BOUGHT/THOUGHT May 30

Yeah, I can honestly say that his atrocities to Batgirl actually made me hurt inside.

And I don't even have a heart.
 
TheCorpulent1 said:
No, it's more from my desire to kick him repeatedly in either the head or the crotch for what he did to Batgirl.
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Corp, would you be willing to admit that other than the Batgirl stuff, which is horrible, I won't deny that that Beechen is a serviceable writer?
 
Darthphere said:
Corp, would you be willing to admit that other than the Batgirl stuff, which is horrible, I won't deny that that Beechen is a serviceable writer?
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If you're going by the prostitution trade's definition of "service," sure. By which I mean he sucks hairy man-balls.
 
New Avengers: Illuminati- PICK OF THE WEEK! Holy ****, Jim Cheung is a beast. That two page Secret Wars spread is nothing short of incredible! There's a little bit of retconning, but I don't really think anyone can complain since the Beyonder's old origin was utterly stupid. 9/10

Daredevil- I'm very curious to see who is behind Melvin's deterioration. I'm always sad to see this character get his world ripped apart, but this is much more promising than last arc, especially at the end. I really hope Brubaker has some interesting twists in store regarding the Pro-Registration side. He's hinted at a Thunderbolts appearance, and that would just be awesome. 9/10

Wolverine- The story finally seems to be going somewhere, but it's taken a long time. Art's nice, though. 6/10
 
Silent War #5 - Holy crap. The Mighty Avengers get their collective asses handed to them. Granted, the Sentry stays out of the scuffle. It's really Black Bolt who takes the entire team out and as the Sentry mentions, it was only a fraction of his full power. I wouldn't have thought Marvel would've had the cajones to let their precious new Avengers team fall so quickly, but then again, no one's really reading this book, are they?

I liked how the whole issue was told from the Sentry's perspective. Like I mentioned, he remains on the sidelines during the entire issue. This time however, it's not out of self doubt, it's out of fear for what might happen if his involvement should provoke Black Bolt any further. He even uses CLOC to discover that inside the Pentagon, Gorgon and the others escape with the Terrigen Crystals, and he still does nothing. He is friends with the Inhumans and fears for their safety, even if they would say otherwise.

Meanwhile, Medusa takes Luna to see Maximus in hopes that Luna can cure his madness. Instead, Medusa becomes overcome by Maximus' influence and orders Luna to destroy the mental blocks placed on Maximus, thus unleashing his full power. Oh, and because the Mighty Avengers were beaten so badly, the President decides to relieve them of their duties and send in the Marines who've been exposed to the Terrigen Mists. And those guys look nasty.

Oh ****, is right.

This book kicks ass. I'll miss it after it concludes next month. At least Gutsville just debuted, so I can still get my Frazier Irving goodness every month (until that wraps up with issue #6), but I'll miss Hine's tight script and seeing Black Bolt mop the floor with "Earth's Mightiest Heroes".
 
I haven't picked up my comics this week yet...have to wait 50 minutes until I'm off work; but, thought I'd give some thoughts that come to mind after reading issues 1-18 or Marvel's old series, Star Trek.

Issue 1-3 is just a retelling of Star Trek the Motion Picture, and afterwards a number of writer and artists took turns telling some really crappy stories. Some things that stood out:

The letters page: I used to love to read the letter pages of various Marvel comics back in the 80's, and this series made me realize why. It not only printed positive reviews, but many of the letters slammed the writers and artists for their subpar performance. Albiet, many of the letter writers seemed to be "trekkies," but what they said still held true. Sadly, only about six of the comics had the letter pages.

As the series was suffering, it constantly changed writers and artists, and eventually went bi-monthly for the final 4 or 5 issues. I thought of how people talk about how comics were always on time back in the day; but, this reminded me of how few comics Marvel produced, how some (even Daredevil) were a bi-monthly comic, that Marvel was producing around 5 reprint style comics at this time (Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel's Greatest Comics, Marvel Tales, Amazing Adventures, Marvel Fantasy come to mind), and the writing and art wasn't that spectacular to warrant any big delays.

This series definitely deserves about a 2/10. There is even an instance where Spock and Bones totally ignore the Prime Directive. The series just didn't hold true to the spirit of Star Trek. (They even have to apologize once in the letters page, noting that they weren't aware of something that happened in one of the old tv shows concerning a treaty between the Federation and the Klingons.)
 
Wolverine #54 - I guess now all the whiney *****es can stop their crying about Loeb's "lack of continuity". He makes mention that Feral and Thornn were in fact depowered, but something happened, and even they're not sure of what. Weeks went missing, and they turned up like M-Day never affected them. I knew this was coming, but for some reason people just cannot wait until a story is told before they begin to second guess and criticize. It's pathetic. And if I were a writer, I'd hate you all.

*sigh*

Now that I got that out the way....This issue was the best of the current arc, by far. We're starting to get some answers, with only a few more questions being raised. In past issues, Logan's been remembering things that haven't happened to him. In this issue, he has a memory from WWII. He and Captain America were fighting side by side, taking out a group of Nazi/Italian facists. And who turns out to be the Commanding Officer of the Nazis? Wild Child. What. The. ****. The answer to that question alone is going to be worth the price of admission for me.

Logan also has another flashback to his being a captive of Weapon X. Only this time, Creed is there working alongside the "Professor" to imbue Logan with his adamantium skeleton. And if that's not enough, the shadowy figure who keeps popping up in Logan's past dreams seems to be behind the entire project, ordering the "Professor" around. And to top that off, his name is revealed to be Romulus.

Hmm...Romulus. Of "Romulus and Remus" fame. They're the two brothers who were raised by a wolf, and grew up to build Rome. So, if that guy's Romulus....then who and where is Remus? My guess is that "Remus" has been appearing in the book all along.

I've mentioned before that I think I'm the only person digging this book. And damn, if I'm not digging it more after this issue. I can't wait for the conclusion next issue.

I also want to make mention that although Bianchi's artwork is not my favorite (dude...Sasquatch is not a Wookie), it's very detailed and the process of pencils to inks to washed halftones to colors is sure to be a lengthy one. Granted, he's got an assistant, Andrea Silvestri, but still....the book hasn't been late yet and it looks like it'll ship on time for the conclusion. That's six issues without fill ins, all on time. You hear that, Hitch? Are you listening, Mad? I for one, didn't expect the third issue to ship on time, so I've got to give Bianchi and Silvestri credit. That's a refreshing display of a good work ethic. :up:
 
New Avengers: Illuminati #3 - So the Beyonder is....Neil Gaiman?
 
Not Jake said:
I thought you didn't read Bendis' DD:huh::cmad:
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I read about half of it, and enjoyed it for the most part. Sure, it dragged at times and sometimes I still make fun of some of the cliches of it, but overall it was a good run, and there is no question that Bendis pulled DAREDEVIL up from his launch and effectively made him work. It is one of his few weeks that is unanimously praised as a success and I join that chorus. It was his niche; gritty noir comics with only minor trappings of superhero stuff. Remember, Bendis originally made his bread and butter on gritty, emotional noir, which is his strength. Unfortunately, he became popular and Marvel allowed him to do pretty much anything he wants, including genres he is less effective at. Sort of like how Micheal Jordon being a master basketball player didn't exactly mean he would have equal success in baseball.

Reviews are incoming.
 
What exactly was wrong with the Beyonder's original origin? Before SWII ruined him, anyway.
 
Dread said:
I read about half of it, and enjoyed it for the most part. Sure, it dragged at times and sometimes I still make fun of some of the cliches of it, but overall it was a good run, and there is no question that Bendis pulled DAREDEVIL up from his launch and effectively made him work. It is one of his few weeks that is unanimously praised as a success and I join that chorus. It was his niche; gritty noir comics with only minor trappings of superhero stuff. Remember, Bendis originally made his bread and butter on gritty, emotional noir, which is his strength. Unfortunately, he became popular and Marvel allowed him to do pretty much anything he wants, including genres he is less effective at. Sort of like how Micheal Jordon being a master basketball player didn't exactly mean he would have equal success in baseball.

Reviews are incoming.
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Shouldn't you be tossing caps and shaking hands right about now? :cwink:
 
But I don't read anything written by bendis anymore so I can't. That and everything written by him at the shop I go to always sell out. So please just tell how the beyonder is now Neal.
 
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