Comic Book Madness!

Alright I have been procrastinating and never did post the review of these comics as planned. So instead I will write two short reviews on the issues below.

Thor! I bought the trade paperback of Thor issue 7-12 and issue 600. Still not sure how they got from issue 12 directly to issue 600, but oh well. I just have to say that these issues of Thor were very disappointing. The new Thor series started out so well. Thor was back, he was a god and he was kicking ass as needed. Then flash to issue seven and suddenly he is all whiny and angsty. If I wanted whiny teenage angst I would just read X-men or spiderman (or something else). The writing and plotting was suddenly horrible and after the first six issues I expected a lot more of the same from writer J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) because when normally when he is on a roll all his stuff is good. But unfortunately the comic went from action and discovery to boring with a hint of Loki. I don't know if I will pick up the rest of the issues the JMS wrote. I know he left Thor at some point and maybe this is a good thing.

The Bad:

• The visit to Captain Americas grave - ugh come on everyone knew Capt would be back.
• Issue 600! I mean what the heck with that fight? And why even bother with the Avengers 2.0?
• Spoilers: Doctor Doom (and I never thought I would put that down as a bad thing).

The good?

• A goddess getting hit by a bouquet of flowers. errr....
• Thor got to say goodbye to his dad.

Alright now onto the Trade Paper back of the comic Abe Sapien: The Drowning.

I really liked this comic. The writing was sparse yet told a story. The story moved along at a nice pace. The book was very entertaining! I liked it!

In short this comic covers Abe Sapien's first mission without Hellboy and being the B.P.R.D it is a dozy. There is an ancient evil from before time, water demons and a cursed island. All in a all a nice creepy story. My only complaint about this comic was the art. It might have been a decision on the editors/writers part but the artwork was just not that crisp and clear.

In short one hit and one big horrible miss!

Until next time have a great day!

The B.P.R.D Plague of Frogs

I borrowed the first three copies of the B.P.R.D. comic book from a friend. This stands for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense the government organization that backed HellBoy. Well these are the stories told after Hellboy left the BPRD. I will have to go back and read those comics later in the series because I did not know he had left. The stories in the first two volumes were good and everything, they just did not stand up to the inflated expectations I was having from reading previous HellBoy comics. Then came issue #3 and the Plague of Frogs, now this was the good stuff I was expecting from the HellBoy writing team. The story was interesting, the story progress and weird stuff happened to the main and minor characters. I really enjoyed the telling of this very Cathulu Lovecraftian story. It has everything, creepy evil town and an ancient recurring evil. It is nice to see there is fallout in this comic book universe to things that happened in the past.

Oh and before I completely forget volume # 2 did have a really good story. The Soul of Venice was suitable creepy and gross with the evil that consumes the waterways of Venice.

I will have to find the rest of these trade paperbacks and read the rest of the story it was good stuff.