Books I've read this year
Feb. 16th, 2007 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hils1. The Odyssey - Homer
2. Smallville: The Comics - Misc
3. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray - Chris Wooding
4. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel - Brian Azzarello & Lee Bremejo
5. The Ultimates: Super-Human - Mark Millar
6. The Ultimates: Homeland Security - Mark Millar
7. Supreme Power - J. Michael Straczynski, Jeff Youngquist & Gary Frank
Dave has now jumped onto the 'get Hils reading more comics' bandwagon and gave Supreme Power to me last night so I read it before dinner. It wins a prize for being the first comic book to make me cry
Essentially it's a rip off of the JLA, but the Superman character is raised in what is essentially a governemnt compound with actors playing his parents. They spend the whole time being afraid of him but having to pretend to be a loving family. Mark (Clark) is aware of this and just spends his entire youth incredibly lonely. When he's old enough the government recuit him as a supersoldier and his parents are relieved when they are told their deaths are going to be faked (because research shows that the death of parents will make him more devoted to serving his country). It's just so sad! He's so alone
Anyway, he's now met Blur (Flash) and Nighthawk (Batman) so he's starting to make some friends finally.
Looking forward to reading the next one
Greg and Dave have now recommended The Authority, in which the Superman and Batman characters are gay. Must read! But I shall finish the Angel book first.
2. Smallville: The Comics - Misc
3. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray - Chris Wooding
4. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel - Brian Azzarello & Lee Bremejo
5. The Ultimates: Super-Human - Mark Millar
6. The Ultimates: Homeland Security - Mark Millar
7. Supreme Power - J. Michael Straczynski, Jeff Youngquist & Gary Frank
Dave has now jumped onto the 'get Hils reading more comics' bandwagon and gave Supreme Power to me last night so I read it before dinner. It wins a prize for being the first comic book to make me cry
Essentially it's a rip off of the JLA, but the Superman character is raised in what is essentially a governemnt compound with actors playing his parents. They spend the whole time being afraid of him but having to pretend to be a loving family. Mark (Clark) is aware of this and just spends his entire youth incredibly lonely. When he's old enough the government recuit him as a supersoldier and his parents are relieved when they are told their deaths are going to be faked (because research shows that the death of parents will make him more devoted to serving his country). It's just so sad! He's so alone
Anyway, he's now met Blur (Flash) and Nighthawk (Batman) so he's starting to make some friends finally.
Looking forward to reading the next one
Greg and Dave have now recommended The Authority, in which the Superman and Batman characters are gay. Must read! But I shall finish the Angel book first.