BOUGHT/THOUGHT Jan 31st

[GNR]

Who was that then at the end of Daredevil?

Spoiler

The chick who smelled like Karen and lured Matt into the trap earlier in the arc,her name escapes me

 

[SouLeSS]

Are you gonna buy Nova when it comes out.

Not sure. I'm thinking about it, I'll pick up the first 6 or so and see how it is, and if it's any good I'll keep it.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Thank god. No stupid cute/trying to be witty title.

Jealousy is not a virtue

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Annihilation #6 - BLEEPIN PICK OF THE MONTH! This issue left me very satisfied. Like when you eat at Red Lobster during their endless shrimp thing. I strongly support the Phylla/Moondragon union Drax, S-Skrull, and Prax had better turn up soon and I look forward to every single spin-off book that's coming in the future. 11/10

Teen Titans #46 Really good issuea and I love the fact that there was no issue-long build up. Can't wait to see Jericho take on Slade 8/10

Silent War #1 I'm in love with this book, sorry ATP. It really makes the american governement look like a bunch of a-wholes though. 10/10

X-Men This Pan dude is bleepin awesome. And for once, I'm looking forward to seeing Sabes in action as he's just been annoying me since he joined the team. And to all the haters of Ramos' art .....suck it. Funny, everything people hate about him, they love about Bachalo 8/10

52 #39 Pretty good issue. The mad scientist story is getting stale but I'm lookin forward to the Steel/Luthor fight 7/10

Ultimate X-Men #78 Thank God that's over. Let's speed up the aftermath arc so Kirkman will go away sooner ok? Awesome 6/10

Eternals #6 Damn good issue. I loved the way the king Eternal shut Tony up in the end when they tried to make him register, haha. Yellowjacket was hilarious in that book as well. Maybe he took too many antidepressants that day....whatever it was, he needs to do it more often The voice of the Dreaming Celestial got very annoying though. 8/10

 

[PWN3R]

My shop forgot to pull Annihilation #6. They always do crap like this, and I've been going there for over a year.

Anyways, a late bought thought, but finally got Spirit #2. I think this is my favorite DC book at the moment. I adore everything about it.

 

[Fenryr]

It was a relatively mediocre week. I got a handful of books I can't read because I haven't read the previous few issues, my LCS has decided that my orders, the second biggest in their shop, are no longer important enough to get right, and there weren't many books I was REALLY looking forward to, ...

Ultimate Fantastic Four - Finally this arc is over. It's a chore to get through this book, whereas it used to be the best of the line. And, with the ending, I'm wondering if Carey has actually read any of the previous issues, and knows that he's reusing storylines from less than ten issues ago. He's taken what is a very basic story with "been there done that" elements and filled the pages with pseudo-scientific alien jargon, and the result is that it reads too complex to really be enjoyed.

American Virgin - Though this has quickly become one of my favorite books, helped in great deal because it's Vertigo, this issue seemed off. We ended last issue with a plane crash, with Adam rescuing a drowning girl. Now, he's totally fine, except for a dislocated shoulder, and searching for beauty pageant contestants. It seems like I missed an issue, but I'm not quite sure.

Teen Titans - Even after the Kid Devil story, I didn't feel like everything that needed to be said was, and there's still some story left there, which might be a perfect time to jump into Titans East, giving Eddie a chance to shine before he goes kaput. That's how I'm calling it, anyways. Once again, it feels like Johns jumped ahead an issue, but the story kicks right into high gear, and I'm looking forward to it. Deathstroke's team is a little heavy on the Bat-verse end, but he makes up for it with characters that I've never heard of and seem interesting.

Blue Beetle - As Dread has already mentioned, basic superhero action galore is the name of the game for Jaime. He's in space, on a New God contingency planet, fighting alongside Lonar and Metron, with his friend, whose name escapes me, fulfilling the "sassy redhead teenager girl" role. It's a fun read, but I don't see it lasting a whole lot longer. Maybe long enough to get an explanation of the armor, and to bring an old Blue Beetle back, negating OYL.

If I manage to get a hold of the Hellboy Animated TPB, I'll review it, but I have a feeling my business is going to go elsewhere fairly soon.

 

[Dread]

Maybe,I'm more into the darker,more far out stuff recently.

INVINCIBLE has some moments of darkness and far-outness, but of course stuff like THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY is in a whole other ballpark.

As for trying it, the trades are the cheapest, although some volumes have 4-6 issues and I believe the first has 4 issues. The downside is that if you like INVINCIBLE, the HC's overall are the best deals and you'd be stuck on trades for all of them. Buying the Vol. 1 HC is a little more of an investment, but if you like it, you can just buy Vol. 2 HC and then either patiently await a third (the HC's usually have 12-14 issues) or buy the last two trades and then 3 back issues.

Anyway, to each their own.

52 WEEK #39: Kind of a let-down from the previous few issues. Still good, but, I don't know, it seemed...anti-climactic. Luthor has Supes-comparable powers, and what does he do? Knock around a girl. You're sooooo smart and creative, Lex. But again--52 has really picked up since it hit the 30s, and it's a good read now. Weekly! It feels so normal now to go and pick up this book every week. Do we really appreciate it? Since it hit the 30s, it's been better than a lot of monthly books, you guys. And it comes out once a week. It's a wondrous thing, folks.

Oh, I appreciate it. I review it every week and it rarely gets bad ones. Of course, with 4 good writers at the helm, it is no wonder that it's been so successful and decent overall.

It does feel normal after almost a year, it will be a shift for me when it ends around April.

So it's official..we have dealt with two years of nonstop events from DC and Marvel...and it took a little known series called Annihilation to PWN them all. t:

Agreed. The Force was definately with this one.

 

[Red]

Dread, I need some Invincible help. If I can't get the hardcover would it be wise to pick up the first three trades? I've been told the series doesn't get going under the third story arc.

 

[The Ether]

X-Men This Pan dude is bleepin awesome. And for once, I'm looking forward to seeing Sabes in action as he's just been annoying me since he joined the team. And to all the haters of Ramos' art .....suck it. Funny, everything people hate about him, they love about Bachalo 8/10

I'm a bigger Bachalo fan than Ramos but I have to admit that his artwork was really good in this issue, and yes Annihilation was the highlight of the day followed by Teen Titans after IMO. mostly cause Cassandra might not be a geniune bad guy after all.

 

[PhotoJones]

I'm a bigger Bachalo fan than Ramos but I have to admit that his artwork was really good in this issue, and yes Annihilation was the highlight of the day followed by Teen Titans after IMO. mostly cause Cassandra might not be a geniune bad guy after all.

i am a huge bachalo fan. nothing beats chris on generation x, issues 1-6 (and the generation next mini).

i liked ramos enough, but that was back when he was a part of cliffhanger. his spidey stories weren't bad, either.

 

[Dread]

Dread, I need some Invincible help. If I can't get the hardcover would it be wise to pick up the first three trades? I've been told the series doesn't get going under the third story arc.

I enjoyed the series after reading the first trade in the library, which is issues #1-4. It just took me a few years to get the cash and motivation to catch up, and my timing was perfect.

I'd shoot for the first hardcover if you can, but if you are going to go the trade route, sure, go ahead. Yeah, the 3rd arc is where it starts to kick but I have enjoyed it throughout.

And I don't care for Bachelo OR Ramos, since others were on that topic. Bachelo was good back on GENERATION X and DEATH but ever since the 21st century hit, he draws 2D claymation and then gets too "artsey" to portray a story well (least IMO; all art liking is subjective). I never cared for Ramos at all.

 

[BrianWilly]

Luthor's men have been LYING about him being "incompatable" the whole time, and apparently that bit was a whole act from him.

I think the point was that the doctor was lying to Luthor as well. It wasn't an act from Luthor himself, he genuinely thought that he wasn't compatible until his assistant found that scrap of paper this week.


52 Week #39
Sort of a slapdash week, imo, but it's probably because the Infinity Inc arc interests me the least out of all these. But the arc does move along, and sets everything up for a pretty ending. And I loved the bits with Oolong Island, and what Magnus and Morrow are still up to (foreshadowing JLA = good).

I'm curious as to what the heck is going on with Renee in Namba Parbat, though, considering where she was left off.

(7.9 out of 10)


Ion #10
Overall there was nothing at all wrong with this issue; in fact, it was pretty dang solid and we get some answers...not a lot of answers, but some.

It's just that there's so few issues left, and with each passing page of nothing in particular happening, we come closer to the end of this awesome series. I just can't get it past my subconscious that there needs to be more stuff happening. It's affecting my enjoyment of this title...not a lot, but some. Only the fact that Kyle is obviously still going to play a major role in the DCU in the months to come after this comic is appeasing my anxiety.

The multiverse stuff is interesting, but not rivetting. I'm sure I'll be more interested in it when it starts to actually play a role in things.

I'm under the impression that Donna's not a very well-liked character, but I'm loving her right now and all the better if she gets back with Kyle as I'm suspected.

(7 out of 10)


Teen Titans #42
Most of this was nice. The moments with Cassie/Tim/Raven, for example, and with Rose and Jericho. The Inertia and Match appearances were pretty good, too; at first I was wondering how the heck they managed to get into the tower, then I though hay lolz they're clones they have Bart and Conner's genetic signatures! Which makes sense.

The rest of the Titans East appearance was pretty messy, though. And not just messy cool from Batgirl slicing the hell out of Bombshell, but just...messy. Joker's Daughter and Riddler's Daughter just sort of...appears, for some reason. Risk is sort of just there, too. And that whole scene with Altar Boy/Kid Crusader/Whateverthefackhe'scallinghimself and Kid Devil was just...awkward, though. We don't really get why Eddie's sitting in a church. We don't really get why the other kid just starts attacking him. And then he just falls on the pew, says "hot damn," and then the scene is over. Oh...kay.

Still looking forward to how this plays out, but since this whole arc has been announced for so long and reasonably hyped so I'd been expecting...I dunno. Something more.

(6.7 out of 10)


Blue Beetle #11
Tomfoolery in space! Worth it just to see Metron act like a pompous asspump.

(7.8 out of 10)

 

[supermarvelman]

Annihilation #6 - BLEEPIN PICK OF THE MONTH! This issue left me very satisfied. Like when you eat at Red Lobster during their endless shrimp thing. I strongly support the Phylla/Moondragon union Drax, S-Skrull, and Prax had better turn up soon and I look forward to every single spin-off book that's coming in the future. 11/10

I'm sure Drax, SuperSkrull, Praxogora, etc.. will all show up in Nova's ongoing.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I sure hope so

 

[supermarvelman]

So Magneto is returning in Uncanny X-Men after the "Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar" story arc

 

[Dread]

I think the point was that the doctor was lying to Luthor as well. It wasn't an act from Luthor himself, he genuinely thought that he wasn't compatible until his assistant found that scrap of paper this week.

Interesting. I'd have to reread it. If that is the case than in a way it feels even more, "oh well" in a sense. After all this time, Mercy finds out the doc is lying so Luthor goes, "okay, now let's turn me into Superman"? I guess it makes practical sense that if any one of us found out our machines that grant (and take) metahuman powers will work on us, we'd do it in an hour, but it takes some oomph out of the scene. It's not a huge deal, because frankly I'm looking forward to Steel's reaction more than watching Nat get beaten down (who enjoys watching a woman get beaten? I don't). And I guess after 52 slowed down and took maybe 5-10 issues to advance some subplots, going that far in 1 feels awkward. But I still enjoyed it and can't wait to see a showdown with Steel and other heroes.

Sure, JLU did it with the Camdus arc, but it can still be done well here. Obviously he has to be "rid" of the metagene by the time 52 ends. The question is naturally how.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

So Magneto is returning in Uncanny X-Men after the "Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar" story arc

Oooohhh? Where'd you hear that? I hope he lost his Collective powers.

 

[Dread]

Oooohhh? Where'd you hear that? I hope he lost his Collective powers.

Didn't The Collective just "repower" Magneto with his own powers (or set that up to be possible)? I admit that is definately one arc/issue that I wouldn't reread without a bribe.

 

[supermarvelman]

Oooohhh? Where'd you hear that? I hope he lost his Collective powers.

In Wizard 185

He will be depowered. No Magneto powers, no collective powers.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Didn't The Collective just "repower" Magneto with his own powers (or set that up to be possible)? I admit that is definately one arc/issue that I wouldn't reread without a bribe.

I thought he had the Collective powers at the end when the helicopter blew up. W/e details get confused in arcs such as those.

 

[supermarvelman]

He did, but Wizard said he will be depowered. That should mean all his powers, maybe they mean just his Mag powers, but that wouldn't be depowered so...

 

[BrianWilly]

I guess it makes practical sense that if any one of us found out our machines that grant (and take) metahuman powers will work on us, we'd do it in an hour, but it takes some oomph out of the scene.

Well, technically, she found it on "Day 1" and he did it on "Day 5." So, four whole days! Which probably isn't helping my point much. Being as how I have no point.

 

[Darthphere]

Annihilation has restored my faith in comics.

 

[supermarvelman]

Good

 

[Darthphere]

You didnt have to comment Mr. 2 Cent Sally.