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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 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

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

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

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

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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Review: All-New X-Men #15

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

All-New X-Men #15You know what Jean’s true mutant power is? It’s the ability to make everyone fall in love with her.

Seriously, I mean, has there been any straight male character who hasn’t fallen for her at some point? It’s actually really freaking annoying. I can only imagine what it must be like for actual Jean/Scott shippers, hell, even Emma/Scott shippers. I’m kinda glad I don’t care if she gets with Scott, or anyone else for that matter, but if her whole story becomes ‘who will she choose’ kind of thing then I will have to save one of the slaps I’m going to give Remender and slap Bendis.

Bobby is always fun though, the way he’s kinda freaking out about his older self getting it on with Kitty. Then going out to the carnival and being so proud of himself as a mutant despite the fact that he’s heard a lot of bad things about how mutants are treated. It’s nice to see more of that other side, people who like mutants and think they are cool. Though I do wonder how much of it is genuine “mutants are people too” and how much is “mutants are a cool novelty”. I wonder if anyone will be bold enough to really go there on the social commentary…

Oh, and the whole Jean/Rachel thing… it’s kinda stupid but hilarious at the same time. When is someone going to tell Jean that Rachel is her daughter from another timeline? Does Jean already know due to the memories she downloaded? I hope we’ll see…

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Review: Deadpool #13

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Deadpool #13 (2013)There’s a Shaft joke here, it’s kinda obvious though, maybe that’s why we didn’t get it?

Anyway, they decided to give us another ‘blast from the past’ issue which will lead into something happening in present time. It was fun the first time, and it only works this time because of the fun it had with the Heroes for Hire, but I hope this isn’t a continual theme. If it is, then they will really need to step up their game on the next one.

As for this, a nice little rip on 70s, well, everything. It’s fun and a little sad at the same time. While you have all the clever quips and fourth wall breakage, you also have DP getting rejected, per usual, on so many levels. But in the end it’s just all kinda there… but that could just be me.

Anyway, they promise that they haven’t forgotten about the people who took Deadpool’s liver… I just hope we get somewhere soon with that.

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Review: X-Men #4

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on September 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

X-Men #4 (2013)Two female characters are fighting and it’s a) not about a guy, b) not about material positions, or c) not just because no reason (looking at you Remender).

The whole fight between Ororo and Rachel was much like the rest of this series, very organic. The team was put together at last minute. Ororo just kinda took charge because she’s a strong alpha-type personality. But she made a decision that didn’t set well with Rachel in the last issue, it was a disagreement not based on men or pettiness. Considering how much pettiness we’ve gotten in a few other titles at the moment, it’s a breath of fresh air.

And can we talk about the cuteness of Jubilee and son? I really wasn’t sure what they were going to do with this plot line, I wondered it was going to just be another trope, Instead we get a nice, very real, moment between Jubilee, adopted son, and father-figure. The whole ‘you can’t go home’ vibe was perfect, take it from someone who knows.

Lastly, loving Rogue in this, she’s perhaps a little too ‘immature’ and hot-dogging it, but she’s a sassy Southern Redneck so what can you do? Kitty and Psylocke are also having some fun, and I love that Psylocke is expanding on her powers the way she is.

Overall, I’m very pleased with this title so far.

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Review: Uncanny X-Men #9

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on August 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Uncanny X-Men #9Poor Dazzler, she just can’t get out of her disco days, someone always remembers.

This issue is pretty hilarious actually. From Irma cutting her hair and sending the sisters into a tizzy, to Dazzler’s unfortunate clothing choices in the past, to Maria Hill taking an impromptu vacation, to highjacking the hellicarrier… I giggled a few times, this is true.

Though this issue does bring up an interesting question, even if Fabio went willing with Scott because they saved his life, since he’s 16 and therefore not a legal adult, wouldn’t it technically still be kidnapping? I like it when little points like that are poked and prodded, underlining the reality of the situation. That’s how you make things more ‘real’ to me, not by running around and killing everything the moves.

But I digress. It seems like Mystique is still up to no good and poor Dazzler has been knocked out… at least I hope just knocked out… she was only knocked out, right? 0.o

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