Best Comic
Busy week, what with the con, mother's day and my daughter's birthday party. Wouldn't want to miss out on my weekly post, though!
Here's the list:
Atom #23: This title has officially jumped the shark. Sad to see it's former charm fade away.
Countdown to Mystery #7: Almost...Done! One more issue remains. The stories are fairly mediocre, but the new Dr. Fate is interesting. Maybe they'll break him into his own series. The new good/bad Eclipso is treading familiar ground. You know that ground. The one that's been walked on so much that there's a deep rut where plants will never grow again? Yeah, you've been there.
Invincible Iron Man #1: A good story setting up Stark against his new nemesis. I'm not as fond of this book as some other reviewers around the internet, but it's pretty solid.
Mighty Avengers #13: Another Nick Fury story. He's gathering a group of teenage super-beings to help him against the skrull menace. We'll see how it turns out. As much as I like this concept, Marvel has really overdone the teenage superhero group thing these past few years.
Nova #13: A solid issue with Nova trying to save a planet from Galactus. The issue is confused, however, as it tries to tell three stories at once: saving the planet, fighting a murderous psychic enemy named "Harrow", and dealing with the endangered people's caste system. Still not bad.
Rann-Thanagar Holy War (RTHW) #1: I was expecting a fairly lame issue, especially after reading the Buy Pile (which, if you read it, you know I rarely agree with totally). However, this was actually pretty decent. A good number of the characters from "Mystery in Space" return, added to a number of the last Rann-Thanagar War series, plus a few obscure characters. All together, it's a fairly interesting mix that reminds me a lot of the Annihilation miniseries mixed with the beginnings of the latest "Brave and the Bold" series. I have high hopes for this one.
Secret Invasion #2: Not a lot happens here, but the last panel is pretty darn cool. New York must be getting tired of having large chunks of itself being destroyed by aliens lately.
The winner: Most everything was solid, but I'm going to have to push the RTHW as the best book of the week. Congrats Mr. Starlin!
Here's the list:
Atom #23: This title has officially jumped the shark. Sad to see it's former charm fade away.
Countdown to Mystery #7: Almost...Done! One more issue remains. The stories are fairly mediocre, but the new Dr. Fate is interesting. Maybe they'll break him into his own series. The new good/bad Eclipso is treading familiar ground. You know that ground. The one that's been walked on so much that there's a deep rut where plants will never grow again? Yeah, you've been there.
Invincible Iron Man #1: A good story setting up Stark against his new nemesis. I'm not as fond of this book as some other reviewers around the internet, but it's pretty solid.
Mighty Avengers #13: Another Nick Fury story. He's gathering a group of teenage super-beings to help him against the skrull menace. We'll see how it turns out. As much as I like this concept, Marvel has really overdone the teenage superhero group thing these past few years.
Nova #13: A solid issue with Nova trying to save a planet from Galactus. The issue is confused, however, as it tries to tell three stories at once: saving the planet, fighting a murderous psychic enemy named "Harrow", and dealing with the endangered people's caste system. Still not bad.
Rann-Thanagar Holy War (RTHW) #1: I was expecting a fairly lame issue, especially after reading the Buy Pile (which, if you read it, you know I rarely agree with totally). However, this was actually pretty decent. A good number of the characters from "Mystery in Space" return, added to a number of the last Rann-Thanagar War series, plus a few obscure characters. All together, it's a fairly interesting mix that reminds me a lot of the Annihilation miniseries mixed with the beginnings of the latest "Brave and the Bold" series. I have high hopes for this one.
Secret Invasion #2: Not a lot happens here, but the last panel is pretty darn cool. New York must be getting tired of having large chunks of itself being destroyed by aliens lately.
The winner: Most everything was solid, but I'm going to have to push the RTHW as the best book of the week. Congrats Mr. Starlin!
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