Man, I'd never even heard of Skin Police, but it seems like it might be right up my alley! I'm digging the way the art looks. Might have to give this one a shot, thanks for the introduction to it!
Happy to spread the word! It was a surprise to me too! I finally did some digging and it looks like it’s a 4 issue mini for now but plans for more if the sales are there.
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Sorry to hear that you and Marcus found Duck Tales disappointing, but they can't all be winners. I had asked another friend who had read Absolute Superman what he thought of it and all he said was that he was intrigued enough to buy the 2nd issue. That kind of feels the same as your review makes it sound. So while I was really hoping for some really positive feedback and am disappointed that didn't happen, I'm at least optimistic that it's interesting enough to make you come back for the 2nd issue. The art certainly seems nice.
While I can’t say I have super high praise for the first Absolute Superman issue, it certainly was interesting and it does succeed in setting up this particular Krypton & Kal-El’s connection to it (with seemingly other connections to be revealed). I just selfishly (and maybe impatiently) wanted more Kal-El development on Earth. Issue 2 will likely solidify my level of commitment to the series.
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@@CarlsCollection I understand what you mean. I haven't read it yet but I can tell you that as far as the Superman mythology goes, the one thing I've never cared for and always found boring are stories that take place on Krypton. I'm only interested when Clark/Superman stories are set on Earth, which is why I'm not going to go into this with high expectations. I'll let you know what I think when I've read it!
I appreciate you highlighting books like Skin Police. It sounds like it would be right up my alley but I probably would have skipped right over it because there's something kind of gross about the name. On the Absolute line, each of the books has been completely sold out by the time I hit my shop so I'm sold on trade waiting for each of them.
It’s an interesting choice for a name for sure. The Skin Police is the nickname for agents of the Duplicate Identification and Capture Division or DIC for short. So, basically some somewhat unfortunate name choices which can give the impression that this story is something that it’s not. Unless I am completely missing some level of satire. 😂
I've really enjoyed the Trinity in Absolute fashion, at this moment in time my favourite is the Superman title, for a lot of the reasons you give, I enjoyed the Krypton parts and the way they've changed the -El family dynamic. The art was just right for this type of story and I'm looking forward to more of all 3, but especially Superman! I tried Void Rivals, but it felt so much like Saga and I got bored of that pretty quickly! I don't mean the characters or premise was the same, it's more like oh! please get on with the story!! Maybe that's me!
@@Deadman1957TEB Nice! Agreed, the Krypton stuff was very interesting! Also, I’m not surprised in regards to Void Rivals, I do think that series is intentionally being set up as a slower burn with the connections to the Transformers lore being slowly revealed. If i remember correctly, you’re also not really a TF fan so even those connections likely wouldn’t be of the greatest interest to you. Can’t read and love it all right? Thanks for your insights!
@@CarlsCollection That's right, I did try with the mini-series that ran along side with Void Rivals, mainly to understand what some of the live channels I listened to were talking about, as they were of the age of Transformers and knew that particular Universe, where as when that arrived on television, I worked for wine sellers that started at 9am and closed at 10pm, so not a lot of tele watched in those years! I was enjoying the AWA Universe plus their other mini's and one shots, but that particular Universe seems to have imploded now! DC seem to be producing stuff I like reading at the moment, very bronze age with a little silver thrown in. Then we have the great Ghost Machine books that have yet to disappoint, so like you say can't read them all, but can give it a bloody good try, lol!
You're being fair to Duck Tales. I wouldn't even give it to kids as there is no moral to the story and won't have character development. It feeds into the short attention span storytelling that adds up to nothing.
Thanks Marcus, that was definitely my impression too but still curious to see what a younger reader says. Although, if I give it to my daughter and ask her what she thought, I imagine it will be the same answer I get when I ask her how her day at school was… “Good”
Man, I'd never even heard of Skin Police, but it seems like it might be right up my alley! I'm digging the way the art looks. Might have to give this one a shot, thanks for the introduction to it!
Happy to spread the word! It was a surprise to me too! I finally did some digging and it looks like it’s a 4 issue mini for now but plans for more if the sales are there.
Sorry to hear that you and Marcus found Duck Tales disappointing, but they can't all be winners. I had asked another friend who had read Absolute Superman what he thought of it and all he said was that he was intrigued enough to buy the 2nd issue. That kind of feels the same as your review makes it sound. So while I was really hoping for some really positive feedback and am disappointed that didn't happen, I'm at least optimistic that it's interesting enough to make you come back for the 2nd issue. The art certainly seems nice.
While I can’t say I have super high praise for the first Absolute Superman issue, it certainly was interesting and it does succeed in setting up this particular Krypton & Kal-El’s connection to it (with seemingly other connections to be revealed). I just selfishly (and maybe impatiently) wanted more Kal-El development on Earth. Issue 2 will likely solidify my level of commitment to the series.
@@CarlsCollection I understand what you mean. I haven't read it yet but I can tell you that as far as the Superman mythology goes, the one thing I've never cared for and always found boring are stories that take place on Krypton. I'm only interested when Clark/Superman stories are set on Earth, which is why I'm not going to go into this with high expectations. I'll let you know what I think when I've read it!
I appreciate you highlighting books like Skin Police. It sounds like it would be right up my alley but I probably would have skipped right over it because there's something kind of gross about the name. On the Absolute line, each of the books has been completely sold out by the time I hit my shop so I'm sold on trade waiting for each of them.
It’s an interesting choice for a name for sure. The Skin Police is the nickname for agents of the Duplicate Identification and Capture Division or DIC for short. So, basically some somewhat unfortunate name choices which can give the impression that this story is something that it’s not. Unless I am completely missing some level of satire. 😂
I've really enjoyed the Trinity in Absolute fashion, at this moment in time my favourite is the Superman title, for a lot of the reasons you give, I enjoyed the Krypton parts and the way they've changed the -El family dynamic. The art was just right for this type of story and I'm looking forward to more of all 3, but especially Superman! I tried Void Rivals, but it felt so much like Saga and I got bored of that pretty quickly! I don't mean the characters or premise was the same, it's more like oh! please get on with the story!! Maybe that's me!
@@Deadman1957TEB Nice! Agreed, the Krypton stuff was very interesting! Also, I’m not surprised in regards to Void Rivals, I do think that series is intentionally being set up as a slower burn with the connections to the Transformers lore being slowly revealed. If i remember correctly, you’re also not really a TF fan so even those connections likely wouldn’t be of the greatest interest to you. Can’t read and love it all right? Thanks for your insights!
@@CarlsCollection That's right, I did try with the mini-series that ran along side with Void Rivals, mainly to understand what some of the live channels I listened to were talking about, as they were of the age of Transformers and knew that particular Universe, where as when that arrived on television, I worked for wine sellers that started at 9am and closed at 10pm, so not a lot of tele watched in those years! I was enjoying the AWA Universe plus their other mini's and one shots, but that particular Universe seems to have imploded now! DC seem to be producing stuff I like reading at the moment, very bronze age with a little silver thrown in. Then we have the great Ghost Machine books that have yet to disappoint, so like you say can't read them all, but can give it a bloody good try, lol!
You're being fair to Duck Tales. I wouldn't even give it to kids as there is no moral to the story and won't have character development. It feeds into the short attention span storytelling that adds up to nothing.
Thanks Marcus, that was definitely my impression too but still curious to see what a younger reader says. Although, if I give it to my daughter and ask her what she thought, I imagine it will be the same answer I get when I ask her how her day at school was… “Good”