From rubicon+chat-request@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Thu May 25 21:07:25 1995 Received: from vuse.vuse.vanderbilt.edu by marimba.cellbio.duke.edu via SMTP (920330.SGI/920502.SGI) for merlin id AA24243; Thu, 25 May 95 21:07:25 -0400 Received: from LORE.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU by vuse.vanderbilt.edu (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/VUSE-1.15) id UAA08556; Thu, 25 May 1995 20:07:19 -0500 Received: from DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU by DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (PMDF V4.3-13 #7763) id <01HQXMWP5FU8HSJ8PK@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>; Thu, 25 May 1995 21:05:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from pegasus.cc.ucf.edu by DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (PMDF V4.3-13 #7763) id <01HQXMVTQISWHWA51X@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>; Thu, 25 May 1995 21:04:30 -0500 (EST) Received: by pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Smail3.1.29.1 #7) id m0sEnq6-0001xpC; Thu, 25 May 95 21:05 EDT Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 21:05:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Gerber Subject: Short Spoiler Reviews X-Sender: ind00597@pegasus To: rubicon+superchat@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Errors-To: rubicon+chat-request@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Reply-To: rubicon+superchat@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Status: RO Short spoiler reviews for: Soundbyte #1 Startrion #1 Task Force Aurora #1 Tornado Knights #1 Super Seven (latest issue, can't remember the number) Story type scale: 1: Full-tilt wacko 5: Deadly serious Story rating scale: 0: Abysmal 1: Very poor 2: Poor 3: Good 4: Excellent 5: Highly Exceptional (and rare) SOUNDBYTE #1: Ah, Mike is finally writing Superguy again. About time. :) Nice pacing, suitably campy villain introduction, and a gratuitous plug for high-writing-quality low-fanboy-appeal comics. Should be interesting to see where this will go. TYPE: 2 RATING: 4 telescoping staves STARTRION #1: Another LNH writer makes his Superguy debut, and as usual, Badger is an excellent writer. It's a little obvious who the main character is a "homage" of (right down to complaining about being... indisposed when he powers down) but the plot is different enough to save it from losing points from being a ripoff. Excellent title, needs to differentiate the main character from his source material a little though. TYPE: 3 RATING: 4 malevolent cosmic entities TASK FORCE AURORA #1: *sniff II* Still sad the Tribe of Behn is gone, but this title looks like it's got a good chance of picking up some of the pieces (and a lot of the spirit). Chris also seems to be leaving the door open for more of the Tribe members to return if he feels like it.... TYPE: 4 RATING: 4 capital-letter-named AIs TORNADO KNIGHTS #1: Gee, let's see, which anime is _this_ one based on? :) Great stuff, as usual, and I'm starting to get actually curious about where the whole Shana thing is going to go.... TYPE: 2 RATING: 4 monolithic corporations SUPER SEVEN (latest): As usual, Greg is excellent, S7 is hilarious, and as an added bonus we're getting some character development thrown into the mix. Keep it up! :) TYPE: 2 RATING: 4 grotesque Altiversal conquerors Matthew Gerber ind00597@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ind00597/