Next weekend is Free Comic Book Day which means I'll have a tone of new stuff to blog about. The weekend after that is the 6th annual Emerald City ComiCon. Then a week after that I'm going for a week or more. Then it's basically June. So, I'm going to try to hit everything I want to but I'll probably won't. I should really plan out what I want to say before I type all this out but I never do. This is off the top of my head, People! I'm free styling!
Let's start off with a "graphic novel": Earth X Trilogy Companion, a collection of sketches, background info, covers, the apparently rare Earth X 1/2 issue (I have 2 of them) & some other stuff. Most of it I've seen before & own some of it. Then why buy the book? I like Alex Ross' pencil/sketch work more then I like his fully painted stuff. It just looks cooler to me so that's why I bought the book.
New Stuff:
-Annihilation Conquest, the really cool space drama, finished up. Issue 5 (of the 6) helps explain how there was an Ultron here & over in Mighty Avengers a few issues back.
Favorite panel of issue 5:
I think that would make a great battle cry, like "Spoon!" or "Touch the Liver, Lick the Goat!" are.
Issue 6 nicely wraps up everything. I've never thought Warlock (from New Mutants fame was scary but he kind of is here). There some great lines in there. The end fight is a little lack luster but still cool. The very end segaways nicely into full up series/spin off series called Guardians of the Galaxy which will be drawn by a one Mr. Paul Pelletier, I really like his art. So, that's got me excited & I like the characters. The series is going to be written by the same people who did this series which is nice.
Next up is the muchly delayed 29th issue of Runaways, I only vaguely knew what is going on with the book. The art is nice, the writing is (as you would guess with Joss Whedon) but the only think that is kind of sucky is that there are huge gaps in between issues. Next issue (when ever that comes out) is the last of this story line, maybe it will pick up after that i.e. ship more frequently.
Now I hadn't read much of Young Avengers or the other issues of this series (Young Avengers presents...) but I like/liked Vision. So I picked this up to look at. It's good some nice art (I wouldn't mind seeing more of Mark Brooks' art). But I was a bit lost given my only passing knowledge of the series. The story it present may continue next issue, if it does I may pick it up.
X-Men First Class #11 is an odd issue. It a sort of a mishmash of concepts & characters. It also marks the first appearance & maybe only appearance of a new team: The Continuiteens! It's a fun read, but then most of what writer Jeff Parker has written that I've read are a fun read.
So I Issues 2-5 of New Exiles in my pile. Issues 2-4 cover the team getting it's last member; Gambit. But not the one we know but an a blond Atlantean Gambit who's parents a black Namor & Sue Storm. Yeah, I know. The character is ok & I'm sure why they had to name him Gambit (the only similarities between the 2 are they talk like there from New Orleans but this version is from Africa). I'm skipping over most of the story which makes this all make sense, sort of. Side Note: In Issue 4 we get to see a blue skinned female Atlantean (who is also Gambit's sister), she reminded me a little of a Namora (former member of the Exiles). I liked her.
The story that starts in Issue 5 is one that I enjoyed. I've been a bit wary of the book the last few issues of Exiles & the first couple of New Exiles haven't been all that exciting to me. But if they start being more like the story in 5 I'll keep the book.
Next up in the final issue of Penance: Relentless. Now I liked this series & the character, some people I know don't like character. But this was a nice conclusion, it was basically just one big fight between him & Nitro. Now that can be a bad thing sometimes but the way this one played out was wonderful. Probably one of the better fights I've read all year.
Next up is Captain America: still a good book. But I want to talk about the book just one character from the book: Black Widow, more particularly her hair. In Captain America she has long hair:
But in Mighty Avengers she has short hair:
What the? I know they are 2 different book with different writers & artists but you'd think that if they used the same character in both she'd have the same hair style. She is wearing the same costume!
Next I'd like to talk about 3 issues of Mighty Avengers: Issues 9, 10 & 12.
Issue 9 is a amazing it's done in 3 types of art: it's starts off painted, goes to regular art & end is done to look like an old comic book. Also there is a 6 page fight scene in this issue, not text just glorious art.
Issue 10 continues on with the old comic feel & is done perfectly.
Issue 12 is one I have problem with. It ties in with the "Secret Invasion that's going on. Now I didn't have a problem with that but this issue feature none of the Mighty Avengers. They aren't on the cover (It's a skrull recreation of Avengers, vol. 1 #4) & there are none inside (well, Spider-Woman shows up but that's about it). It's all about where Nick Fury has been for the last few years, he disappeared after the most resent "Secret War". The story was ok, the art was a bit to dark for my tastes
One back issue I'll talk about: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #14 which feature a team up between Ultimate Spider-Man & a appearance by Ultimate Black Widow before she showed up in The Ultimates (or Ultimate Avengers if you will). She also looks different here then in her Ultimates appearances. But this I can let slide, they hadn't decided on her final look yet since her hair color changes from the cover to the inside.
2 Non Marvel books:
- The Brave & The Bold finished up it's first story arc with Issue 12 & I look forward to seeing what the next arc is.
- I'm thinking of dropping Doctor Who, not the classic version but the current version. It's Issue 3 & I'm still not liking it. I'll give it a another issue or two. I've thought about dropping New Exiles but it finally picked up at issue 5.
Side Note: New Episodes of Doctor Who started to air. SCI-FI Channel, 9 p.m.
So, next post will most likely be FCBD (Free Comic Book Day) related. Stay Tuned for that.
And as always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
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