Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Isaiah reviews a 90s comic book (actually four issues)

Repost from THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS:

ZERO HOUR CRISIS IN TIME

Used KINDLE UNLIMITED to read DC's ZERO HOUR CRISIS IN TIME.

This is a 1994 comic.  And, if you're not getting how far we've come, the cover features over 15 superheroes and only one, Batgirl, is a woman.

That's what passed for 'progress' in the 90s.  

Batgirl shows up early in the comic, roping Joker.  Shocking Batman and Robin who remember when Barbara Gordon was paralyzed.  Eventually, Hawkgirl shows up in a panel -- she doesn't get a line.  Eventually, Wonder Woman shows up and actually gets a line (worried to Power Girl, should Power Girl have responded to Superman's summons when she's pregnant?).  Then a panel with a ton of heroes behind her.  I recognized Lighting Lad, the Atom, Saturn Girl, Shazam, Green Lantern, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Aquaman . . . 

Donna Troy shows up -- but which Donna Troy, from which reality?  Donna Troy is Wonder Girl. 

The comic brings past and present heroes together -- from different time lines  and realities.
 

Supergirl and Wonder Woman appear to take time mid-wifing Power Girl's baby.  At one point, a male hero I don't know offered to help because he's helped his wife deliver a baby and Wonder Woman sends him away saying he's needed for the battle outside and she's more than capable of helping Power Girl.  

When did Wonder Woman have a baby?  She didn't.  And her butt should have been in the battle.

A Green Lantern shows up calling himself Parallax.

Batgirl notes that it's "weird to hear I'm from an alternate timeline."  She insists she has feelings and memories.

Not for long.

She dies shortly after.  In a tiny panel.  It's a tiny story -- four comic book issues.  They use a lot of close ups and it's awful.  You want to see action in big panels.  Time and again, the action scenes are weak and the panels small.  (Yes, you can enlarge them by clicking on them. But I'm referring to the panels in relation to the original comic book page they appeared on.)  

They use way too many face shots on top of that.  

A dull comic.  


Here's C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"

ZERO HOUR CRISIS IN TIME

Used KINDLE UNLIMITED to read DC's ZERO HOUR CRISIS IN TIME.

This is a 1994 comic.  And, if you're not getting how far we've come, the cover features over 15 superheroes and only one, Batgirl, is a woman.

That's what passed for 'progress' in the 90s.  

Batgirl shows up early in the comic, roping Joker.  Shocking Batman and Robin who remember when Barbara Gordon was paralyzed.  Eventually, Hawkgirl shows up in a panel -- she doesn't get a line.  Eventually, Wonder Woman shows up and actually gets a line (worried to Power Girl, should Power Girl have responded to Superman's summons when she's pregnant?).  Then a panel with a ton of heroes behind her.  I recognized Lighting Lad, the Atom, Saturn Girl, Shazam, Green Lantern, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Aquaman . . . 

Donna Troy shows up -- but which Donna Troy, from which reality?  Donna Troy is Wonder Girl. 

The comic brings past and present heroes together -- from different time lines  and realities.
 

Supergirl and Wonder Woman appear to take time mid-wifing Power Girl's baby.  At one point, a male hero I don't know offered to help because he's helped his wife deliver a baby and Wonder Woman sends him away saying he's needed for the battle outside and she's more than capable of helping Power Girl.  

When did Wonder Woman have a baby?  She didn't.  And her butt should have been in the battle.

A Green Lantern shows up calling himself Parallax.

Batgirl notes that it's "weird to hear I'm from an alternate timeline."  She insists she has feelings and memories.

Not for long.

She dies shortly after.  In a tiny panel.  It's a tiny story -- four comic book issues.  They use a lot of close ups and it's awful.  You want to see action in big panels.  Time and again, the action scenes are weak and the panels small.  (Yes, you can enlarge them by clicking on them. But I'm referring to the panels in relation to the original comic book page they appeared on.)  

They use way too many face shots on top of that.  

A dull comic.  


Here's C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"