Rapid Reviews - 10 December 2003 - Part III

Leave It To Chance: Monster Madness: Shorter than the first two, and that's the only fault with this collection. This has two stories in it, one featuring movie monsters who come out of the screen to terrorize the city, and another featuring an unusual hockey player. Another good book, highly recommended. And somebody please tell me that there will be more of Chance...

Shrek #2: Took long enough for the second issue to finally arrive. And unless I'm mistaken, the third issue was never solicited. But for all the fuss about it actually getting to the stores, it's a good book. The wonderful illogic logic of the movie is played out on the printed page quite nicely. It's fun, and worth a look.

1602 Part Five: This one was almost worth the cover price for that great recap at the beginning alone. Yeah, it's all text but the Andy Kubert self-portrait with Gaiman at the bottom just made me roll on the floor with the giggles. Anyway, this continues to hold together well, and moves along even faster than expected. We get to see even more characters who've been altered, and more of the Fantastic Four. I hope the payoff is good.

Still to Review: Outsiders, Plastic Man Lost Annual, Wildguard, Way of the Rat, Batman Adventures, Superman: The Kansas Sighting, Cinnamon, and Green Arrow.