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New review is up on the Comic Book Revolution and it’s a double feature! I tackle both issues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Savage Dragon Crossover (Savage Dragon #2 and TMNT/Savage Dragon Crossover #1). Here is a preview of the review-
It’s Company Crossover time here at XTREME Holofoil Edition! Company crossovers are more unique than line-wide event crossovers we see everywhere. It isn’t everyday you see two separate companies crossing over two of their biggest characters for many reasons, primarily due to legal constraints, revenue sharing, and overall massive ego’s between companies. So, whenever two companies cross things over it is a special occasion, at least until the 90’s when every company was crossing over left and right. This week we are going to take a look at a crossover that no one expected but still kicked some Shell. That crossover was between The Savage Dragon and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
While I really didn’t have to explain the origins of the Turtles and who they are, I am going to have to explain The Savage Dragon for most people. The Savage Dragon is (or was, long story) a cop working for Chicago Police Department as a superpowered cop that specialized in taking down Superhumans. Given his unique skill set, The Savage Dragon was frequently loaned out to other cities, which is key to today’s reviews.
Yes, reviews. You get two full reviews for the place of one. This is because The Savage Dragon/TMNT crossover was a two part comic, one issue taking part in the Savage Dragon ongoing and the other being a special one shot. This means a couple things. Firstly, the Turtles are officially apart of the cannon of Savage Dragon and several other Image titles. Secondly, it is confusing to people buying the comics in the back issues bin. Of course it was done this way to sort out the whole how do the publishers make money from this by both publishing a tie-in (common with crossovers). Now with that said we shall begin the double feature.
You can read the entire double sized review at: http://comicbookrevolution.net/index.php/reviews/image/861-xtreme-holofoil-edition-double-feature-savage-dragontmnt-crossover
I was so busy last week that I didn’t have the time to make last week’s Aquaman post. Here is the preview!
Of all of the original founding members of the Justice League, Aquaman (Arthur Curry) seems to have the most difficult time holding down a series. He has six ongoings under his belt and a seventh one is on the way after Brightest Day wraps up. The character has under gone several reboots and at one point was replaced with a younger version from the multi-verse in hopes to make him look cool. It is as if no writer can capture what Aquaman is about without him coming off as lame so DC has to reboot the series constantly. Aquaman #1 (vol. 5) is one of these reboots.
Read the full article here-
http://comicbookrevolution.net/index.php/reviews/dc/844-xtreme-holofoil-edition-aquaman-1
Now, this week’s XHE, in which I take a look at New Mutants #87, the first appearance of Cable!
New Mutants #87
Creative Staff:
Writer: Louise Simonson
Penciler: Rob Liefeld
Inker: Bob Wiacek
Letter: Joe Rosen
Color: M. Rockwitz
This one started it all. This is the comic that spring boarded Liefeld’s career and the eventual birth of Image. Sure Rob Liefeld had some work before New Mutants #87, but nothing on the level of this comic. “Hawk and Dove” and the Nightshade story do not have anything on how critical this one issue is to the comic book industry. New Mutant was Liefeld’s big break. This issue was his very first issue on the title and he quickly introduces some key characters into the X-men universe. First being, The Mutant Liberation Front, which hasn’t been big in the recent years but in the 90’s they played a role in majority of the events. Next key character was the introduction of Stryfe, who is the evil clone of Cable and leader of the MLF and was in the recent Messiah War crossover. Finally, New Mutants #87 includes the very first appearance of a personal favorite character of mine, Cable.
Why do I love Cable? Could be something to do with the fact I owned a Cable toy as a child and it was one of my favorite toys. It could be the fact he was a total Boss in the X-men cartoon. It could also be the fact he screams cool to me. I am a child of the 90’s after all and the renegade thing is awesome. The fact this comic is his first appearance was a major deciding factor for me to buy it. With that all said, let’s talk about New Mutants #87
You can read the rest here- http://comicbookrevolution.net/index.php/reviews/marvel/853-xtreme-holofoil-edtion-new-mutants-87
That does it for this week. Be sure to read and comment on the reviews.
With Silver Surfer #50 out this week (go read it by the way) I feel it’s time to tell the rest of the schedule for the next two months.
For April:
April 13th- Aquaman (Peter David’s) #1
April 20th- New Mutants #87 (Liefeld’s first appearance on XHE)
April 27th- Savage Dragon/TMNT Crossover Double Feature (Savage Dragon #2 and Savage Dragon/TMNT one-shot)
In May, I am bring out my first theme month. The theme: Heroes Reborn.
May 4th- Captain America #1
May 11th- Fantastic Four #1
May 18th- Avengers #1
May 25th- Iron Man #1
You can read them all only at http://comicbookrevolution.net/
This week’s XTREME Holofoil Edition is up over at the Comic Book Revolution. This week I take a look at Silver Surfer #50.
Go Read it here: http://comicbookrevolution.net/index.php/reviews/marvel/836-xtreme-holofoil-edition-silver-surfer-50
Now for the news. I will be redesigning the site here soon and rebranding it. I have some ideas that don’t fit the Revolution so they’ll be hosted here. The redesign should be in a couple days.
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