Monday, December 29, 2003

The Year of Comic Books in Review - Part Twelve (December)

Finally at the end of the nominees. You know I've drawn this whole thing out a ridiculous length just to have something to post every day for the final few days of the year. I didn't really feel like going out and hunting for stuff to link to, so you got this massive review from heck. Anyway. We're down to the last few nominees. Then I'm going to draw it out a bit longer...

First nominee for December is Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom. Lots of really strong short stories, and "Is that a monkey?" "He's got a gun!" which still makes me giggle.

Next up would be the nice standalone Aquaman issue that just came out. Ok, a couple of weeks ago. But I only read it recently. It showed Aquaman as both effective and ineffective. And the result is an intriguing character study.

Last up is the Leave It To Chance volume that finally shipped. Yes, it was smaller than the first two, but it's still quite good. Now I just want to read all remaining un-reprinted Leave It To Chance and then see a new series.

So, to finish off the year, the nominees for December are: Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom, Aquaman #13, and Leave It To Chance: Monster Madness.

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