Yeesh. over 20 books this week. When i get my comics from my local shop i'll be lucky to get five..Anyway heres some of them ..here we go..
Comics From 22nd March 2006
The Bad and AverageHawkgirl #50 – A shame. This was so highly anticipated and again I feel going into this book I was already against it due to the months of dislike that have been leveled against it but no. Not good. Hey, at least stuff happened but I never imagined it would be happening as poorly as this. I love Walt Simonson but this ..this was not good. The dialogue seemed stilted and corny and didn’t engage me at all. Chaykin? This was the first stuff from Chaykin that I’ve actually sat down and read (I have seen his stuff before but not in a book that I cared to read) and I wasn’t impressed at all. The faces looked so samey and Kendras constant sneer got on my nerves. I hope to god I haven’t preordered #51 as well. Not good.
Wolverine #40 – FINALLY this is over! Man, I would have never bought this if I hadn’t ordered it 3 months in advance. Yeah I liked Tex and Salteres’ art on the book – harkening back to the old days of Wolvy in the 90’s – but it wasn’t enough. This comic is the poster child for decompression – it was one issue, two max stretched out and it took 5 minutes to read each issue. The only other exposure I have to Way was in his Hulk arc building up to Planet Hulk so I’m not hugely keen on the guy so far.
X-Factor #5 – Nope. Sorry – its really not working for me. I don’t know whats with PAD being in the dark and gritty mode at the moment. Ok, it’s all well and good here but its even seeping over to friendly neighborhood for cripes sake. Anyway back on topic – this didn’t work for me. At all. The art…the art, just not my thing – and the story? Nope no sale on that either. Thumbs down all round I’m afraid and this is the 2nd issue in a row which ive been disappointed with.
Look at the scores for the first 6 issues ..
#1 – 9, #2 – 7.5, #3 – 6.5, #4 – 6, #5 – 5
The fact that Roy Allen Martinez is coming onboard and Quicksilvers also dropping by may be enough to keep me on but so far Ive been majorly disappointed with this series…
Squadron Supreme #1 – I’m trying to think of something to say about this comic. I tried to get into Supreme Power but gave up really early in the run. It has been a title though that I’ve been intending to go back and read in trade form where I’m hoping it would work better but having read this I just can’t muster any enthusiasm to do it. Nice art though – although I liked it better when Gary frank had a cleaner less sketchy style back on the Hulk and Birds of Prey. All set up.
The Good
Batman #651 – You know its funny writing thoughts and reactions to comics that are almost 3 months old and old news by now. Anyway – Batman. As everyone said – not as good as the Detective counterpart. I also feel the art team doesn’t hold up as well as ‘Tec’s and while Part 1 had the ‘cool’ factor of reintroducing the dynamic duo (heh) to their proper standings this was more of a typicval by the numbers issue. Liked it – looking forward to where this storys going.
New Avengers #17 – I still fail to get excited over this book dabnabbit! Beautiful cover though – McNiven I presume? Anyway – Mike Deodato on this comic doesn’t jive with me man. I used to be a big Deodato fan but I’m not pleased with his new style – the extra effort for realism as well as (ironically) the oversimplification of some elements just turns me off. Its not horrible but its certainly not two thumbs up that’s fer sure. As for the story? I don’t know. Its good to see the Avengers up against something of some stature for once but it didn’t get my blood pumping. I liked it but I so want to love the Avengers.
Amazing Spider-man #530 – A bit f a let down after the fantastic last issue – one of the reasons being Garney not drawing the damn thing. What, he drew one issue? Anyway one of the Top Cow artists is handling the art chores and it looks nice – I just was really impressed with Garneys stuff last issue. Silly Image people – always aking over when Rons on a roll ;) Anyhoo – no major plot details here suffice to say this kickstarts the Civil War stuff so mostly features Tony and Peter in political discussion. It was important stuff and interesting but didn’t make for a particularly fascinating read. It was cool to see the black costume if only for a panel though..
She-Hulk 2 #6 – I really have to sit down and write these things after I read the issue. Trying to remember what happened in a dozen odd issues after 4 hours sleep every night for 3 weeks is harder than it sounds. Fill in art on this issue but it was nice enough..seemed to be emulating Deodatio in some points but another artiost who I can’t think of right now (handy) in others. Still I liked it – more 90’s in style which I actually liked – for the most part. I’m not sure I’d want him on She-Hulk but I’d definitely like to see him on something. Storywise it featured Starfox so it cant go wrong can it? Well – it was ok..it makes sense really – showing the dodgy side of Starfoxes powers but its kinda icky to think about. Plus it didn’t have the normal fun that I associate with Slotts Shulky. Still liked it though.
Spider-man loves Mary Jane #4 – Yep. That’s right. I read this book. And no I’m not a teenage girl so bleh. And you know what? I like it! If it wasn’t for the fact that I need to cut down on my books and I can buy this in digest form for half the price I’d be buying it for as long as it comes out..which I still will be – albeit in a different format. Normally it’s a solid 7, but this issue was great – really cool, really had some emotion in it – plus I love the art. Thumbs up!
The GreatUltimate Fantastic Four #28 – What the..? I have a love/hate relationship with this comic and this is another that’s gonna face the chop next month. But I’ll have to keep picking it up in trade I think. Anyway it seems that I either love this comic or hate it. And this one I loved. Really cool. And while I’m still not a huge fan of Millars writing (why do people pronounce it Mill-Arrr?) and I’m not convinced ths is th ebest place for Lands art it works. Sometimes..
Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes #16 – Wow. How hard was it for me to find this comic? Long story. First of all this was one of the only OYL titles I didn’t preorder as I had no interest in the Legion at all. No interest. But then I read the first trade and looooved it! Decent sized issues that weren’t part one of 8 – featured great writing and nice art. – again, loved it. So of course I had to go and find this issue then from my local shop and of course it was sold out the day it released. Anyway long story short – found it, bought it, loved it. Curious to see where its all going. Glad to be finally reading legion!
Nextwave #3 – Wow (again). I LOVE this comic. I love the art – Immonens going nuts – it looks fantastic!! And the writing is just so eccentric and exaggerated – I love it. Great fun comic that I hope is around for a long time to come with the same creative team – can you really imagine it with anyone else? And the icing on the cake was the letter column where they dissected the deeper meaning behind Totos hit “Africa” It was fantastic!
Robin #148 – I think this is the first ever comic I’ve bought and it saddens me to learn that Karl Keschel isn’t hanging around for next issue. I mean, what is up with that? The books relaunched essentially, and the artist stays on for a single issue? Anyway – I’ve seen the artist on #149 and that looks great as well so I can’t complain too much. Anyway really good comic – great mystery, love the new costume, really enthused to see where it goes. I hope, hope, hope, it stays this good as id like to become a regular Robin reader.
Daredevil #83 – Woah. What an issue. Again the team manage to blow me away. Not quite as strng as their first issue but I loved it. What more is there to say. I can’t wait to read the next issue to see what happens and sadly I don’t say that about enough comics these days. Wow.
