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The good Captain comes off very well in this book!
Favorite scenes so far off the top of my head:
GRODD betrays COPPERHEAD
CAPTAIN COMET fooled- at first- by the SSOSV
MIRROR MASTER and CAPT. BOOMERANG get a free lunch
VILLAINS vs. MANTIS
SINESTRO and THE WIZARD called out after the big battle for not helping.
STAR SAPPHIRE and MANHUNTER retreat; Manhunter goes to gather the remaining members of the SSOSV but Star Sapphire instead chooses to find a super-hero to fight Darkseid (she's crafty)!
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Secret Society of Super-Villains #1: A Retro Review!
THE PLOT
A mysterious benefactor assembles Sinestro, Captain Boomerang, The Wizard (from Earth-2), Mirror Master, Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, The Shadow Thief, Copperhead, and Star Sapphire in order to form a "Secret Society of Super-Villains", an anti-JLA under the direction of an evil Manhunter clone. The team's first mission, in which Grodd and Copperhead attempt to steal a plutonium globe, goes awry.
THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED SUPER-VILLAINS DEPT.
There's something bizarrely loveable about the fact that the super-villains use non-fatal force against police who are shooting at them with real guns and stuff. The contrast with the modern trend of villains who regularly rip limbs off the good guys could not be greater.
THE FAST-PACED ACTION DEPT.
This is a beautifully-paced comic, in which we get the villain team set-up and even witness their first mission in this issue.
IRONY DEPT/
Poor Copperhead, who seems the most excited about joining the villain team, ends up the first to fall!
INTRIGUING MINOR CHARACTER DEPT.
Copperhead totally underestimates the "creepy old man" in the secret govt. lab!
ARCHITECTURE 101 DEPT.
I absolutely love it when comics give blueprints of HQs, in the case the "Citadel Sinister", the San Francisco skyscraper the SSOSV make their home!
SUMMARY
This comic is definitely loads of fun, and I can't wait to read the rest of SSOSV, Vol. 1!
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I must have gotten distracted. Perhaps by accursed shiny stuff. Er... reading and more reviews to come soon!
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Secret Society of Super-Villains #2: A Retro-Review
THE PLOT
Captain Comet returns to Earth after twenty years! Stumbling on what he believes is the evil Green Lantern attacking poor helpless Gorilla Grodd and Hi-Jack, he saves them! And they invite him to join their Society, planning to use him as a dupe against the JLA. Meanwhile, the Manhunter-clone leading the group turns out to be not-so-evil, and decides to try to lead the Society against the true mastermind of the organization, Darkseid!
SUPER-HEROES AND STYLE DEPT.
Captain Comet is shocked to discover that the men of the 70s don't wear hats anymore!
SUCH IS THE WAY OF MANTIS DEPT.
Apparently, he likes to show up and leave abruptly!
THE TRUE FACE OF EVIL DEPT.
Manhunter takes the Society to a hidden retreat to prove to them how truly evil Darkseid is! Only, it kind of looks to me like it's not much different than the average mad scientist lab, which these guys should be pretty used to. Sure, he's growing weird humanoids in test tubes, but that doesn't really distinguish him from, say, Luthor.
THE EVER-CHANGING MEMBERSHIP DEPT.
Okay, so Copperhead was out last issue, but what the heck happened to the Wizard? Hi-Jack is pretty boring as a replacement.
SUMMARY
A lot of space was taken up with the reintro of Captain Comet, but still quite a bit happened in this issue! The villains using him a dupe sure seemed like it was going to last longer, however! Man does this comic move!
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Secret Society of Super-Villains #3: A Retro Review
THE PLOT
This story is mostly the SSOSV vs. Mantis. Mantis takes down half the team, with Manhunter and Star Sapphire escaping, and Manhunter runs to recruit more villains, SS flies off to recruit some super-heroes to battle Darkseid.
HOLY INFLATION, BATMAN! DEPT.
A combo at fast food joint Burgie cost only $3.02 at the time of this story. Of course, Mirror Master and Captain Boomerang steal it.
SILLY POLICEMEN DEPT.
So, a couple of issues back Copperhead escaped from jail using a new version of his super-suit smuggled in to him by one of his lackies. And, apparently, they let him wear it back to jail. Fortunately, before he can use it again to exploit the lax security, someone else breaks him out!
GROOVY RETROFUTURISM DEPT.
One thing I'm loving about this series is the flyers that the villains travel in with the groovy bubble-cockpits. It totally screams Super Powers vehicles to the eight year old in me.
WEIRD FLYING STANCE DEPT.
Characters in this series have a habit of flying with massively arched backs, which looks really uncomfortable.
YOU CAN'T TRUST A VILLAIN DEPT.
The Wizard and Sinestro, neither natives of Earth-1, consider betraying their comrades!
IRONY DEPT.
Mantis tells Captain Cold early on in the issue "Your cold gun is next to nothing..."
Later, he slips and falls on the ice created by it, which hastens his defeat!
SUMMARY
I'm digging it!
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