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Re: power man and iron fist essential #1 issues 50-60

Posted by Mason Dixon on March 18, 2009, 7:51 am, in reply to "power man and iron fist essential #1 issues 50-60"
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I am reading this essential right now and it is better than half of the monthlies I'm getting at the moment. Long llive PM & IF! Also: #50 should be 6 stars. 7! That fight scene along the roof top and down into the indoor pool and in the apartment... Epic! MD --Previous Message-- : With all the detailed reviews, i figured id : pull an essential off my shelf and review : it. i grabbed one of my favourites, : essential power man and iron fist #1. : : now id never read anything about these two : in my youth. im not sure if id have been : able to appreciate them back then. so : picking this essential was a stab in the : dark that paid off (unlike, say essential : dazzler). ill also keep an "iron : fist" count if that power appears in : the issue and a "sweet christmas" : count. : : issue 50 : : this one starts with issue 50 which is like : a textbook case of what a 50th issue should : be, a bit of story, a bit of character, and : an all out battle royale with some fun : baddies. : : Luke cages party to celebrate his being : found innocent of his crimes is crashed by : the stilletto and discus. stilletto is a : really interesting villain in that he sees : himself as a vigilante out to kill the : criminal powerman, but he uses reckless : methods. also he is motivated by religeon as : well making him a bit deeper than the : average badguy. plus his gimick of firing : blades from his arms is cool. : : a really cool battle that guest stars misty : knight and colleen wing and ranges along a : snowcovered roof and an indoor swimming : pool. powerman keeps an angry misty knight : from shooting stilletto by blocking the : bullet with his palm. so hardcore. 5 stars : for this issue. : the iron fist: nope : sweet xmas: nope : : issues 51-53 : : a nice 3 part arc where the boys take on : crimeboss morgan and the robots of deadly : nightshade. some fun cliffhanger endings and : nihtshade is fun but the robots do feel out : of place in a street level type mag like : this. 4 stars. : : the iron fist: couple of times against : robots : sweet xmas: on page one : : issue 54 : a fun one off issue where the boys use some : nice teamwork against a bank robber called : the incinerator. i guess this issue is most : important in that danny and luke official : become the heroeS for hire with business : cards and everything. a wow danny sure has a : beautiful head of 70s hair. 3 stars. : : the iron fist: yup : sweet x-mas:luke thinks it at least : : issue 55 : another good 3 star issue. luke and danny : are guarding a car show when an old captain : america badguy and his gang tries to steal : the fantasti car. nice use of an obscure : villain. : : the iron fist: nope, the bad guys had : prepared for it nicely : sweet xmas: a sweet sister, no xmas : : issue 56-57 : mary jo duffy takes over and she shows a : real flair for writing the stars of the : book. that said this arc is not great. it : had a lot of promise with the boys taking on : the living monolith, a tough giant villain, : but the x-men get shoe-horned into a : pointless guest star appearance (i guess : they thought it would boost sales) but it is : great the way the art shows the contrast : between the heroes fighting styles. IFs : elegant kung fu and PM barroom brawlers : style. its a fun contrast. : the iron fist: to shatter a mini-pyramid : sweet xmas: dont think so : : issue 58 : this issue brings on Al augila who will : become a semi-regular character. he makes a : great contrast to the idea of the heroes for : hire, ie that they might wind up working for : the wrong side due to the nature of their : jobs. aguila is a swashbuckler in zorro : style. fun, 4 stars. : the iron fist: nyet : sweet xmas:dont think so : : issue 59 : wow. this ones called the big apple bomber. : its not exciting on the traditional super : hero level, but its pulse pounding : excitement with one one fight between IF and : his new sparing partner who ambushes him : cato-style in his living room. it also has : IFs great supporting cast of misty and : colleen and a great character, a former IRA : bomber called alan cavanagh. its so nice to : have an irish character with an irish name : that doesnt start with o'. he also doesnt : speak in the stereotypical kevin o'brian : iron man way with "the wee folk" : and "top o the morning" nonsense. : the climax of IF and the girls getting : caught on the top floor of a bombed : skyscraper feels all too dramatic and real. : luckily theres a great scene of luke : arriving to save the day. 5 stars. : : the iron fist: nope : sweet xmas: nein : : issue 60 : continues from the last but tells a complete : story. great character stuff with misty : hating alan for being a bomber. luke stuffs : a 70s pimp into a rubish bin. IF and PM : fight it out with the Halwani embassy and : cavanagh saves the day by chucking the bomb : out the window (but funny he didnt check : where he was throwing it. it couldve landed : on the busy street or something.) 5 stars : the iron fist: to bust a safe : sweet xmas: didnt catch one : : : getting tired so ill head off to bed just as : things are getting great:-( : : :

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