onefinemess | March 31, 2010
I’m going to do things a little different this time. I’m writing each mini-review immediately after reading the issue in question. Breaking in between, etc. Not that you care. It was a pretty big week for comics. Several books that I was/am really looking forward too. Basically everything except the X-Men Forever issue – which [...]
onefinemess | March 18, 2010
Batman 697 – Some stuff happened here. I guess this was the fallout from that Arkham limited series? But hey, they arc is over and now there’s a (pink-clad, partially) Catgirl. Spider-Man 625 – Who didn’t see that coming? Seriously. It was well written but predictable and had the blatantly dubious honor of ending pretty [...]
onefinemess | March 5, 2010
Mighty Avengers 34: This issue came off horribly to me. The worst issue of Slott’s run, hands down. Part of it was the ugly art, I’m sure, but several story moments just felt sloppy and rush. I mean, is Thor REALLY gonna rush to Loki’s defense vs. the Avengers automatically? That just seems stupid, even [...]
onefinemess | December 3, 2009
Thor Giant-Size Finale – Wow. Ouch. Not just Bill – but Kelda too? Urk. I suspect at least one will come back. Building up some great supporting characters only to throw them under the plot bus is downright insulting. Seriously. Making minor characters ONLY to kill them & tug the strings is dumb. Even if [...]
onefinemess | October 29, 2009
One splash, as expected, and lots of unexpected goodness. Good times. X-Factor 50 delivered on at least 85% of what was expected – and there was a lot riding on it, so I’ll call it good. It may actually be closer to 100%, but the final sequence with Doom and what?whereishe? left me confused. If [...]
onefinemess | September 22, 2009
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: [...]
onefinemess | August 27, 2009
re: Dark X-Men : The Beginning 3: Once upon a time, a great creative team made Jean Grey interesting as the Phoenix, then killed her, ending that arc wonderfully. Then Marvel thought it would be fun to do again, and again, and again. Each time it is less interesting, and more likely to make me [...]
onefinemess | August 25, 2009
Titans 16: The most superfluous DC book at the moment? Maybe. Doing nothing other than showing that “you can never grow up” in the DCU, here’s a team full of heroes that should either still be Teen Titans, or should have moved up to a Justice League franchise of some sort by now. Spider-Man 602: [...]
onefinemess | August 6, 2009
X-Force 1 7: I’m debating putting this title back on my pull list. It’s a tough call. I mean, it’s basically Academy X->New X-Men->X-Force as far as the writers plots go, and the big Selene thing is coming up (which will be when everyone else that wasn’t just resurrected IS I suspect), but eh, I [...]
onefinemess | July 27, 2009
Hulk 600 was indeed, horrible. Mind-blowingly so. Jeph Loeb may be the Greg Land of writing. Harsh, I know. It’s not a completely accurate comparison, as he doesn’t exactly “trace” his plots – I suspect he uses the Burroughs cut-up technique, albeit unintentionally and in a complete art-fail. I suspect he has a pile of [...]
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