Comic Round Up of the Stars for the week of 8/20/14

I know I know, I promised you all Guardians of the Galaxy review, life’s tough all over.   Seriously though I will have one for you, things have just been a little busier than usual lately so as soon as I polish it up I’ll have the review up.

Meanwhile the Comic Round up is back and to make up for the lack of GOG I’m taking the round up into SPACE! 

Out here in the vastness of the stars you can Marvel at flying Nova’s while pondering the mysteries of the Mulitiverse.  But don’t be a Daredevil and try to fly straight into a meteor Storm I would hate for anyone to get pulled over by a Lantern of any color. Also remember be wary of hostile spoilers and if you your fascinated by any the strange life forms  we review here today  you can pick them all up at comixology.com.  So put on your space suites and let’s get out there and explore this week’s comic frontier.

Original sins #05

1/5

*NF: 2

Issue features three short stories featuring Nick Fury, the Young Avengers and a comedy sketch.  LMD Dum Dum Dugan is stupid, the Young Avengers are lame and Marvel is nowhere near as funny as they often think they are.  There, that’s it, blog finished, go back home to your loved ones and do something more productive with your lives then reading this comic.

Daredevil #07

3/5

NF: 2

Daredevil infiltrates Wakanda to rescue his mother and along the way finds out the truth of his past.   After failing so spectacularly in the last issue it was about time DD actually showed off some of his moves, even if I don’t buy his “I meant to get caught” plan, He so got busted and just bluffed his way out of trouble. Apparently his dad wasn't abusive it was his mom who was crazy? *eyeroll* these sins are getting more and more purposely, not to mention annoyingly, misleading.

Nova #20

3/5

NF: 2

Nova and rocket discover a secret. Wow, nova too? We really going to trip right here at the finish line Marvel? One of the things I loved about Original Sin was that it was trudging up all these dark secrets for major marvel cast members but of late we’ve just been kind of wimping out, to honestly no one’s real surprise, once again on any kind of dramatic or intellectual change to the marvel verse.  The writing is tolerable but the characterization is pretty awful as we just pretty much turn Rocket Racoon into a violence quipping machine, though I guess to be fair what else should I expect from book crossovers.

Mighty Avengers #13

3/5

NF: 1

The mighty avengers locate Blade and rush to save him from this newest vampire clan.  Standard comic book beat ‘em up affaire, which is not necessarily a bad thing.  If you enjoy classic comic book story that’s all about heroes doing their hero thing without any overly complicated drama then this is a good pick up.

New Avengers #23

5/5

NF: 0

The Illuminate decides how they plan on spending their last day on earth.  This was a fantastic issue, I loved how somber and meditative it was focusing on every member of the illuminate and how they were dealing with the consequences of their choices.   Also Namor has resurrected the cabal!  That has me on the edge of my seat right there.

Ms. Marvel #07

5/5

NF: 2

Miss marvel and wolverine team up to fight sewer monsters.  I’m getting used to the new artist, though I much prefer the previous one, so it’s not as irritating as when they first took over.  Kamala is still adorable and offers a nice teenage female alternative to the now grownup spider-man , she’s even becoming best friends with wolverine.  Now I just need to see the new Nova and Ms. Marvel team up.

Storm #02

2/5

NF: 3

Storm searches the city for a runaway that may be in danger.   If you enjoy watching Storm go through a midlife crisis and  flirt with wolverine, which is rather unnerving if you ask me, then this is the book for you because they only other thing they do in this comic is make morally questionable decisions.  Pretty much all storm does is make a decision then back track on it because some hip teenager told her that she’s wrong simply because she’s and adult making her too old to get how life really is, there’s a bizarre flip of circumstances for you.

All New X-Men #30

4/5

NF: 1

Jean Grey and Emma Frost finally duke out there long unresolved issues.   The stuff with Emma and Jean were priceless and makes the comic a definite read.  I did have issues with the X-23 segments since I feel we jumped the gun a bit on her personality. When we last left her she was still struggling with the concept of emotions and just being a regular teenage girl, granted we’ve been growing her to this point but she wasn’t quite at this level of normalcy when we left her comic and pairing her up with young Angle was a bit too much.

Wolverine Annual #01

4/5

NF: 3

Wolverine takes Jubilee out into the woods to teach her survival training.  I’ve always loved the Jubilee Wolverine relationship.  Logan has had bad luck with his own kids but Jubilee became like a daughter to him and showed him that not everything he touches is ruined.   This issue is a nice exploration of that father/daughter relationship they have and how much jubilees grown.  The art can get a little weird mostly because when drawing them close up their wolves look like bears.

Green lantern new guardians #34

3/5         

NF: 1

Kyle Raynor and Carol Ferris come face to face with the Psimons as the other guardians struggle to free themselves.   Average story telling for an average book the Psimons look kind of cool and they certainly seem threatening as mad space geneticists but the dialogue is where it takes a big hit as the banter seems forced and unconvincing.

Supergirl #34

2/5

NF: 2

Supergirl gets saved by a kid in a wheelchair and almost nothing related to doomed occurs in this issue.  Well this issue was boring.  There are a lot of boring comics out there but when absolutely  nothing happens other then Supergirl making out with a some random guy it kind of begs the question why should anyone continue to support your book?

Teen Titans #02

3/5

NF: 2

Bunker and Beast boy save STAR labs from burning to the ground.   I think it’s a bit early to start focusing on individual titans instead of the team dynamic.   If you really want to showcase bunker or beast boy then give them their own comic instead of letting them steal the spotlight.  And is this really what I have to look forward to with bunker? Just him whining about how hard it is being gay and does this mean this is going to turn into a one of those angsty teen titan books where everyone just mopes around about their personal problems instead of actually fighting bad guys.

The Multiversity #01

3/5

NF: 1

The lat Monitor sends a lone hero to gather 52 of the multiverses greatest heroes to stop the advance of physic changing villains.  So 42 pages of confusion, pointless characters and very  stretched storytelling is what makes up just one issue of Multiversity.   This is not a book for anyone who is not a comic veteran and used to some of the more stream of conciseness’ type storytelling some issues tend to use.  I also wouldn’t want to leave out the D.C answered Marvels multiverse justice league with there own multiverse avengers then ripped off savage dragon from image comics. I will say though that I loved Captain Carrot and will keep reading just for him. 

Fables #143

5/5

NF:0

Dark power do their work as fables continues into its final story.   Have I said how much I love fables?  Strong story, fantastic characters, interesting art and all around just epic tales of heroism adventure war and everything in between.  So why are you just sitting there go pick up a trade or issue #1 and support this great comic.

Justice inc. #01

4/5

NF: 2

Doc Savage creates a time vortex and gets stuck in the past.  If you like those old 50’s pulp hero stories then you’ll like this one.  However if you’re not familiar with the Doc Savage or the Shadow then you’re really not going to understand a lot of what’s going on in the story.

Now before we head back to earth behold the wonder of the pic of the week in where I think I've found the best line from Doctor Doom,middle panel, I've ever read.