ArtisticallyChill

This week’s pull was pretty big and on top of that there were the comics I didn’t pick up from last week. Still I have to prioritize, decide which I have to have this week and set aside those I can hold off on reading. Luckily, Keith is pretty understanding and doesn’t mind holding the comic books I didn’t pick up for another time. Most of those set aside were all the X-titles that are part of the NECROSHA storyline. So most of the comic books I’ll be reading this week are from DC Comics.

• BATMAN AND ROBIN # 7
• BLACKEST NIGHT: JSA # 2
• BLACKEST NIGHT: THE FLASH # 2
• DETECTIVE COMICS # 861
• ECHO # 19
• GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #8
• GREEN LANTERN # 50
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 41
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA # 35
• KICK-ASS # 8
• THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ # 3
• SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA # 5

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN # 50

Written by Geoff Johns; Art and cover by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy; Variant cover by Jim Lee; Sketch Variant cover by Doug Mahnke

BLACKEST NIGHT spreads with an oversized anniversary issue! Surrounded by friends and enemies, Hal Jordan goes into battle with a being he will never defeat – the Black Lantern Spectre! Can Saint Walker, Sinestro and the others put a stop to this bizarre Spectre rebirth?

Plus, Atrocitus reveals a tie to a power that may make him the most unbeatable of all the Lanterns!

Happy reading!

~ LoneWolf

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• Finally completed Mass Effect 1 on Insanity difficulty with my Renegade Sentinel Jack Bauer Shepard. #

For those interested in playing Mass Effect 1 again, here are the choices (found via the Internets) that are taken into account when you import your character into Mass Effect 2.

• The decision to save either Kaidan or Ashley. (I saved Kaiden, Ashley was a racist.)
• Whether or not the player kills Wrex on Virmire. (I didn’t kill Wrex, he’s such a bad-ass in my party.)
• Whether or not the player decides to save the Citadel Council at the end of Mass Effect. (The council died for the greater good of the galaxy. The needs of the many…)
• The player’s choice of love interest. (I chose Liara.)
• Whether the player spares or destroys the Rachni Queen at Peak 15. (I spared the Rachni Queen.)
• The player’s treatment of Conrad Verner. (I convinced him to go home.)
• Whether or not the player completed the UNC: Asari Diplomacy sidequest. (Completed.)
• Whether the player chose to allow the Alliance to conduct experiments on Nirali Bhatia’s body. (Her body was given back to her husband.)

I haven’t been able to confirm if the above are the only choices taken into account or if there are any more. I’ll do a quick run just completing those tasks above with another character and see what happens when I import it to Mass Effect 2.

Also if you import in a Level 60 character you will receive the following bonuses:

• Start at Level 5
• 8 Squad points
• Paragon/Renegade filled 10%
• Credits: 150k
• Palladium: 10k
• Iridium: 10k
• Platinum: 10k
• Element Zero: 10k

Looks like before I pop the disc in for Mass Effect 2, I’ll have to grind through Mass Effect 1 to get my 100% Completed (all missions, side quests, and the above choices done) Paragon Infiltrator to level 60. I don’t mind though because it such an awesome game every time I play.

~ LoneWolf