Archive for September, 2013

Review: Deadpool #14

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Deadpool #14Deadpool does leave a lasting impression on people. The moment Deadpool’s name is brought up in reference to being ‘partners’, Luke Cage nearly pops a blood vessel. Not that I can blame him, really.

This was really just a filler issue, The White Man comes back, there is some fighting, and Deadpool sends some kids into battle. Wait, what? Deadpool has always been very staunch about protecting children, it’s just one of those things about him that you can count on. I guess though, this is specific circumstances, his body hadn’t completely healed yet, and they were kids trained by Iron Fist himself. They did do a pretty good  actually. I guess it’s the ‘Dead Kids Walking’ comment that threw me there.

More movement on the organ donor sub-plot. Man, that girl has a high pain threshold. In any case, this seems to be our next plot arc, they are still holding off on Preston which is cool, don’t mind so much on that one. But I do want to know why for the past two years people have been harvesting Deadpool’s organs. Are they being used by someone with organ failure? Are they being used to do something with his healing factor? We shall see…

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Review: A+X #11

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A+X #11I don’t read Thor’s comics, but I’m pretty sure he’s not as big a douche as he’s played up to be in this issue of A+X.

I mean, the whole concept of A+X is Avengers and Mutants working together. And yes, you have an Avenger and a Mutant. But this isn’t so much two characters working together as mutual annoyance. Thor accidentally goes into Limbo, causes some havoc, and Magik gets all prissy about it, the two bicker, the end. Seriously, that’s the story.

The second one is Cyclops and Spider-Man, and here we get some decent depth. Scott looks like the bad guy, even though he’s not in this instance, truly. Peter looks like the good guy, even though he’s not really since he’s actually Doc Oct. In the end, the Doc plays a gamble that pays off, saving everyone after Scott does the right thing, or maybe the wrong thing? After all, what is worse, letting one person die, or giving the villain an even greater weapon? It is no wonder no one died in the making of that comic panel.

It’s just a shame that such a philosophical nugget of existentialism is regulated to half a comic in a throw-away series.

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Review: X-Men Legacy #15

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

X-Men Legacy #15That moment when the comic specifically mentions Dr Who… then proceeds to steal directly from it. Well, at least they’re somewhat honest.

The whole ‘drum beat’ thing, totally taken from The Master in Dr Who. I was thinking it even before the parting shot at the end with the Uncanny X-Men. And yeah, looks like David is going to go after a little revenge. All because he lost his mother…

Speaking of which, what the heck? I knew, from spoilers, that she was going to die, but the shear amount of  rushing through the story was annoying. David gives his big long speech about how his mother was never there for him. She throws a few words back. They prove the Xavier in his head isn’t really Xavier. Then boom, they suddenly are hugging and they’ve made up. It’s all to neat and easy. I mean, really, David with his emotional issues… it was all too easy. Then she dies, lets herself die cause apparently she’s adverse to going against the natural order. But… mutants are natural, what is this ‘different worlds’ crap?

It kinda makes her out to be a bit of a bigot. Our World. Mutant’s World. Never Shall They Cross.  That’s segregation which has always been a tool of racism. Just throwing that out there…

p.s. why did the artist draw gabrielle like ruth? that’s just creepier than usual…

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Review: Deadpool Kills Deadpool #2

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #2Ah, so this story is related to the other ‘Deadpool Kills’ stories after all, and not in a way that makes me want to face palm.

Seems that ‘our’ Deadpool is fighting for his life against the Deadpool that has serious depression. I mean, that’s really what this is all about. Deadpool says it himself when he comments about how he wants to “murder all the other Deadpools… every time [he] looks in the mirror”. For all the man’s laughs, he really is one walking bundle of self-loathing and clinical depression. He’s been kicked around, raped, you name it, and he’s not allowed to either a) live a normal life or b) die naturally. He’s stuck in this endless loop.

Haven’t we all been there at some point?

Let’s just hope the mini-series continues to play that secondary plot point and actually give us a payoff.

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Review: Uncanny Avengers #11

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Uncanny Avengers #11I’ve gone from reading this title through abject distaste to reading it with feigned interest, which is actually a step up.

Now that Remender has no excuse to have Wanda and Rogue in the same place, he’s not filling up the pages with petty smack talk. So, yeah, that’s a plus. There is not nearly as much mis-characterization going on, but I feel like that is only a temporary reprieve.

As for the Horsemen, the shear amount of dialogue pretty much ruins anything that could be considered dramatic or heartfelt. Seriously, all these characters talk way too much, both verbally and in the thought boxes. I’m pretty sure we were supposed to feel something with Wolverine and Daken… pretty sure.

Lastly… Wanda is being used a weapon cause of ‘destiny’ stuff… excuse me while I sit here and sigh.

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Review: Uncanny X-Men #10

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Uncanny X-Men #10This is why Sentinels are a dumb idea. You sick them on mutants and they blast their way through innocent civilians because they are freaking huge robots!

Anyway, lots of interesting things in this issue. For one, nice to see an exploration of budding mutant powers. Most of the main characters in the X-titles are older or somehow skipped a lot of the training phase, so it’s nice to see these new mutants working on trying to sort themselves out.

Magneto… still don’t know why he looks like Christopher Lloyd, or truly what side of the fence he is playing. All I do know is that he really does suck at relationships. Now he’s going to be reporting to Dazzler… who may be Mystique (depends if Mystique took her spot permanently or just long enough to do something). All I know is that things aren’t gonna end well.

Speaking of ending well, a pro-mutant rally is quite an interesting thing to see, and Bendis is trying really hard, but not too hard, to paint Cyclops as right. Considering how Remender is writing ‘the other side’ in Uncanny Avengers, you almost want to side with Cyclops just on the principle of the thing. You know, if you didn’t side with him already.

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Review: Morbius #7

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Morbius #7The misdirection is the oldest trick in the book, but that doesn’t mean it always works.

After what was feeling like a Spider-man book rather an a Morbius book, Morbius is drug back to Brownsville in one of the incomprehensible round about plot points I’ve seen in awhile. It really doesn’t make any sense at how stupidly overly complicated the whole thing seems to have been.

But, it’s not the end, not technically, and we still have movement on this story line in the next issue which might clear all this up and it could be pretty dang swanky.

But at the moment, I’m still trying to figure out how this story took such a dramatic turn in tone and style without an author change.

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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #34

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Wolverine and the X-Men #34Kade Kilgore is either completely brilliant, or completely deluded. Well, they always say to bet on black…

The entire Hellfire Academy is going down in flames, and ice, and bark… the X-Men are doing a pretty good job of wrecking the place. Mass destruction is something they do quite well.

As for the students, most of them just seem like typical kids who are caught up in something way over their head and don’t know how to back away. It’s good that they aren’t just all painted as vicious, blood-thirsty sociopaths. Even the other teens in the Hellfire Club seem to realize that there is a time to hold ’em and a time to fold ’em. It’s a nice mixed bag, gives the situation a nice tint of realism.

Idie didn’t kill Kade, obviously, so good on her. Maybe she’ll actually grow out of this flagellation phase she’s been in? As much as I liked her and Broo, Quire might be good for her, show her how to live. Of course, Idie could show Quire a few things about self-sacrifice. Speaking of which, I hope Toad knocks some literal sense into Paige.

Being that there is only one issue left of this five-part arc, and Kade has either done something extraordinary or lost his mind… this can only end about fifty different ways.

p.s. bonus points to Warbird fighting Mystique… a gun to a sword fight indeed…

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Review: A+X #10

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on September 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A+X #10Nobody likes Fantomex. This is just fact. Natasha is no exception… and apparently neither are the writers.

Sure, Fantomex does the right thing at the end, after being a complete unlikable jerk. In fact, him doing the right thing is really just him being a ponce. So, yeah, no one likes Fantomex.

Then we have the very cuties drawn Scarlet Witch and Domino. It was nice to see Wanda interact with a mutant and it not devolve into the whole “M-Day” stuff. Sure, there was a hint at it, but for the most part it was literally the story of two lucky ladies saving the known universe.

I do love Domino here, she’s sassy as all get out and just tases Wanda without a second thought. Hey, it worked, didn’t it?

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Review: X-Men Legacy #14

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 2, 2013| 2 Comments »

X-Men Legacy #14I feel like I watched an episode of Leverage.

Nothing was as it seemed and the whole thing was cleverly choreographed to get a certain person in the right place at the right time. It was all even revealed through a quick flashback of ‘this is actually what was happening’. I loved Leverage, so yeah, this issue put a little smile on my face simply because of the nostalgia factor there. (Can you have nostalgia for a show that’s been cancelled for only one year?)

As for Pete Wisdom, there really needs to be more of him. I would like to see a new Excalibur or MI13 title. Not gonna happen, but a girl can dream.

As for the next issue, looks like Mommy is showing up, and from I hear, this can only end badly.

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