More reviews!!!!
Deadpool-Merc With A Mouth #6: This feels like a storyline transitional issue, as we say goodbye to Doctor Betty and the Hydra guy, and Deadpool and Head go into a "hyper-dimensional taxi stand" for further adventures elsewhere. I'm sorry to see those two characters leave, and more sorry that this issue wasn't really very funny. I guess the writer blew his comical load in the first five issue, and the well went dry for this sixth issue. This one is a disappointment.
Dark Wolverine #81: Good issue! Daken wants some time to himself, and goes to get himself a cup of tea. Karla (Moonstone) decides to follow him, partly because Norman wants to know where he is and partly because she's kind of taken with him. There is a fantastic scene where Karla is flying by in her Ms. Marvel costume, and we see all the danger and violence she is passing by, but not even noticing. She is so completely entranced by Daken, that she's clueless to everything around her. We end up getting some backstory about Daken...and, Karla learns a bit more than she ever wanted to know about him.
While reading this issue, it made me think of the recent issue of Ms. Marvel, where Carla and Peter Parker finally go out on their date. This issue is a great bookend for that one, as the scenes are similiar, but the results completely different.
Underground #4: Some comics you have to give more than one issue to really enjoy. After reading issue #1 of Underground, I almost called my comic shop to cancel on this mini. I'm so glad I didn't, as this story got so much better by the next issue...and, that's continued with issues 3 and 4.
Going deeper into the cave system, the two park rangers have to take the more dangerous of two routes out; because, they still have the bad guys hot on their trail. This time, it's not the bad guys that are the danger, but the cave itself, as they must follow a watery path to escape. The art is very nice, especially the use of colors. When they show the outside, we see all the beauty of the rainbow; but, deep in the cave, we get the basic black, white and greys of being where no light can be seen, except the glare of their flashlights. When I talked to Jeff Parker about his book, he said things would get more and more intense as the story went along, and he's right. This is the best comic in this group that I'm reviewing.
Project Superpowers - Chapter Two #5: I really like this book, but it does really drag most of the time. We get a little bit of battlescenes with with the superheroes taking on a large group of Crusaders. But, you also have the numerous other plot points, like The Green Lama and others still mourning the death of The Mighty Samson, the superpowers still preparing to take on Zeus, the young group of sidekicks still getting more of the lost heroes from the Urn, and The Supremacy still planning on taking down the superheroes and taking back control of America. Each issue, we get little bits and pieces of each of those stories; it's really a comic that's better read in trade format.
The Last Resort #5: The final issue in this Zombie Genre comic. Who will survive the Zombie Resort and live to see the end? (I'm sure everyone can guess how this one ends...it's been seen so many times in horror movies. Even those who escape never really escape.) Not the best Zombie book I've read; but, it was alright. I did like seeing the yappie little dog get booted and thrown in the helecopter's blades at the end. Still, not a book I could really recommend. It would have been much better with a different artist.
Image United #1: I didn't realize this book came out almost a month ago. Luckily, my comic shop pulled it out of someone else's box and gave it to me. (I guess that person mustn't be picking up their stuff on time.) What can I say but SKIP IT, SKIP IT, SKIP IT!!!! Yes, it's like reliving those bad Image titles of the 90's. Extremely low on plot, but heavy on mindless action sequences with every hero in some kind of action pose. The big reveal is that Al Simmons is back as Omega Spawn (oh, man...does that sound as bad as I think it does), and it only had me thinking one thing..."It's been sooo long since I've picked up Spawn, that I had no idea there was a different verson now."
This is not only the worst issue in this series of reviewed comics, it's most likely the worst comic I've read all week. Wait...make that all month. Oh, no.....it really might be the worst I've read all year!!!! If you want to make Captain America Rebirth #5 seem like the best issue you've ever read, just read Image United first.
The Authority - The Lost Year #4: After my utter disappointment with the last issue, I can finally judge this title on the new footing. Ya see, it really seems that Grant Morrison had a general idea of what he was doing with this title when it first came out a few years ago; but, it was never finished. Now, while Grant's name is still on the cover, it's actually being written by Giffen. So, this story went off into left field when we discovered last issue that a parasitic lifeform has tapped into the collective subconscious of the entire human race...and, that it completely surrounds the earth. (It looks like a huge jellyfish in space, and the Earth is in its belly.) Things do improve this issue, as last issue was the set up for this new direction. (I guess it might not be a new direction...but, damn, it feels like a completely different story now.) This parasite has been attatched to this Earth Prime, and before The Authority can leave this universe and go back to their own, they must save everyone here. (I'm not even thinking about all the ways this story does not work..it will drive me mad. Seriously, how does Earth's Scientist not notice we have been swallowed by a huge Jellyfish for all these years??!!??)
Ok, gotta rush this review to an end...I'm off work, and I hope you all have a great weekend!!!
Edit: I was going to read and review the first issue of The Complete Alice In Wonderland from Dynamite...but, realized my daughter will want me to read it to her. So, I'll say the art looks fantastic, and I've heard great things about it. Review to come later, and I'll let you know how my daughter likes it, too.
