Thoughts on Last Week’s Comics...
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Fables #111 – It’s
really difficult to write something different each month about a consistently
good comic. Fables is awesome. If you’re not reading it, start. If you’re a fan
of NBC’s Grimm or ABC’s Once Upon a Time, read it. It’s better,
I promise. We get a new North Wind in this issue, and it’s not who I was
thinking it was going to be. There was some good misdirections, and writer Bill
Willingham gives us a logical replacement.
FF #12 – I try not
to read solicits or previews of comics because I don’t like to be spoiled
(usually) as to where a story is going. Broad strokes are okay, but I like to
find out the details for myself. So if it was announced earlier that the FF
book would be focusing on the kids now that the Fantastic Four is back (which
is quite the logical path, now that I think about it), I wasn’t aware. I tend
to have an aversion to super-smart, know-it-all (Redundant? I guess.) kids, so
I don’t think this book is going to sit too well with me. Sure, Hickman is
doing a great job with the script and I like where the kids are going, but
still…super-smart, know-it-all kids. At least Franklin and Leech are thrown
into the mix, and they’re just average, super-powered kids.
Red Skull #5 – I
really enjoyed this mini, but this panel struck me as a bit queer. It’s only ¼
of this page, a few pages into the issue. It doesn’t show any action but
instead a result. There is absolutely nothing about it to make it stand out,
yet the artist (Mirko Colak, who I’ve not heard of before) has decided to sign
his name to it. A splash page, sure, I can understand that. If this character
had been somebody important like the Skull himself or Hitler, sure, that too.
But it’s a nobody, dying with blood pouring from his mouth. I just thought it
was odd.
Thunderbolts #166
– As corny as it is, I’m loving the Thunderbolts bouncing through time. I’m
giving a bit of an eye roll to Hyde turning out to be Jack the Ripper, because
that’s not terribly inventive, but it’s still a charming story, from
Boomerang’s cockney accent to Gunna being cast as Eliza Doolittle and Centurius
as Henry Higgins. As corny as it is, it’s well-written and engaging. It’s still
smart, and I like how writer Jeff Parker is weaving the ‘Bolts into established
history.
Ultimates #4 – I
think having Reed Richards as a villain is an awesome and terrifying prospect. He
already seems like a better villain, a villain more worthy of the name Reed
Richards, than he was in Ultimate Fallout. That ended up being somewhat
embarrassing for him.
Uncanny X-Men #2 –
Wow, I’m really not interested in this storyline at the moment. I think I can
give this book up and, while I’ll miss my monthly dose of Carlos Pacheco art, I’ll
be perfectly fine getting my mutant fix from
Wolverine & the X-Men. There’s only so many times when the same
character, hero or villain, can say, “I knew you were going to do that,” and it
sounds clever rather than mind-numbingly repetitive. Sinister has already
passed that point. And really, has it ever been that easy to get the Juggernaut’s
helmet off?
Wolverine #19 –
While a solid tale told by Jason Aaron, the one thing I took away from this
issue is that Marvel is trying extremely hard to make Spider-Man the center of
its universe. Norah Winters is now a constant presence in the Punisher’s world,
and now Wolverine’s girlfriend is a reporter for the Daily Bugle. I like seeing
this cross-line continuity.
X-Men: Legacy #259
– Wow, that was…disappointing. I never read the Fallen Angels mini, and I had
forgotten all about Ariel’s “death” although I was reading this book when it happened.
But I had no idea who the character was, and a quick check of Wikipedia didn’t
have me caring any more. I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to be Jean Grey, but
I was still hoping for someone a little…bigger. Eh, we’ll see how this turns
out.
Looking Forward To
Here’s what Previews tells me is coming out this week. I’m looking forward to the stuff
in bold. What are YOU looking forward to?
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