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X-MEN: THE END - MEN & X-MEN #1
Reviewer: Brian Wilkinson, bewilkinson@yahoo.ca
Story Title: X-Men: The End - Men & X-Men

Wolverine and Jean... together at last!

Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Sean Chen
Cover Artist: Greg Land
Inker: Sandu Florea
Colorist: Avalon's Ian Hannin
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
Assistant Editors: Andy Schmidt & Stephanie Moore
Editor: Tom Breevort
Editor In Chief: Joe Quesada
Published by: Marvel Comics

I can't believe that it's been more than four months since the
last installment of Chris Claremont's and Sean Chen's epic
chronicling one possible finale to the X-Men saga.

I felt that as I feel now that there is no other writer out there
more suited to take on this task. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby may
have invented the X-Men back in 1963, but it was Chris Claremont
who bred them into the comic gods they are now.

Claremont is no stranger to epic tales, either. Whether it was
Days of Future Past, the Dark Phoenix Saga or one of the other
ten storylines that defined an age of heroes, Claremont knows
what he's doing. I've felt for years that he's been hampered by
being pushed into clear-cut arc storytelling designed to sell
trade paperbacks than the single issue spectaculars that he's
produced in the past.

All of that said, X-Men: The End is his chance to not only show
that he's still got all the talent and imagination, but the whole
format packaged in a whopping 18 issues is bent towards the
making of an epic.

For my part, however, I'm not feeling that sense of awe that I
had hoped to by this point. The first arc was filled with shock,
bangs, and explosions, but most of the second arc has kind of
faded already. When I read this issue and was reminded that Rogue
had been killed, this was a plot point that I had forgotten
about. That's not a good thing, considering Rogue is a major
player in the X-Men canon. Maybe I was just too fixated on Gambit
being a clone of Mr. Sinister.

With Men & X-Men, I still feel as though all of the pieces are
being moved into place, but there is no sense of the dramatic and
no emotional wrench. The scene between Wolverine and Jean is
beautifully done and brings closure of sorts to the unrequited
romance between the couple, but I really wanted to see Jean and
Cyclops connect and resolve their issues. I don't need them as a
couple again, but they are one of THE Marvel couples, and not
having something satisfactory as of yet is hurting the series.

Maybe I just want too much. Maybe I'm looking too hard for that
emotional resonance that could already be there, but is just very
hard to spot. If I had my druthers, I'd like to see a final
conflict between Xavier and Magneto, a reckoning of the team in
general, old friends connecting, heroes lost, and a final
conflict that would leave Dark Phoenix in the ashes.

On the other hand, we've had almost every x-character ever appear
in this book. There are still a couple dozen more unseen, but a
huge battle between everyone spread across a final arc would have
indeed been epic.

Despite my complaints, there is a lot of meat on this bone and
I'm enjoying the series for what it is. The Jean/Wolverine scene
was wonderful, as was seeing Magneto and Charles head out to take
on the whole Shi-ar empire. We have Khan, Gambit-as-Sinister,
Cable, and a whole lot of other players set for a massive clash.
The Kitty as heir-apparent to the Xavier throne was a wonderfully
done touch, and Claremont even references an old storyline when
Kitty tells Xavier that she never really thought he was "a jerk."

I'll be honest, I love the X-Men and I love Claremont's writing.
There is no one out there who gets the characters like he does
and you can tell from the number of characters and the large
scale of events involved that he wants to make this a story for
the ages. Sean Chen is doing his best to keep up, and the four
month gap has helped his art which was losing some of its
effectiveness by the end of the last mini, but Chen doesn't seem
to quite be capturing the range of events that Claremont is
laying out.

Is this a legendary series? Well, we have five issues left before
we can decide on the greatness of the whole. I've enjoyed the two
minis so far, and this issue is certainly on par with what we
have, but the series as a whole needs to step up the action and
pull on the heartstrings for it to resonate as one of the
greatest X-Men stories ever told.

I have faith.

ART: 3.5
STORY: 3.0
OVERALL: 3.0

NEW EXCALIBUR #3
Reviewer: Phil Hunn, philiphunn@hotmail.com
Story Title: Shadows On The Soul!

"God save you if there's even a scratch."

Writer: Chris Claremont
Penciller: Michael Ryan
Inker: Rick Ketchum
Colorist: Pete Pantazis
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Cover Artist: Michael Ryan
Assistant Editor: Sean Ryan
Associate Editor: Nick Lowe
Edited by: Mike Marts
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Publisher: Dan Buckley
Published by: Marvel Comics

I like Sage's new costume. I know, I know, I said it last time I
reviewed this comic, but I'm still saying it again now, because
it's still true.

The third issue of New Excalibur opens with the rag-tag
assortment of the nascent New Excalibur in full pursuit of the
Evil X-Men -- and of stereotypical how's-your-father Cockney
types as well, it would seem, if the opening sequence with
Juggernaut is anything to go by. While Cain's total confusion and
appearance of being totally out of his depth is amusing, the
weight of stereotype does bear heavily on my shoulders here.
Fortunately, the rest of the issue is free from such concerns --
none of the characters suggest that going out for black pudding
would be a jolly spiffing idea, thankfully (don't know what black
pudding is? Count yourself lucky...).

Meanwhile, as Juggernaut is busy providing the comic relief, the
rest of Excalibur are still struggling with the Evil X-Men and
Professor Evil (who still has yet to demand anybody go to
www.shh.com, which I'm frightfully upset about), and make what I
thought to be an extremely baffling decision about how to defeat
them. Equally baffling was the fact that only one character
raised any similar concerns with the rather (on paper, anyway)
bird-brained plan -- the sheer fact that the leadership skills of
the person making the plan are totally untested should have been
reason enough for at least a passing debate. Still, that aside,
the issue came together quite nicely as the pages progressed,
with some lovely unexpected guest stars popping up as Cain
thundered around the streets of London looking for his quarry (I
may have to show this issue to my younger siblings, just to get
their reaction), and, as I say, Cain's reactions throughout the
issue were always worth a chuckle, since he seems to have been
cast as the character who is always humorously out of his depth,
with some suitably clownish moments for the big lug. Courtney
Ross's ambiguous moral stance also seems like some good set-up
for a future storyline or two -- while an outright heel-turn
might be just a touch too obvious, Courtney is obviously up to no
good, and it may well prove better in the long run for her to be
as ambiguous as she is now.

However, I'm still not entirely sure about Nocturne's
characterisation (while she seemed to have regained the feisty
nature she displayed during her Winick-penned run on Exiles,
which I liked a lot, her speech pattern grated a little), or
Dazzler's continued rule-bending as far as her powers go. Nor was
I totally convinced by the resolution to the Kitty/Rachel sub-
plot -- Rachel's strategy seemed awfully out of left-field and
over-reliant on a passing deus ex machina being kind enough to
stick around and help her out, which was somewhat disappointing.
And the Evil X-Men are still little more than Evil X-Men out to
do Evil Deeds for their Evil Master on an Evil Day, which also
left me feeling pretty deflated.

Michael Ryan's art, while it's (as always) perfectly serviceable
and shows us exactly what's going with a suitable level of energy
and vigour, once again depicts the Juggernaut as being almost as
wide as he is tall, and shows his head as a tiny pustule on top
of a bullish neck, almost like a grape sitting on top of a melon.
Besides that, Nocturne's colour palette was garish even by her
standards -- she has blue fur, so a pink jacket and a green top
being thrown together as they were should be totally out of the
question. And her bleached bangs still grate on my last nerve.
Still, Ryan's portrayal of the Evil X-Men is suitably dark and
forbidding, with Evil Xavier being granted the lion's share of
menace -- his X-Men are, apparently, worth little more than your
average cannon-fodder team mate (in fact, they should have been
wearing red shirts, not black leather).

All in all, a perfectly acceptable continuation of this opening
"gathering of the forces" arc, but the villains are still lacking
and -- three issues in as we are -- the fractured team really
needs to have fewer fractures than it does (at the moment, New
Excalibur is still only barely getting itself together). One
hopes that the next issue will provide some sharper focus than
the Evil X-Men did, and one also hopes that the scheming of
Courtney Ross is given more panel time, as well, since her brief
thoughts about worming her way back into Brian's affections were
far more compelling than anything the Evil X-Men had to offer.

We'll see, I suppose.

ART: 3.5
STORY: 3.5
OVERALL: 3.5
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COMICS OBSCURA                                        Mike Curtis
                                           shandafa@cyberback.com

[COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30
years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His
website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ]

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE EC ONE SHOT

No, this item is not about BLACKSTONE THE MAGICIAN FIGHT CRIME
from EC or even the gum card/magic trick set. In the 1970's Hanna
Barbera decided to do a franchise of their successful FLINTSTONES
series, except the cave family would be black and called THE
BLACKSTONES.  Model sheets were produced for this idea, and are
found in a FLINTSTONES book that came out with the John Goodman
film.  Thankfully, the JJ Walker-ish idea was dropped.
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[8] Rich's Reviews                                Richard Vasseur
                                            richardv@sympatico.ca
                                       http://www.jazmaonline.com

[Rich has been collecting comic books for about 25 years. He
belongs to two comic book clubs Jazma and ORCA. He has been
writing reviews for Jazma's paper newsletter for about 2 years
and has his own review page at www.jazmaonline.com]

SPOILER WARNING: Some plot details may be revealed in these
reviews!

Title: The Tales Of Bloody Mary # 5
Publisher: Bloody Mary Comics
Writer: Rick Landis
Artist: Tom Carlton
Price: $ 2.95 US, $ 4.55 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: The opening page will captivate you as the priest has a
slave. This girl in red and black just exudes sexual tension. She
is his play thing. The evil just poures from his viens. The
little demons around them are a bit to cute looking but you can
see their evil intentions.
  Mary goes to visit the Amusement Park and finds Crazy Bob a
weird looking ghost. The blood around his eyes will draw your
attention.
  Mary's pants that are half way down her butt add a sexy and
slightly sleazy look to her. She is drawn as one cute messed up
girl.
  Meanwhile back at the graveyard a gang awaits Mary's return.
They find something entirely different a horde of demons these
ones look scary.
  It looks like all the players are here. Now though how exactly
does Mary fit in? How will her strange abilities help her out? It
is fun to follow the story as it goes along trying to figure out
where it is going.
  Action, mystery, babes, monsters and fights everything you
could want and more?
  The colors by Jude Millien and Tom Carlton are vivid. Even the
subdued colors mesh well together.
  Bobbie Weiner and her team have created something different,
strange and weird.

Title: Green Lantern # 6
Publisher: DC
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Simone Bianchi
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.00 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: The first page is filled with detail. The navy vessel
looks realistic. So do the sailors. Than we move on to Green
Lantern and Black Hand they seem larger than life. The alien
gremlins are vicious looking little creatures.
  Its nice having a few other GLs show up. It shows the GLs are a
galactic force. They police the whole universe.
  Black Hand a guy that can shoot energy from one hand. Kind of
reminds you of Green Lantern except he can only shoot blasts. But
somehow this guy holds his own and even has a chance of winning.
He seems as if he should be a second rate villian but he comes
off as a major league one. Black Hand really makes this issue.

Title: Green Lantern Corps: Recharge # 3
Publisher: DC
Writer: Dave Gibbons & Geoff Johns
Penciler: Patrick Gleason
Inkers: Prentis Rollins & Christian Alamy
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.00 Can
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Comments: Kilowog looks great. He is big and powerful. Seeing him
say "Poozers" is always great. He has a presence about him that
makes you hang on his every word. The other Lanterns though like
Guy and Kyle are two of the worst drawn Lanterns you are likely
to ever see. The alien looking Lanterns this artist can draw but
the human and human looking ones are drawn to bland, to plain.
  Soranik Natu a Korugain she looks as if she will make a great
GL.
  The story is basicly all over the place. Its hard to follow.
Basicly it seems as if some bounty hunters appear out of nowhere
hunting just Lanterns. None of the villians appear all that
interesting.

Title: Batgirl # 71
Publisher: DC
Writer: Andersen Gabrych
Penciler: Pop Mhan
Inker: Jesse Delperdang
Price: $ 2.50 US, $ 3.50 Can
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Comments: The action is fast and graceful as Batgirl takes on a
group of assassins trained by Shiva. Batgirl moves fluidly you
will be mesmerized as you watch her flow from one move to
another.
  At the end its Mad Dog Batgirl's brother who stands facing her.
He will kill anyone that gets in his way of killing her.
  The art is so wonderful to behold the characters are drawn as
fighters of the highest calibur. Batgirl looks and moves with
such deadly sexiness.
  There is very little talking which goes great with the style of
this book. Its an action packed battle that will rivet you to
every scene.

Title: Conan # 23
Publisher: Dark Horse
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: Greg Ruth
Price: $ 2.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Comments: The great black cat is a snarling mass of death moving
in on young Conan. Conan remembers his training and has a will to
live that is unsurpassed.
  Conan goes to an ancient battle field, Brita's Vale. There the
spirits of the dead raise. A great battle enacts itself. True
warriors, great men, Cimmerians defend themselves and die again
bravely. The Aquilonians fight better but the Cimmerians are
braver. Young Conan shows he is as brave as anyone.
  The art needs to be less blurry. More detail and a clearer
looking drawing would be nice to see. The pastel look is great
but shouldn't be overdone.

Title: Marvel Knights Spider-Man # 21
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Penciler: Pat Lee
Inker: Dream Engine
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.25 Can
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Comments: Spider-Man is dead? Everyone is trying to comfort Mary-
Jane. Even Wolverine helps her to go from grieving to rage in a
uncouth way.
  Well you know Marvel Comics is not going to kill off one of its
biggest money makers. So they offer a solution. Did you know that
some spiders can shed their skin? So this is going to be used as
a way to bring him back from death. Maybe he will have been in
some kind of coma or mutating. Something came out of his old
skin. Its sitting inside a cacoon under a bridge by the beach.
Treating Peter like this may be a way of renewing him but it is
also a way of mistreating him. This character deserves more
respect.
  Most of this issue is about Mary-Jane mourning Peter. Her inner
strength comes through. She is strong for everyone else. She is
stronger than everyone else.
  The art is rather plain. We don't see any real emotion in any
of the faces. Spider-Man died where is the grief?

Title: Amazing Soider-Man # 527
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Penciler: Mike Deodato
Inker: Joe Pimental
Price: $ 2.50 US, $ 3.50 Can
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Comments: Spider-Man dreams while in the cocoon. The Spider part
of him is there acting as if its a separate entity. The art
showing the Spider part gives us a look at a creature as
primadoral as a spider/human can be.
  The story of killing Spider-Man wasn't that great but having
him come back was worth seeing him die to see his come back.
Marvel Comics did the right thing at the end lets hope in future
issues they don't mess it up.
  The final scene was perfection. Having Peter put his wedding
ring on to show the man is in control. This is how this comic
should have ended and it did. The only problem is the Other story
line isn't over. This comic though was pure perfection.

Title: Spider-Woman Origin # 1
Publisher: Marvel
Writers: Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed
Artist: Jonathan Luna
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.25 Can
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Comments: This origin has been updated and completely changed. No
High Evolutionary here. It is a shame the way Marvel just throws
its own history down the tiolet.
  Jessica Drew as a child still in the womb is bathed by a laser
DNA projector, bathed by spider DNA everything seems normal until
age ten. Her powers emerge and are triggered by some excitement
as she suffers a lose.
  Hydra somehow puts her away in suspended animation and wakes
her up years later. Now what does Hydra have to do with her?
  You can see even as a child Jessica is a strong willed child.
  Changing the origin so much though is a mistake.

Title: Wolverine: # 37
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Daniel Way
Penciler: Javier Saltares
Inker: Mark Texeira
Price: $ 2.50 US, $ 3.50 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: Wolverine has his memories back! But how, why? This
needs to be explained more than just saying its a long story.
Marvel is probably planning to get into it in its new regular
series Wolverine: Origins but for now it just leaves a lot of
questions and is frustrating.
  Now the fight between Silver Samerai and Wolverine shows they
respect each others fighting abilities. Samerai is willing to
kill but Wolverine is willing to do whatever it takes. The art is
amazing. The facial expressions and body postures show the
intensity that they go through life with.
  What is this kill light? Who is the girl with blood on her? If
all Wolverine's past is known to him why doesn't he know? Why is
he looking for answers if he knows it all?
  Wolverine reaches his destination Department K. I guess having
his memories back however he got them back now has created more
questions to answer. Going back to the beginning is a good place
to start.
  The art is great and so is Wolverine's attitude. He is still
the best at what he does!

Title: Captain America  # 13
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciler: Steve Epting
Inkers: Steve Epting & Mike Perkins
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.25 Can
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Comments: Cap. Falcon and Iron Man should make a great team and
they do as they battle a big robot. Cap and Iron Man use team
work. Each using their skills to compliment the other.
  The art is way to dark. There is way to much black ink used to
fill in spaces instead of the artist using his skill.
  The Winter Soldier story is not that good. Bringing back Bucky
was a mistake. Let him rest in peace.
  Having this broken cosmic cube around, whi is it even here? We
never see it used. Now its getting locked away in a vault. What
good is that? Its the bad guy even that is locking it away.
  To much cloak and dagger and not enough good old fashioned
action.

Title: New Avengers # 14
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Frank Cho
Price: $ 2.50 US, $ 3.50 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: Cap is so mad at Spider-Woman you won't even want to
look at his eyes least some of that anger focus on you. He wants
the truth from her so she does the only thing he'll let her and
gives it to him.
  The two page pin-up shows Spider-Woman off nicely. She is a
sexy super-hero. The red of her costume really highlites her
body.
  So she is a double agent really working for S.H.I.E.L.D.
against Hydra while being an Avenger.
  The page of Spider-Woman flying is spectacular. You can tell
she should be a hero. The vivid red and yellow costume fits her
in all the right places.
  Well she comes clean with the Avengers. Also the public finds
out about the new Avengers so Iron Man calls a press conferance.
How will the world take to the new Avengers? They are now a solid
team.

Title: Black Panther # 11
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Reginald Hudlin
Penciler: Scot Eaton
Inker: Klaus Janson
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.25 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: Ninjas are everywhere as they come after Black Panther.
The action is intense. Having Cage mix in humor is a great touch
and it makes the fight scenes stand out more.
  Fu-Manchu "Han"  is drawn well as the villian. So of course
Shang-Chi is here. And with the Falcon having shown up earlier
thats three black heroes and one asian one. It is great to se
heroes of different ethnic backgrounds. Its a nice change from so
many caucasions. Next issue even Blade and Brother Voodoo show
up. Its been a while since these two have been seen. It will be
great to see Bother Voodoo in action again.
  Having Black Panther interacting with other black heroes is a
great way to get them into the spot light even if briefly.
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COMICS OBSCURA                                        Mike Curtis
                                           shandafa@cyberback.com

[COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30
years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His
website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ]

NO WONDER THEY DON'T SMELL LIKE GUM

One of the few GEORGE REEVES Superman items produced was the 1965
"gum card" set.  These numbered 66 and were black and white
stills from the series with a story and puzzles on the back.
Topps entered into an agreement with DC to market these as DC was
re-releasing the classic series in color for the first time, even
though the last 72 episodes had been filmed that way but only
broadcast in black and white. Still, the cards were not
successful with kids, as there was no gum stick inside as all
card packs had at the time.
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[9] Multiverse Observer and Explorer Reviews    Paul Dale Roberts
                                                Silhouet98@cs.com
                                       http://www.jazmaonline.com

[Paul promotes amateur and professional comic book artwork,
scripts, storylines, and unpublished comic books with a
newsletter called the Peoples' Comic Book Newsletter.  Its
website is at Jazma Comic Book Newsletter Productions at
http://www.jazmaonline.com/    He is also a prominent letter
hack, as anyone who reads comic letter pages would know.  He is
in production of his own self-published comic book called The
Legendary Dark Silhouette and has copyrighted over 600 characters
for his Jazma Universe.]

SPOILER WARNING:
THE FOLLOWING COLUMN MAY REVEAL SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE PLOTS
OF SOME COMIC BOOKS, OR THE ENTIRE STORY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Name: The Tarot Cafe
Publisher: Tokyopop
Price: $9.99
Creator: Sang-Sun Park
Comments:  In these 3 Manga overviews, I will ask for the
assistance from no other than Young Ragnar of the Thunderfist
Tribe (Space Wolf by William King) and Duke Edmund Talbot who is
part of the book called (Emerald Sea by John Ringo).  I have
visited both realities, being a MOE (Multiverse Observer and
Explorer).  Now to the overview:  The recently deceased spirit of
Shandy visit's Pamela's dreams, hoping to reconcile with his
sister Fay.  Young Ragnar:  As a warrior of the gods, I found
this reality amusing.  Why would the spirit of Shandy want to
make amends with his sister Fay?  He didn't make amends during
the time he was alive, and now he may be called upon the light
and taken away forever?  Big deal.  It is bad though that his
sister caused his death, I would be highly peeved.  Thank you
young Ragnar for your comments. MOE:  It is also important in
this story that the poignant past of the Tarot Card owner may be
revealed and one of the characters a woman star has these anxiety
attacks and now she must deal with them, especially after being
featured in magazines like Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter
and even Time magazine!    MOE: Young Ragnar did you like the
artwork?  Young Ragnar...."it's okay, I've seen better."

Name: Legendz Vol. 3
Publisher: Shonen Jump Graphic Novel
Price: $7.99
Story: Rin Hirai  Art: Makoo Haruno
Comments:  Wow!  The scientists have discovered that mermaids,
dragons and werewolves actually existed.  Duke Edmund Talbot:
 This is enlightening, somewhat similar to my own reality, in
which I have dealt with mer-folk.  But, I am now trying to convey
to the mer-folk that they should ally themselves with the Freedom
Coalition against the fascist dictators of New Destiny.  Young
Ragnar:  Listen Duke, Legendz is more of a fantasy reality, such
as yours, I rather stay in my own sci fi reality, in which I have
been recruited as part of the Space Wolves Chapter of Space
Marines!  Check out my weapons!  You don't have weapons like
these!   MOE:  This story gets a bit off base anyway, because
there is this master trainer named Ken Kazaki and his loyal
colleagues called the Winddragon that are all into this role
playing game and they seek the true power of the Golden Soul
Figure and their rival is the forces of Darkness.  If this
doesn't confuse you, nothing will.  Now Ken & his rival Kaoruke
recover the mysterious crystal and it comes down to the basics,
run or stay?   Flight or fight?  MOE: Duke Edmund Talbot, what do
you think of the artwork?  Duke:  Some good details, but at times
the artwork seems to be too crowded.  There is too much to focus
on in regard to the artwork and that takes away from the story.

Name: Deathnote Vol 3
Publisher: Shonen Jump Advanced
Price: $7.99
Story: Tsugumi Ohba
Art: Takeshi Obata
Comments:  Duke Edmund Talbot:  Now this story is creepy.  The
death note is dropped off by a rogue Shinigami death god and if
your name is in the book, you will die.  Young Ragnar:  The story
did catch my attention a bit and I enjoyed interacting with this
reality.  I even like the artwork, it's very realistic.  Light
Yagami is a good character in this story; he is an ace student
and many other students look up to him.  He reminds me of my
young self.  Duke:  Ragnar, you are such a braggart, but I must
agree with you, the story is pretty good and the artwork is not
too shabby!  Well, MOE are you going to deliver Ragnar and myself
to our own separate realities?  MOE:  Yes, I will, thank you both
for assisting me with these 3 Manga overviews.  Duke:  What is
Manga?  Why do you do overviews and not reviews like everyone
else?  MOE: No comment, let's get you guys home.






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