03-12-08

The win:

Annihilation: Conquest #5

Y'know what's awesome? When you know the resistance will win, but they are currently injured and jumping off a giant exploding building, while the bad guy has just transferred his consciousness into quite possibly the most powerful being in the universe. As opposed to "yeah, they'll kill Cap at the end, somehow."

Avengers: Initiative #10

"Hey we need your help." "Yeah, too bad you've been busy being bastards. 'Cause here come the New Warriors, made up of actual former New Warriors members." "Shit... you do realize an evil clone is killing everyone, right?"

Booster Gold #7

Every week this books brings the awesome. If you feel that your life is lacking in awesome, it most likely has something to do with you NOT BUYING THIS BOOK. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? REDEEM YOUR LIFE. What happens? Booster Gold and Blue Beetle destroy the Earth. Who will save it? Will it be the Rip Hunter/Supernova/Skeets supercombo? Green Arrow/Hawkman Justice League? Timebreakers?

BPRD: 1946 #3

Good lord this book is dark. Artwork is awesomely grimey. Dysart has given us this amazing story (3 issues of a 5 issue mini) about the beginning of the BPRD that's just incredible. In the midst of all this is a demon possessing Goldilocks (no, not the hot one from Fables).

Gen13 #18

Do you like good books? You should be reading The Exterminators. Do you already read that and can't get enough of Simon Oliver, and also have a hankering for a new twist on corny early 90s comics? Well then, head on over to Wildstorm, where Oliver took over for Gail Simone and has been doing a fantastic job with this book. The team of Gen13 is anything but the typical superhero team, and is mostly just trying to escape the trappings of their creators. Which is a hard thing to do when you don't realize everyone you meet is owned by a group of people filming you...

Mighty Avengers #10

This is a fun issue, with good artwork. Did it make sense to have this issue in the middle of the current storyline? No, not really. At least not in any way evident right now. 

Nova #11

Really, I don't think I should have to say anything about Nova being good every month. You should know. You should have it on a subscription, because this is a reliably awesome book in regards to art, writing, story, characterization, bringing in new ideas and reviving old ones. Hey look, it's Warlock, and he's grown up. Holy crap, it's a giant thing. Also, ideas in A:C regarding the Phalanx and the Technarch will be reflected here. You know why? Because DnA know what the hell they're doing.

Tiny Titans #2

Oh are you confused? Cause I'm not. This right here is canon as far I'm concerned. Hey, what does Terra do? Oh, apparently she throws rocks. At Beast Boy. And Kid Devil is tiny and never says anything, which is fantastic, since apparently only Geoff Johns and John Rogers can write him at all. ::coughcoughMcKeevercoughcough::

X-Factor #29

X-Factor post-Layla take two. Everything goes wrong. And where the hell has everyone gone to. It's been a while since we've seen this fellow Arcade, and lemme tell you, I think he's gotten both creepier and more effective. And he hasn't actually appeared yet.

And now, I present to you this week's fail:

Fantastic Four #555

Oh yeah, here's a giant planet we're making in orbit of Earth that you never noticed before Reed Richards. Also, we used the smartest and richest people on Earth to work on this. So while that was happening, we never even left a message for you, Tony Stark, Danny Rand, Hank McCoy or Hank Pym. Yeah, that's plausible. And you know, I liked Hitch when he drew the first volume of Ultimates (except for Nick Fury, cause I liked the one originally done by Bagley in Spider-man) and I liked Hitch when he did Stormwatch and The Authority. But really, he needs to go to learn-how-to-draw-the-Fantastic-Four school. 

Simon Dark #6

You know what happened in this comic? A truck was hijacked. A cat was bought. Kid Frankenstein (Simon Dark) reminisces. Mob guys show up and are dealt with. And then, finally, in the last 3 fucking pages. SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS. Demon soap! Read the last 3 pages for demon soap kids! It looks like the next few issues may be interesting, but seriously, this was the flattest leadup ever, and was decompressed to the point that it looked like one of those dinosaurs that you put in water and it expands. You know what I mean, it was like that one time you decided to fill a bucket of water and put it in that. That's what I'm talking about.

I just acquired a bunch of new comics, so when I get a chance I'll give you the heads up on the mini-series Two Guns, and the new ongoings Resurrection and The Circle. Additionally, curious about Scott Pilgrim? Me too! Let's find out together.