Hey there cowboy and cowgirls! Wrangle your fillies, herd in your cattle and
saddle up your stallions its comic round up time again! And we've got a big haul this time around! For
those of you just now joining my humble little blog a few things you need to know.
First: I use a highly sophisticated comic grading system that’s
been passed down for eons by ancient monks in a small Tibetan village you've
never heard of. The grading system can
be found below.
Second: there are some spoilers in the descriptions
so beware they bite
and finally Third:
if you’re interested in reading any of
the titles below you can find them all at comixology or even better go
support your local comic shop, even bearded geeks need to eat.
Super Advanced rating
system from the misty mountains of Tibet
1. Worst thing you can read. Better used as bird cage lining
2. It’s definitely
bad there’s no denying that but it does have some memorable moments and if
you’re a huge fan of the title character you might be able to stomach it.
3. Average story telling for an average story. If you like the
title character you’ll probably have fun with this one.
4. Above average storytelling. Absolutely worth a read, tends to be one of
the better titles on the shelf.
5. Superior storytelling. This is not only a worth read but pick up and
manipulate your friends to picking it up as well. If only all comics could be
this good.
Green Lantern Corps #33
3/5
An unexpected ally reveals themselves as an undercover Durlan and
absorbs the sea of flames to become all powerful. So this last tag on to the Durlan war was simply
idiotic and pointless. There was zero
need have a “one last scare” segment and especially when it turned out it was an
“I was a Skrull this whole time!” moment.
However, if you trooped through the new Green Lantern story you might as
well just finish it up with this final act. Of course our Durlan imposter isn't the only
baddie to make an appearance, a new set of villains for our beloved emerald guardians
have appeared called, wait for it….. The Shadow Empire! Baum Baum Baum! I bet the heads of D.C were really working
overtime to come up with that one especially since its leader looks like some
kind of space troglodyte. Well, I’m nothing if not open minded so I’ll allow
them to prove to me this thing is as silly as it looks.
Detective Comics #33
1/5
Bullock and Batman continue to hunt down the source of the new drug
Icraus. Wait, who are these
people again? And why are the word balloons big enough to fill a page yet relay
little to no interesting or informative information? Why is Bullock so Jelly of
Batman? And why is Batman kind of jerks to Gotham’s finest? These are the mysteries Detective Comics really
needs to solve instead of bland mafia villains and human combustion drugs.
Batgirl #33
3/5
Batgirl, Huntress and Black Canary launch their first strike against
Knightfall. The Issue itself
wasn't too bad it’s just the same New 52 irritants that make the issue more
annoying than it should have been.
Batgirl is still well written in the character department, even if I
would prefer someone other than Barbra; however Huntress is a little confusing
since she’s being awfully compliant and helpful instead of her headstrong
punisher esc personality I’m familiar with. The story of batgirl so far is so-so as its
really the characters the drive the issue.
Constantine #16
4/5
Constantine enters enchanted woodland to locate a mystic that can help
him remove a spell placed on him.
Alright, I admit I picked the issue up simply because the cover looked
so dang cool, but this was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Seeing Constantine struggle between being a
better man and the jerk he is was a rather fun story element and far more
mature then I gave D.C credit for. The
issue was also very newcomer friendly with simple explanations to everything
that was happening in the issue a simple game of connect the dots and I managed
to piece together everything I wanted to know.
Also werewolves….actually I think that’s the only reason you need to
read this issue.
Grayson #01
2/5
Dick Grayson is now working for a secret organization called spiral.
All I can do is shrug my shoulders at
this one. I mean if you ever secretly
wished to see Nightwing work for Charlie's Angels then this is the book for you
otherwise I really wouldn't bother since it’s kind of pointless and leaves a
lot to be explained for an issue one. I’ll keep on for the next two issues and
let you folks know if it gets any better.
New suicide squad #01
4/5
Waller is demoted and control of the suicide squad ends up in new
management. This was an easy fun
read even if it’s cliche as all get out.
Slick young know-it-all takes over but doesn't understand or respect the
seriousness of his position and things go wrong. I should take a point away just for the
inclusion of the Jokers daughter, probably the stupidest new villain yet, but
the story was fun enough that I’ll let that slide.
Superman/WonderWoman #10
1/5
Continuing the glorious adventures of super doom, dang now they got me
saying it, as he battles aliens and the Cyborg superman. Oh and Lois is
Brainiac. Any of you faithful readers are quite familiar
with my opinion of the superman: doomed arc so I don’t think it’s necessary to
delve any further…. but I’m going to anyway. Whoever pushed this half baked,
fourth grade crap into the public eye needs to be shot, ok maybe not shot but a
stern talking to would suffice.
Deadpool #31
3/5
Deadpool Continues his crusade against the vampireic horde while agent Preston
locates Deadpool’s lost daughter.
It’s certainly a better issue then some of the previous entries but
still kind of “so what?” If we keep on
this direction it could improve the book but we still would need to work on Deadpools
quips since there often not as funny as they should be. The action needs a bit of work, Agent Preston’s
fight was pretty cool but Deadpool didn't seem to do much of anything.
Fantastic Four #07
4/5
The Thing confronts the Human Torch about his part in running his
chances at being human again.
The lead up was soo good then the bottom dropped out with it just being
a onetime incident that Johnny screwed up by being Johnny, but apparently this
is enough for Ben Grimm to throw a massive temper tantrum. He even admits he’s overreacting
later which I just have to nod in agreement and say “yeah, you are. Now suck it
up and be a be a man.” They didn't even
lie to him they just didn't follow up with him after he stormed out like a baby. If it wasn't for Grimm being so out of character It would have been
a solid issue with some good story elements. In all honesty it probably would
have been even better if it had been revealed that they purposely didn't turn
him back so he could keep on fighting as the thing or something like that.
Original Sin: Thor and Loki #1
5/5
Thor Confronts his mother about his long lost sister then teams up with
Loki to find the entrance to the 10th realm. Asgard has all the best secrets. I love how
we turned something as simple as a long lost sister into a missing realm and
the cosmic consequences of learning this dark secret. Plus I like having both Loki’s so I can get
evil Loki and good Loki all in the same comic.
All New Invaders #07
4/5
The original torch continues his debrief of the incident with super radiant
friend. It was a bit heavy on
the exposition but it wasn't uncomfortable and the story flowed rather
well. I still really like super Radiant
Friend and wouldn't mind seeing more of her as she had a fun charm to her. Also the “to be continued” moment was interesting
enough that I might pick of the next issue as well.
Original Sins #03
1/5
Strips include the Inhuman, Young Avengers and a short Spider-man strip. Same old commercial material that’s really
not worth wasting any of your time on, in fact the time it would take to read
this issue you could start planting a garden,
read a better comic, write in a blog ect.. The possibilities are
endless.
Avengers #32
3/5
Cap and crew travel even farther into the future and meet up with adult
Franklin Richards. Very moody
and rather existential but still kind of interesting, however its really only meant
for people who not only have been following the new avengers run since the
beginning but also have been following this whole Multiverse incursion problem from
birth. If your just coming in I suggest
avoiding this comic as it really won’t hold any special meaning for you. Though
knowing the Black Widow encouraged the Richards son to make weapons out off his
crayons and jump rope brings a smile to my face.
Spiderman 2099 #01
5/5
Spiderman 2099 is stuck in the present but a temporal assassin is also
sent back to make sure he is wiped from the time line. This was a lot of fun, lots of interesting
elements and fun dialogue. The idea of a temporal assassin sent from an even
farther future to clean up the mess 2099 is making is really interesting and I
look forward to more.
Captain Marvel #05
2/5
Captain Marvel discovers that J-son is mining vibrainum on the planet
and making the inhabitants sick.
Boooring, well it’s less boring then the last issue but still incredibly
droll. I mean seeing Starlords dad J-son
being all power hungry and evil is fine and good but the plot of these
displaced natives is hardly attention grabbing and when you realize we are never going to see these characters
again so were putting all this emphasis
on pointless characters it’s just too much. Consider this title officially
dropped!
Captain Marvel DROPPED!
All New X-Men #29
4/5
The X-Men’s final fight against the evil X-Men team from the future. I like that Xavier’s kid is a psycho and has
been mind controlling future x-men to kill the x-men of the past because he
just hates the x-men that much. I love
All New X-men and even when they do weird things like trying to start
relationships between X-23 and several members of the original X-Men It’s still
the best X title out there.
Amazing X-Men #09
4/5
The curse of the Wendigo has spread like wildfire and it’s all the
x-men can do to just contain it.
Ok picture the hulk, got
him? Good. Now multiply him by a
thousand and make him a savage cannibal that can infect anyone he touches and
make them another savage cannibal hulk. Yeah, once you change your soiled
undergarments I can tell you that is what the writers just threw at a newly
formed x-men team and a depowered wolverine.
This should be a ton of fun.
Nightcrawler #04
3/5
Nightcrawler finds out that his adopted mother Margalie is
responsible for the Trimegas and sets out to stop her. If you’re a Nightcrawler fan, like yours
truly, then this book is great however aside from that there’s nothing particularly
special about this issue and no real reason to pick it up. but as a dutiful Nightcrawler fan I must insist
that everyone reading this blog go out and by 30 issues, so Nightcrawler can
become the most popular x-men … oh I see how it is you must be a wolverine
fan…. well Wolverine is pretty cool.
Wolverine #10
4/5
Wolverine has found
new purpose in his life and is ready to lead an army of friends to stop Sabertooth
once and for all. It’s kind of nice, if not really, really, weird, to see
wolverine having grown up and admit to his mistakes, not to mention that
despite being a rough and tumble Canadian berserker he’s still managed to make
an impression on a lot of people and they’re willing to lay it all on the line
to help their friend.
Avengers undercover
3/5
Nico is learning how to control her new powers when she learns chase
has been seriously hurt on a mission.
It’s still a fun entertaining comic even if it’s a little directionless.
The comic really doesn't know where it wants to go or what it wants to do so it
just kind of hobbles along. I also had to roll my eyes when they made the
reveal at the end of the comic I should have known marvel didn't have the stones
to actually kill off a major villain.
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