Monday, February 25, 2008

Elektra – The Hand | Comics

The master ninja assassin of Greek descendant Elektra arrives at a mystical resurrection event performed on one of their fallen member by “The Hand” with another member of the clan. She wonders about the process and asks how it is done. They won’t tell her as she is an outsider to them and mostly because she is a woman and also a foreigner.

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Elektra – The Hand | Comics

But the member then starts disclosing a secret dark origin of their organization to her that is almost centuries old. It all started in Kyushu, Japan back in 1575, when there lived a boy named Kagenobu Yoshioka, whose father was once a brave samurai warrior. The boy is always taunted by his fellow companions that his mother is selling herself to the foreigners for their entertainment so that she could support the family and his father's legacy is a lie.

This is a truth, the boy could not handle at all and he knocked the boy off. Kagenobu then rushed to his home only to find the hot-gossip about his mother to be very true. There the boy found his mother being assaulted by a foreigner and he murdered the man in the heat of the event to protect his mother from his barbaric progression.

Seeing the bravery of her boy she took all the blame onto herself and saved him from being accused for the crime but committing suicide in the end. This tragic event however, scarred the boy’s mind for ever. He went on a journey to be a warrior and eradicate all the foreign plagues from Japan, thus avenging his mother and honor her memory.

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In 2004 comic book writer Akira Yoshida teamed up with penciller Christian Gossett, Jim Cheung (Avengers – The Children's Crusade, Avengers & X-Men – Axis) and Ron Lim (Infinity Crusade, Infinity War) to create Elektra - The Hand, a five part limited series focused on the origin story of the evil ninja organization named 'The Hand' from Marvel Comics.

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Took place in the Feudal era of Japan, 'Elektra – The Hand' explores dark aspects of the antagonist team of cult ninjas that had been appearing in various stories of the Marvel Comics featuring Elektra and many other popular Marvel characters like Wolverine, Punisher and Daredevil.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Robin/Batgirl – Fresh Blood | Comics

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Robin/Batgirl – Fresh Blood | Comics
Following the reign of “War Games” on Gotham City, a lot of people got killed and wounded as the causalities of war. Tim Drake’s classmate Darla Aquista was shot dead and his girlfriend Stephanie Brown AKA Spoiler was viciously beaten to death by the villain Black Mask. No sooner than Tim has shaken himself of the grief of their death, Jack Drake was killed too (during Identity Crisis). Back at Gotham, during the funeral ceremony, Bruce finds Tim alone in a corner and tries to talk to him as a support. Even going under the trauma of losing his loved ones, Tim decides not to give up his vigilantism as Robin but he also promises to himself to not lose his grip on his human side as his mentor Batman. Upon telling Bruce to take care of his stepmother Dana Winters Drake in a private clinic.

After almost two weeks, Tim goes to Nightwing's previous patrolling area, Blüdhaven as Robin to spread the word of his presence on the street. He also starts to take bigger initiatives to eliminate street crimes as well with tricks learnt from his mentor. While having Alfred Pennyworth to set up his new base of operation, he plans out to take on street-gangs for good. Later on patrol, he was taking care of some mere thugs when he was attacked by a former League of Assassins member, Shrike. Shrike bests The Boy Wonder without breaking a sweat and eventually beats him to near unconsciousness when help arrived from the most unexpected source. Upon saving him big-time, Tim joined his savior in a quest that sets him against the hired goons of The Penguin.

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"Fresh Blood" is a four part mini crossover storyline that crossed the monthly ongoing series of both Robin and Batgirl from DC Comics. The storyline was developed by writer Bill Willingham and Andersen Gabrych while the masterful drawing duties were fulfilled by talented artists Damion Scott (Batman – No Man's Land, DC Special – Raven) and Alé Garza (Gen¹³, Skye Runner) in 2005. This book extends the relationship depth between Cassandra Cain and Tim Drake, who had their differences in past and this plot goes further with that theme. As soon as the story came to an end, it was followed by “Batgirl – Kicking Assassins” and “Robin – To Kill a Bird” within a few months same year.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Green Lantern – Rebirth | Comics

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Green Lantern – Rebirth | Comics
Kyle Rayner, current Green Lantern of Earth, was on patrol in Sector 3599 where he saved a group of small aliens from a giant insectoid being and his power ring translates their feared speech as “Parallax is coming...”. Kyle then crashes on a spacecraft on Earth beside a green coffin and loses his consciousness then. Somewhere else, Hal Jordan becomes The Spectre to save a pilot from crash-landing and faced a drunk driver to punish him for his irresponsible actions. He tries to resist killing him but his former Parallax form comes in way with The Spectre, both refusing to let him believe it’s not who he really is. Hal’s home town Coast City was once destroyed by the villainous Cyborg Superman that eventually drove him mad; he became a villainous entity known as Parallax.

As Parallax, his uncontrolled rampage decimated planet Oa of Guardians of the Universe, killed a few Green Lanterns and destroyed Central Power Battery of Oa. During this state of chaos, one of his old enemies Sinestro was also killed by him. All of a sudden, there are a couple of weird happenings; once destroyed Coast City suddenly re-appears, Green Lantern John Stewart goes crazy on Justice League, Guy Gardner becomes a Green Lantern again and Kilowog suddenly assaults on Kyle Rayner for no good reason. Hal Jordan confesses to his friend Green Arrow that he cannot focus properly and all of these things that are happening recently do not seem to be normal. To make his suspicion true, Batman shows up with Justice League to confront Hal.

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Following the huge success of "The Flash – Rebirth", Green Lantern – Rebirth is a six issue limited series by fan-favorite writer Geoff Johns (Final Crisis – Legion of Three Worlds, Final Crisis – Rogues' Revenge) and artist Ethan Van Sciver (Batman/Catwoman – Trail of the Gun, Impulse) from DC Comics in 2004. The storyline takes a flashback in time, borrowing a few elements from 1994's comic-book crossover event "Zero Hour" and also brought up a few fan-favorite casts to the series as well as popular current DC Comics super-heroes. For a few instance, "Rebirth" has paved a path for the significant future oncoming Green Lantern stories and major crossover events "Sinestro Corps War" and "Blackest Night".
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Monday, February 4, 2008

Superman – For Tomorrow | Comics

People around Earth disappear in a catastrophic "The Vanishing" event and a new threat tests Superman like never before!

In Metropolis, cancer-ridden priest Father Daniel Leone of the Sacred Heart Church was confiding to his former love detective Lupé Teresa about how he feels regret for the choice he made fifteen years ago and feels a little selfish these days. After bidding farewell to her, he turns around to see Superman hovering down from above.

Awestruck to see the Man of Steel, Father Daniel almost kneels down to him but stopped midway. Turns out, Big Blue is here to talk about his guilt over an incident that took place a year ago and everything was changed since then, including his life.

Superman reached out to help out his Justice League teammate and current Green Lantern Kyle Rayner in deep space. Then he returns to Earth immediately after only to find out that an unfortunate event called "The Vanishing" has taken place on a global scale and one million people have randomly gone missing from existence since.

He expresses his guilt over the incident because he wasn't present and failed to save all of them in time, including his beloved wife Lois Lane. To investigate the root of "The Vanishing" event, he flies to Middle East and arrived on a region plagued by a civil war led by a dictator named General Nox and his super-powered henchman Equus.

By the time he reached there, the war was over and so he helped clear the mess it created but the burden of the dead and wounded still bother him. Upon learning that Nox has the device that caused "The Vanishing", he faces him again and it leads to another confrontation with Equus, which critically wounds the behemoth.

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Superman – For Tomorrow | Comics

In a ditch attempt to take a dig at him, the monster then activates the Vanishing Device and this time 300,000 more people disappeared along with him and General Nox. Elsewhere, a mercenary named Mr. Orr drives his attention looking for the device and seems to already know about the recent incident that just happened.

Orr even manages to track down Father Leone at the hospital during one of his routine checkup and offered to cure him. They meet again when Daniel went out for a walk at night and administer a painkiller shot when he starts coughing blood.

A mysterious woman walks onto the ground where he and Big Blue were standing previously, to summon four Elemental Giants made of earth, fire, water and wind. They tell the Man of Steel to leave the planet or watch it being destroyed. He managed to counter their warning by pointing out that he will still be there to crush them.

The giants all go back to where they came from and the woman in desert named Halcyon cries in frustration only for Wonder Woman to come comforting her. These two gets a surprise visit from Orr while Big Blue Boy Scout goes to see The Dark Knight.

Back at Watchtower, Superman is confronted by Aquaman, Batman, Flash, John Stewart, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman about his irrational decision of intervening into the affairs of a foreign country and then directing a second Vanishing. His teammates in Justice League even suggest him being personal on a global issue.

Afterwards, goes to his Fortress of Solitude with Father Daniel and sensing that he is about to use the machine on himself, Batman immediately warns and sends Diana to stop him from making a fatal mistake. After a brief brawl with her, Superman finally manages to convince her to let go of him as his Fortress collapsed.

Upon activating the machine, he enters a new world where he finally found his love and reunited with at last. Then Kal-El discovers something terrible beneath the beauty of that world and someone he knew that he never imagined on other side. If he can figure out what action to take, he may undo all the incidents happened so far.

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Running through issues #204-215 of the second ongoing volume of monthly Superman series from DC Comics, "For Tomorrow" is a twelve part storyline by comic-book writer Brian Azzarello (Before Watchmen – Comedian, Before Watchmen – Rorschach) and legendary artist Jim Lee (All-Star Batman and Robin, Superman Unchained).

At times, the narrative from Azzarello may seem like a stretch and you may not find it engaging on the level of "Batman – Hush", another project where Lee was involved as illustrator. Because of the involvement of the latter, readers were expecting something like his previous collaboration, which also followed the twelve-part story format.

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This mammoth sized story-arc featuring the titular superhero Superman where a major catastrophic event changes his life and he befriends a cancer-ridden priest Father Daniel to share his confessionals of being who is with him. It deeply affects him because he holds his own responsible for not being able to avert it and save Lois.

Many supporting character shows up with their unique role into the plot, including the members of Justice League. Aside from all above, The Joker made a surprise cameo appearance during a meeting of the World's Finest. It also showcases the return of an old nemesis of Superman, who is re-invented throughout the events.
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