This issues reminded me a lot of Morrison’s first issue of Batman.
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I'm legit mindblown, this run losses me more and more. I was so excited for this big story, that was promised for like 25 issues by now. I understand what the story is saying, it establishes a link between the avengers and the court and how the impossible city is bassicly meant to be their ship, but why? what does it accomplish in the long run? They were meant to be the avengers and bassicly becam more
Avengers #33
DAWN OF THE TWILIGHT COURT! As KANG and MYRDDIN battle with the Avengers across space and time, the TWILIGHT COURT fight for the survival of ALL! Learn the origin of the Impossible City as the ASHEN COMBINE return! Next month, a CELEBRATION: AVENGERS #800!
Dumb yet glorious. I think that this is the perfect comics for early teen boys and certainly it manages to encapsulape why hulk is so popular with this demographic. North gets it very well and writes a very dumb comic,a very simple comic, but a very earnest one, that uses symbols that young boys like and find cool, without being edgy. Between all the drama and depth that hulk has, sometimes is goo more
Hulk: Smash Everything #1
A GUARANTEED SMASH HIT!!! Is Hulk really the strongest there is? Sure, he's stronger than most PEOPLE...but is he really stronger than EVERYTHING? Dinosaurs? Planets? Gravity? Cosmic forces??? Find out here because when we say Hulk takes on all-comers in this new miniseries, we really mean it!!! It's non-stop action in the classic mighty Marvel man...
This is issue is solely based of hype, which is like Williamson's favorite genre, so to me it feels somewhat hollow. Still only somewhat.
I like that it pushes the charactezation and the struggle from the Zdarsky's run, but at the same time, it feels like it goes too much into the same direction, even after we got nearly a whole run dealing with the same issues of ''batman seeing his o
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DC K.O.: Knightfight #1
Experience Batman's epic journey during the explosive DC K.O. event! The Dark Knight is forced to take a different path in the tournament for the Heart of Apokolips-one that has turned Gotham into a deadly arena where Batman must battle against the Batmen of the future! Who are these Batmen? Stay tuned to find out! Get ready for the greatest fight ...
I had this vibe, but i was not sure. Now i am. This is definitely inspired by norm breyfogle and alan grant.
Batman #3
Vandal Savage makes his move against Batman and Robin, Bruce Wayne tries to make amends, and the Riddler makes his play for arguably the most important item in all of Gotham. Fraction and Jiménez take things to a whole new level as their thrilling new run on Batman continues!
I feel like this is a run that is deeply imperfect, but is intriguing.It's almost paradoxical. It's also weirdly scattered. One could say that this arc is a fruit of a long planning, but i would say that it is a fruit of everything flaw of this run and for me it ends up feeling somewhat hollow.It's weird comics for sure, because it is neither plot driven,the plots are simplistic and everything eve more
Avengers #32
ZOMBIE INVASION! The curtain has been pulled back and KANG's triumph seems inevitable with the grail in his hands. The Avengers are outnumbered - but when they assemble, ANYTHING is possible! PLUS: A FALLEN AVENGER returns! But is he friend or foe?
I feel like concept of status quo of cloak and dagger is really nice. They are bassicly divorced parents not because of the condition they find themselfs in, not because a lack of love. They are accustoment to it already and the say is treated is mature. Where my issue is how unnispired the plot of the twins is and how untied is it to what cloak and dagger are going through. it ends up feeling lik more
Cloak Or Dagger #1
GHOSTED! X YEARS LATER, and Tandy and Tyrone have tied the knot - but their bond has come with a terrible cost. Now they can no longer exist on the same plane at the same time. Reunited at last, the fan-favorite characters from the hit Marvel Rivals face a love story warped by power and fate.
I feel like this is one of the best or not the best out of this event. It managed to be feel both like an issue and lay the foundations of the lore plus it presented very interesting internal conflicts and development for the characters in way that feels smooth and somewhat part of the story. It's not a small feat because a lot of books for me do not manage to do both. Dani as Cap is perfection fo more
X-Vengers #1
EARTH'S MIGHTIEST...HATED AND FEARED! X YEARS LATER, Earth still needs the Avengers...but what happens when those who are left have transformed into mutants?! Dani Moonstar leads a new team of Avengers (Hawkeye, Vision, Water Widow, Shang-Chi, Variable Man and Cannonball) to protect the planet! But can these "X-Vengers" protect all of Earth, includ...
This is a comics i don't think i get. I don't connect much to it much emotionally. to the dialogue or how certain things affect the characters. i like some ideas, on paper i appreciate some arcs but i think somewhere in the translation things got lost to me.The end i think it's a bit rushed too. Even if it's one of the main driving forces for this comics to be so beloved i don't think it was naile more
Invincible #144
SERIES FINALE
"THE END OF ALL THINGS," Conclusion
Final issue. Everything since issue one has been building to this. Nothing can prepare you.
It seems that ever since Grant Morrison and Scott Snyder finished their Batman runs, every writer starts off strong but in the end falls flat. Tom King's run started off strong with his first arcs (The I am Trilogy) but then falls flat at City of Bane. I am one of the minority who personally enjoys James Tynion IV's Batman run, but I think it is very shallow. Joshua Williamson's filler run was not more
Batman #1
A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winningwriter Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces withsuperstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for anunforgettable new era of Batman!The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this newera that will test B...
Morrison had some great artists. Andy Kubert. JH Williams III, Chris Burnham. Frank Quietly. Tony Daniel’s art looked rushed though. So Batman RIP is brought down by that.
Morisson really did have a number of great artist and he utilized them to a great extent fitting what the different nature of his stories. But Capullo literally changed styles story to story, he showed so much diversity to his brush that i dont think that it could be even a question while still maintaing consistency. Even if the story was iffy, his art made it better. I never cared who drew for morisson, but with Snyder i was reading for Capullo at some points.
This was a more exciting issue compared to the debut with more action. But it also has great characterization for Tim Drake, and I love the chemistry between Tim and Bruce. It seems that DC remembers Dick Grayson as Batman's greatest sidekick, Jason Todd as violent Red Hood, and Damian as Bruce's son. But they dont seem to know what to do with Tim Drake, seeing as he's normal.
But that'
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Batman #2
Injured, cuffed, and tossed in the back of a GCPD paddy wagon with a dozen uncuffed and violent criminals, Robin (Tim Drake) will have to use everything he's learned from the Dark Knight if he hopes to survive his own dark night.Will Batman arrive in time to help him, or will this mission change the waythe city and the GCPD view the Dynamic Duo for...
I think in this issue Fraction played really well with some of the defining traits of Tim's: his overly analitical brain, which leads to overthinking and worrying, how grounded he is which explains his reactions and also how trustworthy he is.
I like how alive Gotham feels, it reminds me of Alan Grant's tec in this aspect, albeit it's done very differently.
Batman #2
Injured, cuffed, and tossed in the back of a GCPD paddy wagon with a dozen uncuffed and violent criminals, Robin (Tim Drake) will have to use everything he's learned from the Dark Knight if he hopes to survive his own dark night.Will Batman arrive in time to help him, or will this mission change the waythe city and the GCPD view the Dynamic Duo for...
This run for me goes contantly from being meh to being good to being meh again, it's crazy that it have been 10 issues already and my opinion shifts so much and at the same time, we are pretty much at zero point. I feel like it has a weird identity or we are just too early.
This issue for me serves as an aftermath to the sureality of last few issues, issue that personally i did not enjo
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Nightwing #130
Nightwing finds himself thrust into the unlikely role of mentor to an aspiring hero with incredible power. But is the city of Blüdhaven big enough for the both of them?
this is a really interesting title, which sadly would probably be remembered as a small backdrop. around so much mediocrity.
By this point Rucka is probably seen as an old gard guy. Like he has been doing stuff since the 90s like Whiteout(a very good comics that people should check out) and he got pretty big 00s in dc. So he brings in a way this post crisis energy that i find missing i
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Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #3
With the crew assembled, Cheetah and Cheshire's plan kicks into highgear. The only problem? If they can't figure out how to gain access tothe world's most secure facility, the heist could be off before it even begins. As team dynamics continue to evolve, it would be a shame ifanything went Sideways...
I found this 3 issue story to be really entertaining and in a way a perfect showcase of how a classic doom/f4 story would play out written by North.
What i want to say is that this story carry over all of north quirks that make this run so spectacular, even more so to an extent. it's definitely more consise, it's tense and it's overtop. Some decisions would not make sense in the plot,
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Fantastic Four #3
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM! Doom's secret - and how he's been able to win so much, so often - has been revealed. But how do you best the no-win scenario? The Fantastic Four have an idea - but it'll take them to the frozen depths of Antarctica, deep into Doom's secret lair, where they'll face their greatest challenge yet. It's Doom vs. the Fantastic Four ...
The best Lemire book in years. This is the most I've ever cared about Wally West. I need to know what went down with him and a certain character!
The Absolute line is the best thing going in modern comics.
Unless you're Gabe Hernandez, of course.
Absolute Flash #1
JEFF LEMIRE AND NICK ROBLES SPEED INTO THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Without the mentor...without the family...without the Speed Force, what's left is the Absolute Scarlet Speedster!
His New 52 Animal Man was great, I loved his Frankenstein Agent of SHADE and The Terrifics. In enjoyed the first volume of Black Hammer, but that’s almost satire. It’s in a weird space.
I also like minor arcana. I can remember not remembering anything about his x-men.
There is something to be said of how well how comfortable i've become with those new characters. I can't say this for too many of the new additions elsewhere. It's team effort in realitity, because this comics deals so well with both the old and the new, the new characters humanize the old and the old give them legimacy. The mood of jokes and mocking is a big part for this, it puts all of them on more
Exceptional X-Men #13
KITTY PRYDE, LOST IN TIME! Kitty has been sucked through a hole in the space-time continuum and into the days of her very origins as an X-Man. Can the team get her back, or will they have to make their way without their fearless leader from now on?
in a way this gave me a really big retro vibes. Not only because it looks like it connects to some immortal iron fist, but of the way we are introduced to the narative.
Sure it is fast, but it feels like what is happening is connected to the world around it, in those more random, more natural way, that it did in the 80s for examples. It is a very interesting choice on the writers part
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The Undead Iron Fist #1
THE IRON FIST RISES! The Book of the Iron Fist declares that every IRON FIST will die by the age of 33...but who wrote created this false prophecy? DANNY RAND was killed...but can you truly kill an IMMORTAL IRON FIST? Learn the TRUTH about the legacy of the Iron Fist as Danny Rand rises once more to snuff out those that threaten that legacy...befor...
This is competentent, but to me it feels somewhat creatively bankrupt. From what the city is, to the whole thing Jason is going through. It feels like Nightwing in the 90s and even some more recent red hood comics and maybe it is an effect that the writer wants to achieve, that wants to honor, but for me this comics has a hard time justifying its existance.
There is things to like. For
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Red Hood #1
Jason Todd has left Gotham and Batman behind him. All he's taking with himis his costume, his bike, and a metal briefcase containing two handguns(and lots of bullets).New Angelique seems like the perfect place for Red Hood to put down roots.There's crime, vice, and corruption everywhere. When Jason discovers asuperpowered serial killer who is targe...
i would love to write a review on this, but honestly it's so boring and so stuffed with characters and writing styles and things i kinda like and i dont really that i dont know where to begin.
I understand the need to unite for a bit an era that is at its core very isolated, but in this issue also the different titles feel isolated and a lot of it feels dragged out. Also its overly santimenta
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X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1
One year ago, at the final Hellfire Gala, the dream of a unified mutant nation was forever shattered by a cowardly sneak attack by anti-mutant forces. To mark the moment and to proclaim loudly and strongly to all concerned that mutantkind still stands, the time has come for X-Men of all stripes to come together in solidarity and celebration. Writte...
if anybody ever decides that wants a taste of what this run has to offer, but does not want to go through the whole thing, like a situation similar to God loves man kills or the dark phoenix for claremont etc, this is the arc for it.
For starters this is some of the best work for every of the characters in it. Every single one of those characters has role, a specific role compleme
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Captain Marvel #18
The mysterious death god Walker attacks the ship of Thanos in hopes he will reveal the location of Death! But where is Death truly hiding? And can Captain Marvel and Thor survive a trip to Purgatory?