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  • Re: Dave's Capsules for July 2025

    From David Chmelik@3:633/280.2 to All on Saturday, August 16, 2025 22:53:28
    On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:47:27 -0000 (UTC), Dave Van Domelen wrote:
    [...]
    Gatchaman: Only One Earth #4 (of 4): Mad Cave - So, giant robots
    are
    pretty standard for Gatchaman, but it's rare that the good guys have one
    on their side too. Of course, the Galactor giant robot is much bigger,
    so it's still basically the usual "hero vehicles dwarfed by villain
    robot monster" deal. And because this is Gatchaman and not Battle of
    the Planets, the victory is bittersweet. The Galactor plot was a bit on
    the Captain Planet side of things, unfortunately, feeling more like
    they've given up on conquest and are just trying to destroy all life
    instead, which feels like a big shift. Mildly recommended. $4.99,
    rated Teen+.

    Gatchaman #9-10: Mad Cave - Eh, the main title continues to be the weakest of the Gatchaman offerings, IMO. I've complained before about
    the "Beta Flight" subplot not really doing anything interesting, and now
    that it's the main plot it picked a fairly obvious direction (the two
    main paths forwards from this are likewise well-trod, it's gonna be a
    heavy lift to make it interesting to me after this). The canonical
    "dark Gatchaman" teams have already shown up in the comics several
    times, and it was more effective in the Galactor miniseries. Mildly recommended. $4.99 each, rated Teen. [...]

    I watched Battle of The Planets as a kid in 1980s, and read both Image
    Comics series in late 1990s and have been reading the Mad Cave series...
    not as far as you: just somewhere before #10. Covers, art, and story are good, and it's not taking too long like Image Comics did. Haven't got to
    the Galactor (might not read) nor Only One Earth series yet. More
    interested in he 1980s comic books and if I didn't finish watching.

    Is Gatchaman & Battle of The Planets science fantasy or (no magic so)
    plain hard modern science fiction?

    Do Ken & Jun (Mark & Princess) ever have romantic relationship or get
    married (even in the original shows or 1980s comic books)?

    Mad Cave is also publishing Defenders of The Earth which I think will be
    good, just am a bit behind.

    What I'm reading is at http://mirror.davidchmelik.com/comic_pulls.txt
    (soon to be back also without mirror subdomain later this month... main
    site, that is).


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