In three issues now, Ellis has expanded the scope of the X-Men’s world. Last issue featured a graveyard for spaceships in Africa. This issue he introduces a five mile swatch of China that’s practically invisible to anyone trying to figure out what’s there. All in all, it’s almost typical Ellis tech speak but it’s invigorating [...]
Tags: Astonishing X-Men, Simone Bianchi, Warren Ellis, X-Men
For a long time now, Bendis’s New Avengers has been on the cutting block for me but I’ve never gone through with it. Since the launch of the title, something’s never felt right but I always thought that the promise was there for something great. I enjoy the first story, gloss over the whole Sentry [...]
Tags: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, New Avengers, Secret Invasion
Two interesting pieces of news out of Marvel this weekend: Greg Pak and Leonard Kirk on Warbound Adrian Alphona joined Terry Moore on Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane I was on the fence about what to do with Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane after McKeever left. I like Terry Moore but feel that I outgrew Strangers in [...]
Tags: Greg Pak, Hulk, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Warbound
I can’t tell if the problem with Astonishing X-Men is with the book or with me. It has Joss Whedon writing it and John Cassaday drawing it. That’s right, the genius (if I’m to believe all the hyperbole in the Serenity Special Edition DVD) behind Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Serenity (why does no one mention [...]
Doctor Strange is #*&@!ed. Planet Hulk succeeded on its ability to show the Hulk in, if not a new, a different light that we have not seen in quite a while. No longer the dumb creature, the childlike destroyer or the mindless savage, Greg Pak created a story that brought out the nobility and leadership [...]
Tags: Greg Pak, Hulk, John Romita Jr., World War Hulk
The first six issues of both Ultimates and Ultimates 2 are come of my favorite issues of the last ten years. When he takes the time, Mark Millar can craft some exciting characters, different from the norm. And isn’t that what the Ultimate universe was supposed to do? But both series took a turn in [...]
Maybe someday I’ll get to blog about manga like all the cool kids do but for now, it’s more Marvel stuff. Newsarama has a sneak peak at the upcoming reprint of Avengers #1 with a couple of pages of the Stan Lee/Kevin Maguire storyline. You can find all the fun stuff here. Now somehow I [...]