fiore
Review: Madman

As a fan of the old Charlton Comics I was super stoked to find and rescue this book from dirt mall obscurity. I had never seen this particular title before, but the cover depicting a fur-clad barbarian getting bear hugged by an armored gorilla/beast/guy/thing and a leatherclad Black Widow look-alike was worth the dollar itself.

Of course the story is absolutely generic and saturated with much, “Meh”.

I don’t dig reading any character speaking broken English like they’re simple, and the ancient Goth barbarian Kuno’s dialogue is just that. Obviously Mr. Gill is trying to throw in a speech pattern to differentiate Kuno from the locals, but it comes off like he has a disability.

There are a few more things about Kuno mentioned in this book that just don’t make a bit of sense. For instance, he was apparently defrosted when radiation melted a glacier in Greenland.

Did the Goths even live in Greenland?
Why in the hell does Kuno even speak English at all being a Goth from Greenland who was frozen in ice for hundreds of years? And why does he smoke cigars?

How much thought did Mr. Gill put into this story? 

REVIEW: The Transformers #6

Script: Bob Budiansky
Art: Alan Kupperberg
Lettering: Rick Parker
Colors: Nel Yomtov
Review: Art Bee

Transformers…a story from my youth. At my childhood home in Dover A.F.B., Delaware, the local 7-11 had my weekly binge of Marvel along with a couple rounds of an arcade game and a slurpee. Saturdays were bliss for me back then. Rain, snow, or shine, my bike’s peddles were pumpin’ towards that green and orange store when and where $5 made you feel like a king.

While digging through some back issue boxes, this pristine gem gleamed in my memory banks. Once, in my youth, I had owned this issue but it had long since fled my possession. Marvel had pioneered The Transformers comic book series, starting it approximately two years after the hit cartoon aired in September, 1984. Many mornings before school found me sitting, “Indian style”, in front of the TV with a bowl of cereal watching the “robots in disguise” before a fast sprint to beat the school bell (I succeeded most of the time). 

This issue features the fallout of the previous issue’s battle in which most of the Autobots and Decepticons are in need of repair. The newcomer, Shockwave, is shown making steps to assume leadership over the Decepticons. He makes a successful move to acquire a new base and energy resource before confronting the current leader, Megatron. The second half of the issue features the battle for dominance between the two for the coveted title.   

REVIEW: Army of Darkness #1 (of 3)

Written by: Sam & Ivan Raimi
Adapted & illustrated by: John Bolton
Review: Will Dubbeld

So, I’m one of those guys.
One of those old school, die-hard, knob slobberin’ Bruce Campbell fans.
Brisco County, Burn Notice, The Man With the Screaming Brain, Bubba Ho-Tep, Maniac Cop...
Gimmie all of that.
MANIAC COP, you guys.

Of course, the holiest of holies for fanboy jerkoffs is the Evil Dead series.
These films (and the subsequent television series) are campy splatterpunk horror at its best. They aren’t as madcap as Peter Jackson’s early films, maintaining a sense of horror or at least dread atmosphere mixed with comedic decapitations.
But you already know this.
Evil Dead has evolved from a DIY Independent film to a franchise producing sequels, action figures, video games, and (of course) comics.

This adaptation hit the stands in 1992. I remember thumbing through the third issue because I’d read it featured an alternate ending from the film.
Spoiler alert: it’s the one where Ash sleeps too long.
In any case, I’d long-forgotten this series existed until this particular issue showed up in a recent purchase of key Tomb of Dracula issues.