Thor God of Thunder #10!!

Thor God of Thunder #10 was so much better than the filler issues of the past.  This is a comic book about a God of Thunder a god of conflict there has been way to much whiny talk.  Now the Thors fight the good fight against the death of all gods (whatever that means).  I mean seriously a bomb that will just kill the gods is a fairly lame idea especially since if you believe the storyline Gorr has been killing gods without the bomb.  Bombs in comic books are dumb plot devices to create false tension and suspense where otherwise there would just be a fight.  It also appears that despite claims to the contrary the daughters of Thor are not dead and neither are many of the gods made slaves.  They get a chance to find in the end along with all three Thors.  So of course instead of just wrapping the story up nice and neat we get yet another cliff hanger.  To be continued…

Thunderbolts #13

Thunderbolts #13 where we finally learn the backstory to Mercy.  She once fought the Hulk and was left for dead in a coma.  General Ross the Red Hulk had freed her in the past and then tracked her down now.  We learn all this in a flashback that covers almost the entire comic book.  It is a rather wimpy story thread and it actually makes the reason for this team lame.  At first the comic seemed to be a way for Ross to fix things that were wrong in the world.  Some of the problems he caused and other problems were caused by other people / heroes or whatever.  But instead all this random death and destruction is to keep some vampire powered villainess fed is not that great a plot point.  While the story itself was good I am disappointed in the overall plot.

All New X-Men #14

All New X-Men #14 was entertaining I think the only reason I bought this issue was the cover art.  Unfortunately this cover has nothing to do with what happens inside, I might have missed the set up from the previous issue since at some point I said I would never buy this comic book again.  Anyway, Dark Phoenix rules!  There was actually a bit of interesting dialog and stuff going on with the original X-Men with Kitty Pride and Wolverine.  They were fighting a few new and old villains along with a bunch of Hydra that seemed to just be there to get beat up.  Having the Avengers show up went smother in the story telling this time.  Not a bad issue.

Batman '66 #1

Batman ’66 #1 tries very hard to recreate the corny but fun 1960s TV version of Batman.  I have to say the dialog was very close to the original and the story was enjoyable.   The TV aesthetic of deceptive cliffhangers does not translate as well to the printed version of the show.  But I was not reading this for a perfect copy of the TV show I just wanted to see if the writers and artists could pull off the 1960s flashback properly or not.  I have to say the art was really good and they even remembered to make the character look somewhat like the original TV actors.  So we had an amusing Riddler story with a guest appearance of Catwoman.  Though I must say during the action scenes Catwoman looked a bit more like the Black Widow than the ‘60s Catwoman.  Overall this was a very entertaining comic book – good stuff.

Fearless Defenders #6

The Fearless Defenders #6 was another excellent issue.  We see the completion of the fight against the Doom Maidens and Valkyrie who had become the Doom Maiden of Rage.  But after beating all the other supers it came down to Annibelle the one without powers to save the day.  We all knew that was going to happen but I was happy to see it was what the writer did.  The end of the issue has a good speech that could easily have been from the final issue of a series.  They are Defenders and I am really happy I kept reading this comic.

Hawkeye #12

Hawkeye #12 continues the trend of this comic book being excellent.  But instead of following Hawkeye we end up following his brother.  We see flash backs to when they were kids growing up and the horrible conditions of their home.  The brother gets beat up by the Bro gang a couple of times and it seems to be a theme in their life.  Good story.

Indestructible Hulk #10

Indestructible Hulk #10 – showed that the Hulk while a wild mess of destructive powers, if he likes you things can still work out.  This issue continued the story from the previous issue where Daredevil and the Hulk were hunting down a powerful weapon lose in New York City.  Things go from bad to worse and in the nick of time Hulk saves the day.  The story was told from Bruce Banners point of view with what he was told about the adventure.  It was all very interesting and continues the really good story telling of this renewed Hulk comic.

Young Avengers #7!

Young Avengers #7 was where the writers play catch up to where they want the story to resume.  There is a lot of text and talking about what happened between the escape from the mother parasite and the now of the comic.  Prodigy finds the Young Avengers and asks for their help to find Speed.  The team makes a hole in time and space then they head to another dimension.  It was all interesting and well written but felt a bit like filler.

Batman #22 Zero Year!

Batman #22 Zero Year: The Zero Year idea is interesting and well written so do not take what I say next as saying the comic is bad it is actually good.  But I have to say we have already done the Batman Year One story, the secret origin and story before Bruce Wayne became Batman.  One of the things I liked about the New52 Batman was we did not need to repeat the same old stories.  I am also thinking that Red Hood One sounds a little too much like the Joker.   So I am rather disappointed that DC has gone to yet another gimmick to try and boost sales.  Instead it would be nice if the creative team was allowed to just make good stories and not constantly try to make the next great comic blockbuster.

Superman Unchained #2

Superman Unchained #2 : The Unchained book is a great idea.  It is Superman with different stories and at the moment we are still dealing with a younger hero.   Unfortunately while issue number one was entertaining, issue number two was just more of the same.  The world is scared of Superman, they all know he is just here to take over the world and kill all the humans.  This despite the fact that he has done nothing but be a good guy.  Lex Luthor has even been found to be evil and locked up in jail.   But that is all ruined with this lame terrorists group that is impossible to find or fight.  The “countdown” to save the people in the collapsing skyscraper was badly done.  This is Superman he is not going to fail.  If he was to fail it would not take this many pages, he would just wake up from being hit by the robot and it would all be over.  Then there is the Cock fight (really I’m not making this part up) with Lois Lane’s father.  It seems he has daddy issues and is taking his issues out by building super weapons to kill Superman.  After issue number one I was hoping that quality would continue but unfortunately the quality of the story failed immediately upon reaching issue two.  I hate to say it but even the art is just not up to the quality of issue one.  The art seemed phoned in.

Worlds' Finest Huntress and Power Girl #14

Worlds’ Finest Huntress and Power Girl #14 continues the downward spiral of a once really clever and interesting storyline.  Once Desaad entered the picture this comic just turned into a pile of stupid.  Suddenly the strong confident women who are the star of the comic devolved into incompetence.  They are unable to fix, stop or figure out what is going on around them.  Yet for five years they were on their way to running the biggest most technologically advanced company in the world.  The comic really feels like someone at the DC office decided oh we can’t have women doing well without a man to save them.  Disappointing.

Age of Ultron #10 A.I.

Age of Ultron Book 10 AI was a retelling of Hank Pym’s life at the end of the Age of Ultron book.  I do not know if this is just an advertisement for the Ant-Man movie in production.  It could just be a prologue to the Avengers A.I. comic coming up next.  But the creative team sure wanted to re-tell the origin story of Hank Pym in a bad way.  I am sure there is a good reason here, but as a long time comic book reader I have to say there was no reason for this comic book.  Really it was a waste of effort to create and read.  But if you know nothing about Hank Pym and all his alter egos this might be worth your time to read.

Avengers A.I. #1

Avengers A.I. #1 is a new comic spinning off from the Age of Ultron mega super cross over comic series of the moment.  In this comic Hank Pym uses his genius to fight against an A.I. he accidentally created when he helped defeat Ultron.  This new fast replicating A.I. is apparently like Ultron and is out to kill all humans.  Being the first issue of a team book most of the story revolves around bringing the team together.  So far I think I like the Doombot (a robot built by Doctor Doom that is used as a stand in when the writers do not want Doom captures or blown up dramatically – there are a lot of them) the best at least it is honest with itself and others on the team.  A team consisting of Hank Pym, Monica Chang (director of S.H.I.E.L.D. A.I.), Victor Mancha (Ultron’s Son IE Ultron built him), the Vision (Victor’s older brother), and the Doombot could just be a very entertaining comic.  If for no other reason than Hank Pym is overly enthusiastic and positive about the whole adventure.  Good Stuff!

Deadpool #12

Deadpool #12 seems to bring to an end the whole demon Vetis storyline.  Deadpool and Vetis fight, Vetis has all kinds of new powers thanks to all the souls Deadpool acquired.  But with great timing the Necromancer arrived with Mephisto to save the day.  As usual the story was full of good dialog but the fights are getting a little old.  I am glad this story is over for now and I am hoping for something a little more interesting going forward.

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1 could be the start of something interesting.  This is another limited series based around Deadpool.  It appears that someone is going around the Marvel multi-verse killing as many different Deadpools as possible.  The killer looks a lot like another Deadpool and apparently there is more than one which makes sense when you are able to pick from an entire multi-verse of worlds.  We will have to wait and see if future comics in this series are good or not.

Uncanny X-Men #7!!

Uncanny X-Men #7 – I thought I stopped buying this comic but for some reason I picked up this issue (it was in the pile).  I do have to say, I always had a soft spot for Illyana Rasputin (Magik) from back in the old days with the limited series and being Colossus little sister.  This comic was interesting because Illyana had come to see Doctor Strange for help because she needs with the magical portion of her powers.  Apparently she has absorbed the entire dimension of Limbo into herself.  There is a bit of story with the Cyclops rebel group.  But in the end this is a story for Magik and it was good.

Young Avengers #6!

Young Avengers #6 the issue started awesome with two new young folks Speed and Prodigy.  We first meet Prodigy working “tech-support” but not the type of tech-support you would expect, what he does is give advice with problems for heroes and villains.  He helps with a Skrull surplus bomb and how to handle Elektra in a fight.  We then get introduced to Speed and his five minute work day – yes he is the speedster.  The two guys have lunch and sort of bond.  When they get back they find the office burgled by someone wearing Patriot’s uniform, the two guys stake out the office and confront the bad guy.   But the bad guy wins the fight somehow defeating Speed.  Prodigy tries to talk with the bad guy but this resolves nothing and leaves the reader with a clumsy cliffhanger.  Frankly I was hoping in this issue with a continuation of the previous story ark.  Not continuing the previous storyline left me kind of disappointed in this issue.