Hey all, once again its time for another look into this weeks latest offerings from the good old friends of Marvel and DC comics. Today's a good week of offerings, sadly Brightest Day #6 was not available at my local comic shop, nor at their mother store in Philadelphia, so in its place I did pick up the reprinted Wonder Woman #600 issue, which I was gonna jump into since JMS is doing it. Today's offerings is a good mix-up, a lot of today's reviews featured some great action packed moments and well paced stories. So this weeks issues are Amazing Spider-man #638, Avengers #3, Power Girl #14, Thunderbolts #146, Wonder Woman #600, and Zatanna #3. Lets begin shall we....
Amazing Spider-man #638: Well its finally here folks, the event we all been preparing for...ONE MOMENT IN TIME!!!!!*lighting and thunder*...which is actually a pretty good set-up thus far. The story takes place in the main time line as well as the day prior and the day of MJ and Peters Wedding. The issue has modern art as well as the art from the original story. It blends really well with the overall concept. I won't spoil much but its about about how the events we DON'T SEE in the original arc being unfolded. The artwork is done pretty well, like I said it blends the old and new together in a cool way. The writing is pretty good when its done by the new writer which is Quesada, who hopes this will fix any problems. I give this issue a B-, the newer artwork is good and I like the blending of two stories, hopefully this fixes and not worsens the title.
Avengers #3: This issue was just pure awesomeness. The first half of this issue is the Avengers fighting the Four Horsemen. One being another universes Wanda and Spidey while the other 2 I'm unfamiliar with. After Tony finds a solution and some answers as to how Apocalypse arrived there, the team breaks apart into a small group going into the future but are stopped by a sudden surprise. This was a total fun read, it keeps the story flowing but at the same time keeps it action packed, like a title like this should be. Theres good moments of exposition and storytelling and we are hopefully one or two more issues of them getting to the future. Romita's artwork is fantastic and I get a much better feel for it now, instead of seeing it before the title got started I was hesitant, but it fits well here. I give this issue an A-
Power Girl #14: This issue gave me some more faith with this new team. This issue follows right after issue 13 and it continues the downfall of PG's company, while she worries that Booster Gold is losing it about Maxwell Lord. The other half of the issue deals with Power Girl fighting a mysterious robot human thing out to destroy all of New York City. This was a good blend of action and story, we get both done really well. The writing feels weird but I get the feeling that it is still the same as the original team. I dig the artwork, they flaunt what she got but its not over emphasized. I give this issue a B+, I hope as the series goes on it steps its game up.
Thunderbolts #146: This concludes what happened in #145 and starts a new mission right away. The troll thing that is about to kill ghost is knocked out by crossbones and its revealed by Valkyrie to be someone from the realms of Asgard. The teams next mission is to locate a lost group of agents and seek out a huge supply of terrigen crystals. They go down into the caves with Man-Thing and discover the agents along with some monstrous creatures that hurt to the touch. The issue ends with a bad-ass pose of Man-Thing, Crossbones, and Mach V. This is a bad-ass issue, it keeps the action and violence in the front and never lets it go. The team interaction is very awesome and full of great comebacks, I can't wait to see how those three kick-ass. The writing and artwork go hand in hand with this title and its all spot on.I give it an A-
Wonder Woman #600: This issue is essentially an anthology issue with different writers and artist teams giving us different tales of Wonder Woman and they are pretty good. I LOVED Conners return to Power Girl with this issue, it was a touching story involving WW and PG, The others involve WW and a lot of the DC females fighting sirens, superman and WW fighting a man wielding mystical weapons, and the last two stories blend together into what makes her wear her new outfit. I liked this issue, its a great send up to the character and how she is gonna be in the new series. As for the new outfit, I dare anyone to complain about it after seeing Diana's rump in those new pants, then you are seriously jaded. I can't wait to see how this whole thing works out. I give this issue a B+
Zantanna #3: Man oh man can this series get any better!!! I can't say how much more I love this title. This issue concludes Zatanna finally fighting Brother Night and his guards at the same time rescuing her crew, which she turns one of the girls into her as a replacement for the moment, gotta admit kinda kinky....the story also has a touching moment with her and her ghost father. Also that dream imp actually helps in this issue and leaves promptly. I seriously love Dini's work in this title, he's not lowering the character to a cheesy standard like some mystical titles sadly do but here, we get plenty of action and a great conclusion to the first of what is hopefully many great arcs. The artwork is just amazing as usual. I give this issue an A+.
Quick news: I am reading planetary once again and Volume 2 is AWESOME...I love how much its making fun of all the staples we know in the comic lure. Also I will review Scott Pilgrim vol 6 once I get my hands on it.
So in closing this was a great week for both action and story telling. I hope many of these titles keep getting better and better, I hope OMIT does really well and of course Wonder Woman's new look brings her back into higher rankings that she truly deserves. See you all next week, Aki87 OUT!!!!