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Son of Ambush Bug #5

Is this plot going somewehre?

Recap:

Buggy is arrested and put on trial for "Contempt of Comics!" To make matters worse, the DA os Harvey Dent.

Oh yeah, and "Stephen Bisset" fills in for a while. Heh.

Combat Cheeks: Frontline Medic turns into Elmer Fudd and apparently kills Bugs...at least he dropped dynamite down the rabbit hole.

Jusy of his peers turns out to be a bunch of corpses.

Ink blot!!!

Opinion:

Some good stuff in here, but I think I like my Bug better when it's random as hell.

Son of Ambush Bug #6

Recap:

This issue wraps up the story as Ambush Bug gets fired from DC Comics.

It's also random as hell and I loves it for it.

A whole lot of strange things happen and there are a ton of gags and jokes to be had.

Opinion:

Much better return to form for the last issue.

Secret Origins #48

They thought hoim up...next.

Recap:

It seems Buggy needs an origin according to the NSO, and since he doesn't want to give one up, they use Cheeks as Leverage.

He starts with a slight nod to "Who is Donna Troy." and then gets incinerated by a Lord of Order.

L.E.G.I.O.N. is dragged in by their agent.

A bat flies into a window, and fals to the ground. No origin here. By the way, he;s spent the last two gags as a pile of bones.

He goes to Heaven and gets returned to earth.

No origin for Buggy people...then it wouldn't be a Secret Origin...would it.

Opinion:

Love this. a return to gags mixed in with the main story, and it all flows.

Ambush Bug: Nothing Special #1

Recap:

Short version: Ambush Bug travels the DCU looking for a job.

This issue contains so many one page gags it really is amazing.

There are also the required faux covers, including a graeat Leifeld knock off.

There is so much to talke about with this issue, I will be coming back to it.

Opinion:

Julie Lad...nuff said.

Probably one of my top 2 Bug stories of all time. Beaten out at times by the Kobra issue.

Ambush Bug: Year None # 1 - 5, 7

What The?!?!?!?!

Recap:

Bug is back in the DCU, and starring in just about every crossover ever...kinda.

Jonni DC has been murdered...and it's up to the Bug to figure out what happened.

Mitsu Bishi is back, and it's actually part of the plot this time. So is just about every character that appeared (or referenced) in his previous mini's...including Darkseid singing Karaoke.

Opinion:

After rereading this for the first time since the issues came out...including the huge wait for the last issue...I have come to the conclusion that this mini is genius and that the endgame (the late last issue) was planned all along.

Also, Didio is a good sport for going along with what they did to him in this mini.

There are a few other little things that I'll get to eventually. That's the majority of the quick reviews for the moment.

This does not mean that this thread is going to go goodbye though. These were flash in the pan reviews. There is so much more to be said about every one of these comics...more gags that made me laugh out loud...more fake covers that made me giggle. Lots of fun to talk about in depth with those who love the Bug!!!

There sure is! I'll continue my issue reviews soon as well. Fun stuff, Dev! I love having all the covers for reference, thank you!

This is awesome, Dev... I have most of AB's early appearance up through the "Son of" mini... I didn't read "Year None" but I heard good things about it from Exnihil... I still remember riding my bike to the CBS to buy the Christmas special and laughing my arse off... the Action issue with the Subs is probably my favorite...

Was it "Son of..." that had the gag where Giffen and Flemming switched roles for a few pages? That was my all-time favourite bit. "All these bummers are making me.... TENSE!!!!"

I personally loved when Julie actually felt obligated to "make his presence known" in the book.

Especially loved the Julie Lad bit in Nothing Special.

Back in the day, Ambush Bug was one of the few (if not the only) books where I would actually read the letter column first.

There was some wonderfully surreal stuff going on in the "Letters to Me". To this day, there is still a part of my brain reserved for the knowledge that Mark Hayden Frazer hailed from Oconomowoc, WI (which, spelled backward is Cowomonoco. )

More for this thread once my books return...what does that mean??? Stay tuned to find out...

Ambush Bug fans need to get out and grab Tiny Titans #46. Within they reveal the identity of the purple clad figure moving through all the DCnU #1 issues.

Awww... that's love right there.

Just glad to see Irwin getting some love after the DCnU hit.

Can't say as I'm aware what AB's been up to since Dev (AND LASH!) last posted , but Buggy's got a cover and guest appearance in this months SUICIDE SQUAD:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/suicide-squad-7-preview-ambush-bug-joins-the-squad/

I was in the shop and peeked at this when I saw it. He's not as manic, zany, crazy as the original (he fits into a regular plot). But from what I saw, he breaks the fourth wall, knows about the continuity and is a minor pain. He seems to be an odd fit with the tone of the book, so I'm not sure what regular readers will think of it.

Maybe DC have another Crisis coming down the track and Bug is the only one left who knows the secrets of the Multiverse. For all I'm following DC, Morrison has already written the story of DCs fiction breaking into our world. DC could have hyped it out the park, and we'd be sitting here wondering why they don't reference all the times we met the DC staff in the '70s.