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About Tommy Zimmer

Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. He is headquartered in Detroit, MI where he attends University of Detroit Mercy. He is majoring in English Creative Writing with two minors in Business Administration and Multimedia Journalism. He currently helms his "zimmert101" blog at zimmert101.wordpress.com. He also writes comic book reviews for Modern Myth Media.com.

Comics: Green Lantern 14

  By Tommy Zimmer | November 20, 2012 - 10:48 am |
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Simon Baz's life is slowly crumbling before him...

At the beginning of issue fourteen, Simon Baz’s life is slowly falling apart. He doesn’t have any control over the ring that’s found him but he’s also being confronted by his family for the crimes he has committed; not to mention the police and the nation itself. With that in mind, what could make things worse?

The Justice League is the answer to that question. Baz is caught completely off guard, and does battle with them. They don’t trust him because he has been labeled a terrorist, and he won’t give in because he feels he needs to stop the bomber as that’s why the ring was given to him. He is able to escape, and meets with Sira who tells him Nazir’s coma was not his fault. He tells her he feels he can make a difference with the ring, and keep himself safe. Unfortunately for him, there’s a threat looming closer and closer to him, and the two men who can stop it Hal Jordan and Sinestro are in the Dead Zone.

Geoff Johns continues to keep me in suspense. I love when he writes these epics, and throwing an entirely new character into the mix while he deals with a huge change to his life keeps the story fresh. However, I still have problems with the way Baz was dealt with by police and the portrayal of Dearborn, MI as a very urban city when it is not quite like that.

Doug Mahnke is still doing the best work of his career here. He is capturing every scene great, and dynamically differs the different characters and environments. With his look to the Dead Zone, I cannot wait for next month.

With these two at the helm, I will always look forward to the next issue even if I disagree with minor things in it somewhat.

Comics: Green Arrow 14

  By Tommy Zimmer | November 19, 2012 - 11:32 am |
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Seattle isn't doing too well when Oliver Queen returns home.....

Oliver Queen just survived quite an ordeal. He lost his company, and has now just gotten it back. Yet upon his return, Seattle is being invaded by hawks. He’s probably thinking: “Just great.”

However with his commitment to justice, he won’t just let this occur. He finds himself alongside Hawkman on this ride with Carter being a fugitive from Thanagarian justice. Not only that, a woman who is seemingly in love with him is caught up in this. Ollie is able to save them from Hawkman but not until the woman named Emma is kidnapped. Luckily, they are able to rescue her but things aren’t going quite good on the business front. The transfer of Ollie’s stocks back to Seattle has been stopped by the Chinese government, and Suzie Ming is looking into what’s going on. Worse yet is that Emerson (currently in charge of Q Corp) has something to do with it, and knows more than he is letting on to the situation. However, Ollie has hawks to deal with first.

While I am not a fan of crossovers that seemed forced (and this definitely does), Ann Nocenti does an incredible job with Ollie’s story still. She keeps the focus on him even with hawks in the background, and brings Ollie’s heroism to light which has been difficult to see sometimes with the problems plaguing him. However, his responses to them have made him more of an interesting character nonetheless.

Freddie Williams really nails Ollie and his world. I am totally fine with him permanently taking over for Harvey Talibao (who did a great job), and will like seeing him round out the final issues (albeit sad) of Nocenti’s run.

Luckily, she’s doing a great job on Catwoman, and I am sure Katana will be awesome too.

Comics: Teen Titans 13

  By Tommy Zimmer | November 5, 2012 - 11:32 am |
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The cover to "Teen Titans #13"

Cassandra Sandsmark was a thief. Her mother would go on archaeological digs, and she went with her mother on them. One day, fate struck her when she met a boy named Diesel. That meeting would forever lead Ms. Sandsmark down a path that would change her life.

Upon one dig which Diesel accompanied her on, he got himself into some trouble. An evil mask attached itself to him, and she knew she had to do something. She found gauntlets that took encapsulated her body giving her armor and making her more powerful. However, what happened next was not good for her. The mask attached itself to her, and it would call out to her often to do different things. Diesel saw this as a theft of his greatest prize but he eventually had rubble drop on him foreseeably killing him. As the issue concludes with Red Robin and Superboy taking care of her, Amanda Waller and Kurt Lance speak about their plans for the team.

Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza do a great job with the book. Lobdell’s story is certainly a great one, and Nicieza expresses that well in a fill-in job on the script.

Ale Garza does a much better job than Ig Guara did filling in for Brett Booth. He is able to stay much more akin to the previous artist, and it reads much better together with the rest of the issues of the series.

While this is a great issue, my hope for the rest of the series is that Lobdell returns to doing all writing duties, and Tyler Kirkham joins finally as the permanent artist with no more fill-in artists.

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Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. On zimmert101.wordpress.com, you can view his latest work, and see what exciting things he is currently doing!!

 

Comics: Talon 1

  By Tommy Zimmer | November 2, 2012 - 1:29 pm |
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The cover to "Talon #1"

Calvin Rose thinks all is well in Gotham now. He thinks that with the Court of Owls defeated, he can now return to Gotham. Upon his return, he may not like what he finds.

After being defeated by a talon upon Rose’s investigation of their old headquarters, Rose is left beaten and battered until he is rescued by a man named Sebastian Clark. Clark has devoted his life to learning as much as he can about them to expose their lies. In Calvin, he finds a way to put them to rest once and for all. Rose is a bit hesitant to accept his offer but after getting to know each other a bit through a little physical horseplay, he decides to follow Mr. Clark’s guidance in a new crusade.

Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV do a great job building from the zero issue and the previous issues of Batman. The writers know who this character is, and are using him to expand upon the Court of Owls. It is quite an intriguing idea with an interesting character to boot.

Guillem March cannot do wrong with any issue. His art is beautiful, and he draws the quiet and action moments quite beautifully. While I still miss him from his work on Catwoman, I am glad he is on this as a follow-up book.

There is nothing wrong with this issue…. It simply is some of the best work these three men have put out in their careers.

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Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. On zimmert101.wordpress.com, you can view his latest work, and see what exciting things he is currently doing!!

Comics: Catwoman 13

  By Tommy Zimmer | October 23, 2012 - 11:16 am |
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The cover to the latest installment of "Catwoman"

Selina Kyle thought the murder of her friend and colleague Lola was just a random act of violence. In the latest issue of Catwoman, she is beginning to wonder whether or not that’s the case.

As the issue opens up, she is out at night as usual but the teddy bear that was present at the scene of the murder turns up again; this time, it is an identical copy. She also sees what seems to be someone with a grin on the rooftop. She eventually realizes this to just be her shadow but she cannot be sure. Selina gets a new apartment for a reason not yet revealed, and she has a meeting for a possible job which leads her into a scavenger hunt of chess……. read the issue and you will know what I mean.

Ann Nocenti is really starting things off with a bang. Not only does she start the issue off with a literal “bang,” but she also manages to begin to play upon threads from Winick’s run which will hopefully lead down some interesting paths. She is going after more the personal angle of Kyle as established in her zero issue rather than the crime life orientation of Winick.

Rafa Sandoval does a good job as the new main artist. He does a good job with the curvy figure of Kyle that Guillem March established so well in his run on the book but also continues the classic look of the character. He is a good follow-up to March.

I am more hopeful about Nocenti and Sandoval than I was with the zero issue… However, I still am wondering how much this Russian stuff with her name will affect her background as people are already pretty comfortable with the Italian-Falconi connection… stay tuned!

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