The Pile: Day 12

I read a million books yesterday, here are some:

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The Pile: Day 9

Happy comic book day everyone!!!

Short version:

DC Comics Proudly Presents: The Adventures of the World's Worst Logo

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The New 52, as Read by Non-Dorks (Part 6)

Hey, it’s this again!  The reviewers for this installment all submitted their pieces months ago, so I apologize to them for taking so long to get this up!  By now, all these books are up to their fifth issues, so any the relevance of this concept has sort of been weakened as a result of my dragassery, but I still think it’s fun to see how comix n00bz respond to these stories.  For more, be sure to check out the previous installments of this series (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).  With no further ado, let’s get started!

Flashpoint: Week 7

Okay, after this week’s books, all the flashpieces will be in flashplace, and we will be familiar with all the major flashplayers of this story.  Let’s get this flashparty started!

It’s Not Easy Being Green

I’ve recently been reading, in trade paperback form, the classic 70′s Green Arrow/Green Lantern run by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams.  These stories are revered for introducing relevent social issues into the world of superheroes, and rightfully so, but man have they aged poorly!  About as subtle as an after-school-special, this arc finds Oliver Queen (ultra-liberal anarchist man of the people) teaching Hal Jordan (authority-respecting space cop and naive maintainer of the status quo) about real people and their real problems, maaaaaan.  The stories that result were no doubt revolutionary in 1970, but read like ridiculous cornball clichés in 2011.  Let’s take a look at the first issue.
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