Justice League of America #31 - Well this was interesting. An issue basically admitting that the entire series up to date has been a waste of time. Yet I liked this issue of JLA more than any other issue since #9 (I think that was the one where Red Arrow and Vixen were trapped underwater in a collapsed building.) One thing that McDuffie does really well is character moments and interactions. There were a lot of nice Hal/Ollie, Clark/Bruce, Dinah/other JLA members moments in this issue. That was a definite plus. It would've been nice to know WHY Hal was forming his own Justice League, and I'm far more interested in reading about that team than the remnants of this one, but we'll see where we go from here.
Superman #686 - Meh. This was really just a set up issue. Supes is gone. Mon-El, the Guardian, and Steel are watching over the city now. Although the scene where Guardian meets Mon-El was a bit ridiculous, where Guardian says, "you're lucky she's still breathing, or else I'd be arresting you instead of recruiting you." Hey, Guardian, how about you shut the #*$% up? Superman already vouched for him, and you're going to throw him in jail because he tried to help you and might have accidently killed a dangerous criminal? I hope the men on your force never have to fire at anyone. But I did really like that Officer Harper, a minor role player from Robin, resurfaced here. Plus, she can now resume having some sexual tension with the main character without it being extremely awkward this time around. Because, you know, the hero in this book isn't 17. Although I don't know how aging works in the phantom zone, so maybe she's out of luck again. We'll see.
Oh, I almost forgot. I don't mind that Mon-El's secret identity's last name is Kent. But Jonathan? Really? The man just died. Was Clark okay with this? You couldn't have picked any other first name in the world?
Amazing Spider-Man #589 - Alright, I'm done with this book. There wasn't anything particular about this book, but I've been reading it for a year, and I just don't care. I don't care about anything that happens, and I don't care about any of the characters, even Peter. He just doesn't even seem like Peter anymore. He's like a caricature of what someone things the "iconic Peter Parker" should be. Good luck, Pete, I hope you get back on your feet soon.
X-Force/Cable Messiah War #1 - This was actually a pretty intriguing book for me. The only characters I care about are Wolverine, Angel (or Archangel... I don't know if he changes his name depending on which team he's with), Cable, Bishop, and maybe Deadpool. I don't know anything about Deadpool, but I'm kind of interested by a guy who's 1000 years old and apparently unkillable. The rest of X-Force doesn't matter to me one way or the other, and I'm still a bit skeptical about Wolverine leading a group of 'murderous misfit mutants.' It seems like as soon as one of them did something he didn't like he'd tell them to '@$%* off' and do the job himself. I do like the fact that Cyclops is willing to sanction a squad of killers, but I think he'd remove any whiny kids from the group, regardless of their powers. Wolverine, Archangel (I really like him on this team... Warren definitely needs a bit of badass action) and maybe that Warpath and Domino. I'd be good with that team. The stealth suits seem a bit gratuitous, especially with the red glowing eyes, which don't really seem suited to stealth, but I'll overlook it... they make at least as much sense as the brightly colored normal outfits.
I'm going to have to do some research on this whole Cable/Bishop feud, why Cyclops is hunting down Cable, and who Stryfe is, but I'm intrigued enough to pick up the next issue.
2 comments:
Liked the blog a lot. One thing though; Martha actually gave Mon-El the idea to use the name Jonathan last month if memory serves.
Thanks! And thanks for the clarification. I had forgotten about that. But still... I dunno if Martha should just be offering her late husband's name and legacy to someone she barely, if at all, knows at all.
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