Last Week’s Comic Book Awesomeness
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #1 – Oh, I miss the show.
The comic is great, but I really miss the show. I liked how Season 8 started,
but I didn’t really care for how it ended. I hope I don’t feel the same way
about Season 9, because I enjoyed the first issue.
Journey Into Mystery #627 – Loki’s not in this one, it’s all
about Mephisto…and his showing here is just as good as his showing in the last
issue of New Mutants. It’s a smart and cunning Mephisto. I like that. From the
beginning, the opening text/recap page, it’s all about Mephisto and his
involvement in Fear Itself. On one hand, I like to think that the inevitable
confrontation between Mephisto and Loki will be epic, but it might be epic on a
small scale…two powerful entities out-snarking one another.
New Avengers #16 – Hmm. Daredevil in the Avengers. Is he a
full member now or an associate, one they call when his special talents are
needed? He’s not on the cover for the next issue, so the question is valid. I
like him. I like Bendis writing him. But is he really one of Earth’s Mightiest
Heroes? Let’s see where this goes.
Ultimate Spider-Man #1 – I like Miles Morales. I like him
and I like his family. He’s not Peter Parker and they aren’t Aunt May and Uncle
Ben, but they’re good people and I like them. This is how you raise a
Spider-Man. I hate that people are in an uproar about this. I hate that people
are upset that this is a boy of color who becomes the new Spider-Man. I hate
that there were ignorant people upset and didn’t understand a quote by artist
Sara Pichelli and assumed the new Spider-Man was gay, and they had a problem
with that. I understand that you’re introduced to a character and fall in love
with him, but sometimes people die, and in this case, it was a fictional
character named Peter Parker. This new kid isn’t Peter Parker, and he shouldn’t
be Peter Parker. Peter Parker is dead. Deal with it. This kid has different
powers and a different background. The origin, in general, is the same, but the
results are different. That’s how it SHOULD be. If Brian Michael Bendis wanted
to write more Peter Parker Spider-Man stories, he wouldn’t have killed Peter
Parker. Now we get to read Miles Morales Spider-Man stories, and I’m perfectly
fine with that. I trust Bendis to provide me with an entertaining and engaging
story, and I so far haven’t been disappointed with this first issue. Also,
Spider-Man’s uncle looks to be Deadpool.
Uncanny X-Force #15 – This is, by far, the best of the
X-books at the moment. The action is there, the wit is there, and the art is
there. It’s a good-looking book that is good to read. When this eventually
ends, I would totally read a buddy team-up book featuring Deadpool and
Phantomex.
DC’s New 52 Week 2
Deathstroke #1 – This must be the week of villainous books
for me. I’ve never been a great fan of Deathstroke, but I’ve appreciated what
he’s done and how he’s done it. There’s nothing here about the character that
would keep me coming back to the book, but I’m curious as to what’s in the
briefcase. I want to know if the eventual revelation will be a satisfying
payoff.
Green Lantern #1 – Fuck DC and their reboot. Between this
issue and Red Lanterns, what exactly was rebooted with the various Lanterns? I
mean, I’ve been reading GL for quite a while now and I know what’s going on,
but this was a not a new user friendly book. There’s SO much backstory that
needs to be known. And from what I’ve seen and read, the Batman line is doing
similar shenanigans. If you’re going to reboot, reboot. Push the button and
start everything over. Now, that being said, I enjoyed this book and how it
continued the story from before the “reboot.”
Red Lanterns #1 – I’m not totally sure this is a necessary
title. This seems like mini-series material to me. It was good, but I don’t
know if it presented enough…foresight?...to warrant a full series. I like the
stuff with Atrocitus and the rest of his Red Lanterns, but the Earthbound stuff
seems shoehorned in.
Resurrection Man #1 – I didn’t read this book the first time
around. I ended up picking up the entire series on Ebay for cheap about 7 years
or so ago. I remember thoroughly enjoying it, so I was interested to see what
would happen here. I’m glad Mitch is back, and I’m really interested in seeing
all the stories Abnett and Lanning came come up with using this wonderful
premise.
Suicide Squad #1 – Great first issue. We meet the team, we
see a bit of action, and we’re left looking forward to these six secret
villains tasked to killing 60,000 people. I really miss Gail Simone’s Secret
Six, especially after Batgirl #1, which I did not like, but judging from the
first issue, I think I’m going to like this new Suicide Squad. And I’m really
happy they kept on King Shark.
Superboy #1 – Well, this was a surprise. At it’s most basic
level, the premise of Superboy is exactly the same as the original premise for
Connor Kent. Replace Cadmus (who is apparently pretty active in the New 52)
with N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and you’ve got a different character made up of the same
building blocks. I like where this is going. I’m going to read more of this
book.
Probably
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