Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Quick Stack

All-Star Superman #10
Holy crap, I thought they stopped publishing this. Glad they haven't though as this looks to soon be the only buyable book DC is putting out. It's also the greatest Superman story ever told... not that there's a lot to pick from. While it seems that the confines of DC continuity have shackled Grant Morrison to sinking ships with Batman and the Crisis, this All-Star re-imagining of Kal-El has allowed him to thrive on A.S.S. (A+)

Also, Frank Quitely needs to draw everything.

X-Men Legacy #209

And here I thought this was going to be twelve issues of flashbacks in a comatose Xavier's mind. The art and writing are solid, but it's still not exactly exciting and there aren't any characters I actually care about... you know, except Cargill. Wait, who? (B)

New Avengers #39
At least Hawkeye gets some tang in this one. The rest of the story is sort of a good prologue to SI as well. (B)

Mighty Avengers #11
You know, this whole arc might have been a little more enjoyable if it happened six months ago when it was supposed to. What with it having pretty much nothing to do with the big looming Secret Invasion, it's kind of hard to care. Also, it's pretty dumb and pointless and Bendis gives homage to his own story. (D)

New Warriors #10
Poop popsicle. (F)

Editor's Note: Haven't gotten around to Daredevil, Green Lantern, or Ultimates Spidey and Human yet, but it seems like they're all primed to be weak issues of normally strong series.

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