Page by page, panel by panel annotations of DC Comics' summer events and crossovers
Finished writing up the annuals for Eclipso: The Darkness Within so will now be turning my attention to the detailed annotations for #2 of the bookends.
Thing is, in a couple of days, me and Mrs Earth-Prime are off to Sweden for a few days of tramping through the snow and riding with huskies so it might be next week before the notes are finished.
Almost finished the notes on the tie-in annuals – only three more to go, then a detailed look at Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 and that’ll be the main annotations completed. I also plan to have a look at the solo Eclipso series that followed it, as well as how things got wrapped up in the pages of The Spectre.
Having to read (or in some cases re-read) the annuals has been kinda fun on the whole, as I remember the early 90’s DCU with some fondness. However, having just re-read the Justice League Europe annual, I’ve been reminded of how terrible Power Girl was written back then – she was portrayed as constantly angry, a state put down to being allergic to artificial sweeteners in diet soda. So, in the annual, having been annoyed by her team mates, what does she do?
Yep, she binges on diet soda and gets angry. No prizes for guessing who from the JLE gets eclipsed…
A few weeks ago, I finished transferring all the annotations I’d done from the old site to this one and then thought about which DC event to start afresh. If I’m honest, my choices were either Eclipso: The Darkness Within or Bloodlines mainly because I already owned all the annuals and book ends for both of them. Knowing Bloodlines would be a little less enjoyable due to the – shall we say, weaker – storyline, I went for Eclipso and am currently about half way through the write-ups.
Now, in a wonderful example of sod’s law, I read that DC are going to be revisiting Bloodlines with a new six-issue mini series in April with the following details:
When a meteor crashes to Earth, bringing with it an unspeakable alien presence that terrorizes a nearby small town, the lucky ones die first. As for the rest, they find themselves locked in a hellish struggle for control of their bodies and their minds. This isn’t just an invasion. It’s an infestation. What would you do if the greatest threat to humanity was hidden away inside you?
Award-winning writer J.T. Krul (Teen Titans, Green Arrow, Jirni) and superstar-in-the-making V. Ken Marion (All New Soulfire, Jirni) bring you their dark and horrifying science-fiction epic about tortured souls who are cursed to a fate worse than death…much worse.
Here’s the cover to the first issue:
That looks like an updated Razorblade on the left, Gunfire or maybe Ballistic behind her, Loose Cannon in the front and – a real maybe – Geist in the background?
Given the original Bloodline parasite’s were and obvious rip-off homage to the Alien xenomorphs, I wonder if the floating ball things with hooks are a more subtle reference to the face-huggers?
Either way, it seems I need to get my skates on and finish the Eclipso annotations because – obviously – the whole of the internet will be wanting to find out more about the original Bloodlines series now this has been announced.
Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas and the New Year; for me, there was nothing like building a Lego Batmobile for my three year old nephew on Christmas Day . . . after he’d gone to bed so I could spend some quality time with it.
Anyhow, now that’s all over with for another year, it’s back into the saddle and, as I mentioned before Christmas, all the old annotations are now done and in place here so it’s on to the new ones. First up: stay tuned for notes on Eclipso: The Darkness Within and the annuals with which it crossed over.
Crisis on Earth-Prime 