Review: The Superhero Squad Show
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jeriendhalSummary: There's trouble in Superhero City, where Marvel's mightiest heroes, Iron Man, Falcon, the Hulk, the Silver Surfer, Thor and Reptil (?!) and friends battle with Doctor Doom and his minions to find the shattered fractals of the Infinity Sword before Doom can reconstruct it and RULE THE UNIVERSE!
Review: For a show basically designed to sell a line of chibified Marvel toys, SHS is a lot better than anyone could hope to be. The thing is, while the jokes are silly and the characters are softened up considerably for the kiddie show format, the writers are utter fanatics about Marvel comics history, digging up the most obscure characters (Molecule Man, Volcana, Ronan the Accuser, Paste Pot Pete)[1] for the heroes to fight. Basically it's the entire Marvel universe in its 50 years of glory, except without the 50 years of angst that go with it.
That's the first season, which is very good. The second season is even better, after they introduce Thanos, who is going after the gems that power his Infinity Gauntlet, at least until mid-season when it's stolen by MAJOR SPOILER, which sends things into... Well, I won't tell you the details, but suffice it to say the writers manage to create a fairly gripping cosmic storyline and also include more fourth breaking and insane humor than you can imagine (with the exception of a rather unfortunate episode devoted to the Impossible Man, which gets shoehorned in rather badly.)
Catch it on Netflix. It's worth your time if you're aMarvel Zombie True Believer.
[1] Yes, that last one is a real Marvel villain. Who really did fire glue guns as his main weapons. And everyone proceeds to lampshade the ridiculousness of this to the point of making him cry.
Review: For a show basically designed to sell a line of chibified Marvel toys, SHS is a lot better than anyone could hope to be. The thing is, while the jokes are silly and the characters are softened up considerably for the kiddie show format, the writers are utter fanatics about Marvel comics history, digging up the most obscure characters (Molecule Man, Volcana, Ronan the Accuser, Paste Pot Pete)[1] for the heroes to fight. Basically it's the entire Marvel universe in its 50 years of glory, except without the 50 years of angst that go with it.
That's the first season, which is very good. The second season is even better, after they introduce Thanos, who is going after the gems that power his Infinity Gauntlet, at least until mid-season when it's stolen by MAJOR SPOILER, which sends things into... Well, I won't tell you the details, but suffice it to say the writers manage to create a fairly gripping cosmic storyline and also include more fourth breaking and insane humor than you can imagine (with the exception of a rather unfortunate episode devoted to the Impossible Man, which gets shoehorned in rather badly.)
Catch it on Netflix. It's worth your time if you're a
[1] Yes, that last one is a real Marvel villain. Who really did fire glue guns as his main weapons. And everyone proceeds to lampshade the ridiculousness of this to the point of making him cry.
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Date: 2012-07-03 12:51 am (UTC)Ah, "Secret Wars". No wonder I didn't know anything about him. I'd skipped that miniseries and the sequel. At the time the premise didn't grab me.