SIAT's funkalicious week of comics! 7/19/06
Overall, a decent week. A disappointment. A bright spot for a book I thought was losing steam. And Civil War continues to impress me.
FLASH # 2 -- The artist needs changed. Now. Immediately. Like, right this second DC. And the writer needs to slow down a little bit. He jumps all over the place from one thing to the other with absolutely no transition in it. It's not that BAD of a story, but sweet Jesus it's all jumbled it a hiccup of plot. Would be nice to get some info on how WALLY WEST is doing, or for that matter, where he's at. I'm giving this a couple more issues and if I don't see any type of breath in this title, it's gone. I don't have time to waste anymore.
6/10
BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN # 6 OF 6 -- Ok. This was a nice miniseries from the fallout of Infinite Crisis. But Sweet lord of the comic Gods...can I please have a miniseries that actually has some type of ENDING to it instead of sucking me into MORE miniseries? Well, the good news is I'm not being sucked in. I refuse to be. And another piece of good news? Captain Atom owned and seeing now that Bludhaven is nothing but a crater now...well, it makes things very interesting and some things fall into better perspective. Though the ending with the President really had a ring of Marvel's "Civil War" storyline. I hope DC doesn't try and rip them off. 7/10
ROBIN # 152 -- I wasn't really enjoying the direction this comic was going. I'm not one of the Bat-fans who was all upset over Batgirl being evil now, but it just seemed like Robin was being destined to turn out like Nightwing. However, with the implementation of The Joker planting a nuclear bomb in one of his old hideouts, one that still stands, and the new Captain Boomerang has finally caught up to Tim, and realizes they might need to team up to take care of this "bomb", makes things enter a different view. This was a good issue and a nice step in the right direction. And a pretty nice moment between Bruce and Tim...plus Tim had some sparks with his tutor. Hope that it gets kept up. 8/10
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN # 10 -- The conclusion to Jumping the Tracks. Not many Spider fans liked this storyline, Spider fans don't really like much AT ALL Spider-Man these days. But I found some enjoyment out of this storyline. It was a fun break from all the unmasking hype and madness and introduced some different views of the world of Spider-Man. The most interesting part was Hobgoblin of 2211 stating that Spider-Man had six junctions, or ripples, through his timeline which have an endless amount of possibilities and could be changed. Hobby stated that Uncle Ben's death and Gwen Stacy's death were one of them. I wonder what the other four could be. I suppose Mr. David left it up to the reader to decide what four things could it possibly be. I know for sure one has to be the marriage to Mary Jane, ha.
But a fun story, with a very shocking ending involving the alternate reality Uncle Ben. If you wanna know what it is, read the book. 7.5/10
SHE-HULK # 9 -- Fantastic issue all around. Pug catching on to Zix, breaking into his files to show She-Hulk that Starfox did something to them, or at least he wants to see that. Interesting touch with Ditto, heh. And JJJ's insane reactions had me cracking up. And not to mention the marriage, the return of the Spider--er She-Hulk slayer, and the ownage of Mark Millar's Marvel Knights run, haha. Oh, man does Slott know how to dig them in the right places. Plus, a lot of Spider-Man fans should be happy to know that JJJ is gonna sue Peter Parker, and take the Iron Spidey suit from him, hahaha. One of the more entertain issues of the week. 9.5/10
ETERNALS # 2 -- No! Ikaris can't be dead! He just can't be! He's my favorite so far and if he's dead then...well, I'm just going to be upset that he's dead but keep reading. But it's interesting that Marrakis is getting his powers back and none of the other Eternals seem to be noticing, well except for Sersi and Marrakis having that mental contact. But Gaiman and Romita definitely have heated it up with this issue and next month can't come any sooner. 9/10
RUNAWAYS # 18 -- Oh man. SWERVE!! Nico didn't die. It was Xavin posing as Nico. Nice move! And the more insane move? That Gert was the Runaway who bit the dust! That's craziness and I WAS NOT expecting that. Though the ending with Chase on the hilltop with Old Lace, the book, and the translation ring has got ME thinking. Definitely a great swerve by BKV, in my opinion. Makes me wonder how the future Gert was able to come back and warn the Runaways to begin with...seeing as she died before that happened. Damn time paradoxes! I look forward to what's on the horizon, though I'll be skipping the Runaways/Young Avengers book...to me the Runaways are the Young Avengers. 9/10
52 WEEK 11 -- Focused on Dibny searching more for the Cult of Conner and Montoya/Question storyline. These two story lines are my favorite of this maxiseries. While I was enjoying everything about this issue, the Batwoman thing just seems kind of stupid to me. It's almost forced on us a little too much. Montoya seemed to figure out who it was in like five seconds, at least that's what I got from the issue, if she didn't than she's stupid. I'm guessing the Question already knows as well. But the Batwoman was really the only disappointment. Forced, and, honestly, a little unnecessary. However, Ralph may have his wife back.
8/10
CIVIL WAR # 3 -- Very interesting issue in this mini. I think it's so amazingly ironic that the rebel heroes resort back to civilian/hidden identities...while Peter Parker, who kept his identity secret longer than anyone, is out. Just pretty interesting to me. And the trap set by Stark was interesting, and Cap certainly took a nice dig at Spider-Man in this issue, I'm sure many of the unmasking haters would dig that line. But I'm wondering when the villains are going to strike, seeing that the heroes are all battling one another in this absolute cluster of madness. And through it all, Thor returns and it looks like he's on the pro-registration side of things...or making it seem that way for the time being. I really hope that Thor and Spider-Man change their minds soon, it was tough seeing Spidey taking on Cap there. But so far, this has been meeting my expectations and I REALLY hope they don't drop the ball...everything has been handled well for once. 8.5/10
. The point is that as of the last few years of Marvel -- and the X-books in particular -- storylines actually having a build-up and characterizations actually having progress and fruition has been depressingly rare, and to see it here is a good thing. I mean, him throwing a temper tantrum at Scott for making a perfectly valid and legitimate decision -- the X-Men not wanting to risk innocent lives, what a concept! -- and accusing Scott of losing his way is a mighty *****ebag moment, but we can...sort of...see where it's coming from. I guess.
9/10
