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The War is over! Back to
fighting the bad guys, and missing deadlines.
CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE
MIGHTY AVENGERS #1.
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Illustrated by Frank Cho. A mighty
new team is formed!
Just When you Thought Marvel
couldn’t top NEW AVENGERS they come out with EVEN NEWER AVENGERS! Bendis
and Cho launch the all new Avengers title featuring some of the greatest
Avengers of all time; Iron Man, Wonderman, Black Widow, and Ms Marvel.
No word on the plot or villains, but I’m willing to bet that the new
team will be dealing with the fall out of civil war, and I’m hoping for
an epic battle with Angar the Screamer. (yes, he’s a real character.)
With Frank Cho drawing this, I don't even care that
this book is full of my least favorite Avengers. I mean, come on . . . Wonderman? The preview art is pretty outstanding stuff. I just hope it
isn't all hidden under Bendis' dialogue balloons.
NEW AVENGERS #1.
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Illustrated by
Lienil (not
so young gun) Yu. A
new mighty team is formed! Yes I know I split up the two Avengers
books, but since Marvel hasn’t given even the slightest hint of who’s on
this team or how It get’s on with the newer Avengers in the other title,
I was concerned about adjective envy and kept them apart. Alright, you
got me, I’m just filling page because all Marvel has said is “ACCESS
DENIED” which isn’t very revealing. I could conjecture that since
Captain America not on the Mighty Avengers he may or may not be leading
this team which is in part, comprised of; the Falcon, a resurrected
Hawkeye, and everyone's favourite Living Lighting! Wouldn't Luke
Cage be a great leader?
IRON MAN #16.
Written by Daniel & Charles Knauf. Illustrated by Roberto De La Torre.
Cover by Gerald Parel. Here’s an interesting question. Is Iron Man so
important now because of Civil War? Or is it because of the Great Iron
Man Flood of Products to Hype a Movie That Might Suck.
FANTASTIC FOUR #544.
Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Illustrated by Paul Pelletier. Cover by
Michael Turner. Who will be in the new FF? Marvel is so sneaky that
they haven’t shown us the final cover. But Dynamic Forces? Not so
much. Check out Previews page 274. This Quartet of
champions will rise from the ashes and be bombarded with Media Scrutiny
forever altering their lives and turning them into the FANTASTIC FOUR.
However unlikely, I’m hoping for a line up of Caliban, Darkhawk,
Silhouette and for the FF pedigree H.E.R.B.I.E the robot. Man, I love it
when marvel leaves it to me to fill space, I can reference all of the
worst Brain Cramps from the House of Ideas.
GHOST RIDER #9.
Written by Daniel Way. Illustrated by Javier Saltares & Mark Texeira.
Cover by Arthur Suydam. Ghost Rider’s nemesis Lucifer has taken a new
human host, a casualty of Civil War! Glad to see Ghost Rider can mooch
off of Civil War, and not just The Blatant Cash-Grab Thanks to the Ghost
Rider Movie That Looks Awful.
The Marvel Universe that doesn’t matter because it doesn’t relate to
Civil War:
SPIDER-MAN BACK IN BLACK HANDBOOK.
Does anyone else think it’s odd that Spider-Man in the comics goes back
to the black costume at EXACTLY the same time that the Spider-Man movie
featuring the black costume is going to screen? No? Does that take the
fun out of Marvel’s insidious and kind of pathetic marketing ploys?
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
#540.
Written by J. Michael Straczynski. Pencils and Cover by Ron Garney.
Spider-Man as a fugitive is way more intriguing for me than Spider-Man
the establishment super hero who lives with a supermodel and works for
an arms manufacturer. I'm hoping the ambulance on the cover has one or
more boring supporting characters in it, so Peter doesn't have to drag
his wife and aunt around while he's on the run.
MARVEL ZOMBIES/ARMY OF DARKNESS #1.
Written by John (I talk to James so he likes me) Layman. Illustrated by Fabiano Neves. Cover by Arthur
Suydam. Once in a while such stunning epic crossovers,
bridging continuity and even company allow us to appreciate the finer
points of life. Transcendent works like JLA/Avengers, Marvel vs. DC,
Punisher vs. Archie and now ASH vs all of the flesh eating Marvel
Zombieverse. Don’t worry Marvel promises the Robert Kirkman keeps a
watchful eye on the project. I guarantee they’re not lying; he’s got his
eyes fixed on his bank statements. Yay blatant cash grabs that will most
definitely work.
Ash has fought zombies before, but nothing like this! Ash
lands in Marvel’s NYC, right at the heart of the zombie outbreak! There
will also be more Zombified covers from Suydam. If this comic is
anywhere near as good as it damn well should be, given that it's ASH
FROM EVIL DEAD FIGHTING MARVEL SUPER HERO ZOMBIES, I have a special
place reserved for it in my collection next to Mark Millar and Robert
Kirkman's previous work in the Marvel Zombies setting.
INCREDIBLE HULK #104.
Written by Greg Pak. Illustrated by Carlo Pagulayan. Planet Hulk has
been a very enjoyable read, but we all know it's about time Hulk gets
back to Earth so he can stomp a bunch of backstabbing Illuminati into
the ground. Me, I'm hoping he's bringing a huge armada of space ships
from Sakaar with him. That would show 'em. Hulk SMASH!
FANTASTIC FOUR: THE
END #6.
Written and Illustrated by Alan Davis has done some amazing artwork on
this book. I haven't seen the Marvel universe looking this good in a
long time. Davis' characters are very expressive, having much more
subtle facial expressions than the stock "Angry", "Troubled", "Smug",
and "Really, Really Angry" of most mainstream comic art.
LEGION OF MONSTERS:
MAN-THING #1.
Written by Charlie Huston. Illustrated by Klaus Janson. LOL! There's a
comic called "Man-Thing"! No one could possibly look cool asking for
this.
MOON KNIGHT #9.
Written by Charlie Huston. Illustrated by Mica Suayan. COOL LOOK GUYS,
PUNISHER IS GUEST-STARRING IN A COMIC!!! Actually, that does look kind
of cool. David Finch is good. But guess what folks, Finch is only doing
the cover on this one. So in about 2 months we are going to hear the cry
of so many Marvel Zombies that don't check Previews or Elfbytes.
ONSLAUGHT REBORN #5.
Rob Liefeld's final issue in a five part crime against good comics
DABEL BROS
PREY (ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES) TP.
Written by Michael Lent. Adapted by Mike Raicht. Illustrated by Alex
Sanchez. Cover by Lance Laspina. The Prometheus Corporation has
unearthed something ancient and dangerous in its underwater excavations
and now it’s come to the surface to make humanity its prey. The lesson
here? NEVER WORK FOR SOMETHING CALLED “PROMETHEUS” BECAUSE PROMETHEUS
WOUND UP GETTING HIS GUTS EATEN BY BUZZARDS EVERY DAY FOR ETERNITY.
MARVEL TRADE PAPERBACKS
SPIDER-MAN LOVES
MARY JANE VOL 1 HC
Written by Sean McKeever. Illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa. Now, if you
macho-nerds could just get over your weak grasp of sexual identity,
you’d see that this is probably the best Spider-Man book out there
today.
CIVIL WAR TP.
Written by Mark Millar. Illustrated by Steve McNiven. *Yawn*…
Much like the HOUSE OF M TP & DECIMIATON TP, this is
destined to sell out and go out of print. Also on
release in trade paperback: Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man, Thunderbolts,
Fantastic Four, Young Avengers/Runaways.
SPIDER-MAN: SAGA OF THE SANDMAN TP.
Written by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Tom DeFalco & Kurt Busiek. Illustrated
by Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, Ross Andru, Ron Wilson, and Pat
Olliffe. Talk about your cheap movie tie-ins. The Sandman certainly
doesn’t deserve his own trade. Go get DC’s Sandman instead. Man, how
awesome would a Spider-Man/Vertigo Sandman crossover be? STUPID
AWESOME.
SPIDER-MAN: BIRTH OF VENOM TP.
Written by Jim Shooter
Illustrated by Mike Zeck. Seeing this book in Marvel Previews reminded
me of how cool Venom actually seemed when he first appeared, before a
million bad Venom stories ground the character into the dust. Clearly
anyone who truly loves comics is going to buy this.
ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN VOL 8 HC.
By the longest running creative team in Marvel Comics
history. In case you hadn’t heard, this book is good. And at no
time will you have to read about Styx and Stone, the lamest of all
Spidey villains. (yay, crappy references and lost childhood)
WOLVERINE ORIGINS VOL.2 – SAVIOR
PREMIER HC
This book; … also very good. Steve Dillon brings his
simple, effective art to this well written Daniel Way book, exploring
the recovered memories of one Mr Logan. If you thought Wolverine was
cantankerous before, I would suggest reading the first book, and then
the HC from the ongoing series, “Origins and Endings”. Enjoy!
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