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Just finished #7 & loved it. Especially the bit with Jack talking to the 3 cities.
From: Gorilla Nebula Pub | Registered: Jul 2003
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That scene was wonderful. Hopefully, that'll be an ongoing 'thing'. I like the abstract nature of some of the character's abilities. I'm not sure I accept J'onn as a Watcher, yet-- and I'm pretty uncomfortable with Apollo and Midnighter as the gay adult heroes of record in this DCU.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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The Jenkins' two-parter accomplished one major thing for me: making me like Jenny Quantum for the first time. She was the only character that I still wasn't all that into.
This is the very likely candidate for the best DC team comic, though Teen Titans is also a candidate. The other dozen or so are pretty crap, but these two space-rawk.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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The Authority was one of the first comics Alan introduced me to and I remember how violent and counter culture it seemed at the time. Didn't they take over the USA at one point, stop war in Chechnya and such like? I'll get the trade of this when it comes out.
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Just bought 7 and 8 and really enjoyed them. The only. Complaint I have is Midnighters costume. Characters were great, art was good, 'villains' were exactly what I'd expect- weird and fabulous. I think my favourite part was the Engineer have a clash of wills with the Carrier, not at all like the Authority. Does it still look like a giant dogs nose?
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Just read 10, the art was messy- didn't like it.
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I started picking this up because I really like Milligan, but I'm having a hard time getting into it. I appreciate how he's throwing out interesting ideas while moving all the subplots along, but I just don't find the characters likable. Now, I hated the Authority when they became the fascist thugs they were trying to prevent, but that was part of the point. Here, where we're supposed to get behind them (so far), I just haven't been able to find an "in" with any of them.
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I never read any of the Authority stuff, so I don't have any preconceptions about Stormwatch. So far I'm liking the series in its current incarnation, especially the scenes with the God of Cities interacting with other cities such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not to mention Chernobyl. I don't recall ever running across the concept of sentient cities before, either in comics or any other type of literature. Also I'm looking forward to eventually finding out J'onn's backstory in the current continuity (hopefully he'll get one before they do another reboot).
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STORMWATCH 11 was magnificent. Any other writer would have given us a full arc of neanderthal Stormwatch but Milligan surprises. (Also I kinda DO want an arc of neanderthal Sotrmwatch now!!)
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Stormwatch goes from strength to strength - great characters, non-stop excitement and clever plots. This is my favourite comic at the moment.
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#13 was a good issue. Etrigan was creepy and intimidating, and the setup was handled well, as were Midnighter and Apollo. I think Milligan might finally be hitting his stride here.
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