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Of Embassies and Origins - Justice League International Part 2 (Eaglemoss Collection v77)

  Review: Since we are doing a series of reviews focusing on Booster Gold over his nearly 40-year history, we include this one as a collection of some of his earliest appearances, dating to late 1987. That places the original publish date of these tales while his original solo series was still going strong.  This book is a beautiful, glossy hard-cover with smooth and heavy-stock paper inside, although the sometimes-low print reproduction quality leads to blurred and hard to read word balloons on occasion. It is also a rare book here in North America, as Eaglemoss Collections targeted UK fans with this series. At this point in the history of the 1987-rebooted Justice League, they have gained official United Nations recognition and sanction. To ensure their reach truly is global, they rebrand as Justice League International (as does the title of the series!) and they open new headquarters buildings around the world: New York, Paris and Moscow are included here. As this is a product of 19
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The Secret Doors in Logan's Mind: Wolverine vs the X-Men

Cover of Wolverine vs the X-Men TPB


Review:

When a legion of demons imprisons the mind and soul, and takes control of the body of such an unstoppable force as Wolverine, who can stop them? Hellstorm the exorcist, Mystique and a pair of Ghost Riders fail. Cyclops, Namor and Magneto also fail, despite their advance preparation and training for such a scenario. And all that is just the first act, squeezed into the first third of the pages of this book.

Plan B kicks in, involving Dr Nemesis and his cancer-laden bullets, Storm with her imprisoning whirlwinds, and the whole gang. While some work to contain the violent killing machine of Wolverine's body, others - Emma Frost, Rogue, Kitty Pryde and Logan's girlfriend Melita enter into his mind to help battle the demon horde. Their discoveries behind the closed and locked doors and corners of his mind are often hilarious comic relief among the intense violence of the battle unfolding both internally and externally. From "How I Cheat at Cards" to "Sexual Fantasies", they provide fun single-panel glimpses into this storied and troubled mutant.

Jae Lee's stunning, eerie, starkly horrifying covers are the artistic highlights of the collection the rest of the art pales in comparison. Daniel Acuna's work often feels incomplete, especially the drawings of the women. Jefte Palo's panels in the Surprise-party story of issue #5.1 are buried under an excess of spiky hair and gruesome severed hands, ultimately undermining some moments of tenderness and friendship that glimmer as brilliant points of light amid the harsh violence.

Issue #9 in the collection includes the intriguing introduction of Lord Deathstrike, a super-assassin. Able, as he is, to kill from literally halfway around the world, what chance did poor Mystique have?

Jason Aaron tells some intriguing stories with pockets of development in very well-known characters, and deserves a more careful artistic realization of his ideas. 2.5 capes out of 5.



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In his long a bloody life, Wolverine has lost control before. But the situation has never been more dire. Hell itself has inhabited Logan's body, laughing with delight at every innocent life it takes--and he is powerless to stop it. Running out of options, Cyclops is faced with an impossible choice. The X-Men's leader wants to believe his old friend possesses the strength of will to break free. But as Wolverine spirals out of control, Cyclops may be forced to resort to deadly force to put an end to Logan's murderous rampage. Can even a last-ditch psychic intervention by those closest to him help Wolverine come to his senses before his teammates have no recourse but to kill him?

Collects: WOLVERINE (2010) #5.1 and #6-9

Authors: Jason Aaron
Artists: Daniel Acuna, Jefte Paolo
Published By: Marvel 
Published When: Feb. 8 2012
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 9780785147879
Pages: 120 pages


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