comics taking cheap shots & the rest
The good:
Daredevil 500: Wow. Shit actually happens. One thing I give the DD crew props for is that they are not afraid to bend the status quo over and show it who’s the boss. Matt running the Hand? In a country where Osborn is the good guy? That actually has some legs.
X-Factor 48: Continues to be the best X-book. Now that we’r drawing in on 50, you can kind of see where everything is going – but now how it’s going to end. I have to say I wasn’t expecting the future villain to be who it is, but of course it makes perfect sense in the context of this X-Factor run. Talk about tying up loose ends. I suspect there will only be one that gets away (the Rahne killing Madrox & Layla thing. Not really addressable without Rahne….).
The cheap:
The required “death” in Blackest Night 03 was cheap. C’mon – seriously? Have some balls and kill a real hero, instead of yet another hero’s girlfriend. Jesus Christ. I mean. REALLY?
Ultimates 3 02 was kinda cheap too, especially considering it was basically just one long origin issue. I mean, the character concept for the Ultimate Red Skull is kind of interesting, but it’s not worth paying money to read a bout something so focused on it. Especially considering there are exactly ZERO dimensions to his character, 2 issues in. Oh, he’s evil. Why? He was born evil, we guess. MM kay. Dumb. Millar at his “best” of course.
Marvel Zombies is still going. I guess there must be a desire to see our favorite Marvel characters get eaten and horribly disfigured. Barf.
War of Kings – Who will Rule?: We all know how it was going to end, and it was kind of with a whimper but STILL. Everything DnA are turning out in Marvel Cosmic lately is fucking gold son. GOLD.
The meh:
Outsiders 22: I’m still not sure why this comic is being printed, but this issue was actually fairly decent. It’s good to see Geo Force get some screen time, although I think he should change his name to something less 80s-Captain-Planetish with a quickness. Still, nothing happening here worth $$.
Nomad, Girl without a World: This really didn’t need to happen. Maybe it will tie back in with the whole two Captain Americas thing (maybe they need multiple layers of redundant sidekicks?) in a month or two but still, MEH. Oh, and the Black Widow cockblocking the lead’s attempts to meet BuckyCap? STUPID. Really, really crappy writing. Like an anti-Deux Ex-Machina. “No, you can’t do the completely obvious thing that anyone in their right mind would do, instead you have to waste you time doing something else so we can fill up 3 more issues.” HUH? ( Yes, this should also be filed below).
Titans 17: Not particularly horrible but continuing a long string of one shots about the various titans, which looks like it will continue for at least another 3 months. Where the hell is this title going with 3 of the “big” names heading to the JLA? Some kind of merger with the Teen Titans? I hope so. Less books is almost always good.
The huh?:
Evidently one of the people with Selene in that Necrosha preview was Dazzler’s half sister. Wow. A character I actually had no idea existed. I’m amazed that character sat dormant for so long. Is that a limbo record for x-family?
War Machine 09: I guess Norman Osborn wins again? Seriously? Yawn.
The drek:
I skimmed the recent Dark Reign Punisher arc. Wow, the art is horrible. The skull on his chest is the only way I know which one the Punisher is. And sometimes you can’t see the skull!
Magog 1: Why does this book exist?
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