So, the last time I actually did a post like this was way back in August. What is this post going to be about? I'm going to review some Comics!
Now I'm not going to try & review all the comics I've read in the last 11 months. The post would way too long & take way too much time to type out. So, as I mentioned a post or two down the Blog I will talking about Marvel Comics post Siege & DC Comics post Blackest Night. Since I have pretty much skipped over those events I will be talking about them & anything related to them.
Also, about my "reviews":
- I don't do in depth reviews, I just give my feelings.
- I might spoil things. Try to not to but it happens.
- I sort of assume you've read some of the stuff I reference.
- I don't explain a lot. So, if your lost: sorry.
- I don't review all I read. Sometimes I just don't have anything to say about a book.
- Sometime when I have something to say it's not much & maybe kind of vague.
- I don't have a lot of pictures with my reviews since my scanner doesn't really work & I don't really want to search the Net for the pictures I'd want to use.
This is how I roll. :)
Since I've got my Marvel books closest to me we'll start there.
Marvel
So before I get into the post Siege I'm going to say a few words about the event: Underwhelming. Misrepresented. Kind of Pointless. In the ads leading up to Siege I was like This is an event years in the making & it will awesome. yes, we are crashing Asgard into the Oklahoma! BOO-YAH!. Well, this might be all well & true but that's what Siege #1 is about where as 2 through 4 are about Holy Crap! The Sentry just killed a guy & has finally lost it. He might kill us all. Let's take him down! BOO-YAH! Really, that's what it's about. Sure, Norman Osborn get taken down. The Villains are taken down. The Heroes are back. We are heading into a a new Heroic Age. :) But the whole "event" just seemed like a none event It was a just a away to tie up a few storyline of the past few years & change the status quo back to how it was like a few years with a some changes here & there.
So, getting on to the books.
The Avengers books: All the Avengers books (New, Dark, Mighty & The Initiative) were cancelled at the end of Siege to be replaced with a relaunched New Avengers, Secret Avengers, a just plain old Avengers book & The Avengers Academy. By the time of this post all the first issues have come out. All have some interesting bits to him. I'm willing to give each a storyline to see if I like the book. Not a big fan of John Romita Jr.'s art of Avengers, I just don't think it works with the book. Secret Avengers is the book with the a group of Avengers going on Black Ops like missions. The book is written by Ed Brubaker (who also writes Captain America) & the art is by Mike Deodato (who did the art of the Dark Avengers). The art style fits with the book. The relaunched New Avengers is a book I'm not sure about. It continues on story threads from the old New Avengers book but what they did in that book doesn't fit with the new Age they are living in. Sure it's a first issue but I seemed a bit odd continue on threads from that time. Then there is The Avengers Academy which takes the places of the Avengers: The Initiative comic. Now I went into this book not liking what I had seen but since it's where I'm going to see Hank Pym (who was doing wonderful things in Mighty Avengers) & Robbie Baldwin is going back to his old Speedball Identity. So, they had 2 good things towards the book but a few more things against it. By the end of Issue #1: my thought towards the book had turned. I wasn't as bad I thought it was going to be. a worth successor to A:TI. Also, there is a Avengers mini-series: Avengers Prime which features Thor, Iron Man & Steve Rogers. Issue 1 was pretty good & it's got art by Alan Davis!
Secret Warriors: still a pretty cool book. Has one of the better cover designs in Comics.
Invincible Iron Man: They just got past Issue #25 & the book has been awesome for every issue. A book you should be reading!
Fantastic Four: Writer Jonathan Hickman (who is also writing Secret Warriors) is doing amazing things on this book! What he is doing & where he is going with the team/book is amazing. Definitely worth reading.
Captain America: Good Book. I don't have much to say beyond that.
I do want to talk about the back story in the Book with Rikki Barnes as the new Nomad. Not really the character but about the writer & artest on the stories. Nomad is also appearing in new book called Young Allies, the writer is Sean McKeever & art by David Baldeon. Now the cool thing is McKeever & Baldeon are doing the the writing & art on both stories which gives a nice continuity. The two also did a story with Gravity who is also a member of the Young Allies so there is some more continuity. It's not ofter when character are written & drawn by the same people across different books.
Prince of Power:a mini series which follows out of the hercules series. Good stuff.
Atlas: This is the title of the new monthly series featuring the Agent of Atlas. It's still good but I'm liking of the stories with them is sort of waining. It's still good. I'm not sure what it is but I still like the older stuff better.
Lockjaw and The Pet Avengers: still a fun book. They just finished their latest mini-series (Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers: Unleashed) & some a summer special coming out. I like these stories done in short mini-series & specials. It works for the group. I wouldn't mind seeing more groups/characters get this treatment. Also, if you cane find the cover of Issue #4 of their most recent miniseries: it might be one of the best covers of the year!
The Marvels Project: The last issue recently came out & it was not what I was expecting it to be. An ok series.
The Torch: Like TMP, last issue just came out, not what I was expecting & was an ok series. There a "follow" series which involves the Invaders which I probably won't be getting.
Marvelous Land of Oz: the sequel miniseries the "Wizard of OZ" mini series. Good story, interesting art. Not sure I'd get the next series if there was one.
So, I think that is a long enough post. I'll be back later with my reviews of DC Comics.
Until then Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
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