What I'm Getting (08/27/08)

Hello hello.

Jesus I need to write a bunch of reviews. Bad Racecar, BAD!

However, I met Mark Millar last week and I got interviewed for the fantastic Comic Book Resources.

This week!

Kickass #4
New Avengers #44
Runways #1 (please please don't suck)
Northlanders #9
Daredevil #110
Immortal Iron Fist #18

-AR

PS. TFM, Secret Invasion is entertaining! C'mon!

Biggest Disappointments of the Summer, Part 1: Secret Invasion

The Bendis penned Avengers titles have been hit or miss with me, but I think he's definitely had some really solid moments that have kept me interested in reading further. Secret Invasion is another story entirely. Here we have one of the biggest comics events of the summer and issue 5 has me not caring in the slightest as to what happens in the final three installments.

I've been pretty patient up until now, but a few things happen in the latest chapter that made me cringe:

1. The splash page where the Skrulls use celebrities, politicians and superheroes/villains as their mouthpieces to tell the human race about the current invasion. Stephen Colbert, Paris Hilton, Barack Obama, Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Steve Jobs, John McCain, Oprah, Dr. Doom, Simon Cowell are all included. Ugh.

2. The back and forth between Maria Hill and Skrull Jarvis where it's revealed that the Maria standing in front of the Skrulls on the Helicarrier is in fact a robotic decoy and that when "this is all over I'm going to make myself a T-Shirt...It'll say Nick Fury was right". Hmmmmmm....

3. The over-the-top last page where Ronin screams "THIS DOESN"T END TILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM DIES! YOU HEAR ME?! EVERY @#$%ING LAST ONE OF THEM!" *groan*

The real bummer here is the fact that the overall plot sketch for this story looks really good on paper, but seems to be flailing in it's actual delivery like a third world country on the balance beam during the Olympics.

If you're not reading this, pat yourself on the back and continue to steer clear. However, as mentioned at the beginning of this post, he's been doing some all right things on both New and Mighty Avengers. As far as Secret Invasion stories go, spend your money smartly and buy some of those instead.

- TFM

What I'm Gettin' (08/20/08)

Aloha!

Here's what I'm buying today:

JLA #24
Scalped #20
Captain America #41
Ghost Rider #26
Iron Fist Origin of Danny Rand
Marvel 1985 #4
Punisher #61
Anna Mercury #3
Killer #8 (noice!)

Not only that, but since I was on vacation for the past few days I have all last weeks goodness to look forward to!

A fat stack of comics and Madden 09? Don't expect me to leave my place for the next week or so.

Reviews and spoilerz coming later this week- promise!

Mahalo.

- TFM

What Tomorrow Holds (08/20/08)

Okay soooo reviews are late since work has been crazy, but here's my pull list for tomorrow. Pretty light week.

Immortal Iron Fist: The Origin of Danny Rand #1
Scalped #20
Killer #8 (I picked up a bag set of #1-6, plus #7 the other day. God bless you, Secret Headquarters)
Marvel 1985 #4

-AR

What I'm Picking Up Today!

Hello my dear neglected blog. Today is huge for new books, as you can see by my big fat pull list (heh heh.)

Secret Invasion #5
Batman #679
Walking Dead #51
Hellboy: The Crooked Man #2
BPRD: The Warning #2
Astonishing X-Men #26
Fantastic Four #559
Young Liars #6
Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #2
Goon #27
Lone Ranger #12

Hopefully later this week I'll get around to yapping about last week's books, but I'm sure I'll have plenty to say about at least some of these.


-AR

What I'm Gettin' - (08/06/08)

What's waiting for me at the comic shop today:

Final Crisis #3 (w00t!)
House of Mystery #4
Jack of Fables #24
Vinyl Underground #11
Criminal 2 #4
Eternals #3
Invincible Iron Man #4
Twelve #7
The Boys #21
Crossed #0
Killer #7 (woah! really?!)
DMZ Vol. 5 The Hidden War

Wow. That's a whole lot of greatness right now. Can't remember a week this epic in a long time.

Reviews to come later.

- TFM

One word reviews on the Joker's Asylum series

Joker: meh

Penguin: notbad

Poison Ivy: nothanks

Two-Face: best!

Scarecrow: stillneedtoread

- TFM

What Tomorrow Holds - (08/06/08)

Hello hello. For tomorrow:

Buffy #8
The Boys #21
Invincible Iron Man #4
Criminal 2 #4
The Authority #1
Twelve #7

Decently solid week, definitely better than the last. I'm especially excited for the Twelve, Criminal (it's a new arc, hooray!), and as always, The Boys. I don't really have high hopes for The Authority, considering I have no idea who is working on it and most Authority books that have come out since Robbie Morrisson fucked up the title have been sub par. We'll see I guess.

-AR