If you are a fan of the McSoss Comic Book Podcast then you have no doubt heard Gint's claims that he is the only member of the crew who reads his weekly stack of books. Hopefully this healthy chunk of reviews will soothe the savage beast or at least shut him up for a week.
The battle in hell rages on as Scott's X-Men fight the demons of the underworld. Illyana takes on Dormammu in Limbo and is befriended by a mysterious ally. An ally "supreme" if you will.
Marvel's version of hell kind of sucks. Many of their mystic characters do not have their own books so the journeys to Hades are few and far between. I really wish that the powers that be would make it a point to emphasize the strange and magical corners of it's universe. Where is a Vertigo style imprint when Marvel needs it?
While Frazer Irving is very talented his work is not my cup of tea. In my head I feel I should be reading an X-Men book but my eye's are telling me I'm looking at abstract art.
God damn do people love this book. Reading other reviews online you would have thought that Jesus Christ made his return in this issue. I guess it's more that they love anything Grant Morrison touches. I have a love-hate relationship with the playwright, occultist and sometimes comic book writer.
Batman Incorporated started off as a interesting tale about Talia seeking revenge and has turned into a jumbled mess of dead Robin's, Manbat Army's and the always dreadful Batmen of All Nations. Morrsion's knack from writing convoluted plost have never been more noticeable to me then in these #12 issues.
The events leading into Tony Starks birth are explored in part 2 of The Secret Origin of Tony Stark. This chapter is all about Howard Stark and the robot 451 who Tony has teamed up with in the future.
Dale Eagleham fills in nicely. He throws a couple interesting panel layouts the readers way and draws some pretty cute ladies. However, the story feels like a space holder until next month when Tony takes on the massive Godkiller.
Two books in and I have a feeling that is may not be Millar's most inspired work. Old stuffy superheroes fighting with their bratty, hedonistic super children. I feel like this story has been told a thousand times.
Frank Quitely provides some beautiful-yet-ugly artwork and the story picks up some steam towards the end so not all is lost. This might be a book better read all together rather then month to month. I think I'll keep collecting this one and go at it in one big chunk.
Father versus adopted son as Ian tangles with a badly beaten Cap. There is a pretty gut-wrenching turn at the end of this one that I didn't see coming at all. Props to Rick Remender.
John Romita Jr. keeps cranking out consistently great panels month after month. I really dig watching Captain American drawn in JRJR's signature chunky style.
This arc has been very up and down but this last issue has me really anticipating the finale. I sure hope it's next issue because I'm not certain how much longer I want to stay in Dimension Z.
The X-Men take on Arkea and weigh their decision to trust Sublime.This book would be a must buy if only for Olivier Coipel's art. Superstar artist anyone?
Great character work and 90's era fan favorites are what makes this book thrilling. It's been a long time since I've read a title featuring my personal favorite Jubilee much less one as good as this.
I know some people dislike Brian Bendis' writing but I've always been a fan. I think he handles the characters he writes with care and provides them great dialogue.
In the middle of this book Kitty Pyde explains why she feels that Havok's "M-Word" speech is a load of crap. The story she tells the young X-Men really hit home with me. It touched on many of the reasons why I always gravitated towards the X-Men and their particular struggle. It spoke to being different and stereotyped while embracing who you truly are.
I'm sure Bendis will get backlash for these two pages of exposition but for those that didn't see where he was coming from I would say that maybe it just wasn't meant for you.
Panel of the Week: Didn't we just get done with The Phoenix?
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