It’s that time again.
The Ultimates 2 #3: Hulk on trial. Hulk sad. Hulk happy. Hulk unconscious. Hulk disappear into crowd. Munch pretty happy with book - lots of stuff going on in title with Loki, Hulk, Thor and Betty. Hulk love Betty.
Vinamarama #1: I asked the guy at the store what the dealio with this title was, as I hadn’t heard anything. Noone in the entire store could pronounce it. We all tried. Hard. Couldn’t manage to sneak that “N” sound in there. After We3, I’ll give any Morrison title my $3. I think it might be worth it. I read it pretty late last night - I think I missed a page or something. Otherwise, pretty good start. Not a lot of Middle East books out there (or is it India?).
The Ultimates 2 was pretty good, but the next issue contains that which I have wanted to see - Ultimate Thor’s background.
Nice use of Ultimate Matt Murdock from Ultimate Murdock and Nelson, Ultimate Attorneys-at-Law.
This just in, from Action Comics : Austen Ousted! That’s right, the writer duties have suddenly, mid-story-arc, changed hands on Action.
For some reason Ultimates and Ultimate X-Men weren’t arriving until 3pm so I only got to pick up MK Spider-Man (which I plan on dropping after issue 12). I’ll have to check in later I reckon.
Vimanarama #1 – THIS IS THE BEST COMIC BOOK EVER WRITTEN!!! For God’s sake, everyone go buy this. Go now. Don’t wait for your lunch hour. GO! Every page is hilarious, the art is gorgeous, the plot intriguing, the characters believeable and, as a bonus, not white. For anyone who’s wary because Morrison’s comics are sometimes hard to follow, rest easy – this one’s perfectly straightforward. It’s brilliance is in the dialogue and the characters. (And the last panel’s pretty funny, too.)
(BTW, Munch, you’ve transposed the n and the initial m. It’s Vee-man-arama. 'Cuz the spaceships, which come from Hindu mythology, are called Vimans.)
Young Avengers #1 – Not a bad first issue. Stan and Jack would have had the final-page revelation on page six, of course, but if I really wanted to avoid decompression, I wouldn’t be buying current stuff from Marvel Comics.
Also bought Gotham Central #28(?) and Lucifer: Exodus. I’ve been so excited about the new Lucifer TPB that it was driving me batty, but then yesterday I couldn’t read it because I was zipping through the previous volumes to refresh my memory and I hadn’t finished 'em yet.
–Cliffy
Young Avengers #1 - I liked this one too. I’m not yet sure about the YA themselves (and how stupid a name is Hulkling?). And the big reveal at the end was a bummer as I never liked that character. But the early part of the book with the “adults” was quite good. The writing has potential.
Young Avengers was a pleasant surprise this week. I had originally decided to avoid it - then saw a preview in one of the comic-book news booklet things and got intrigued - and after having read the first issue, I’m just fascinated. I hope, given Iron Lad’s (“And they say ‘Young Avengers’ is on the nose?”) stated origin, we see some hints of another super-team of the Marvel Universe from a similar place-time.
Lessee - JSA continues to be super-awesome, with a cameo by poor Walker Gabriel, he of the far-too-quickly-cancelled series Chronos. Degaton’s always been one of my favorite JSA villains anyway.
JLA - The Crime Syndicate shows us what they can do, with style. Love the arc.
Oooh, cool. I haven’t followed JSA since Hawkman returned, but I was a HUGE fan of the too-short Chronos series, and I’d like to see Walker Gabriel again.
Well, be forewarned, he appears for a very short time in the context of Degaton eliminating people who might interfere with his temporal changes.
I’m liking it okay, but it’s moving much too slowly. Way too much space was wasted on explaining why the CSA can win now, especially since it could have just been hand-waved away. It’s not like it was tested under rigorous scientific principles back when it was introduced, or that “good always triumphs” is 100% dependable even in the sunny Silver-Agey DCU. The art’s not thrilling me, either. B
Aquaman- Ah! I was wondering what had happened to that thing. Not the greatest writing in the world, but creepy twists like that will keep me returning time and again. Plus, they wrapped it up in two issues without dragging it along like the above. A-
Green Arrow- Man, Green Arrow’s villains are lame. Yes, even they admit it, but still, lame. Not every aspect of the silver age needed rescuing, folks. And wasn’t Roy only hooked for like a month? I’m surprised they didn’t rename him Heroin Boy, or Captain Smack or something, they keep harping on it so much. I like Ollie, and I like Family-team stuff (like I get from some Batman, Flash, and Superman stuff), but this just isn’t cutting it. C
thatw as it for me. Now that my collecting’s getting back together in earnest, I also bought a long box. Do I file Richard Dragon under “R” or “D”? Astonishing X-Men goes under X.
Young Avengers came out this week too? Bastard people at my comicbook shop!
Fables - love the focus on Jack this issue. I wonder what his grander scheme is…
Outsiders - Feels like a bridging issue. We get some interesting Indigo bits… but most importantly, we end up with a ticked off Nightwing.
Nightwing #103 - More insight into his transition from Robin to Nightwing; Majestic #2 - Good lord. This is what Superman comics used to be, before the Crisis came along. Rollicking Silver-Age style adventure. Thunderbolts #5; Alpha Flight #12 - The last of this run, unfortunately.
What big reveal? Can someone spoilerbox this for me?
Ultimates 2 #3: Hate the numbering system. Love the writing and art. Millar is so good in this title, I can’t figure why I can’t get behind his work on MK: Spider-Man. I guess both he and the Dodsons are done after 12 anyway. But that’s a different Weekly Comic Book Discussion.
JSA: I’m enjoying this arc, but I have a feeling I’d enjoy it even more if I were more familar with the characters. I’m relatively new to comics and I just started reading this to whet my appetite before the GL: Rebirth issues came out.
I can’t wait until next month. Who doesn’t love seeing Klansmen getting the stuffing kicked out of them.
Hey you!, Young Avengers features a team of teenagers who style themselves after Cap (The Patriot), Iron Man (Iron Lad), Hulk (Hulkling) and Thor (Asgardian). During the issue,
it’s shown that Iron Lad has apparently gathered the kids together because Kang is going to arrive any day now for an assault on the Avengers. Then, on the last page, when the other Young Avengers have left, Iron Lad reveals to the real Cap, Iron Man and Thor that he is a teenage iteration of Kang.
Hey, could somebody spoil Avengers: Disassembled for me? I mean, I know who the culprit was, but there’s a mention in YA #1 that the team split up. Please spill.
–Cliffy
One good spoil deserves another…
After the Scarlet Witch situation, the team broke up partially because most of them were too shaken by the event to stay on the team and Stark couldn’t afford to fund them anymore (though could somehow mange to build a tower in downtown Manhattan to serve as the New Avengers headquaters [New Avengers #3])
What’s the story behind the Hulkling?
Rev, we don’t know anything about any of the Young Avengers except what’s spoiled in my previous post.
–Cliffy
P.S. Thanks, Hey.
P.P.S. Why haven’t you people bought Vimanarama yet?
The Vampire Brat, and Other Tales of the Supernatural TPB. I had read snippets of Wolff and Bird, Counselors of the Macabre before, but this was the first time I was able to sit down and read a larger dose. For those unfamiliar with the series, it tells the stories of two law partners and their secretary who run a law office devoted to the legal needs of supernatural creatures (who are often thinly veiled analogues of popular superhero characters, such as the Hulk). The stories play the premise with a straight face, although they’re laced with plenty of light humor.
I greatly enjoyed this volume, moreso than when I’ve read similar stories in singles. Even though most of the stories are self-contained, it’s more fun in larger doses. Attorney Alanna Wolff is a terrific, strong female comics character, which I mention for the benefit of those who seek such characters out.