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Rusty’s Comic of the Week: Daredevil #26
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Starting at the weakest…
REVIVAL #10 (Tim Seeley / Mike Norton) Image
I think this is my last issue. This has been all concept and no plot. The story has to go somewhere and have some reason. It has just gotten uglier and uglier and the latest addition of the racists has not been especially welcome. I was able to deal with it last issue but the discovery this time that the sherrif was not just humouring the old bastard makes me dislike the comic a little more.
AVENGERS #12 (Hickman / Spencer / Deodato / Martin) Marvel
Yeah. Could Hickman do what no other writer has done and convince me to stop buying the Avengers? This continues to be a meandering mess.
And, oh my god, the stupid in this issue. Hey, let’s all become teachers, even though we are in no way qualified and are likely to do more harm than good! Let’s include Spider-man even though he is acting completely amoral! Hey, what is up with him anyway? Who cares! Oh, and when some sort of flying dragons comes and takes the little demon children away, let’s just watch them go, even we have IRON MAN AND THOR STANDING RIGHT THERE!
Give me a break.
UNCANNY X-MEN #6 (Bendis / Irving) Marvel
I enjoy this book, and I didn’t dislike this issue, but the main story was a bunch of standing around waiting for a fight that just sort of barely happened. The side stories were good, though. THe new mutant looks interesting and the new S.H.I.E.L.D. agent looks VERY interesting.
YOUNG AVENGERS #5 (Gillen / McKelvie / Norton / Wilson) Marvel
Since I didn’t read Journey Into Mystery, I appreciated the Loki recap. He suddenly got a lot… less interesting. I am sure that was a very awesome and dramatic moment for JIM, but now I am left wondering why he is bothering with the YA crew. If it really is the Loki we all know, this is way beneath him. He actually SHOULD have taken Billy’s magic and left.
Hmmm…
UNCANNY AVENGERS #8 AU (Rememnder / Duggan / Kubert / Martin) Marvel
Another one of those Age of Ultron crossovers that has very little to do with… wait. That isn’t what happened here. Having Kang as the UA villain gave Remender the opportunity to have someone recognize what was going on and see the changes to the timeline, and even explain them a little. Other than that, this was really a UA issue and not a AoU issue, which was a nice change. I didn’t regret buying this one bit.
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #20 (Jeff Lemire / Ray Fawkes / Mikel Janin / Vicente Cifuentes) DC
DC is really failing for me… except for this corner of it. What DC books am I still getting? JLD, Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Dial H (Which is being cancelled)… and Wonder Woman, which is mostly for Ruthanne. Basically, what does DC do well? That area between superheroes and Vertigo. The darker edges where things are a little more messed up. Even the use of Flash here has been very good. Not only in the way they have used him but the way the others look at him.
Unfortunately there is going to be a JLD crossover with JLA and JL soon. This Flash appearance makes me dread it a little less. A little.
THE UNWRITTEN #49 (Mike Carey / Peter Gross) Vertigo
I love the Unwritten version of Hell. Both of them. The fact that there is more than one really works for me, because they are stories. There is more than one story about Hell so there is more than one Hell. Perfect.
The use of the Orpheus story was very interesting. Tommy wants to understand. He is an explorer.
And now… Fables!?!
THE MASSIVE (Brian Wood / Danijel Zezelj / Jordie Bellaire) Dark Horse
I just realized what this story really is. It is Moby Dick.
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #10 (Slott / Stegman / Delgado) Marvel
Let’s start with that great Marcos Martin cover. Yes. I almost put this as the #1 book just so I had an excuse to post the cover.
I am fighting a battle over this book. Slott likes to show that Otto is BETTER at being Spidey than Pete was, while also failing at being an actual hero… or human being. But then there is Anna, who humanizes him a lot.
The struggle to BE Peter without Pete’s memories will be interesting as well. Having him in his head for all this time probably helped him, but what happens when he meets someone he should know, but doesn’t?
DAREDEVIL #26 (Waid / Samnee / Rodriguez) Marvel
Another great cover. I wonder if Samnee had planned for there not to be a logo and just have the clothesline do the job and then realized that it actually isn’t that clear. Samnee is great, but he isn’t Eisner.
The lead story was solid. I don’t think that is who they think it is because then they would have admitted it at the end. Better than last issue.
It was the back-up that really won me over, though. The juxtaposition of a world of super-heroes and people living with all-to-real problems was really well done. The panels where Foggy confronts the kids and they look at him like he is an idiot are great. This is great comics.
2013 Reading List
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If you are looking for a good book of short stories… skip this book by Donaldson.
What really got it off on the wrong foot for me is that after the Covenant books (which were great) had a (believable) protagonist who was also a rapist, the first story I read by Donaldson that ISN’T a Covenant story has the lead female character threatened by a rapist. It just kind of soured things for me.
2013 in BOOKS
Daughter of Regals and Other Stories by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Great Black North, edited by Valerie Mason-John & Kevan Anthony Cameron
Language Myths, edited by Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill
Tomy Bewick, My Mouth Hurts Too Much To Fight You.
Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks
2013 in Comic Collections
The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
Uncanny X-Men: From the Ashes
X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants
Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 1: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke
New Mutants Classic Vol. 1
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2013 in BOOKS
The Great Black North, edited by Valerie Mason-John & Kevan Anthony Cameron
Language Myths, edited by Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill
Tomy Bewick, My Mouth Hurts Too Much To Fight You.
Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks
2013 in Comic Collections
The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
Uncanny X-Men: From the Ashes
X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants
Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 1: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke
New Mutants Classic Vol. 1
Rusty’s Comic of the Week: Ultimate Spider-man #23
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Small week… some good books though.
Starting at the weakest…
AGE OF ULTRON #8 (Bendis / Peterson / Mounts) Marvel
If this is such a big cross-over, couldn’t they have gotten a better artist?
Nothing happens. I mean, stuff happens, but nothing you couldn’t explain away in a few lines. This mini is hit and miss. Great ideas but not always the best execution.
AVENGERS: THE ENEMY WITHIN #1 (DeConnick / Hepburn / Bellaire) Marvel
So, why did this need to be its own comic? Really, this is just an issue of Captain Marvel with Spider-woman and Thor guest starring. That’s okay. I read Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble, so getting this cross-over was going to happen anyway.
Buy this if you already buy Captain Marvel. If you don’t, this isn’t going to change your mind.
WONDER WOMAN #20 (Brian Azzarello / Goran Sudzuka / Cliff Chiang) DC
Sudzuka is a better fill-in than Tony Akins.
There was nothing WRONG with this comic… but are we ever going to get something different? The gods send someone after the kid. Wonder Woman et al fight to save the baby. Rinse, repeat.
This is getting very, very repetitive.
FABLES #129 (Willingham / Buckingham / Leiloha / Pepoy) Vertigo
Well, I got what I wanted… but I wish there was a little more too it. They didn’t outsmart him. They just cast a spell and had a fight. But, the right person won and now it is ‘her other half’ that needs the saving. That works.
Oh, and Rose Red was awesome… (and right).
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #23 (Bendis / Marquez / Ponsor) Marvel
One year later…
It is the same story you would expect, just not so time-compressed. Miles’ girlfriend was a bit of a surprise. The pressures from Ganke and Jessica are the right ones.
But the best part of the comic? Jefferson. “Kid’s got play all of a sudden.”
Excellent stuff.
Tags: Age Of Ultron, Avengers: The Enemy Within, Fables, Ultimate Spider-Man, Wonder Woman
2013 Reading List
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We have enjoyed the Walking Dead TV show and finally decided to give the comic a try.
2013 in BOOKS
The Great Black North, edited by Valerie Mason-John & Kevan Anthony Cameron
Language Myths, edited by Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill
Tomy Bewick, My Mouth Hurts Too Much To Fight You.
Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks
2013 in Comic Collections
The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
Uncanny X-Men: From the Ashes
X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants
Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 1: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke
New Mutants Classic Vol. 1
Rusty’s Comic of the Week: Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #4
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This was a small, and not great, week. The comic of the week wasn’t even great. Good reads, but nothing exciting.
Starting at the weakest…
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #15 AU (Ewing / Guice / Palmer / D’Armata) Marvel
This comic was… pretty stupid and fairly pointless. Starting from having the Ultrons pretend to be Daleks right through to a super-powered soccer player… really?
I am guessing this book may have been interesting for people who read the Captain Britain and M.I.6 book. THat is just a guess because the comic acted like we would already know and care about this characters.
SUICIDE SQUAD #20 (Ales Kot / Patrick Zircher) DC
I loved the old Suicide Squad but when this run started, it just wasn’t very good, so I stopped buying it. With this new writer, I had heard that better things were expected so I decided to give it a try.
So far so… we’ll see. It is very violent, but it seems to be purposely violent. Are they just torturing these characters for fun? Killing people as a motivational tool? My biggest complaint seemed to be reversed int he same issue as they implied that their expendable characters couldn”t actually die… but then they seemed to take that back, which is good.
We’ll see.
UNCANNY AVENGERS (Rick Remender / Daniel Acuna) Marvel
Interesting. The arrogance of Sunfire was well done as it was obvious that he was doing it to mask his fear. (That line with Thor offering him a hug was terrible, though. It was like Remender had a line he wanted to put in and there was nobody suitable to say it and he just made Thor say it anyway.)
I also fine that Wasp has been acting WAY out of character. It is a point of view he wanted in the book, so he gave it to someone, even though it doesn’t fit well. I suppose that is the problem with characters with long histories. They were much more heroic in past eras and now we need them to be more… gritty.
AVENGERS #11 (Hickman / Deodato / Martin) Marvel
Speaking of odd characters choices… Black Widow is written differently from book to book. Does anyone recall that she used to lead the Avengers? Casually suggesting that torture and killing are the best way to handle things?
Now people will argue that it IS in character and they are not wrong. She is just very inconsistent.
Shang Chi is awesome in this issue. Sam and Bobby are pretty fun, too. That poker scene is sloppy and awful, but you can’t win them all.
ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR #4 (Roger Langridge / J. Bone) IDW
This is a fun issue. That’s about it. That makes it the best book of the week.
One note… I will often speak out against sexism in comics, even when there can be excuses for it.
Do you know how to get away with it? Adam Hughes knows. So do the Dodsons.
Do it with style.
Tags: Avengers, Avengers Assemble, Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror, Suicide Squad, Uncanny Avengers
Rusty’s Comic of the Week: Animal Man #20
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Decent week. A good pile of good comics.
Starting at the weakest…
DIAL H #12 (China Mieville / Alberto Ponticello / Dan Green) DC
The tricky bit when doing a comic this crazy is that sometimes you run the risk of straying over the line from wacky awesomeness to just pointlessly weird. This issue went the wrong way over that line. Open Window Man? really?
The pace was frenetic but it just became disorienting and the story suffered.
AGE OF ULTRON #7 (Bendis / Peterson / Pacheco / Martinez) Marvel
Oh my god! Everything has changed!
Well, duh. And that was the whole issue. It was fine but it was the sort of issue you have to get through to go from the last one to the next one, without having much to offer itself.And the art wasn’t great, either.
Where are the super-brood?
ALL-NEW X-MEN #11 (Brian Michael Bendis / Stuart Immonen / Wade von Grawbadger / Marte Gracia) Marvel
This comic was damaged by the messed up publishing schedule. The big reveal was already spoiled in Uncanny, as was the result of the big reveal. Since this issue was mostly just about that, it felt a little pointless. The bit with Jean and Kitty was good. And yes, Jean is scary.
SWAMP THING #20 (Charles Soule / Kano / Alvaro Lopez) DC
The effect of Scarecrow’s chemicals on Swampy was really well done. That is the perfect nightmare for someone who has become as powerful as he has.
Superman was a straight up dick, though. He clearly needs help and Supes just utters vague threats.
I don’t know where Soule is going to go with the book, but his introduction to it was solid.
SNAPSHOT #4 (Andy Diggle / Jock) Image
So, everything gets wrapped up with a nice, happy ending.
Or not.
Wow, was that depressing.
MISTER X: EVICTION #1 (Dean Motter) Dark Horse
In a book where style takes front seat over story, it is still a pretty solid story! Especially the back-up. The scene where Shrodinger starts directing traffic is great.
If you are fan of design in comics, as I am, do not hesitate to grab any of Motter’s Mr. X books.
THE MOVEMENT #1 (Gail Simone / Freddie Williams II) DC
Did we really need a watered-down, super-hero version of Scarlet?
Yes, actually. I know plenty of people – good people – that if they had super-powers this is exactly what they would do. SUper-heroes are very pro-establishment as it stands, so it is nice to see the other side. I have faith that Simone can do this grey area, after she handled the darker areas so well in Secret Six (a book which should still exist…)
FAIREST #15 (Sean E. Williams / Stephen Sadowski / Phil Jimenez) Vertigo
Bad cover. No wait, great cover, but bad choice for a cover. Giving away the final page reveal on the cover is kind o fa bad idea, no?
This was a very good comic, and I am happy with it, but if this becomes yet another arc where the man is the actual start… well, that would suck.
The first issue was absolutely top-notch, though, so hopefully not.
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #9 (Slott / Stegman / Delgado) Marvel
I really enjoyed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
This comic was good, too.
The funny thing is, if you look at things a certain way, Otto did nothing wrong. That wasn’t Peter. It was just the memory of Peter.
Still, there is much gnashing of teeth because people thought this was how Peter was going to come back.
Fret not, little ones. Peter will come back.
Just like Steve did. And Clark before him. And countless others.
HAWKEYE #10 (Fraction / Francavilla) Marvel
You really notice it was Aja isn’t here… but I still quite like Francavilla. This book is a little more surreal than it has been, but it takes you where you need to go and does it in style. It doesn’t take you where you might WANT to go, but that ship sailed last issue.
ANIMAL MAN #20 (Lemire / Leon / Green II / Silver) DC
I don’t really understand how this warrants its own story, but I don’t care. This is just a really good story. Trim off the Buddy stuff and just read about Red Thunder.
I want to see his movie. A much, much sadder version of Kick-Ass.
Tags: Age Of Ultron, ALL-NEW X-MEN, Animal Man, Dial H, Fairest, Hawkeye, Mister X: Eviction, Snapshot, Superior Spider-Man, Swamp Thing, The Movement
Rusty’s Comic of the Week: Ultimate Spider-Man #22
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Big week.
Right off, I should announce that you won’t see Batwoman reviews here any more… at least until they get a different writer. I like the character and want to support the diversity…but the comic is just terrible. It is such a muddied mess that it is hard to even tell what is going on from page to page.
Dropped.
It isn’t the only one… read on.
Starting from the weakest…
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #28 (aaron / Perez / Martin) Marvel
I picked this up because I had been enjoying the Bendis X-books so much.
This isn’t them.
I read it all through the Savage Land adventure. I like the idea of the school, but this book… just isn’t good enough. Dog is a stupid character that should have never been created. Eye-boy is awful. Shark Girl has potential.
Art – bad. Story – dull.
Dropped.
BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN #6 (Brian Azzarello / J.G. Jones) DC
Some of the Before Watchmen stuff was worth the effort. Some wasn’t. So, in Watchmen they implied Comedian killed Kennedy. In this mini they say he didn’t… oh wait, there is more the one Kennedy, isn’t there?
(This IS what happened, best as I can tell, just with someone else as triggerman.)
AVENGERS #10 (Jonathan Hickman / Mike Deodato / Frank Martin) Marvel
This is probably lower than it deserves to be, but I am kind of annoyed that ONCE AGAIN the Canadian heroes are used as a Worf, killed off just so the threat looks big enough to challenge the Avengers.
Alos, finding out what Validator said was a real let-down.
FANTASTIC FOUR #7 (Fraction / Bagley / Hennessy / Mounts) Marvel
Wait… did this book make sense at all? Why did they need to save Blastaar? Did I miss something?
Overall, this book is going nowhere.
Dropped.
FF #6 (Matt Fraction / Joe Quinones / Laura Allred) Marvel
See the last comment on the Fantastic Four review.
Marvel made it easier on me by not having Mike Allred do the art this issue. I like the characters… but they never really do anything.
Dropped.
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #19 (Lemire / Fawkes / Janin / Cifuentes) DC
The cover didn’t mean anything… but it sure looks cool. I am referring to the Swamp Thing house on the fold-out. Nice. (This cover theme month is still turning out to be a whole lot of nothing.)
There WAS a cool reveal in this book, but not until the last page. I have to remind myself that the villain was DC first, despite Vertigo’s excellent co-opting of him.
I like Madame Xanadu, but I like how the other characters are questioning what use she is when she always tells them about things too late.
UNCANNY AVENGERS #7 (Remender / Acuna) Marvel
I am not a fan of the big, over-powered space villains, bit knowing that Kang is behind it helps. What slots it this high is the character interplay. That ‘real’ Avengers crack by Wasp was a little petty… which is good. In fact, I liked all the character work in this one. The art is really good, too. Much better than Cassaday.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #2 (Bendis / McNiven / Pichelli / Dell / Ponsor) Marvel
I have been ready to not like this book. Space stuff isn’t my thing. After an excellent zero issue, #1 wasn’t great. Then cam ethis one.
The plot isn’t grabbing me… but the characters are great! Rocket Racoon is awesome! Plus, is Sara Pichelli taking over for Steve McNiven? I like McNiven, but I like Pichelli even more!
So far, so good.
UNCANNY X-MEN #5 (Bendis / Irving) Marvel
So it seemed that all of the ex-Phoenix hosts had their powers changed except for Magik, right? Not so fast.
Magik’s powers have also been affected, and her powers mean a lot more than ray beams and twisting metal.
Dormmamu will likely be the least of their problems. There will be hell to pay…
Fraser Irving is the perfect artist for this story. His Limbo is perfectly nightmarish.
NEW AVENGERS #5 (Jonathan Hickman / Steve Epting / Rick Magyar / Frank D’Armata) Marvel
How do you get past Hickman’s circuitous, non-rational storytelling? Have an issue that involves on conversation with flashbacks. This issue works a lot better than previous ones have.
The Black Swan’s background was interesting, as was her dismissal of Dr. Strange – which tells me that magic is going to be crucial in saving the day. It will be the one factor that the Black Swan has not included in her calculations.
And who is the best suited to understand the balance of science and magic? Where are they going next issue?
THE MASSIVE #11 (Brian Wood / Declan Shalvey / Jordie Bellaire) Dark Horse
First off, I have been very critical of Shalvey’s work in the past, over on Thunderbolts. His attempt to fit with the style on The Massive is much more successful. It didn’t feel jarring at all.
Some important stuff happened here – the biggest of which is Lars learning about Callum’s condition. They also lost the helicopter and yet another crewman… the hard way, this time.
Plus sharks. Sharks are cool, right? And after seeing the Megalodon, I wonder when the Giant Octopus will show up. A Massive / Great Pacific crossover?
One thing though… swimming with the sharks when they are so hungry that they will jump out of the ocean to grab food on land?
Stupid.
THE UNWRITTEN #48 (Mike Carey / Peter Gross) Vertigo
From Hell to Hell? Why not? There should be as many version so fHell as there are people who have written about it. This isn’t Dante’s version, unless it is an altered one, since the devil is free.
Paulie learning his real origins should be interesting, as was Lizzie’s masquerade.
YOUNG AVENGERS #4 (Gillen / McKelvie / Norton / Wilson) Marvel
Is there a more fun book out this week? I say thee nay! Look at the design sense that went into this, from the cover, to the Noh-Varr attack scene. Beautiful. Loki is being an ass… and I am not referring to him taking a powder at the end. It is painfully obvious that he will be back. I am talking about him dropping those seeds of doubt into Teddy’s mind. Great stuff.
Marvel Boy is not me favourite character but the rest of the cast is aces.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22 (Bendis / Pichelli / Ponsor) Marvel
I guess Sara Pichelli is going to GoG, since they have announced she is leaving here. That’s okay, David Marquez is great too.
This book is… whoa.
So Miles’ identity is now known by Maria Hill. It was also known by his mother but…
Are they going to slowly turn him into Peter. I liked Miles’ mother so it is a loss… and you can argue that it is a bit of a ‘Girlfriend in a Refrigerator’, but the whole thing is going to tear Miles’ world apart. Trauma, despair and heartbreak make for good fiction.
2013 Reading List
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added, a fantastic anthology of contemporary black Canadian poetry. A number of my friends are in this.
2013 in BOOKS
The Great Black North, edited by Valerie Mason-John & Kevan Anthony Cameron
Language Myths, edited by Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill
Tomy Bewick, My Mouth Hurts Too Much To Fight You.
Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks
2013 in Comic Collections
Uncanny X-Men: From the Ashes
X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants
Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 1: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke
New Mutants Classic Vol. 1
Rusty’s Comic of the Week: Wonder Woman #19
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Big surprise at the #1 spot this week.
Maybe I am just in a good mood because I did really well at the Capital Slam semi-finals last night and made the finals. Time to get to work!
Starting at the weakest.
BATWOMAN #19 (J.H. Williams III / W.Haden Blackman / Trevor McCarthy) DC
So, the DC cover gimmick where it is supposed to reveal some big surprise? Did nobody tell Williams that?
I really should drop this comic. I like the character. I like the concept. I like to support diversity in comics.
But I prefer comics to be somewhat coherent. This isn’t. And the art is bad.
Sigh.
CAPTAIN MARVEL #12 (DeConnick / Sebela / Andrade / Bellaire) Marvel
I like this comic more, but this is still just a big fight scene. Interspersing the medical talk helped a bit, but not enough.
So, she ‘caught’ something now? I guess that makes sense because that way she can find a cure, go back to being her old heroic self, and feel bad about Helen Cobb. I get it.
It looks like they are going to try a more ‘standard’ artist starting next issue. We’ll see how that plays.
AGE OF ULTRON #6 (Bendis / Peterson / Pacheco / Martinez) Marvel
What really puts that book down this low is the art. It just wasn’t very good. The past Pacheco art is a lot better than the Peterson art… but nether really wowed me.
The end wasn’t shocking at all and the announcement of an upcoming book called Avengers A.I. has already spoiled that this ‘shock’ doesn’t stick around so, there is that.
The Age of Ultron spin-off this week was way better.
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #8 (Dan Slott / Huberto Ramos / Hector Olazaba / Edgar Delgado) Marvel
The scenes with the Avengers were not great. The cool big fight scene that was expected just didn’t happen and then their ‘scan’ was pretty weak. The stuff with Cardiac was a lot better and Otto’s feelings about being a hero were an interesting evolution.
They have teased that something big happens in issue #9. I think that is it for that Peter echo, cementing Otto’s place. (Of course, I still think Peter WILL be back, but not just yet.)
REVIVAL #9 (Tim Seeley / Mike Norton) Image
Ruthanne’s complaint is that the book doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, and that is a fair assessment, but I still like it.
I actually don’t know what else to say with this one.
THIEF OF THIEVES #13 (Kirkman / Asmus / Martinbrough / Serrano ) Image
This is another one I like more than Ruthanne does. I dig the cinematic feel of it. There are always twists but they don’t feel contrived. This issue marks the end of the Asmus arc but it also sets up the Andy Diggle arc that follows.
The one real criticism I have is that I wonder if EVERY arc is going to be about how someone manipulates him into stealing for them and how he turns the tables.
DAREDEVIL #25 (Waid / Samnee / Rodriguez) Marvel
This is an interesting take on the Daredevil fight scene. I love Chris Samnee’s art normally, so it feels weird criticizing him, but it felt like we were being TOLD that the fight was brutal, rather than seeing it. I recall when Waid made comments about how busted up Matt was inside, wondering, ‘why?’ It just felt like reading a normal fight scene with a supervillain while being told that it was much more.
DD is a good book, though. I am glad I finally starting buying it.
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #27 AU (Kindt / Medina / Vlasco / Curiel) Marvel
Right off the top, let me say that this book does not deserve to place this high on the list. It is just not THAT good. The art is not great and the writing is nothing special.
SPOILER ALERT FOR THIS AND AGE OF ULTRON
But the CONCEPTS in this book really hit be in my happy place.
Wolverine and Sue Storm just screwed up. BIG time.
Forget the possible fall-out from killing Hank Pym… Sue just made Reed more distrustful and less likely to work with the wider community to keep the world safe.
Meanwhile, Wolverine just created a race of SUPER-Brood that would probably threaten the existence of humankind on the planet. (Think the movie Aliens, let loose on the world).
My only concern is that since this isn’t in the main title, these threads won’t be as important as the death of Pym one (which should also be a big deal) and won’t be touched on as much. I hope I am wrong.
FABLES #128 (Willingham / Buckingham / Pepoy / Leialoha) Vertigo
My concerns about this book have been allayed so far. Snow White was awesome. Brute force is clearly not going to win the day (in fact, wait until Bigby hears what he just did to his wife). Rose Red rose (ahem) to the occasion. The witches are DOING something.
I feel more comfortable that Snow will save herself and that is what I want to see.
WONDER WOMAN #19 (Azzarello / Sudzuka / Akins / Green) DC
WW is #1? Wow. I have not been liking the book that much lately, so what made is so great this time? Cliff Chiang isn’t even on art!
Oh, I how I enjoyed this book. Let me count the ways.
The Apollo stuff was okay and the Poseidon stuff didn’t do it for me… but the rest!
Let’s start with the naming sequence. They start with the Brit names. Diana suggests Steve and everyone gives her a look (that is almost a 4th-wall sequence). War shows where his head is at. Hera looking at the baby and the effect that has on her. Then, Zeke! Orion’s idea of what the name sounds like is awesome! What a great name!
The mod-WW semi-easter egg.
The kiss.
The balls.
The punch.
The UGLY Orion!
This book was FULL of great bits.
