Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Quick Stack

Captain America #36
Is it wrong to like Cap using a gun so much? Is it wrong to think that the reveal at the end of the issue is coming all too soon? Bucky's Ultimate / John McClane / El Mariachi / Jason Bourne Captain America is actually turning out pretty damn tits. (A+)

Immortal Iron Fist #13
I can't tell you how happy it makes me to know that Brubaker and Fraction will soon be writing 90% of all Marvel comics. Please, somebody give them a damn Avenger book. This Fist ish is mostly setup, but a big payoff is looming. (A-)

Incredible Hercules #115
A youthful obsession with Greek mythology may make me somewhat bias, but this book is some tasty nectar. While Ares' whole loving father side from his mini-series seems to have been wiped from existence, this version of the character is definitely the most fun and "god of war" like so far. Hopefully the Skrulls and Eternals don't @#$% this one up. (A-)

The Order #9
I guess this is the second to last issue and everyone's going to die in the next one. I'm actually fine with that, because as much as I like Fraction's writing on the book, I don't really care about any of the characters and they don't seem to fit in the Marvel Universe anyway. The whole pantheon of the gods idea didn't really get any play either. (B)

Thor #7
Seven issues in and the only person he's sort of fought was Iron Man. And now he's sleeping. (C+)

Iron Man #27
Blah blah, Extremis, blah blah blah. This 32 issue arc is getting old. (C)

Captain Marvel #4
Just skip this Scientology bull@#$% and tell me if he's a Skrull or not. (D)

Amazing Spider-Man #554
Ugh. First of all, if a crystal meth lab caught on fire, it would @#$%ing explode. While OMD was probably the worst comic book story of all time and the whole premise of BND is horribly flawed, the first arc by Slott was actually not too shabby if you ignored everything surrounding it. The next arc, not so good, but mostly because of Jackpot and Ugly Goblin. This latest Bob Gale Freak nonsense, however, makes me want to throw up on my own face and actually watch the terror that is the Spectacular Spider-Man on Saturday morning. Please just put Slott on the book for all time and fix this feces. (F)

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