The Comics Quickie #3
Sorry guys. Not only have the last two weeks have been a lot busier than I expected, but the lack of REAL casting news regarding Cap is a downer every time come to CBM. Anil’s been doing reviews for the last two weeks and posting them at the bottom of Quickie #2. Thanks for keeping it alive Anil! (I’m gonna copy and paste some of his reviews up here from the last two weeks).
WEEK OF 24TH FEB COMICS – by Anil Rickly
MARVEL:
1. amazing spider man 622 - loved the aunt may tripping out cuz or mr negative's powers...this gauntlet is still kinda iffy to me...i disliked the electro and morbius and black cat...but loved the mysterio, mr negative and chameleon...wish id see more norman and jj in this book :(...overall an average read..but i do look fwd to the lizard arc and cant wait for the kravinoffs to reveal their true gauntlet plan....the spidey morning after with black cat cracked me up...when pete catches mj and harry sexing i will be laughing loudly
2. avengers initiative 31 - brilliant book...gage and co. look set to make avengers academy a must-see...this book allows so many narratives that it shows how well written it was...hood, constrictor, diamondback etc taskmaster...are all so well written...i loved the ozzie in this bk also...lots of action and norman is storming :)...one of the top reads this week...next issue seems even better
3. dark wolverine 33 - jeez...the fates issue and much of this seems so predictable and unnatural...pathetic...but still readable...thor fried his ass hard :)..nothing too special with this
4. fall of red hulks...no 2...well done and showed that thundra was a decent character...along with lyra,....the rulk has a love mush? ironic huh...banner and skaar better improve and come good next issues
5. ms marvel 50 - skrull clone of mar-vell...hmmm..the whole arc was weak as hell...terrible book..i think she's gonna die in the 2 siege choices
6. new avengers 62 - not one of bendis' brilliant work....but an overall sweet issue....loved the cap and fury interaction...ronin and bucky and cage also rocked...dreamt i was up on a roof overlooking crime...was sweet indeed...sets up nicely into siege
7. thor 607 - amazing...need i say more...gillen is the successor to JMS...this left out lots of asgard action but the ragnarok arrival to kill volstagg and perhaps thor was fun...this book is the best out there...kinda moved slow and timed out for certain places but this plot is amazing...ragnarok is here for blood :)
8. xforce - art too dreary to get a perfect dark view...but the proudstar bros are rocking very hard in this book..cant wait to see how they end selene...nice dialogue
9. xfactor 202 - what is doom doing with miller? i have no clue but this book seems to be goin up again 2010 cuz 2009 was brutal...the plot kicks ass...and other plot threads are seen...overall we know stuff , what marvel wants us to know lol
10. xmen legacy 233 - nice art indeed but this proteus fight and overall plot seemed to meander from the necrosha title a bit...irene adler's interaction with rogue and blindfold was the main bright spot in this book!!!
11. batman and robin 9 - cant believe dick tried to resurrect a bruce corpse in the l-pit...stupid of him...but the batwoman death plot was well scripted...as was the damian/alfred defense against evil bruce...this still doesn't give hints how bruce will return...just that tim drake was right wwhen he said bruce was alive...a fact that has not been touched upon by this book or drake's red robin...poor of you DC...i hope to enjoy more grayson in cowl before bruce's return
12. blackest night 7 - amazing as usual. reis...and mahnke should do all dc books...art is wicked...johns is wicked...and now we just get pure action...lots of squads going at it...more of nekron and black hand....we see why earth was so important to abin sur....atrocitus, luthor and ahem...sinestro steals the show...enter the entity of light...and we see the white lantern on the last pg....a very interesting and shocking choice!!
13. t-bolts 141 - sets up a nice ending that meets another avengers team into siege in an interesting part of asgard on a very interesting mission....but overall, parker has not been able to give the dynamic that diggle and ellis did in the past...in all fairness, this new team has diff elements to them...im just waiting for luke cage and co. to take the reins....
14. green arrow black lantern - a well written read, lots of dirty secrets, that help establish the fall of green arrow and lots of heartbreaking revelations to the canary...nice to see jt krul bring the whole arrow family together...cant wait to see how red arrow becomes the arsenal and what happens to a disgraced ollie post BN
3rd March, 2010 – by Anil Rickly
1.invincible iron man 24 - slow, slow...but damn fine story telling by fraction...while his UXM leaves some to be desired, his iron man has been nice...he writes a brilliant osborn, and did well disassembling stark's mind...and this journey is immense...i love the pepper and maria hill he writes also...but the probz is...well im too anxious and hyper to see iron man enter the siege battlefield...so reading this slow-paced issue just has me yelling 'are we there yet??? times 1000'...the art is smooth but salvador draws a terrible steve rogers:(...alls i can say is i cant wait for stark to reign in siege..and the last pg of this issue is F-ING A+++ and leads to some sweet stuff post siege...fraction is the man to replace bendis after avengers cuz fraction has iron man, and with thor, he's got 2 big icons in amazing places after siege...he is the avengers understudy imo
2. mighty avengers 34 - not nice at all. the plot went astray...capturing a god? after the loki reveal, id think slott would continue to rock but he tanks...and makes pietro a raw bitch! thor is also not well written...and defends loki when it's obvious loki helped cast him out? so many coincidences and thor cant get a clue yet? loki was done well but pym and co. suck in this issue...the fact that pym offers loki membership...and this disassembles the team was really shit...the way in which the mighty avengers split is so random and left-field...you'd think this was their first mission....poor poor poor..and if they split now, how do they reassemble to battle t-bolts in the end of t-bolts 141???? slott app put this issue together in 5 mins
3. ult avengers 5 - i didnt like the previous issue...but millar opened amazingly...and wrote an amazing Ult red skull..the plot is amazing...comes together well...all characters get enough screen time to properly have an impact...i love hawkeye being the new cautious leader...but war machine really came off well as a cross between luke cage and tony stark...and well, ult cap redeems himself when we see his plan...elements of 616 brilliant tactician mixed in with the badass ult cap we know...millar wins big...epic issue and one of the best ive read in a long time from any marvel book...and the last pg...KICKASS
4. new ultimates 1 - loved it. loved how the teams came around and the plots thickened. thumbs up loeb but i know u have potential to f this up...the loki reveal was poor at best...but all those well drawn tits, sexy girlz by cho...and heck the blatant sex...well this issue was filled with so many hot chicks, i felt as if i were reading an anime penthouse...boy what i would have given to be ult thor or ult tony stark...the last page was well written..and i concur...tits rock
Recap – by Jusme6
Looks like things are starting to make sense in the Hulk universe. Red is starting to make sense to me. If you look at the previews for next week’s TIH it seems pretty obvious that Glen Talbot is the Red Hulk (good call Anil). It’s also looking like the bad guys really are gonna win which I’m starting to enjoy which will then kick off World War Hulks—do we want the “good guys” or the “bad guys” to win? Fading fast is my hope that Hiro-Kala will have any part in WWHs (is he really Hulks son? He doesn’t really reflect Hulk or Banner to me).
It feels like the X-Verse is taking FOREVER to get to Second Coming. Things seem pretty predictable in Cable, Uncanny, and X-Force and I’m surprised to find myself enjoying the Nation-X storyline. It’s hard to come up with something original for the X-Men who have been around since forever, but I really think they’ve touched on something new here in Utopia. I just hope Second Coming doesn’t change everything in a way that leaves us fans all pissed off and screaming “Why did they do that?!?!?”
Siege is AMAZING! I like how Norman’s forces plus Loki’s puppet mastery may actually be just enough to take down Asgard. You can’t attack the Gods and expect to win, but Norman’s gonna come a lot closer to winning than I would have thought. I can’t wait to see how Odin’s spear plays into it all. I really hope we find out who Norman’s secret weapon is next week.
Ultimate Universe is coming back strong from Ultimatum. In New Ultimates, Iron Man is becoming a lot more likable and a lot less one dimensional. Ultimate Red Skull has proven he is worthy of bearing the name “Red Skull.” Ultimate Rick Jones may branch off into an Ultimate Cosmic chapter (though calling himself “Nova” felt a little wrong to me). I’m hoping Ultimate Enemy reunites the F4 and I hope Ultimate X reinvents a new X-Men team that are not celebrities. Ult Spidy rocks imo! He reminds me of my teenage brother and his friends (minus the superpowers and costumes). The characters are kinda annoying but in a charming way.
Getting fired on TV is a new low for PP. The thing I don’t like about ASM is that it’s not very consistent. Some weeks it’s good and others mediocre at best, and it’s hard to tell which kind of issue you’re gonna get.
Special thanks to Anil Rickly for keeping the reviews alive.
Special thanks to Makiveli for yelling at me to put up another review post.