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Bought/Thought for 12/4/08 (spoilers inside)!

France & Germany do count.

But, yeah, SHIELD got a lot of U.S. funding and Tech. Still, it has been dismantled before and usually come back, and Marvel will have SHIELD in movies, so I am a bit unconvinced that it will be gone forever.

Besides, there was an agency that dealt with aliens; SWORD.

No it wont be gone forever. SHIELD is now gonna become Fury's personal thing, which it always kinda was. I say SHIELD is gonna become an underground organiztion that will be treated like a terrorist group like HYDRA or AIM, by the US gevernment. In the end, a couple years from now when everything gets placed back right-side up, SHIELD will be on top once again, including Fury. Fury and SHIELD are gonna play huge parts in exposing HAMMER/Osbourn for what they really are. All this DR stuff is just leading towards a huge event that is gonna have the real Good Guys come out on top.
 
The noir books:

Criminal #7

#7 ships, wrapping up the current arc "Bad Night" arc, spotlighting Jacob and nervous cartoonist/former forger. Certainly plenty of curveballs thrown in there; I liked the explanation of what the detective's motivation was, building on Jacob's earlier quiet pleasure in his petty revenge on the detective, which now turns out to have been not such a good idea. The twist with Kafka, who I originally thought was a weirdly whimsical touch for this sort of book, I perhaps should have seen coming. This continues to be a solid crime book; I'll miss it when it takes the month off, but I'm really looking forward to seeing what Incognito has to offer.

X-Men Noir #1

Marvel's new line launches with a Van Lente-written X-Men project, and if this is an indication of the general quality of the line (though VL's talent will be hard for other writers to replicate), then this could be a real treat series of miniseries. The setting is 30s New York, where the cops (led by the Magneto analogue) find Jean Grey's mangled body on the shore; we also follow a reporter as he investigates the mysterious unhyphenated X Men, trained by Professor Xavier to be the perfect sociopathic criminals (since Professor X, in a really cool transplant of the X-Men's evolution theme, views sociopaths as the next evolution of the human mind, designed to compete in the new urban jungle). Calero's art is great, too.
 
X-Men Noir #1

Marvel's new line launches with a Van Lente-written X-Men project, and if this is an indication of the general quality of the line (though VL's talent will be hard for other writers to replicate), then this could be a real treat series of miniseries. The setting is 30s New York, where the cops (led by the Magneto analogue) find Jean Grey's mangled body on the shore; we also follow a reporter as he investigates the mysterious unhyphenated X Men, trained by Professor Xavier to be the perfect sociopathic criminals (since Professor X, in a really cool transplant of the X-Men's evolution theme, views sociopaths as the next evolution of the human mind, designed to compete in the new urban jungle). Calero's art is great, too.

This sounds like the kind of thing that will be awesome right up until some dickhole decides to transplant it into the 616.
 
I gotta stop writing so much. I actually wrote half of this last night and had to save it to wordpad.


CABLE #9
We know the roaches survived, but where the hell are the Rolling Stones?

When we last left Cable and Messiah, they were living happily in a shielded community with Cable's new wife / Messiah's surrogate mom. While they were all living safely, the end of the world apparently happened outside of the force field, prompting the remaining humans to mix their DNA with cockroaches, creating a new and more durable lifeform. Then the roach-president sent in an army to capture the force fielded community, where probably the last remaining humans lived. They took the town by storm, and captured Cable's wife. Oh, it's on.

This issue started out with a little background information on Cable's wife, whose name I don't think we even know. We do learn that she started out nagging Cable about how he was raising the baby. Eventually, there was a spark, and that's how they fell in love (awwww). So naturally, Cable can't stand the thought of leaving her behind. When Messiah asks Cable why he doesn't just run in, guns ablazing, Cable decides that now is as good a time as any to begin the little girl's training. What? You didn't think that a child raised by Cable was going to stay on the sidelines, did you? Cable forms a plan to rescue his wife and free the villagers captured with her. He then grabs his wife and Messiah, and runs with them to their little house. Most of the bug-soldiers follow them, and surround the house. We're then treated to a bit of narration by Cable, where he thinks about how he put a series of explosives around the perimeter of his house. And how he gave Messiah the trigger.

Boom.

Meanwhile, back in the early 21st century, a captured Bishop continues to explain his plan to Cyclops. In order to weed Cable out (or possibly indirectly kill him and the little girl), Bishop has been travelling to the less distant future, and setting up a series of traps by basically destroying entire continents. Bishop feels no remorse, because he believes that the moment the little girl is dead, the future will revert to normal, and all of the time-hopping genocide he committed will become undone. Bishop's plan involved destroying every continent but Antarctica, which barely exists in the future anyway. He nuked Australia, poisoned all of the water in Europe, used a super-napalm weapon that's been burning all of South America, and used a combination of bio-weapons and toxins to slowly kill off Asia and Africa. Really, "bastard" doesn't quite describe Bishop anymore, nor does the word "bastardize" describe what writers have done to him since Messiah CompleX. Anyway, it turns out Bishop had a nano-weapon hidden in his arm the whole time, which knocked out all of the X-Men so he can take from them whatever it is he needs to destroy North America.

I thought this issue was pretty good for exploring the type of person the Messiah will grow up to be. And no, I still will not call her Jean. Not every red head in Marvel Comics is Jean. It's becoming the most common hair color in all of their books. I know about the phoenix thing in her eyes, but not every person with access to the Phoenix Force is Jean. Hell, not every red-headed woman with access to the Phoenix Force is Jean. Rachel is another Phoenix, and that Jean-spawn only managed to get born in one timeline. If Cable had access to his powers and really tried, he could probably channel the Phoenix. But I digress. I'm calling the little girl "Messiah."


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JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #21
This story arc can't end soon enough.

Okay, I'm giving this book two more issues, or I'm dropping it.


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IMMORTAL IRON FIST #20
You just got knocked the **** out!

When we last left Danny, he had just been poisoned by his secretary, who was secretly dating Zhou. The poison temporarily paralyzed Danny, but Misty and Luke break into the room before Zhou can pluck Danny's still beating heart from his chest. It is then that Danny realizes the importance of Orson's drugs, and comes up with a cunning plan. Danny has to lower his chi to levels too low for Zhou to feel, forget all of his training, and fight like a madman. With Danny's chi down so low, Zhou can't read his moves, and doesn't quite know how to defend himself. Those of you who have been complaining about Danny losing all of his fights should know that he finishes this one pretty much by himself.

In an interesting twist, we found out that the little boy who ran into Misty's arms at this beginning of this story arc isn't Danny and Misty's future son. It's the future son of Zhou and Danny's secretary. Turns out she was pregnant.

Meanwhile, the other Immortal Weapons stormed Zhou's apartment and discovered his map to that troublesome 8th City of Heaven they've been looking for. The apartment gets blown up and burns away most of the map, but this issue ended with Danny and the Immortal Weapons standing at the gates of the 8th City. Turns out it leads to Hell.


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X-Men: Manifest Destiny #4 of 5
Nightcrawler will punch you in the eye.

The miniseries about the X-Men adjusting to San Francisco continues. In Iceman's continuing story, he confronts Mystique and proves that he is in control of this situation. He freezes her gun, locks her in an ice trap, and threatens her with hypothermia. Even when Mystique tried to pistol-whip him, he shrugged it off and proved that physical damage doesn't mean as much to him as it used to. Are all you whiny "Iceman should be as powerful as he was in AoA" people finally happy, or do you want him to spend 24/7 in the form of an ice-cloud too? Anyway, Mystique escapes his trap by turning into a little kid and slipping away, but not before she hears Iceman mention the X-Men's new base in San Francisco. So it's not over just yet.

The next story starts off with Mercury and X-23 walking along Fisherman's Wharf. Cessily is moaning about her parents disowning her, and that she feels more like silly putty than a human being. Then two goons from the Hellfire Cult come by and try to attack them. Laura decides to sit this fight out, allowing Cessily to take the goons out by herself. Laura then explains (in more words than I've ever seen her say in a row) that Cessily is not putty, but a human being and a hero, and that she needs to learn to accept who she is.

The final story of the issue is about Nightcrawler training in a new Danger Room. I can only assume that this new Danger Room, like David's Danger Cave, uses elements from Danger without any of her patricidal A.I. thrown in. Also, the new Danger Room seems incapable of composing full colors, as every simulation is in grey. Anyway, Kurt goes through simulations of fighting Apocalypse, Sabretooth, and a giant Doctor Doom (whom he punches in the eye), but is doing poorly at dodging their attacks. Why? Because he can only think about the death of his best friend, Kitty. In the end, Kurt resets the Danger Room to create a simulation of Kitty, whom he hugs.


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X-Men Noir #1
Um...

No. Just... no.


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X-INFERNUS #1 OF 4
Starring John Lennon as Cyclops

Remember a while back when They Who Shall Not Be Named wrote a story in New X-Men that revealed that Magik was still alive? Yeah, well, someone finally remembered to follow up on that. Oh, and they also remember to show Colossus' reaction. It's about time.

Illyana is carving a bloody path through Limbo, demanding that someone give her back her soulsword and the Bloodstone Amulet. Of course, it's revealed that nobody in Limbo has either. The amulet Illyana wants is being held by Witchfire, Belasco's daughter. She intends to kill Illyana, claim the throne of Limbo for herself, and take her father's old seat among a council of Hell-rulers. This exclusive group consists of Dormammu, Hela, Mephisto, Blackheart, Satannish, and an empty seat once held by Balasco. Witchfire and the group of devils seem to know that the amulet has the power to do a hell of a lot more than restore Illyana's human soul, but Illyana doesn't seem to know at all.

Meanwhile, Nightcrawler has been losing a teleporting contest to Pixie. I know this is supposed to be some sort of key moment about how Pixie is a powerful teleporter, but let's be real here. Nightcrawler has the shortest teleportation range in the whole X-universe. Lila Cheney has an interstellar range; Blink can teleport to the moon and back; Illyana once traveled in time purely by accident. Nightcrawler is a cool character, but he's never been considered an especially great teleporter, with his 3-mile range and rank smell. Anyway, Kurt decides to talk to Megan about something else they have in common: her soul dagger. Megan starts getting emotional about having a piece of her soul ripped out, takes out her dagger, and unconsciously stabs Kurt in the chest. Of course, since her dagger is similar to Illyana's sword in that it rarely causes physical damage, Kurt's chest has no wounds. He is, however, knocked out. When Megan pulls her dagger out, everyone is surprised to see Illyana's soulsword hidden inside of him. Well, he did say they had something in common.

This issue finally brought up something that I brought up a few issues of Uncanny X-Men ago. When Pixie pulls out her soulsword, she sorta changes. I noticed it in the story where the X-Men raided the Hellfire Cult, and Pixie (of all people) was the only one who got in close enough to stop Empath. Quite a few people complained that Empath was powerful enough to render Storm and a few other characters useless with his emotion-based powers, but the rookie with bumblebee wings took him out. However, when you look at what Empath did to her, she pretty much did become useless and start crying uncontrollably when he used his powers on her, but then her souldagger appeared in her hand, and she suddenly stabbed him in the forehead.

By the way, it was great seeing Pixie drawn by someone other than Greg Land. He keeps making her look like a "barely 18" porno star, and forgets to draw black streaks in her hair. It's then up to the colorist, who drawns in dark grey streaks that make it look like her hair just isn't catching light in the right angles.


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DOCTOR WHO: THE FORGOTTEN #4
He has an umbrella, and he's not afraid to use it.

And IDW's massive love letter to classic Doctor Who continues. To recap: The 10th Doctor and Martha are trapped in a strange museum filled with artifacts from the Doctor's past adventures, and their actions are secretly being watched by an unseen man in a control room with a dodgy beard. The Doctor has amnesia, and has been trying to remember his past lives, one incarnation at a time. To top it off, the TARDIS is missing. Issue #3 ended on a cliffhanger, with Martha surrounded by giant spiders. This issue starts with Martha fighting off the spiders with a metal baseball bat. When one of them crawls onto her back, she calls for the Doctor, who rushes to her aid, and distracts the spiders by throwing something shiny at them. Namely, the glowy blue crystal in his sonic screwdriver. When Martha mentions that she hated having one of the spiders on her back, the Doctor suddenly remembers the phrase "There's something on your back," which the one or two people in this forum who watch Doctor Who might remember from the series four episode "Turn Left." It's weird that the Doctor knows that phrase, since the Doctor traveled with Donna during series four, and this book takes place during his travels with Martha during series three. But there's no time for that. The Doctor needs a new sonic screwdriver, so he tells Martha to go check the pockets of his 4th Doctor clothing. Before she leaves, she hands him a brooch shaped like a cat, hoping it'll jog his memories. You guessed it, kids. The Doctor has yet another flashback.

In this flashback, the 6th Doctor and Peri's Bosoms are in a court room. It turns out Peri's Killer Rack is being accused of murder, and the Doctor is her defense attorney. According to Peri's Knockers, she was just walking down the street on some planet of cat-people, when a boy ran up to her and handed her a gun. As soon as the boy runs away, the victim walked in front of Peri's Melons, and was apparently shot to death. Realizing the victim was a scientist working quantum flux technology, the Doctor asks the court to look at the victim's notes. The Doctor reads the notes, searches the lab, and finds a gun hidden in a drawer. The next day, the Doctor goes back to the court room, where he accuses the victim's assistant of murdering him and framing Peri's Sweater Puppets. The Doctor prepares to demonstrate that the gun he found in the lab uses quantum bullets that technically don't exist until they reach their target, allowing the victim's assistant to hand Peri's Hooters a fake gun while he stood far away and used the quantum gun to shoot the victim from far behind Peri's Awesome Boobage. With Peri's Bodacious Ta-Tas cleared, the Doctor has once again saved the day.

Peri has nice breasts.

When the 10th Doctor comes out of his flashback, he acknowledges that he knows that someone is watching him through a security camera. In the control room, we're treated to something very curious. The man with the dodgy beard (who in the first issue mentioned wanting the Doctor's remaining regenerations) commented about how alike they are, and that the Doctor should've just left him in the crucible. I'll get back to that later. In the mean time, we have a 7th Doctor flashback...

The 7th Doctor and Ace are on a war-torn planet. According to the Doctor, this war has been waging between the planet's inhabitants for about 1,500 years, and the Time Lords want it to end-- possibly to the extent of interfering and infecting the planet's inhabitants with a deadly virus. After getting capture by one set of troops and escaping, the Doctor and Ace find their way to an underground infirmary, where the medics have equipment capable of mass-producing medicine. The Doctor unscrewed the question mark off of the top of his umbrella, pouring out a Gallifreyan cure-all medicine that should help cure the people, since the disease sweeping their world is Gallifreyan in origin. The Doctor departs as he tells the people of the planet to "fight to survive," prompting the 10th Doctor to come out of his flashback.

The 10th Doctor remembers the medicine in his old umbrella, and drinks it as the TARDIS' cloister bell suddenly goes off. Martha says that she needs the Doctor back in fighting shape, since she knows the cloister bell means that there's some kind of major paradox happening. But that sets the Doctor off. Anyone who watches Doctor Who knows that Martha didn't hear the cloister bell until the Master had turned the TARDIS into a paradox machine, right? Well, the Doctor notices this, and says that Martha should have no idea what the cloister bell is for. He also remembers an earlier remark she made-- she told him that he's not the only doctor around (a reference to her studying to be a doctor). But if this takes place during series three, Martha is still a medical student. In fact, the Doctor then comments that Martha won't be a full medical doctor until after he gets her a job at UNIT. Up in the control room, the hidden bearded man says that he can't have the Doctor remembering his future, and sends a couple of robot drones to attack him.

Elsewhere (at least that's what the caption box says), we see the TARDIS floating in mid-space, with the Doctor unconscious on the floor. But he's not alone. There's a giant insect (like the one that was on Donna's back) on his chest. Ladies and gentlemen, the Doctor is trapped in an alternate reality created by a time-eating insect. This story takes place after series four, but the alternate reality is still stuck in series three. What's more, I have a feeling the evil mastermind behind this all isn't someone like the Master. I think it's the half-human Doctor. I looked up "the crucible." It was the Dalek ship from series four.
 
Dialogue of the week, via She Hulk - Cosmic Collision:

Umar: No! Get out of my head!
Mantis: This one is the Celestial Madonna. I go where I wish.
She-Hulk: She's the who now?
Quasar: The Celestial Madonna.
She-Hulk: Great. So who are you, the Galactic Britney? Jeez, I feel like I need a glossary when I'm with you cosmic types.
Umar: You will not stop me! None will!
She-Hulk: Hold on, Madonna! Just vogue or something!


I literally could not stop laughing for at least a good five minutes after reading it.
 
Is Bishop stupid, that idiot actually thinks that if he kills the baby that all the things he's done will be erased. For a time-traveler he's pretty freakin stupid, his future will exist no matter what, it's already happened. If he kills her he only stops any possible future involving her happening in the 616. He is either really stupid or a psycho notball killer.
 
You and me, Dread. Testing the Hype's character limit on weekly (well, practically bi-weekly for me) comic reviews.

Tell me about it. That limit's the bane of my existence sometimes.
 
I had to stop writing long reviews. Really, I was taking hours out of my life to do them and I couldn't for the love of Amano figure out why.

So here's a short one for y'all:


Secret Invasion #8
Bad.

(3.9 out of 10)
 
I actually thought some of your Paint pictures revealing your thoughts on an issue were cute. :up:

Reviews do take up hours of my week (about 1-3 depending on how many books there are), but to everyone's delight or horror, I don't have much of a social life.
 
Those are reserved for all them very special "If I didn't laugh, I'd cry" issues. :up:










:(
 
Dialogue of the week, via She Hulk - Cosmic Collision:

Umar: No! Get out of my head!
Mantis: This one is the Celestial Madonna. I go where I wish.
She-Hulk: She's the who now?
Quasar: The Celestial Madonna.
She-Hulk: Great. So who are you, the Galactic Britney? Jeez, I feel like I need a glossary when I'm with you cosmic types.
Umar: You will not stop me! None will!
She-Hulk: Hold on, Madonna! Just vogue or something!


I literally could not stop laughing for at least a good five minutes after reading it.


Wait, What?! Did this come out this week?! I must have missed it!
 
Astro City The Dark Age Book 1 HC - Pretty looking package,thoughts after I have time to savor this.

Alias Vol.1 and 2 - Bendis' best Marvel work alongside Daredevil.He tends to really succeed on these books where we see the MU thru new perspectives rather than when he gets his hands on the big guns.Alot of the character based approach he uses in books like Alias and DD just fall apart in something like New Avengers.
 
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BOUGHT:
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #10
BATMAN #682
BRIT #9
CABLE #9
HULK FAMILY GREEN GENES #1
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #20
IRON MAN HULK FURY ONESHOT
JINGLE BELLE SANTA VS FRANKENSTEIN
JSA #21
JUNGLE GIRL #2
MARVEL ZOMBIES #3
MOON KNIGHT SILENT KNIGHT
NEW AVENGERS #47
NEW EXILES #15
NYX NO WAY HOME #4
PUNISHER X-MAS SPECIAL 2008
SECRET INVASION #8
SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #5
SHE-HULK COSMIC COLLISION
TERRA #3
TRINITY #27
WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #2
WHAT IF HOUSE OF M
WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #2
WOLVERINE POWER PACK #1 & 2
XENA VS ARMY OF DARKNESS #2
X-MEN INFERNUS #1
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #4

THOUGHT:
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #10
BATMAN #682 - A confusing stream of consciousness romp down memory lane. Not really much to say about this one except the art looked good.

BRIT #9 - Because I saw Invincible guesting with the current issue, I picked this one up to see how we got there. Pretty interesting story so far. Hearing the book is ending with #12, I may go and get the other backissues just to round out my Invincible Universe.

CABLE #9 - Goodbye to Cable's happily ever after. So far, this story isn't very compelling. I find myself not giving a damn about the mutant baby, Cable's trek to the future, or Bishop becoming the next X-villain. This book is on my chop block.

HULK FAMILY GREEN GENES #1 - The Hulk anthology akin to Spidey's. I liked the She-Hulk/Fixit story, especially the artwork. The green Thundra I could do without. Scorpion, I love the character but I've forgotten where she's left off so the story doesn't make much sense to me. Although, they did just make her the SECOND illegitimate kid of the Hulk, so we'll see where they take that. And, what Family book would be complete without a reprint? Savage She-Hulk #1 to be precise. Although since I already have the issue, I just glossed over that one.

IRON MAN HULK FURY ONESHOT - This one ties in directly to the movies. I liked how they showed the in-between moments of the Iron Man ending, and tying Nick Fury into Hulk, and then giving something on Nick Fury himself. This is the way to go to get readers hyped about the merging Marvel Movie Universe.

JINGLE BELLE SANTA VS FRANKENSTEIN- I saw this on the preivews and the title didn't really entice me to pick it up, but when I heard Paul Dini was behind it I thought I'd check it out. And, as usual, he doesn't disappoint. This was a fun book, and I'll definitely keep my eye out for more Dinicartoon books.

JSA #21 - The JSA finally unites against Gog, but there's still ONE MORE ISSUE TO GO. I'm a little sick of this storyline. It took too long to progress, and plays too much like a big event that really isn't an event.

JUNGLE GIRL #2 - What disturbs me (other than the fact I'm still picking this up) is how close its running to Sheena. We've got the wild girl with her civilized escort who wind up involved with someone with a submarine in a life or death situation. All you hafta do is replace marauders with dinosaurs. Otherwise, the art is good and the story is interesting at least.

MARVEL ZOMBIES #3 - I still wonder why they're parodying movie posters instead of the established Marvel covers? Anyways, interesting twist on the MZ story with focus shifted just to Machine Man and some of his old personality coming out. Not really digging the $3.99 price tag, but at least there's one more issue left. Hopefully there's no MZ4 on the horizon. Enough is enough.

MOON KNIGHT SILENT KNIGHT - Christmas, MK style. Pretty much reads like a standard issue of MK, doubt they needed to do a special if not for the ongoing story.

NEW EXILES #15 - Lots of fighting, not much story progression. The book is falling back into meh territory again, which doesn't seem to matter since I hear rumors it's being retooled. Again.

NYX NO WAY HOME #4 - Another sequel that's not quite capturing the magic of the original. Although that ending cliffhanger was enough to make the ride worth it. Next issue's gonna be a doozy, hopefully.

PUNISHER X-MAS SPECIAL 2008 - More Xmas fun in the Punisher fashion. Enjoyable to be sure, although I think the peril for Punny wasn't given enough severity.

SECRET INVASION #8 - Another Bendis event ends, more status quos change, and I just don't care. I'm picking and choosing what, if any, of Dark Reign I'm reading. I honestly can't wait for the MU to become devoid of Bendis' influence, as everything he touches makes me regret liking comics in the first place. Stick to crime noir, Bendis...you have no place in general superheroics.

SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #5 - I kinda miss the chick on this. This mini was alright, didn't really do much to illuminate the outer scope of the event or really make you care about the human casualties of the war. I think a stronger focus needs to be defined for the next Front Line book, which I'm sure is coming soon.

SHE-HULK COSMIC COLLISION - A massive team-up of the Lady Liberators and the female Guardians...whose point I seem to have missed. It started out good, but the story slowly degraded to where the title character, Shulkie, had very little to contribute to the final battle. I'm guessing it was just there for brand recognition as Lady Liberators are still fairly new. Good artwork, though. The dialogue exchanges were very amusing, though. David does pretty well with absurd situations.

WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #2 - There were some good, toned down recreations from the Weapon X story from Marvel Comics Presents, but I think the best part of the book was the back-up feature with Deadpool. It was hillariously written from start to finish, and also caught up the newer readers to speed with what Weapon X was all about. The First Class books are some of Marvel's best.

WHAT IF HOUSE OF M - The art was blah, and the panel structure was confuzzling. They had too many scenes running concurrent with each other, creating a narrative with a choppy flow. The story didn't do much for me, but I'm intrigued by the first interconnecting story between a batch of What If one-shots. Looking forward to seeing where the Young Runaways goes.

WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #2 - The story and art are good, but the plot is a little played out. With getting his memories back, it seems like a lot of story doors have been closed and there's a primary focus on Wolvie going back and fixing mistakes of the past. Think there was an element of fun in his trying to figure out WHY those mistakes were coming back to haunt him and how to fix it...or claw it.

WOLVERINE POWER PACK #1 & 2 - More cute and fun Power Pack action as they reunite with the mutant world for a second time. Glad to see all the main creators are back together. As good as the fill-in artists are, I prefer the grouping that started it all.

XENA VS ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 - Ash and co take a romp through classic literature on the hunt for the Necronomicon. The first issue showed promise, this one not so much. Visually, you couldn't tell what was going on with the reality warping until Ash explained it. And then, when the hell did Ash get so smart? Overall, this isn't as satisfying as the last installment surprisingly was. But hey, that's the danger of sequels.

X-MEN INFERNUS #1 - I'm usually a fan of CB's writing, but this issue just left me confused. A lot was going on in every panel, lots of things to follow, and I'm just scratching my head with it all. I'm sure it'll clear up as the book goes, but honestly, I'm not looking forward to yet ANOTHER resurrection. They're Gwen Stacy-ing Illyana, basically. Is Marvel so desperate for ideas?
 
yea,I gave up on JSA

started to feel like an obligation to read that book
 
I wish Marvel would do a WEREWOLF BY NIGHT on going... :csad:

However, I believe Jack Russell is slated for the next Dead of Night mini... so hopefully, people are buying these books...

:cmad: :cmad: :cmad:

:csad:

I was going to, but as usual, they arent drawing him the way he is supposed to look, so screw it. ( i want a wolfman, with torn green pants. ' nuff said)
 
WHAT THE HELL IS WITH MARVEL THINKING THEY CAN CHARGE A DOLLAR MORE FOR EVERY BENDIS WRITTEN COMIC!? Check the new Previews... every Bendis comic in 2009 is a dollar more than it should be for the same number of pages. WHY!?
They're going to change the price across the board now. It's because of inflation. Remember that bailout? This is what happens when you print billions of dollars and pump it into the system. And guess what else? It's going to get much, much worse.

But as for comics, I enjoyed Hulk Family Green Genes. I think I liked the Scorpion story the best. I wonder if she's Banner's kid?
 
Wait all comic prices are going to increase now?!? Oh lord no.
 
Wait all comic prices are going to increase now?!? Oh lord no.

I know. I might actually have to drop some books.

Taking care of a family these days is getting more and more expensive, and will ALWAYS be more important than comics.
 
so far, the only official word I've heard is that some books that are leading up to milestone issues and first issues, as well as mini-series, will reflect the $3.99 price change. don't know if that is Marvel only or if it's going to hit the other companies. if not, then the indie market might see an increased interest.
 
so far, the only official word I've heard is that some books that are leading up to milestone issues and first issues, as well as mini-series, will reflect the $3.99 price change. don't know if that is Marvel only or if it's going to hit the other companies. if not, then the indie market might see an increased interest.
IDW has been 3.99 for awhile now, and I think Savage Dragon at Image went up more than 3 bucks. Only company I know of that has promised to stay 2.99 all through 09 is Top Cow. Looks like everyone will be reading Witchblade when we can no longer afford Marvel.
 
I was going to, but as usual, they arent drawing him the way he is supposed to look, so screw it. ( i want a wolfman, with torn green pants. ' nuff said)

F^&$%*&$%*&%&%K!!!! :cmad: :cmad: :cmad:

I love his "classic" look, and was pretty pissed at Marvel when they decided to give him an "upgraded" look...

:csad:
 

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