Man Dread... more proofreading. You're posts are usually so clean and proper. I found quite a few mistyped words and such.
Anyhow, good reviews. I have to say my favorite part of GotG, wasn't even in the actual story, it was the preview for next issue. Cosmo and Rocket on the cover with the heading "Cosmo Say, "Brink it on!" I love Cosmo! and I am really loving Jack's mask as well. It's cool. This issue also made me like Vulcan a bit more. He works really well as a cosmic villain and I kinda hope he doesn't die in the end of this event. He could be a cool returning villain a bit like Thanos of old, once he's fleshed out a bit more.
As for Nova, I'm pumped about Super Nova in the end. I always thought he'd be a great fit for the current space stuff but knew he died as a hero back in the end of the original New Warriors run. I'm hoping it'll be explained, and with his writing team I'm assuming it will be. And I was real happy to see Tarcel still alive. I like the original new Nova's. Kill the rest but I was sad about Tarcel. Good to see he's still around.
Iron Fist... loved Bride of Nine Spiders pulling the demon thing into her spidery breasts... though her head was wierd in that shot. I think the Immortal Weapons may possibly be my favorate new characters of the decade. I can't think of anyone that I like more. I like all of them. As you guessed for most, Fat Cobra is my favorate followed by the Prince of Orphans (not techinally new). The rest are great but just haven't been fleshed out much, so that's at least one good thing about the mini coming up. I hate spending $4 on comics but since it's moreso tales on these guys, I'm going to justify it and hope my extra $6 helps bring about an Iron Fist relaunch or something. I'd just hate to see this title end. This and Nova are my favorate books every month.
As for some other titles I read, I don't want to do reviews because it's 2 in the morning and I'm tired. But I will say this...
New Avengers - Bendis surprised me by actually writing a fairly convincing and funny Spider-Man. I don't mind Bendis' New Avengers but I've always disliked his Spidey. I found while reading this issue that I wasn't thinking about Bendis, as I usually do, and actually got into the characters. The story ended up being pretty good. It actually felt like a decently written team book with a lot of characters getting their moments (cap shooting Madam Masque, Luke taking on Dormamu/Hood, Spidey was very Spidey-ish, Spider-Woman vs Masque in the fog, etc.) Honestly, I've been debating on dropping the book after this arc, but this issue has changed my mind. Not only that it was good, but that it was a good TEAM issue. That's something Bendis doesn't do, and if he did here then maybe the man is actually learning/improving in his craft... God forbid. We'll see. I suppose.
But if memory serves, wasn't Bachalo doing art for this arc? Why do we suddenly have Tan back? Don't get me wrong, I like Tan better, but it just kinda threw me. I actually liked the issue but am not a big fan of who was chosen as the new sorceror supreme. There was a good Damien Hellstrom/Hood fight, but then the guy shows up and it ends up being Brother Voodoo, who I've never cared for. Oh well, we'll see how it plays out. I was hoping for Asguardian (though I knew he was too young and that it was highly improbable).
note: Yeah, I just noticed I called Wiccan Asguardian. Holy 2005 Batman!
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