Hello there once again my fine-feathered fans of all things geek. You have safely arrived at the comprehensive coverage of the 2022 New York Comic Con and I am now up to Day Three, Part Three which actually amounts to the last installment of this particular day. Tenured readers can start their perusal but some advice for those just finding the website, please click HERE to see everything in the order that it was posted on a brand-new browser tab. As mentioned before, this kind of event is best enjoyed from the beginning. By this point in the adventure I was feeling the burn and trying to catch up with some friends and had a close encounter with Mr. Stay Puft…
We learned that our friend Miss Cheng was going to be at one of the dealer booths so headed over to see her for a few minutes. It’s always great to have a catch up.
Hey there my friends I hope this morning notification finds you well. You have arrived at Part Four of the Day Two presentations from the 2019 New York Comic Con. This will be my final chapter for this particular day but don’t you worry, there are still two more days to share with you and if you haven’t seen the posts that have run before this one please click HERE to rectify that. Picking up where I left off which was in the Artist Alley I chanced upon my dear friend Marcy Lee and some of her costumed companions.
By now you’ve probably surmised that the end of these installments is drawing near and you are correct in the assumption. Of our Day Four posts, this is the second to last one so if you’re just now joining us at the penultimate chapter of my 2018 New York Comic Con posts, I’d ask that you click HERE first to see all of the chapters that have come before this latest one. I’m in the Artist Alley a bit during this chapter so a lot of talented people to take note of and thank for their contributions to the comics medium. Most of them have their names in the photo as well to eliminate unnecessary discussion. I’ll try to find their websites, Facebook or Twitter Official accounts once all is said and done. Let’s do this.
Since I had blogged about the DC Comics relaunch of titles last month, I decided that perhaps this is something that should be looked into for the Blog readers a little more often when it is possible to do so. That being said I snared the first two issues of a new six-issue mini-series called “My Greatest Adventure”. It’s a revisit to an anthology title that ran way back in 1955 and offered readers the first appearance of The Doom Patrol in 1963. The Doom Patrol was a great group of misfit characters who have gone through many different series and incarnations over the years and in this new title, the group’s most popular member Robotman continues his adventures. The series also hosts short tales about Garbage Man and Tanga (who is an alien from a faraway place). I’ve put together some quick thoughts about the second issue for your enjoyment.
“My Greatest Adventure” #2
Issue #2 Overview: Serialized Adventures Of Robotman, Garbage Man and Tanga
Robotman: With the zombies taken care of we learn how Cliff fuels or “feeds” his Robotman body. Apparently it can consume and turn anything into the energy that it needs to keep functioning. I liked how he was not some endless supply of energy and hence totally unstoppable. The chance of his running low at the wrong time makes for interesting storytelling. This tale finds our hero heading to Zanzibar for more answers about what is causing them to exist and instead finding a lot more trouble. It will be interesting to see how he gets out of this one for sure. Matt Kindt writes and Scott Kolins draws.
Garbage Man: The mystery of Garbage Man continues to develop and when one is in Gotham City can Batman be far away from the action? No he cannot. So we end up finding the caped crusader directing his attention to the creature and lining out some more of the circumstances behind the monsters secret identity. Garbage Man also meets his former life assistant and she does not handle it well. She just cannot believe it is him and while he explains a bit of what he thinks happened she runs. It’s at this point that The Batman shows up and he aims to find out what the creatures motives are in his usual fashion. I guess the big fight is next issue before they come to terms of some kind. Story and pencils by Aaron Lopresti with inks by Matt Ryan.
Tanga: We left Tanga in a frozen state just as some nasties prepared to do her in but at the last moment she was back. There were a lot of sweeping space scenes which I felt wasted storytelling space in such a short few pages but it’s made up for with the introduction of some other alien races so more about Tanga and her missions will likely be revealed. I will stick around and see what comes of it. Kevin Maguire does the story and art.
Closing Thoughts: So far the order of preference of the stories are the same as how they are presented in the title. Robotman is the clear winner with Garbage Man generating enough of my curiosity to be a close second. Tanga is showing that there might be some promise here and I guess by next issue she will have me enjoying her story much more. The artwork by all the creative teams in this title is spot on and definitely what I like to see. Nice work.
Since I had blogged about the DC Comics relaunch of “The New 52” titles last month, I decided that perhaps this is something that should be looked into for the Blog readers a little more often when it is possible to do so. That being said I snared the first two issues of a new six-issue mini-series called “My Greatest Adventure”. It’s a revisit to an anthology title that ran way back in 1955 and offered readers the first appearance of The Doom Patrol in 1963. The Doom Patrol was a great group of misfit characters who have gone through many different series and incarnations over the years and in this new title, the group’s most popular member Robotman continues his adventures. The series also hosts short tales about Garbage Man and Tanga (who is an alien from a faraway place). I’ve put together some quick thoughts about the first couple of issues for your enjoyment.
“My Greatest Adventure” #1
Issue #1 Overview: Serialized Adventures Of Robotman, Garbage Man and Tanga
Robotman: Having not followed any of the Doom Patrol’s adventures in a number of years I was happy to find their most popular member getting some solo screen time in this new title. Robotman was always pretty cool as he was a robot with a man’s brain and with that in mind found that the same crap that bothers a regular person bothers him, he is just more invulnerable to the other stuff around him. Interesting to learn how he operates in a clandestine fashion and manipulates computers and any social media reference to his activities so they don’t show him doing any of the heroism. He runs an adventure agency which is more of a detective agency to the public who needs his help and is assisted by Maddy Rouge (I will guess this to be Madame Rouge from the original Doom Patrol comics storylines). This particular quest leads him into the path of zombies and his programming doesn’t let him harm humans so he is in a bit of a bind even if their dead. Dare I say “Oh the humanity”? I guess that was better than saying how this left off on a “Cliff” hanger. Matt Kindt writes and Scott Kolins draws.
Garbage Man: Our story begins with the creature known as Garbage Man floating to the bottom of a river and then it’s all recollection from its mind about how it ended up in this predicament. We see a marriage falling apart some obvious corporate nastiness and the value of one’s friends. The creature comes to and makes it to the banks of Gotham City where it begins a new quest for some answers and while the tale is just beginning it is here that it ends for the readers. This was my first exposure to the character that apparently starred in “Weird Worlds” with the Tanga character in the next segment. I’ve never read “Weird Worlds” before so cannot discuss much about it even though I know Lobo was a part of it if I am not mistaken. Story and pencils by Aaron Lopresti with inks by Matt Ryan. Continue reading An Overview Of DC Comics: “My Greatest Adventure” Issue #1→
