G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #2
Dunno if Vulcan Raven actually was a rip-off of this exact character, but I wouldn't be surprised.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1 (continued)
It's well drawn, well written, and - aside from those last couple of pages - well plotted.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1
I don't want to overstate my case. This IS still an "America ra ra ra" story, and it's handling the military with an incredibly soft pair of kid gloves. If it came out today, I'd be much less charitable toward it. For a comic aimed at children in the eighties though, the creators were being pretty damned bold.
Avatar, the Last Airbender: Rise of Kyoshi (part two)
It has some rocky bits and questionable storytelling decisions, but there are also enough good ideas and interesting (if mostly unpleasant) characters to keep my investment.
Kill Six Billion Demons IV: King of Swords (part fourteen)
The guest accommodations at Solomon's palace aren't what you might hope, but they are exactly what you'd expect given the circumstances.
Monster S1E5: "The Girl From Heidelburg"
This show really walks a fine line between gritty realism and nightmare psychedelia.
Monster S1E4: "The Night of Execution"
I swear to god if he starts shooting people in the mouth with a poisoned candy launcher it would make "Monster" the best piece of media ever created by any person. No joke. Unironically.
Avatar, the Last Airbender: Rise of Kyoshi
Not bothering to decorate your temple? Come on, rural fishing village, your type is normally really good at this kind of thing!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (part eleven)
...how many of these things did they build?
Pale (More Extra Materials)
Mixed bag, but overall this monthly order has left me with a more positive impression of Pale than I had before.
Pale (Extra Materials)
You HAVE to negotiate with the wolf? What if you don't want any of these things?
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (part ten)
One of this movie's most consistent elements is that every version of Alphonse Elric in every parallel dimension is a raging douchebag.
Kill Six Billion Demons IV: King of Swords (part thirteen)
It stopped being an urgent mission that required immediate violent action and started being futile and not worth caring about as soon as someone saw her in girlmode. Of course.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (part eight)
The problem with uneven writing is that you can never tell if a mystery is being raised intentionally, or if it's just an author fuckup.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (part seven)
Maybe realities like the world of the movie he's working on, in which there's magic instead of science, where dragons are as common as horses. Maybe instead of a director, that world's Fritz Lang is a criminal. Or a king. Or a woman.
Edward keeps his mouth shut, unwilling to confess that the truth is actually far, far stupider than that.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (part six)
If you were to imagine a live action version of King Bradley, would it look even remotely like this man?