Death in the Family and Goodnight Christopher Lee

You may have noticed a lack of posts this week. The reason is because my Uncle Kenny died last Thursday night at the age of 75 after fighting COPD for the past few years. His funeral was yesterday afternoon and I still can't believe that he's gone. He never married or had any kids but he did serve two years in the United States Army.

The first news that I read this afternoon after getting online was the death of Sir Christopher Lee at 93. Kind of bummer to see that the legendary actor that has played in so many horror movies have passed on.

Women Wednesday: Superwoman vs Wonder Woman

Today's battling women is brought to you by Convergence: Crime Syndicate #2 (July 2015):

The catfight between Superwoman from the Crime Syndicate of Earth 3 and the Wonder Woman of Justice Legion Alpha from the 853rd century starts rather late (WW does fight Ultraman and knocks out Owlman earlier):

This would make a cool poster or a t-shirt:

The women appear to be at a stalemate:

One of the women does rise out of the rubble but that's the last page that I don't want to spoil here so you need to pick up the issue and find out who wins for yourself.

DC's Infinite Crisis Game Shutting Down

Bad news for DC's INFINITE CRISIS Game Shutting Down In August. The game started only three months ago and no reason yet has been given for the shut down. I have always wanted to play it but never got around to it so there seems to be no point in doing so now.

Convergence #8

The cover of Convergence #8 (July 2015) shows Hal Jordan as Parallax, Supergirl, Flash, Superman, Lois Lane and baby in a giant hand (yes, they are all the pre-Crisis versions):

The highlights of this issue for me are the double page spreads featuring the alternate Earths in the multiverse that has been restored by the undoing of Crisis on Infinite Earths:

Of course, the planet that Telos was tied to becomes the new Earth 2.

To me this issue seemed rushed and left me a little underwhelmed. It's great to see the multiverse back but how exactly they did it was not shown. I think this event warranted at least two more issues. I have to wonder how many of these alternate Earths we will really see in the future.

Convergence #7

The cover of Convergence #7 (July 2015) features many of the DC superheroes attacking Deimos as he throttles Telos:

The highlight of this issue is seeing the different versions of Superman, Supergirl and Martian Manhunter in the multiverse:

Leave it to Hal Jordan as Parallax to get mad and destroy Deimos. Kind of a let down because I think Travis Morgan aka the Warlord should have been the one to kill him.

Women Wednesday: Power Girl vs Wonder Woman

The only reason to pick up Convergence: Action Comics #2 (July 2015) is for the pre-Crisis Earth 2 Power Girl vs Earth 30 Wonder Woman. The cover is great since it features both women duking it out:

The battle actually began when the Russian Amazon in a jet attacked the Kyptonian beauty. Of course, the latter ripped off one of the wings causing the former to bail out:

Kara takes Diana's boot to the face:

The Russian Amazon takes a right:

But she then uses her lasso for some serious swinging:

Leave it to Earth 2 pre-Crisis Superman to hit the Russian Wonder Woman:

Power Girl is ready for another round but her cousin puts an end to this super catfight:

The trio then heads off to stop Stalin and Lex Luthor from launching missiles in Moscow. They also dispatch some giant G.I. Robots.

Women Wednesday: Convergence: Supergirl Matrix #2

The cover of Convergence: Supergirl Matrix #2 (July 2015) is a tribute to Action Comics #252 (1959), which is the first appearance of Supergirl. Kara is filling in for Superman and Ambush Bug is in her spot:

Ambush Bug actually saves this comic from being a bore even with the appearance of Lady Quark. It's another wordy issue but at least there are some funny moments.

The ending does leave you hanging but the fate of Lex Luthor is not pretty. At least, that is shown off panel.

Convergence: The Titans #2

The cover of Convergence: The Titans #2 (July 2015) is pretty cool with Arsenel, Starfire and Donna Troy battling Dreamslayer of the Extremists:

Arsenal leaves the main fight with his daughter, Lian. Dreamslayer follows them to Roy's bunker. They start battling for Lian's existence:

The issue switches back and forth from Roy's battle to the rest of the Titans battling the rest of the Extremists:

Overall, the story was good but not great. The interior artwork was better than expected. I felt like I was reading the second issue of The Titans battling the Extremists with touching moments between father and daughter. It did have a happy ending with everybody but Arsenal heading to the main fight in Convergence #6.

Convergence: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #2

Convergence: Batman: Shadow the Bat #2 (July 2015) has a nice cover featuring Batman, Azrael and Wetworks:

Too bad I can't say that about the interior artwork:

Yeah, this entire issue takes place on a battleship. Basically, it's Batman teaming up with Azrael against Wetworks. At the end of the story, Batman says "I have no words." That's because he and the rest used too many of them through the book. Surprisingly, nobody dies.

Convergence #6

The cover of Convergence #6 (July 2015) features Deimos, Ultraman and Gorilla Grodd along with Flashpoint versions of Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Shazam:

There is so much going on in this issue that I won't even try to cover everything. One of the best scenes includes the young Jay Garrick aka the Flash of Earth 2 meeting Barry Allen aka the Flash. Superman talks Dick Grayson of Earth 2 into trying to get Telos to fight with them against Deimos. He agrees and then they find out that Deimos has gathered his own army. You really need a score card to keep track of who's who in this issue.

Convergence: Aquaman #2

I have to say this about Convergence: Aquaman #2 (July 2015): it's a very violent and bloody comic book. You can tell that blood will be shed just by the cover featuring a blood splatter Arthur:

The majority of the issue dealt with Aquaman and Deathblow fighting. Arthur gets weaker after his opponent taps into the S.T.A.R. labs computer and activates the dehydrator system. Deathblow basically can't be kill but there is one way for Arthur to get the seawater that he needs:

Yes, Aquaman stabs Deathblow's neck with his hook and gets covered in his blood.

Fox's Lucifer Trailer

Vertigo's Lucifer starring Tom Ellis is coming in early 2016 on FOX and here is the trailer.