tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893172.post6052853501377388576..comments2023-11-02T10:57:19.749-05:00Comments on Phoning It In: Favorite Things: Day FourJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447056995172551179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893172.post-51470897958495074362008-12-04T22:40:00.000-06:002008-12-04T22:40:00.000-06:00Did you say Batroc fought Batman?!?!? Well, if I ...Did you say Batroc fought Batman?!?!? Well, if I wasn't sold on this trade before, I sure am now! Batroc is one of those characters that can always bring a smile to my face. I used to love reading about Cap trouncing good ol Batroc! I wanted to beat the hell out of Batroc most of the time!x-man75https://www.blogger.com/profile/10292719455945603075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893172.post-41792099902441624932008-12-04T13:20:00.000-06:002008-12-04T13:20:00.000-06:00Matt: The thing with this book is that, there's l...Matt: The thing with this book is that, there's literally just about everything you'd want out of this particular team-up in there. Hell, you get Batman throwing down with Batroc ze freaking Leaper for Christ's sake!<BR/><BR/>x-man75: Actually, this book just came out in trade two weeks ago. Prior to that it was only available in it's Absolute Edition, which, though being pretty awesome, cost a lot of money.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447056995172551179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893172.post-21631886904831928212008-12-04T12:27:00.000-06:002008-12-04T12:27:00.000-06:00Huh, this must have been during my hiatus from com...Huh, this must have been during my hiatus from comic books in the mid-late 90's... I think it's high time I hunt this TPB down!x-man75https://www.blogger.com/profile/10292719455945603075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893172.post-20977933579875850442008-12-04T08:20:00.000-06:002008-12-04T08:20:00.000-06:00Believe it or not, I only just recently read this ...Believe it or not, I only just recently read this the first time with its trade paperback release.<BR/><BR/>It is pretty staggeringly awesome stuff--you said it, the height of 90s fan service. But the 90s were a decade when "fan service" meant that you might also get good entertainment instead of just weird Mary Sue borderline fanfic. <BR/><BR/>What blew my mind most of all was the fucking plot--Krona, the Shaper of Worlds, Eternity making out with the DCU??? Unreal. Busiek is an unheralded genius of trippy cosmic pop comics.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11153115300740821522noreply@blogger.com