Marvel Universe!

Marvel Universe vs The Avengers final issue.  Well that was horrible.  As with the previous issues of this mini-series the title lied.  This had a limited number of Avengers, it was essentially a Hawkeye story, and they did not fight the Marvel Universe.  Heck they barely fought anyone with actual powers.  This was just another badly written and deceptively marketed zombie story.  It is very disappointing when such a brilliantly advertised title with so much potential is wasted.  Bleh.

Ame-Comi Power Girl!

Ame-Comi Girls #4: Power Girl is introduced and she is a Kryptonian.  The story and art seem mostly set to show off Kara’s breasts and navel.  I saw joking about the Power Girl outfit online and was amused, but unfortunately it was all true this is an issue written by men with art by guys and it shows they need to get outside more and talk to real women.  It all takes away from what could have been an interesting story with xenophobic villains, the arrival of Super Girl and the Manhunters Mech-Police from OA.  Then the creators remember this was a tie in and mentioned Brainiac.

Batman!

Batman #16 (Death of the Family) while the story started strong and interesting it ended predicable.  It is kind of sad that the Joker was chaos and yet everything was just predicable as always.  Oh well.

Interface Zero 2.0 Kickstarter

For those interested in Cyberpunk RPG and are tired of waiting on an update for the classic Cyberpunk 2020 game. Interface Zero uses the Savage Worlds rules. I am a backer.  Only 2 days left to back!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821979583/interface-zero-20-full-metal-cyberpunk

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Detective Comics!

Batman Detective Comics #16 (Death of the Family) contained two good stories, they were excellent stories.  The first story really did not have anything to do with the Death of the Family story.  It was just Batman tracking down the Joker Fan boys and Fan girls.  There is nothing new here and nothing worth tagging as part of the uber story ark.  The second story with the Emperor Penguin taking over the Penguin’s operation and that story is more related to Death of the Family.  But in the end I’m tired of buying a comic with two half stories included.  Frankly I’m tired of DC being lazy and stretching crappy material over several comics hoping no one will notice.

Batgirl!

Batgirl #16 (Death of the Family) Meh – I don’t know how the Joker has time for all this side business.  The story was OK and had some good action, but in the end the story has to be saved and stretched out so there will be more and more Death of the Family) comics without end or connection to the main story.  So this issue ends up just being a reset to where we were on page one of this issue.

Bleach v51

I just finished reading Bleach volume 51.  The story is really not that much different from the historic story line.  Ichigo has no real power at least not at the level of those around him.  He has to train, train, train and train or he will die again.  He is surrounded by weird acting, weird looking yet very dangerous people.  They all go along assuming that Ichigo knows what is going on which is annoying as we already went through that story with the Soul Society.  At least with this story we the readers are seeing some of the back story and some of the stories not centered on Ichigo.  I am still interested in seeing where this all goes as long as I can borrow a copy of the book from a friend or the library because I would not pay full book prices for black and white reprints – if I was going to pay full price I would subscribe to the magazine.

Batman and Robin!

Batman and Robin #16 (Death of the Family) well that was interesting, but seriously how long are they going to stretch out the Robin Ah Ghul VS. Batman dynamic.  The Joker did talk just a little too much but unlike what is happening in other Death of the Family stories this ending was actually clever.

The Dark Knight!

Legends of the Dark Knight Issue number four contains’ three short stories.  All the stories are interesting, but none are as good as previous stories in this comic.  I guess it is just hard to have a constant flow of great stories all the time.

Cyberpunk 2077

This interview brings back a lot of memories.  Cyberpunk 2020 is a Pen & Paper role playing game I still play today.  I am hoping for a new table top game more than another video game.  ;-)

http://obskures.de/2013/cyberpunk-2077-an-interview-with-mike-pondsmith/

Earth 2!

Earth 2 #8: And Steppenwolf was not returned to his world when the war was won.  This new story arc could be very interesting.  He has Wonder Woman’s Daughter! Named her Fury and turned her against her own world.  We shall see how this turns out.

Worlds' Finest!

Worlds’ Finest Huntress and Power Girl number eight was kind of interesting.  But did we need another comic book that has Batman and Alfred?  Would Batman not be tired at this point?  The story itself is entertaining and it is nice to see Power Girl Strut her stuff, but I think the low profile thing might be blown after this issue.

Frankenstein!

Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #16 – Well that was weird, last issue of Frankenstien and party of survivors were on their way to win the war against his creator and the rot plague.  This issue was a totally different story as if the last issue had not happened.  I hate when this happens.  The comic itself was entertaining and well written.  It tells the story of when secret agencies collide, good stuff.

Missing Dial H

I seem to have fallen behind with this comic, Dial H, and checking my collection I actually have missed issue six and seven.  I have issue eight and seem to have come into the story part way again.  It is an interesting story and I hope I can find the missing issues without spending a fortune.

Urals Meteorite Strike!

There are some really amazing pictures and video here!

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

Mars Attacks!!

Mars Attacks Kiss – well that was different.  If you love KISS you will love the comic otherwise it was just a fun read.  Enjoy!

Mars Attacks the Real Ghostbusters was entertaining.   This issue is another one where if you like the style of the Real Ghostbusters you will like this story.  It is different and yet still has ghosts and Martians.

Avengers Plus X-men

A+X issue #3 was not nearly as good as previous issues.  Part one was the #*#&&#$ Black Panther and Storm.  Apparently they got married at one time and this was the post-divorce all talking story.  The backup story was Hawkeye and Gambit fighting over a girl, not an original story at all.  They had to save an actress from what looked like a Murloc from World of Warcraft.  The good guys win the end.  Since both characters normally have great dialog (especially Hawkeye in his own book) but in this story the witty banter was very flat.  It just added to the disappointment in this issue of A+X.

X-treme X-Men

X-treme X-men #8: While entertaining is more confusing than interesting and not in the normal way.  When the reader is left wishing it was a My Little Pony Xavier that needed dealing with.  The best part of the description of the character Howlett or Wolverine meets Teddy Roosevelt (now that is comedy).

The New Avengers!

The New Avengers #1: I am not really a fan of the Super Hero Illuminati that has been created by Marvel Comics to just futz up the continuity of so many stories.  I do not like how suddenly Reed Richards and Doctor Strange would even consider such a thing, becoming evil.  But this book actually followed the Black Panther into a weird story of aliens and other worlds and it interest me and I need to find issue #2 to see if things remain interesting or go stupid.

Captain America!

Captain America #2: I don’t know who thought this would be a good story line.  But when the first words on the second page after the summary of the first issue are “One Year Later” it is fairly certain that the story is going to be stupid and suck.  This story is disrespectful to the character, the reader and the history of Captain America and all he stands for.   The writer, the artists, the editors and Disney itself should be a shamed of what they have done.

Well with Captain American & Black Widow 640 the inter-dimensional other world adventure is finally over.  It would have been nice to see a little more of the other heroes they found at work.  But oh well.  At least this story is over and Captain America is free to be trapped in another dimension for at least a year.

Thor!!

Thor God of Thunder #3: The story continues to unfold.  Nothing really interesting this issue, we get to see Thor starting to mature a bit and try to find other missing gods.  But it seems he did badly when trying to alert other gods to the problem at hand.  To be continued…

Indestructible Hulk!

Indestructible Hulk #2: And now for Tony Stark / Iron Man to stick his nose into the situation and make it worse.  Well Iron Man made it entertaining anyway, this Tony Star is not the good guy movie guy.  This Tony Stark is the one who had people killed and essentially took over the Super Hero world for his own power grab.  So needless to say I enjoyed seeing Hulk Smash!  I am still liking this comic I hope they keep up the good work.

Thunderbolts!

Thunderbolts #2: This issue was entertaining as normal, but Deadpool seems a little restrained and that is disappointing.  There is also the issue that the story is told out of order and now that might be fine when reading the trade paperback version of the comic in a few years.  But right now that kind of story telling is just annoying.

Captain Marvel!

Captain Marvel #8 staring two that right two different Captain’s Carol Danvers and Monica Rambeau team up again to fight a giant robot.  The dialog was nice and entertaining, sharp and witty.  The story was a little silly but it is a super hero comic book so no loss there, the giant robot was supposedly the remains of an Avengers battle but no issue reference was given.  I hope that the comic can continue with this quality.

Comics!

FF #2 was fun, but not sure how long I will read this book.  It is literarily a filler series while the “real” Fantastic Four is off having an adventure.

Morbius the Living Vampire #1: Start of a New Book to one of Marvels 2^nd stringers.  This issue was good a bit of noir first person narrative.  But not so sure I want to follow another guy who can get taken down by a bunch of regular thugs.

Avengers!

Avengers #2: Frankly this is story is stupid.  I know it is a comic book, but seriously it is like reading the whiny X-men.  I’m going to stop reading this before I watch a once grand comic book not just destroyed but disgraced.

AA Avengers Academy Murder World #2; yeah that still stocks and Walt Disney Company should be so proud of their writers killing children.  Good job.