Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good Monday. My Monday was spoiled by the fact that it wasn’t a second Sunday. I could have used a second Sunday to sleep in. Other than not being to sleep in though, my Monday wasn’t bad. I went in to work. The computer network was wonky all day which made it hard to get work done. But what does this intro have to do with Free Comic Book Day 2013, you ask? Nothing really. I’m just telling you how my day went.
Saturday, May 4, 2013, on top of being Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You) was also Free Comic Book Day…at least in North America. A day where you could walk into a participating comic book store and get…free comic books. A number of publishers, big and small offer stores these specially printed comic books at a severely discounted price as a thank you for fans. Ingenious comic book store owners will find a way to make your trip even more worthwhile, like having specials on merchandise (comic books or otherwise), raffles or what have you.
My local comic book store is Zone 51 in Trois Rivieres and they did the specials and raffles thing but on top of that, they set up a Playstation 3 so that people could try out the new Injustice game that came out recently. My take on the game is that it was really sweet. If you like fighting games and DC characters, this is the game for you. There’s a nice selection of characters to choose from and famous locales from the DC universe to fight in. If you don’t like the look of a character, there are alternate looks available as well. The game designers have promised four add-on characters. So far Lobo and Batgirl have been announced. I don’t know if he’s in the story mode, but I can’t see how they could leave out Darkseid. Other acceptable (for me) choices would be Black Canary, Firestorm, Deadshot, Huntress, Captain Cold (I’d say Mr. Freeze, but why not feature some non-Batman villains?)….OOOOOOH! BOOSTER GOLD!!! In short there are a LOT of characters I’d love to see in the game.
Less awesome than Injustice, was Iron Man 3, which I went to go see on Sunday. It was a perfectly serviceable movie, but I didn’t have that feeling of elation when I left the theatre like I do when I go see a movie I really enjoyed. Robert Downey Jr. is great as Tony Stark, it’s just a shame that nobody else is as interesting to watch. There’s a big twist in the movie that I don’t want to spoil (it’s easy enough to read up on if you haven’t seen the movie and really want to know) that just pulled me out of the movie. It involves the main villain. Some are hailing it as a genius move but I thought it was really cheesy. Maybe I’m too much of a purist. The final battle sequence, although it was ambitious, just lacked flash, which is my gripe about all the Iron Man movies so far actually. There are movies where I check my watch because I’m hoping not too much time has passed and that there’s still more awesome to come. Iron Man 3 was not such a movie. Also, I’d heard ahead of time that there was an extra scene after the credits so we stuck it out to see it. I was HOPING for a glimpse into the future of the Marvel movie franchise. Without fully spoiling it, I was disappointed.
Okay, so that’s all for this week. More nonsense to come next Monday. In the meantime, enjoy this week’s comics and extra content (no promises on what I’ll get done).