BOUGHT some solar jewels/THOUGHT about charging 'em, November 16, 2011

[TheCorpulent1]

I've only read one comic, but it made me happy enough to want to start this thread immediately.

Avengers: This is the Cap-forms-a-new-team issue that we all knew was coming for a while, but the real news is obviously that the Vision who joins is not, as we all suspected, Vision 2.0 of the Young Avengers. It's the original Vision, back in all his weird-ass-striped-belt glory! Iron Man apparently rebuilt him in his spare time. So that's awesome.

Not so awesome, however, is that there's some weirdness to his dialogue. Hawkeye mentions that he doesn't remember the Vision talking so much, and the Vision himself is kind of emotionless and keeps talking about wanting to get right back to business. I don't know if that's just Bendis winking at the readers a bit because he makes everyone talk a lot, or if it might be some kind of foreshadowing that this is not really the Vision we know and love. With an Ultron event looming just over the horizon and Tony explaining that he somehow stumbled onto making the Vision operational again by accidentally hitting the right button, I'm wondering if what Tony actually did was open the Vision's computers and body to Ultron, so Ultron is just impersonating him now. That would suck if Bendis is teasing us like that and the Vision's not really back at all.

But until I know that for sure: YAY, THE VISION'S BACK!

Oh, and the rest of the issue was surprisingly good for Bendis. His insipid dialogue style actually works really well for the media commentators, and the fact that the new Avengers roster is a big media event in the first place is a good idea, especially in the way it came about. Makes a lot of sense for Tony, the businessman, to take Cap's pragmatism and spin it into a media frenzy to divert people's attention from the horrors of Fear Itself, which they're presumably still reeling from. Daisy Johnson makes an appearance as the new Director of SHIELD and Cap drafts her onto the Avengers, for some reason. Probably to continue his investigation into Osborn and HAMMER, since HAMMER-loyal agents have apparently stuck around to infiltrate normal human jobs in Cap's post-HAMMER infrastructure like, say, guarding Osborn's cell at the Raft. I don't intend to keep reading Avengers after this issue, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good this one was.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Fear Itself: The Fearless #3

The race for the hammers continues! I'm really enjoying what's been coming after Fear Itself a lot more than the Event Itself. This comic has some nice art to accompany a whole lot of action. The premise is very simplistic; but, the three writers do a great job of making it entertaining. This issue has two very good scenes: One, is with Ant-Man being swallowed by a vampire, and the second is with Crossbones and a puke bucket. Plus, I'm finding the flashback scenes with Valkyrie just as good as the main story.

Another good issue, I'm happy it's twice monthly, and it's good to have a lot of action accompanied with a good advancement in the plot.

Fear Itself #7.3: Iron Man

While the other two issues were better than this, I still appreciated another lenghthy Epilogue to the main event. This time, we're getting Tony Stark confronting Grey Gargoyle for the death of all the people in Paris. Those issues in Invincible Iron Man were probably the best part of Fear Itself; although, by issue's end, the emotional impact of that is taken away from the reader.

The hook for this issue is a single panel, showing a child turned to stone, very fearful, and being clutched by her mother. Being a father, that image just sticks with you. It also brings the impact of all those death's to light once again. From there, we get two scenes being played out. One, is Tony confronting the Grey Gargoyle for all the death he has caused. The second is Odin coming to talk to Tony Stark, and Stark blaming Odin for not doing more. Some of those scenes with Odin and Stark just didn't work for me; but, in the end, I guess I liked how Odin brought all those turned to stone back into flesh once again. I say "guess," because it also takes away from the impact of the event. I almost feel as if with the three .1 issues that have come out, it has made Fraction's event meaningless.

Still, I give the book a decent review.

Avengers #19

Ah, "the old order changeth." This used to be one of my favorite Avengers traditions when I was a kid. Sadly, when Bendis does it, too often it annoys the crap out of me. (The exception was last week's New Avengers. That was so nicely handled, and makes me think if Bendis does a team book, it should be with villians.) Of course, the big news is the return of The Vision. What sucks is how it's explained away. Very lame! Tony Stark has been working on The Vision for some time, and it just finally all came together??!!?? Heck, it should have at least been Pym!

I hated this issue. The team is now Storm, Quake (Daisy Johnson), Iron Man, Spider Woman, Hawkeye, Captain America, Wolverine, The Vision, Rulk, and ... I think, Captain Marvel?? (I guess they call him The Presence, or something like that.) I'm not very excited about that group. Plus, Osborn showing up in the end also stunk. Amazing how that event isn't being monitored!

Official Index To The Marvel Universe: Wolverine, Punisher, & Ghost Rider #4

Another great issue! The amount of information in each issue is staggering. I would love to know what the writers do to get prepared and put it all out. Does Marvel help them along? Do they look at comic on the computer, or do they get actual copies to enjoy in a seat? How many do they need to have done in a month??

Fantastic stuff for the real Marvel fan!

Amazing Spider-Man #674

Spider-Island is done! (Or, is it?) Yeah, it's done, but there are so many mentions of it within these pages, that we won't stop hearing about it for a while. Depending on what you like in your Spidey comic is going to determine what you think about Slott's direction for his comic. Personally, I find myself annoyed at times. It's just a bit too corny and silly for me. But, to give Slott credit, it's obviously the kind of Spidey he likes, and, I'd rather have him write from his enjoyment than mine.

I'm not a huge Vulture fan. Still, Slott starts out this new storyline in a catchy way. (Seeing the young kids falling from the skies is very powerful.) With it coming hot on the heals of Spider-Island, naturally people expect it's the youth trying to capture some Spidey-type powers. Naturally, we get another case of Spidey being blamed for a death (how often does THAT have to happen...that MENACE!). There is a nice interaction between Carly and Peter in a coffee shop; and, there are two lame scenes. One involves MJ at a dance club where (it just so happens) Vulture has his hideout; and, the other is one of the WORST Kingpin scenes I've ever read. Kingpin having a hissy fit, and then having a talk with Hobgoblin, like they are two spoiled teenagers, just was terrible.

Still, I give this issue a . That Kingpin scene almost brought it down, though.

Ultimate X-Men #3

I've been kind of into this book; but, the latest issue just lacked something for me. Maybe it's that any scene with the new, villianous Quicksilver just reads bad; or, maybe it's that this version of Striker is rather lame. I wish they'd just stick more with Kitty's team and Jean Grey's team. (Grey's team isn't even seen this issue.) Heck, I'm still turned off with the idea that the government created mutants storyline.

The Stand: The Night Has Come #4

After this, just two more issues to go. I give major props to Marvel for giving this Stephen King novel the full-on treatment. (Compared to the "too-many-shortcuts" approach they did with the first Gunslinger mini, which fit most of "Wizards and Glass" into just 8 issues.) This comic has been fantastic, and the last two issues were standouts. This one, while still good, didn't hold up to the others. Still, we get one of the major scenes of the entire novel finally happen, namely Trashcan Man returning to Randall Flagg's camp, just before Stu and crew are to be executed, with a nuclear bomb.

If you've never read The Stand, the book is still better; but, I cannot think of anyone doing a more faithful adaptation than this.

 

[runawayboulder]

Holy s**t, that was the dumbest reason for Storm to join. God, I'm so glad I don't buy this title anymore. Osborn showing up at the press conference makes no sense. He's the most wanted fugitive on the planet but yet Bendis has him waltz up to the front door of Avengers mansion like that is beyond stupid. I love the original Vision....but not this much. Call me when he's on Avengers Academy......

 

[Phaedrus45]

BTW, I forgot to mention something that happened at my shop today and a comic that Marvel didn't ship. ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #6 (OF 5) $2.99 did not arrive at my shop; but, he did get an odd notice from Marvel, stating that all comic shops can send back issues 1-5. (He mentioned Marvel NEVER lets shops send stuff back.) This was originally suppose to be an 8 issue mini-series; but, like above, it now says it's 5 issues. (BTW, the last issue was "To be continued.")

Is Marvel just not going to finish this, and that's why they are allowing the comics to be returned? Pay back the comic shops, but those of us who are enjoying the book are screwed???!!!??

 

[JewishHobbit]

I'm surprised people aren't all excited at the notion that Wolverine and Spider-Man are officially off the Avengers book. They're both now only in New Avengers (which I'm super stoked about).

I'm still reading my books for the week and probably won't get my reviews in until tomorrow but I put back two that I'll get next week in order to pick up three I had zero intention of grabbing. Avengers Academy (and the last issue) and Venom. I've dropped both but I've always kinda regretted dropping Venom so now that Spider-Island is done I thought I'd give it a shot again. I skimmed this issue of Academy due to Magneto being in it and liked it. Then realized that next issue is when X-23 joins and I was considering getting that one (especially since her title is now canceled) and I was planning on picking up the 2 issues with Runaways. Then I realized that I like just about every one of the new students (Penance from Generation X!!!!)... and finally just said screw it and bought it starting with the new direction. With X-23 ending it opens a spot so I figured it's a good time to maybe give this book another shot to impress. I liked it before and with the new characters that I like I'll likely enjoy it more. We'll see. I've not read any of these three books yet but I'll let you know when I review them.

 

[runawayboulder]

New Avengers is a lousy book too. It had one decent debut arc. I'm pretty much over both being Avengers at this point. I prefer Wolverine in his role in Uncanny X-Force and WATXM. As for Spider-Man, honestly, if I had a choice of him being an Avenger or being in FF, I'd rather him be on FF. At least he's part of a family instead of being a rookie buffoon.

 

[Phaedrus45]

BTW, I forgot to mention something that happened at my shop today and a comic that Marvel didn't ship. ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #6 (OF 5) $2.99 did not arrive at my shop; but, he did get an odd notice from Marvel, stating that all comic shops can send back issues 1-5. (He mentioned Marvel NEVER lets shops send stuff back.) This was originally suppose to be an 8 issue mini-series; but, like above, it now says it's 5 issues. (BTW, the last issue was "To be continued.")

Is Marvel just not going to finish this, and that's why they are allowing the comics to be returned? Pay back the comic shops, but those of us who are enjoying the book are screwed???!!!??

Well, this just sucks. The story was actually pretty damn good. See this site, and get a good laugh at the second group of panels. It's cool that Marvel is trying to help out the retailers who would be screwed trying to sell back issues for a cancelled book with no conclusion; but, that doesn't translate to making the fans happy!

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/10/25/all-winners-squad-is-not-just-cancelled-its-unfinished/

 

[moraldeficiency]

I thought wolverine was still on the team. Did Phaedrus lie to us?!?

 

[Themanofbat]

The cover to Venom #9 was beautiful...

My shop owner told me that Marvel shipped DOUBLE all orders of Point One that they ordered, so they should have charged EVETONE half-price...

 

[hippie_hunter]

I thought wolverine was still on the team. Did Phaedrus lie to us?!?

Nope, Wolverine and Spider-Man are gone.

I really love how the roster has Vision and Steve back, but I am really not feeling Red Hulk, Daisy Johnson, Storm, Protector, and Spider-Woman on the team. Spider-Woman has been on the Avengers for a while and I just haven't found myself liking the character at all. Protector has done nothing ever since this book started. I hate X-Men being on the Avengers. Red Hulk just hasn't clicked very well as an Avenger IMO (even though he has turned into a really good character under Parker's direction). And Daisy Johns just seems completely out of place.

Also the cover is really misleading. WTF? I was expecting Black Panther, Spider-Man, and Ms. Marvel on the team.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Avengers #19
The team is now Storm, Quake (Daisy Johnson), Iron Man, Spider Woman, Hawkeye, Captain America, Wolverine, The Vision, Rulk, and ... I think, Captain Marvel??

Liar! I denounce thee!

 

[moraldeficiency]

Nope, Wolverine and Spider-Man are gone.

I really love how the roster has Vision and Steve back, but I am really not feeling Red Hulk, Daisy Johnson, Storm, Protector, and Spider-Woman on the team. Spider-Woman has been on the Avengers for a while and I just haven't found myself liking the character at all. Protector has done nothing ever since this book started. I hate X-Men being on the Avengers. Red Hulk just hasn't clicked very well as an Avenger IMO (even though he has turned into a really good character under Parker's direction). And Daisy Johns just seems completely out of place.

Also the cover is really misleading. WTF? I was expecting Black Panther, Spider-Man, and Ms. Marvel on the team.

Well SW is a bendis wet dream so she'll be featured of course and daisy was created by bendis so of course she's in.

Actually protector should be featured a lot more in Avengers. As he and hawkeye are two of the few characters not in ongoings most of the character development and of course $#@*ing falls to hawkeye, but really the protector should get in there for some sweet character development and some hot daisy, SW three way action.

Never trust a cover, they lie just like Phaedrus.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Liar! I denounce thee!

You just love denouncing people on a whim. Last week you complain about me not looking like Aquaman and now you're denouncing Phaedrus just for mistakenly thinking that Wolverine is on the Avengers.

 

[moraldeficiency]

You just love denouncing people on a whim. Last week you complain about me not looking like Aquaman and now you're denouncing Phaedrus just for mistakenly thinking that Wolverine is on the Avengers.

I think both complaints are fair and justifiable. Now put the costume back on.

 

[runawayboulder]

I thought Daisy was Maria Hill. One of them needs to change their look.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I figured that might be a problem. Although, didn't Maria's hair grow out a bit when she was on the run with Tony? Did she cut it back down again?

Holy s**t, that was the dumbest reason for Storm to join. God, I'm so glad I don't buy this title anymore. Osborn showing up at the press conference makes no sense. He's the most wanted fugitive on the planet but yet Bendis has him waltz up to the front door of Avengers mansion like that is beyond stupid. I love the original Vision....but not this much. Call me when he's on Avengers Academy......

Holy spit, I would melt from that much concentrated awesome.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

But until I know that for sure: YAY, THE VISION'S BACK!

HOLEEEEEEEEEEE "DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP" BATMAN! The freaking real ( comic book real anways) VISION is coming back!!! I am sooooo IN!!thats kicks ass man!

 

[runawayboulder]

I figured that might be a problem. Although, didn't Maria's hair grow out a bit when she was on the run with Tony? Did she cut it back down again?

Yeah, it was back to being short in SIEGE. Don't ask me why I remember things like that.

 

[Phaedrus45]

You just love denouncing people on a whim. Last week you complain about me not looking like Aquaman and now you're denouncing Phaedrus just for mistakenly thinking that Wolverine is on the Avengers.

I originally didn't have Wolverine on my list; but, then someone was saying something about Wolverine being on...and, I remembered him in the book. So, I figured I made a mistake and added him back again later. I just thought I must have missed him. He was talking to Storm about being together; and, I remembered him talking about how he doesn't show up for this photo ops in a past issue about a year ago.

 

[runawayboulder]

He was only there because with Avengers Tower gone, they're all crammed into the mansion.

 

[JewishHobbit]

And Spider-Man asked Wolverine if they were still on that Avengers team and Wolverine said they had their mutant and spider-person and Spider-Man said he felt so used. Plus, Spider-Man would have been in on the photoshoot. Nope, they're New Avengers exclusive now (well, as exclusive as Spider-Man and Wolverine can be).

 

[chamber-music]

Nope, Wolverine and Spider-Man are gone.

I really love how the roster has Vision and Steve back, but I am really not feeling Red Hulk, Daisy Johnson, Storm, Protector, and Spider-Woman on the team. Spider-Woman has been on the Avengers for a while and I just haven't found myself liking the character at all. Protector has done nothing ever since this book started. I hate X-Men being on the Avengers. Red Hulk just hasn't clicked very well as an Avenger IMO (even though he has turned into a really good character under Parker's direction). And Daisy Johns just seems completely out of place.

Also the cover is really misleading. WTF? I was expecting Black Panther, Spider-Man, and Ms. Marvel on the team.

Me too. There are so many good characters around that would fit into the Avengers seems a waste. If you have muties on an adult Avengers team they better be called Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver for me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You guys are missing the truly salient point here: the Vision is back.

Avengers Academy: Great, as usual, although I think maybe this story could've benefited from being pushed back an issue or two. The Academy kids just had a big misunderstanding fight with the Avengers last issue. Repeating that with Magneto and Cyclops' crappy team of X-Men just feels redundant because of that. Although, granted, it is a lot more emotionally charged and satisfying because of the Quicksilver/Magneto/Finesse dynamic. I love that Finesse is finally developing some kind of emotional responses. She's been boring for a while now. That she's basically attached herself to Quicksilver as the daughter he never wanted is a great twist on their formerly antagonistic relationship. Quicksilver seems to have grown closer to her as well, and he's certainly looking at her in a new light given how she sprang to his defense against Magneto. Good stuff. As for the rest of the issue, I just hope evil-Reptil is ousted sooner rather than later. I'm not really a huge fan of this evil-future-kids plot. It was cool when Johns did it in Teen Titans because the Titans had major heroic legacies to inherit. For the Avengers Academy kids, they're just themselves but older and considerably *****ier.

Fear Itself: The Fearless: Decent. The story rolls along at a good pace, at the very least. I didn't find myself bored or anything, which I was concerned about given how interminably long and uneventful Fear Itself seemed. This whole WWII flashback with Valkyrie apparently chasing down some golden apples that the Nazis managed to get ahold of is becoming quite interesting. More so than the modern-day hammer quest, even. Much like the Secret Avengers, I'm kind of bored with vampires. I'm not sure what Brunnhilde's giving a golden apple to Sharon toward the end meant; they treat it like Brunnhilde's giving up her own immortality or something, but that doesn't make sense because she can easily get more golden apples.

Batman: Sweet motherloving hell, now this is what Batman comics should be. Solid detective-centric storytelling mixed in with a bunch of flashbacks that slowly come together to reveal something exciting toward the end... and then Batman gets blown the f*** up! Next issue NOW, please! (Also, I think I finally just flat-out like Capullo's art. I spent the first two issues being impressed by how much it didn't suck, since I hated all of his Spawn art, but now I think I actually just like it on its own merits.)

Captain America: This arc is just so... boring. Brubaker is doing stuff that should be interesting, playing Cap's idealism off of Bravo's and making them basically twisted mirror-images of each other. But Bravo is just such a boring, stupid villain. "I got locked in a fantasy world and now the real world sucks, so rather than just go back to my fantasy world and be content, I'm going to rewrite reality itself! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" What? No, dude, just f*** off back to your fantasy world and get over it. Or Cap, just punch this idiot in the face a few times until he can't form coherent words anymore. Come on. This is such a by-the-numbers Cap story that I can't get interested in it. Really looking forward to the next arc or Winter Soldier or anything else that Brubaker might actually show some actual passion and verve in.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Alright... as I was saying earlier in the thread I decided on a whim to try the past two issues of Avengers Academy since I plan on getting several up coming ones anyway and I was curious about the Magneto appearance, and I also picked up Venom because I missed the book and that cover was freakin' sweet! In order to make room for that I put X-Men and X-23 back in my file to pick up next week. That's if I even bother finishing this arc of X-Men, as the first issue didn't really impress me much (beyond the fantastic arc). I'm eager to get ahold of that X-23 issue though. There isn't many of them left sadly and I worry Gage won't do her justice

Also, I picked up the new Uncanny X-Force issue that came out last week. My shop's supply was damaged so we had to wait a week. I won't review it since it's old but this series is by far my favorite that Marvel is putting out right now. It's my enjoyment of Uncanny X-Force that's been making me want to get back into Venom and to give Secret Avengers a shot once Remender's run starts. Can't wait for the Dark Angel Saga's conclusion next issue!

On to what I DID buy starting with DC:

Justice League #3 - Moving along fairly slowly but for the purpose of getting to know all the characters as they're introduced instead of just throwing them together. We obviously know these characters but it's nice to get fair treatment to them in this new Universe. I like where the story is going and Final Crisis made me a huge Darkseid fan so I'm eager to see his debut. I'm not a huge Wonder Woman fan but this was an interesting take on her. The book looked nice as could be expected from Lee but the plot needs to move forward quickly. We have Cyborg (sorta) and Aquaman I believe makes the team complete now we need to move on from the creatures randomly attacking.

Nightwing #3 - I'm enjoying this title quite a bit. I don't know why but I really like the circus thing and I'm curious where the story goes. The art is gorgeous as well. His becoming Batman turned me into a Dick Grayson fan so his returning to Nightwing made me sad. I'm glad to see I still enjoy the character outside the cowl so much and I'll likely be on this title for the foreseeable future.

Batman #3 - This story is getting better with every issue. I wasn't that impressed with the first issue, the second issue was decent, and this issue was pretty good. I have a feeling this will be fantastic by its end and will be a story that I look back on fondly. I've always worried that I wouldn't like the Batman line as much when Morrison leaves (as I started reading with Batman & Robin) but I think I actually like Snyder's approach quite a bit more.

My one complaint is artistic. Bruce and the politician look too similar and I really hope he isn't somehow behind all this because that feels too obvious. Also, Capullo doesn't sequay from one thing to the next very well. I feel like the Alan Wayne falling into the manhole scene needed another panel or something. Artistically it just felt like, "Hey, there's a manhole way over there... uh... where's Alan Wayne? Crap!" I remember thinking something similar last issue. It is a neat style though but I'm not sure I like it for Batman. It seems to be the type that's growing on me however so hopefully it's a temporary concern.

Avengers #19 - I thought this was a good issue. I like that the Vision is back but really thought his return was crappy and anti-climactic. Everything else was pretty good though. I'm glad Wolverine and Spider-Man are no longer on both Avenger teams. I liked Storm's addition and that Bendis played a bit with Luke's old crush on her. I LOVE Quake's addition as I realy enjoyed her in Secret Warriors. At first I wanted to see her in New Avengers but I think she fits in better here. Being in charge of the new S.H.I.E.L.D. puts her in a major spot and I think the New Avengers team is beneath her current status. Norman Osborn coming out of the crowd was a bit odd though. I'm curious where that goes.

Oh, and while I love Acuna's art, the page where we first see Vision... I can't help but to laugh at Iron Fist's expression. He looks so goofy... Iron Fist (the hype poster) should make that his avatar

Avengers Academy #21-22 - So having decided to give this book another shot from this jumping on point I can happily say that I didn't feel disappointed that I did... however... I can't say that it really WOW'd me either. It was enjoyable and I'm really waiting for X-23 to join to decide if it's worth continuing beyond a few issues but this still feels around bottom of what I enjoy. I'll stick with it likely through the Runaways story and decide at that point if X-23 and the rest of the new kids are worth following this book for.

I know the main focus will be on the main kids but I'm really hoping some of the new recruits get good face time. Hollow, She-Hulk, Power Man, and Ricochet are some characters I'd love to see shine some.

Generation Hope #13 - Okay, Kenji being attracted to Martha Johanson is genious! I loved it, though flirty Kenji is a bit creepy. I'm wondering if they plan on killing her though to eventually fully swing Kenji over to being a full fledged villain. I hope not, I like Kenji! And that said, this book started out so crappily but it's turned into one of my favorite titles. I love the cast and I think Pixie adds to it much better than Idie did. The whole story was interesting and I'm curious where it goes. This book doesn't sell that well but Marvel seems to be sticking with it until at least the end of this whole Hope Summers plot in 2012. I'm curious what will become of it then.

New Mutants #34 - Despite this title being one of my least favorites fairly consistently, I've been hanging on for this arc with Blink. I'm pleased to find that I actually enjoyed this issue and I'm hoping that it maintains a decent plot. I really like Blink and X-Man and them together in a book is a plus for me. It's just that DnA just don't seem to really click here. I'm with this title until the end of this arc and after that it's in the air. I'm hoping they impress me.

Venom #8 - And the other spontaneous buy. I bought the first 2 issues of this book, maybe 3, and really liked them but dropped the title due to needing to cut books and not wanting to bother with the upcoming Spider-Island crossover. I felt that as long as I bought this book I'd be reminded of how frustrated I am with the Spider-Man universe and so when I dropped Amazing Spider-Man, this went out the window with it. But I've missed it. People continue to praise the book and Remender's rocking Uncanny X-Force so when I saw this cover (and an AMAZING cover it is) I was just compelled to pick it up.

My thoughts? FANTASTIC!!! I don't know what's been going on in this title since issue 2, not a clue, but this issue along really got to me. It was sad and made you both upset, cheer, and feel sick at once. THIS is why Remender is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. Okay, fine, it's official, I'm back on this title. I don't know what I'm cutting to make room for it but it's happening somewhere and hopefully Amazing Spider-Man stays the frakk away from it!

My only complaint is that I still can't stand the big Venom monster blob. I liked him when he was large but cut. I found that humanish look far more menacing than this putty monster... but I can overlook it for the sake of the story.


Best and Worst of the Week:

Best: Venom #8 - This was close alongside Batman I thought but in the end I think this deserved it. It was just really good for me.

Worst: Avengers #19 - There wasn't a bad issue in the bunch so don't get the wrong idea here. I did enjoy this issue but I feel of them all it was the weakest, closely followed by New Mutants. Not much happened and the cover ruined some of the better moments of the interior, which always loses points with me. But now that the new lineup (once again) is out of the way the plot can move forward.

 

[THANOSRULES]

Glad to see Vision back. Never thought it would happen with Bendis.

Vision was one of the most surprising characters to stay dead for as long as he did , possibly in marvel comics history.

At least with guys like Captain Marvel and Bucky, you could see clear reasons why.

The explanation for vision's absence is probably attributed to Heinberg Vision 2.0 drawn out "character hostage" redux. It's the only explanation I can think of.

It's not like a character who is a computerized android would be short of any effortless resurrection angles. And from the sound of it, thats just what we got. The simple
"i rebuilt him" angle that marvel has used a few times already, it's actually so logical and easy that I really have no problem with the laziness of it.

I do kinda have a problem with Bendis getting to use him, I actually am so annoyed at the passage of time he's been dead that i don't feel Bendis deserves him.

It does smack of predictibility that there is that upcoming Ultron Arc...please, can someone else write it?