BOUGHT/THOUGHT "Nobody cares about MLK Jr apparently" 1/17

[supermarvelman]

It was great but it hasnt been great since the Carnage story arc.

 

[Themanofbat]

As for people who said that USM was never "great", just usually good or sometimes above good into nifty...I won't dispute. I've said all I want to say about USM and my feelings on it this week.

I would like to state "just for the record" that even though my feelings for the Ultimate universe have been pretty evident around here for the last 7 years, I can understand why people would jump into it... some big name writers and artists, and years of low quality stories in the core universe books could easily drive even the staunchiest of Marvel fans into a "new" universe.

Having said that, I'm glad I was never one of them.

Cheers...

 

[bored]

It's time for Bored's belated reviews! (i was out of the country, and then got food poisoning when i got back)


New X-Men #34: Continues to be the best X-book. X-23 escapes after pulling a fast one on Kimura, who appropriately has her uniform shredded up (they do love women in little clothing on this title), and then goes with Hellion to rescue Mercury. Meanwhile, Rockslide learns, via the evening news, of the existence of the Young Avengers, who he decides the New X-Men should beat up, for no reason. Santo is a great comic relief character, and this shows why. Anyway, writing is top notch, the art isn't remarkable, but it's not terrible, and it isn't as convoluted as most of the other X-titles. 10/10

Cable and Deadpool #36: No Cable at all in this issue. Wade decides that the best way to restore his reputation is to beat Taskmaster. He springs him from a prison transport, and brings him to an abandoned military facility, where they fight as a bunch of potential employers are forced to watch. Wade wins, but everyone tells him that they all knew he was good, but he's too unprofessional to be employed. Taskmaster also reveals that he didn't just take a fall, like Wade thought, and he really was beaten, but reiterates that he's too unprofessional, and that's why he can't get work. At the end, he sees something on the news about his old keychain, Rhino, escaping from prison in Georgia, so he decides to restore his rep by playing super-hero and capturing him. No excess Cable gravitas in this issue, which is welcome, and the banter between Deadpool and Taskmaster is great. Oh, yeah, and Blind Al is back. 9/10

Blade #5: Picked it up to see if the rumors of his demise were true. I'll save the suspense for everyone and say that Blade doesn't die. After a set-up by Morbius, Blade is arrested by SHIELD, and Maria Hill tells him that if he brings in Wolverine for her, he'll be free to hunt vampires without interference. He takes it, and they fight, but he eventually leaves and tells Hill that Wolverine is off limits after realizing that he was the man who, early on in Blade's career, saved him from a particularly strong vampire. Writing's decent, but the art is kind of crappy. I don't think I'm sticking with this. 6/10

Y: The Last Man #53: In a break from Yorick's adventures, Waverly, a body-disposer who met him a while back and thinks she's crazy for it, hooks up with a cross-dressing prostitute (yay comic book nudity!), and then is hired to take care of a body in Congress, which turns out to be Yorick's mother, who was assassinated. There's a cool moment where she sees some young rats in a trash can, meaning that they have begun reproducing again. Considering this title is nearing the end of its run, Vaughan has done a great job of including a lot of really big events the last few issues. 8/10

The Incredible Hulk #102: Ah, the new issue of my favorite title. We learn what happened when Hulk entered the Spike ship last issue. The Spike elders explain that they are a space-faring race that feeds off the energy of dying stars. When their ships crash-landed on Sakaar, the younger Spikes went crazy, and that's why they were so violent. Hulk agreed to free them from the Red King if they helped him fight. Flash to the present, Hulk and the Red King finally fight, and Hulk mops the floor with him, eventually killing him, but not before the Red King pulled off a coup by causing the planet's tectonic plates to split apart, effectively destroying the planet. Hulk achieves his biggest "holy ****" super-strength moment yet by leaping into a fissure and reattaching the plates by hand. With the war over, Hulk is naturally hailed as a savior, and is in the end made the new king of the planet. 10/10

 

[twylight]

JSA #2 - Pretty good read, Starman looks nothing like I thought he would though.

52 - Damn good issue. The Supernova revelation was better than I expected and wth is going on w/ Animal Man?

Starman looked exactly like Thom Kallor.

*sorry if it's already been said*

 

[Colossal Spoons]

*googles*

 

[Tropico]

Starman looked exactly like Thom Kallor.

*sorry if it's already been said*

Yes, he did. His comments about his powers not working the way they were supposed to also makes sense. He used the same costume when he came to see Jack Knight near the end of his series.