SUPERECWFAN1
10-26-2011, 07:31 PM
#78
Its been about a month and due to saving for some back issues at a small comic show in Virginia , I took a break from new comics. Well I'm roaring back and will have updates for the next 2-3 weeks steady. Maybe one every 3-4 days basically. So here goes people...ya know how this works by now.
This months books dips more into the New DCU , it also has some new Marvel launched book by Greg Rucka as well. So lets see how this month rolled....
SPOILERS....
SPOILERS AHEAD...LAST CHANCE...
Good
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Fear Itself #6 (of 7) : This comic caused quite a bit of controversy due to early released panels that some posters pointed to how Luke Cage wasn't good enough to go to Asgard. It was hinted it could have been a race thing. But well...this is the case of some not actually waiting to see what was written and how it played out.
The issue basically has Thor near death and being carried by Cap , Cage and others to the gate to get him back to Asgard. The city is in ruins and Steve knows if the entire Avengers team leaves , it will further drive people into a panic. That if they see the Avengers leaving , people will riot in fear. Cage basically tells Captain America he and others will stay behind. Luke jokes he never liked Asgard anyhow and as a true hero he stays with others to try and show the Avengers are still there.
Once on Asgard , Rodgers is pissed at Odin's lack of caring for the planet and how he's preparing his troops to raze Earth. Steve gets in his face and tells him he's gonna need more damn soldiers to do the job. Odin is shocked at this mere mortal standing in his face. After throwing them back to Earth , he cares for his son.
Odin uses what magics he can to heal Thor. But tries again to make him stay and not give his life. Asking "Are you man...or god ?" Thor tells him he is a man and his father arms him for what could be his final battle. He then gives him the sword to kill the Serpent...his brother.
On Earth Spider-Man is trying to find Aunt May. He finally finds her helping some people . She seems to know Peter is Spider-Man it seems and tells him she is ok but he has a job to do. Elsewhere the Serpent is ready to destroy the Earth for his child.
On Asgard , Tony Stark has built some special weapons for the Avengers to wear and even the odds now. Thor and Stark are tossed with the weapons to Earth by Odin.
At the end in the small town the floating city of Asgard is near , Captain America basically tells Hawkeye to prepare to evacuate the planet if need be. But for now he's gonna go stand with the people . Grabbing a gun , Steve tells the townspeople "If you leave to be with your loved ones , no one will look down on you. If you go leave the guns for us here..." as he gets ready to defend the World Tree from the Serpent !
This was a great part and have Steve Rodgers basically showing that he will go to war still. Forming a small front line milita group to protect the World Tree there. I did love how he gets in Odin's face and doesn't care because he's Captain "fucking" America. Also the issue shows that , maybe its best to actually wait for the written text and full issue before seeing a part of it and going off over it.
Aquaman #1: Aquaman was the most eagerly awaited book of the new DC 52 relaunches. The book is by a fan favorite writer and a fan favorite artist as well. Plus its Aquaman and he's spinning out of Brightest Day and Flashpoint .
The book opens as some bad guys have robbed a bank and seem to be getting away. Aquaman suddenly appears and the hoods think its a joke more or less so they gun it at him. Arthur takes his trident and flips the van over as the cops are stunned. Then the one cop jokes he doesn't want people to know Aquaman helped do their job. This after asking if he needs a cup of water.
Along the way Aquaman stops at a seaside diner to eat and people stare stunned. He sits as an internet blogger asks him why he's there. Its revealed that as a small kid , Arthur's human father would take him there to eat. He again gets insulted by someone who asks how it feels to be a lame hero like Aquaman.
Elsewhere a new threat from the deep is seen. This threat ends up coming above and attacks a ship.
At the end we see that Arthur tells Mera he left the topside of the world when he was 12 . That once he discovered who he was he left. So the 2 decide to stay above and live there for now.
Its a good fun set up issue. Aquaman has some new powers like he's able to fly now it seems , is bulletproof and super strong. But the issue seems to be telling people , Aquaman is no longer gonna be a joke. His time is coming and that label is gonna end very soon .
Punisher #2 : Holy crap...a mainstream Marvel Punisher book is actually ...good ? Well yes folks..miracles do happen. After years of trying to make a mainstream Marvel Punisher series work. And with dumb storylines (Frankencastle...cough) ; Marvel seems to have found what has worked. Hire Greg Rucka and let him write an urban street Punisher series.
The series basically continues where we left off. With the Punisher on the hunt for those who killed an entire wedding party nearly. He is using a man named Liam , who he is basically make run to his ex-crime pals to find a place to hide. Frank is busy working thru each location Liam goes to.
We see a new female crime boss called "Dove" who is hiring the Vulture to do a hit. That every second that man draws breath he is dangerous.
Meanwhile we see that Bolt and Clemens are working the wedding party case and now are behind the Punisher. At one crime scene they see tactics he used to kill . Norah Winters shows up and jokes she would rather be an investigative reporter than a TV Anchor. After some small talk Clemens tells her to cut her hair short and Ben Urich will put her back on the beat.
Castle by this point follows Liam to a club and after the guy is kicked out and now allowed to lie low , Frank storms in. After killing some assholes he sees the poor girls were drugged and forced into sex. A woman claims she couldn't help drugging the girls. Frank shoots her in the back as she runs.
By this point Liam has ran to Dove who tells him he fucked up. That he had to realize killing 30 people would draw Castle's attention. So she kills him as Frank waits to kill her. Instead she springs the trap as we see the Vulture ready to spring down on him.
Its a very good issue and Rucka seems to know exactly how to write the Punisher. Good work on this title and its the 1st mainstream Marvel Punisher book I have bought since....well the mid 90's.
Justice League Dark #1: Its late and Madame Xanadu can see the future. She knows something big is coming . It seems to at 1st connect to a young scared girl named June Moone who is running. Once inside a diner after seeing a monster , Moone discovers many copies of her are dying on the interstate !
Elsewhere Shade , the Changing Man is with his girlfriend. The unbalanced Shade has created Kathy , a woman he loves. Due to his powers he creates her due to being so lonely. He feels the coat is summoning him somewhere and it brings him to Xanadu.
Other instances of nature and magic gone wrong happen. We see that the JLA has learned the Enchantress is behind this mess as Superman , Wonder Woman and Cyborg arrive to handle it. Batman and Zatanna discuss it once the league walks into a mess and get beaten easily by the insane Enchantress .
Zatanna realizes she needs to handle this and tells Batman he's too important to risk going . So she pretty much uses a spell to bind the metal to him . Elsewhere we see John Constantine realize something is wrong as he was conning someone and is teleported away. At Boston Brand's girlfriend's place , June Moone arrives looking for Deadman .
And finally back at Xanadu she urges the Shade to help. But he doesn't know what help she wants or what she sees. He only goes where his meta coat wants him to go. She sees a horrific vision of dead bodies and those connected to the JLA Dark there.
I have to admit , its a nice opening issue and sets the players up in JLA Dark nicely. I'm intriqued to watch this team come together and handle this threat. I'm liking the insane lonely Shade of all people. Nice good 1st issue Peter Milligan.
Captain America #3: In this new arc of Captain America , Steve Rodgers is facing a new threat called Bravo. A man who once had feelings for Peggy Carter and was an operative for the Allies for years. But once he walked into Jimmy Jupiter's dream world he was stranded for over 60 years. Jupiter has been in a coma since the 1940's.
When Sharon awakes the Ameridrioid attacks Steve as the 2 fight outside. Rodgers knows that inside the cyborg is the brain of a Nazi scientist. But this time the Ameridriod has lost it and fights crazy against him. Elsewhere during the battle we see that Sharon Carter gets a visit from Baron Zemo as they fight.
Sharon gets tossed out the window by Zemo , after Steve surprises himself that the cyborg has went down. He manages to catch Sharon and slams hard into a car to handle the blow.
end of part 1....2nd part coming...
Its been about a month and due to saving for some back issues at a small comic show in Virginia , I took a break from new comics. Well I'm roaring back and will have updates for the next 2-3 weeks steady. Maybe one every 3-4 days basically. So here goes people...ya know how this works by now.
This months books dips more into the New DCU , it also has some new Marvel launched book by Greg Rucka as well. So lets see how this month rolled....
SPOILERS....
SPOILERS AHEAD...LAST CHANCE...
Good
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac311/adiemus12321/fearitselfJUL110570_m.jpg
Fear Itself #6 (of 7) : This comic caused quite a bit of controversy due to early released panels that some posters pointed to how Luke Cage wasn't good enough to go to Asgard. It was hinted it could have been a race thing. But well...this is the case of some not actually waiting to see what was written and how it played out.
The issue basically has Thor near death and being carried by Cap , Cage and others to the gate to get him back to Asgard. The city is in ruins and Steve knows if the entire Avengers team leaves , it will further drive people into a panic. That if they see the Avengers leaving , people will riot in fear. Cage basically tells Captain America he and others will stay behind. Luke jokes he never liked Asgard anyhow and as a true hero he stays with others to try and show the Avengers are still there.
Once on Asgard , Rodgers is pissed at Odin's lack of caring for the planet and how he's preparing his troops to raze Earth. Steve gets in his face and tells him he's gonna need more damn soldiers to do the job. Odin is shocked at this mere mortal standing in his face. After throwing them back to Earth , he cares for his son.
Odin uses what magics he can to heal Thor. But tries again to make him stay and not give his life. Asking "Are you man...or god ?" Thor tells him he is a man and his father arms him for what could be his final battle. He then gives him the sword to kill the Serpent...his brother.
On Earth Spider-Man is trying to find Aunt May. He finally finds her helping some people . She seems to know Peter is Spider-Man it seems and tells him she is ok but he has a job to do. Elsewhere the Serpent is ready to destroy the Earth for his child.
On Asgard , Tony Stark has built some special weapons for the Avengers to wear and even the odds now. Thor and Stark are tossed with the weapons to Earth by Odin.
At the end in the small town the floating city of Asgard is near , Captain America basically tells Hawkeye to prepare to evacuate the planet if need be. But for now he's gonna go stand with the people . Grabbing a gun , Steve tells the townspeople "If you leave to be with your loved ones , no one will look down on you. If you go leave the guns for us here..." as he gets ready to defend the World Tree from the Serpent !
This was a great part and have Steve Rodgers basically showing that he will go to war still. Forming a small front line milita group to protect the World Tree there. I did love how he gets in Odin's face and doesn't care because he's Captain "fucking" America. Also the issue shows that , maybe its best to actually wait for the written text and full issue before seeing a part of it and going off over it.
Aquaman #1: Aquaman was the most eagerly awaited book of the new DC 52 relaunches. The book is by a fan favorite writer and a fan favorite artist as well. Plus its Aquaman and he's spinning out of Brightest Day and Flashpoint .
The book opens as some bad guys have robbed a bank and seem to be getting away. Aquaman suddenly appears and the hoods think its a joke more or less so they gun it at him. Arthur takes his trident and flips the van over as the cops are stunned. Then the one cop jokes he doesn't want people to know Aquaman helped do their job. This after asking if he needs a cup of water.
Along the way Aquaman stops at a seaside diner to eat and people stare stunned. He sits as an internet blogger asks him why he's there. Its revealed that as a small kid , Arthur's human father would take him there to eat. He again gets insulted by someone who asks how it feels to be a lame hero like Aquaman.
Elsewhere a new threat from the deep is seen. This threat ends up coming above and attacks a ship.
At the end we see that Arthur tells Mera he left the topside of the world when he was 12 . That once he discovered who he was he left. So the 2 decide to stay above and live there for now.
Its a good fun set up issue. Aquaman has some new powers like he's able to fly now it seems , is bulletproof and super strong. But the issue seems to be telling people , Aquaman is no longer gonna be a joke. His time is coming and that label is gonna end very soon .
Punisher #2 : Holy crap...a mainstream Marvel Punisher book is actually ...good ? Well yes folks..miracles do happen. After years of trying to make a mainstream Marvel Punisher series work. And with dumb storylines (Frankencastle...cough) ; Marvel seems to have found what has worked. Hire Greg Rucka and let him write an urban street Punisher series.
The series basically continues where we left off. With the Punisher on the hunt for those who killed an entire wedding party nearly. He is using a man named Liam , who he is basically make run to his ex-crime pals to find a place to hide. Frank is busy working thru each location Liam goes to.
We see a new female crime boss called "Dove" who is hiring the Vulture to do a hit. That every second that man draws breath he is dangerous.
Meanwhile we see that Bolt and Clemens are working the wedding party case and now are behind the Punisher. At one crime scene they see tactics he used to kill . Norah Winters shows up and jokes she would rather be an investigative reporter than a TV Anchor. After some small talk Clemens tells her to cut her hair short and Ben Urich will put her back on the beat.
Castle by this point follows Liam to a club and after the guy is kicked out and now allowed to lie low , Frank storms in. After killing some assholes he sees the poor girls were drugged and forced into sex. A woman claims she couldn't help drugging the girls. Frank shoots her in the back as she runs.
By this point Liam has ran to Dove who tells him he fucked up. That he had to realize killing 30 people would draw Castle's attention. So she kills him as Frank waits to kill her. Instead she springs the trap as we see the Vulture ready to spring down on him.
Its a very good issue and Rucka seems to know exactly how to write the Punisher. Good work on this title and its the 1st mainstream Marvel Punisher book I have bought since....well the mid 90's.
Justice League Dark #1: Its late and Madame Xanadu can see the future. She knows something big is coming . It seems to at 1st connect to a young scared girl named June Moone who is running. Once inside a diner after seeing a monster , Moone discovers many copies of her are dying on the interstate !
Elsewhere Shade , the Changing Man is with his girlfriend. The unbalanced Shade has created Kathy , a woman he loves. Due to his powers he creates her due to being so lonely. He feels the coat is summoning him somewhere and it brings him to Xanadu.
Other instances of nature and magic gone wrong happen. We see that the JLA has learned the Enchantress is behind this mess as Superman , Wonder Woman and Cyborg arrive to handle it. Batman and Zatanna discuss it once the league walks into a mess and get beaten easily by the insane Enchantress .
Zatanna realizes she needs to handle this and tells Batman he's too important to risk going . So she pretty much uses a spell to bind the metal to him . Elsewhere we see John Constantine realize something is wrong as he was conning someone and is teleported away. At Boston Brand's girlfriend's place , June Moone arrives looking for Deadman .
And finally back at Xanadu she urges the Shade to help. But he doesn't know what help she wants or what she sees. He only goes where his meta coat wants him to go. She sees a horrific vision of dead bodies and those connected to the JLA Dark there.
I have to admit , its a nice opening issue and sets the players up in JLA Dark nicely. I'm intriqued to watch this team come together and handle this threat. I'm liking the insane lonely Shade of all people. Nice good 1st issue Peter Milligan.
Captain America #3: In this new arc of Captain America , Steve Rodgers is facing a new threat called Bravo. A man who once had feelings for Peggy Carter and was an operative for the Allies for years. But once he walked into Jimmy Jupiter's dream world he was stranded for over 60 years. Jupiter has been in a coma since the 1940's.
When Sharon awakes the Ameridrioid attacks Steve as the 2 fight outside. Rodgers knows that inside the cyborg is the brain of a Nazi scientist. But this time the Ameridriod has lost it and fights crazy against him. Elsewhere during the battle we see that Sharon Carter gets a visit from Baron Zemo as they fight.
Sharon gets tossed out the window by Zemo , after Steve surprises himself that the cyborg has went down. He manages to catch Sharon and slams hard into a car to handle the blow.
end of part 1....2nd part coming...