A little confession here... I love Riverdale on the CW. I know its a glorified, unrealistic, soap opera. However, its done well enough to keep us coming back for more (yes, my wife and I watch it together). So, I have been exploring some of the Archie Comics since watching the show. The Archie Horror-verse interests me the most. I will admit Jughead: The Hunger is pretty awesome!
I feel like Cheryl Blossom is a little underutilized on the show currently. So, when I heard they were making a series about Jason and Cheryl potentially being the Antichrist, I had to check it out. As always, these review contain SPOILERS. So, here we go! Truth or Dare Things get started in the halls of Riverdale High. We head down the hall past a few of the pillars of Archie Comics: Betty and Veronica and then Archie and Jughead. The talk around school is the party that the Blossoms are having that night and who was going to be there. It isn't long before we see Cheryl and Jason up to something. Cheryl stands up for Dilton as Reggie is roughing him up at his locker. Much to his surprise, Cheryl then flirts with Dilton a bit and suggests he should be a little more confidant, because of course... girls love a guy with confidence. Then we see Jughead trying to talk his way out of not turning in his term paper to Mrs Grundy. She is not buying his excuse that his computer crashed and he lost his paper, until Jason Blossom shows up. He vouched for Jughead and talked her into extending his due date over the weekend. When Jughead asks why he did that, Jason simply says "Lets just say you owe me one." The Blossoms head home to get ready for their party. They then head to the basement to see their parents participating in a candlelight ritual around a pentagram. They give them a "Hi Mom and Dad!" like they walked in on them preparing family dinner. I guess satanic rituals are commonplace at the Blossom Mansion. Their parents do elude in their exchange that only one of them is going to be the antichrist, not both. That should make things interesting later. It also sounds like the reason Cheryl and Jason were being nice was to incite Dilton and Jughead to the party for nefarious reasons. At the party the Blossoms get Moose, Dilton, Betty, Veronica, and Archie into a game of truth or dare that gets all those involved a little uncomfortable. Betty, being a goody two shoe, has had enough and storms off resulting in the end of the game. Jason, much to his disappointment, realizes that Jughead is not in attendance. He gets over it and turns his attention to Ethel. The issue wraps up with Cheryl. She was successful in luring Dilton to the party. She takes a flustered Dilton by the hand for a walk on their property. They enter a clearing and what does Dilton see? No, not a candle lit blanket welcoming him to Pound Town... its Reggie. Yes, his bully from earlier. Tied to a tree, gagged and surrounded by a pentagram. Cheryl hands Dilton a knife, looks him in the eyes and says, "I dare ya." Takeaway
If you are fan of Riverdale, you'll love this book. If not, you might think its missing something. So, for me... yes, I dug it. READ IT! -CBD
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Keeping up with blogs is hard. I commend all of you who keep your sites going, social media game strong, and staying on top of whats the latest and greatest with all things comics.
Its a new year though... One of my resolutions was to get comicbookdads back on its feet. So here we are... back to reviews. I am hoping for more content besides reviews this year. If you see me out there tweeting or on insta... feel free to call me out if you see me slacking! Now, on with the review! Where is Superman? I did need a nice easy jumping on point for my first review of 2019, so a number one issue, seemed like a great place to start. Also, with all the hype coming from the Young Justice show back on DC Universe (which is awesome btw), this got me excited to read this issue. We open up in Gemworld. It seems as if their past contact with Earth and the many Crisises that have happened there they have realized also has affected them in a negative way. So, naturally Dark Opal has to send his goons to Earth to find Superman and set things right. The rest of the issue seems to really center around the moment they show up. The first one they run into is Jinny Hex, the great granddaughter of Jonah Hex. She has headed to Metropolis to find Superman (this will be a theme). She gets pulled over for some reckless driving when warriors from the 12 kingdoms of Gemworld show looking for Superman (see, I told you). After running into Wonder Girl in Metropolis, Robin (Tim Drake) jumps to the aide of Jinny to help combat these warriors from another dimension. It seems that Wonder Girl, has some issues and is reluctant to join the fight. She later does after fighting through some tears. As things start looking bleak for our young heroes defending innocents, people start showing up miles away from the action. Bart Allen (Barry's grandson... I think), starts running people to safety. We also, see our fist glimpse of Teen Lantern. She steps in to assist Wonder Girl. We don't ever actually get to see her in this issue though. She spends most of her time inside of a construct that looks much like the old ED-209 from RoboCop. As the team comes together, Bart senses that a team up is coming. So, he calls it, "YOUNG JUSTICE IS BACK!" He even throws in an "Young Justice Assemble!" and a "Young Justice United!" as battle cries.. Needless to say, they didn't really stick. They chase the warriors from Gemworld back into their inter-dimensional portal. Again, the warriors letting our young heroes know they want to see Superman. We did get a brief glimpse of Superman flying away before everything goes down. It appears that our heroes get sent to a couple different places after going through the portal. Robin ends up face to face with Amethyst with her word drawn and ready. Impulse ends up somewhere else. After speeding around for a bit, he hears a voice call out "Bart?" He looks over and its Conner Kent! Albeit Connor Kent wearing his 90's style Superboy costume. That's the cliffhanger they leave us on! Lots of action and things to be excited about for sure! Takeaways
-CBD |