Rapid Reviews - 22 September 2004 - Part IV

Smallville: Crusade: It's nice to see this show back, but now that I'm used to watching TV shows with no commercials while exercising, I felt a little strange just sitting there watching this. This has all the hallmarks of a good Smallville episode. A big of angst, a bit of mystery, a bit of "almost", and a nice deus ex machina that solves the problem until next week. Definitely not a fine story, but an ok one. Lois was annoying, but bearable. I miss Chloe and Pete. Looking forward to next week's.

Smallville #10: Only one comic story in this one, and not a particularly memorable one in my opinion. Oh, it was fun to see Lana and Chloe run amock, but not enough to carry the whole issue. There was also an interview with Lois and a couple of guides. But overall? Not as good as previous issues. Very mildly recommended.

Noble Causes #2: I love the Migliari cover to this one. Frost isn't the greatest character ever, but he's really ... um ... cool. And the cover is just plain neat. Looking back to the first issue, there are some interesting things going on with Doc... and more interesting things happening in this issue. Krennick is even more interesting, especially when you consider the revelation that Doc's source may have provided. Not to mention the revelation of Krennick's subject to Liz. This is a superhero soap opera, and I love it.

That's it for this week! Coming next week (if everything reaches my shop): New Frontier, Green Lantern, JLA, Amazing Spider-Man, and PS238(?!).