Could be that Cates has entered the phase of his career where everything he does is an unintentional self-parody. Happens to everyone, sooner or later.
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X-Terminators (2022)
ENTER THE GRINDHOUSE OF X!
When Jubilee and Boom-Boom agree to take Dazzler out for a night on the town to console her after her nasty breakup, they have no idea they're about to be kidnapped and put into elaborate death traps for their efforts! What are three girls with the power to blow things up to do? Leah Williams and Carlos G mez put the ...
Was _X-Terminators_ (2022) #1 good? I don't know. However, the art is great, the story is pretty zany and it's fun (despite of or due to all the blood, I'm not sure).
Some of the interactions between the characters were a bit odd (Dazzler and Jubilee on the phone, for example) and Dazzler, Jubilee and Boom-Boom all act pretty bratty/immature (honestly, I'm probably too old for comics in
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X-Terminators #1
ENTER THE GRINDHOUSE OF X!
When Jubilee and Boom-Boom agree to take Dazzler out for a night on the town to console her after her nasty breakup, they have no idea they're about to be kidnapped and put into elaborate death traps for their efforts! What are three girls with the power to blow things up to do? Leah Williams and Carlos G mez put the ...
_Midnight Suns_ (2022) #1 was ok/good. While it definitely looks fun (the cover is "hot") and I enjoyed the first couple of pages, it became a bit average when the group vision occurred. Maybe it's my lack of familiarity with _Strange Academy_ and some of these characters, maybe it was simply the (fast) pacing and the lack of characterization, but things felt a bit rushed as we jumped right into t more
Midnight Suns #1
RISE OF THE MIDNIGHT SUNS!
A dark prophesy and apocalyptic new villains with horrifying powers the likes of which Earth has never faced before ordains a team of MIDNIGHT SUNS to rise and tear @#$% up: MAGIK, WOLVERINE, BLADE, SPIRIT RIDER & NICO MINORU. But what does this new threat have to do with the Sorcerer Supreme's past? And why is STRANG...
I'm not familiar with Strange Academy or this different version of Ghost Rider. But the premise is interesting, yet familiar. The end of the world is coming. There's been a premonition and now we have to stop it. Welcome to season 2 of the Umbrella Academy. However, I am a fan of Wolverine, Blade, and Magik and to see these three team up - I'm in. Let's hope gets better from here and not worse.
Midnight Suns #1
RISE OF THE MIDNIGHT SUNS!
A dark prophesy and apocalyptic new villains with horrifying powers the likes of which Earth has never faced before ordains a team of MIDNIGHT SUNS to rise and tear @#$% up: MAGIK, WOLVERINE, BLADE, SPIRIT RIDER & NICO MINORU. But what does this new threat have to do with the Sorcerer Supreme's past? And why is STRANG...
Midnight Suns (2022)
RISE OF THE MIDNIGHT SUNS!
A dark prophesy and apocalyptic new villains with horrifying powers the likes of which Earth has never faced before ordains a team of MIDNIGHT SUNS to rise and tear @#$% up: MAGIK, WOLVERINE, BLADE, SPIRIT RIDER & NICO MINORU. But what does this new threat have to do with the Sorcerer Supreme's past? And why is STRANG...
Should this comic be rated higher? Quite possibly. I like this comic; it's different and the recipes certainly look appetizing. Unfortunately, they are beyond my meager skill to prepare (otherwise, this might be a 10!).
My son (7) likes this comic as well, despite the fact it doesn't have much traditional action.
In this issue, Chef Anna Ameyama looks prepared to become Tony
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T.E.S.T. Kitchen Infinity Comic #2
What is this? This wouldn't even be a good what if storyline. The whole idea of the starship and fueling and piloting is not clever or fun. Bruce Banner's character is unlikable and and a bad cliche of a mad scientist. I just don't like it. I'll give it a chance for an issue or two more just because its donny Cates.
Hulk #2
"MAD SCIENTIST" Part 2 of 6 Bruce Banner finally has total control with the Hulk locked away. But with a tight grip on his plans, Bruce forgot one thing...variables can happen at any time...and this one? Even Bruce couldn't have imagined. The craziness continues, as the Hulk hurdles farther into space, but he is not alone out there!
Yeah, this is garbage. Not even the fun type of garbage, it's just... dull. Ottley's art is decent, but the story is pure nonsense and Banner continues to act like a douchebag, killing people with absolutely no qualms whatsoever. I don't know what happened to Donny Cates but lately he's been in a downward spiral, the Thor book is bad, King in Black was mediocre at best and this was very bad. Long more
Hulk #2
"MAD SCIENTIST" Part 2 of 6 Bruce Banner finally has total control with the Hulk locked away. But with a tight grip on his plans, Bruce forgot one thing...variables can happen at any time...and this one? Even Bruce couldn't have imagined. The craziness continues, as the Hulk hurdles farther into space, but he is not alone out there!
Isn't it kind of early for that kind of thing for him? Yeah, happens to everyone but that usually happens after a writer's getting old and his better days are behind him. Donny is still young and hasn't left a huge mark yet on the industry. Neah, I think this is pure Cates, he likes to hype stuff up and go for the shock, sometimes it works... here it really doesn't. Welcome to the website, btw, hope you enjoy it here!
It's purely a function of how quickly they start believing their own hype. Ol' Donny's been snorting the pixie dust. I appreciate the welcome. Thank you very much, I'm having a good time here.
This continues to be a fun and funny read.
Deadpool: Invisible Touch Infinity Comic #4
Sandwiches at the Baxter Building! Deadpool goes with Sue to the Baxter Building for another much needed break and hangs out with the Fantastic Four.
This is too good to simply be a Marvel Unlimited exclusive; this series deserves to be in print.
Deadpool: Invisible Touch Infinity Comic #3
Super spy-like hand-off at the park! With a lawyer in-tow, Sue Storm and Deadpool schedule a meet-up with the Spot to negotiate for the missing hard drive.
Finger guns ftw! Who knew that Invisible Woman and Deadpool was the team-up we needed!?!
Deadpool: Invisible Touch Infinity Comic #2
Time for a drink break! Sue Storm and Deadpool arrive at the Bar With No Name to conduct some reconnaissance in their search for the missing hard drive.
I went in not expecting much (I never go into an infinity comic expecting much, *sighs*) and was pleasantly surprised. I hadn't read the solicit synopsis and didn't realize this was going to be an Invisible Woman and Deadpool team-up; I also didn't realize it was written by Gerry Duggan. Both funny and fun, this works surprisingly well!
Deadpool: Invisible Touch Infinity Comic #1
There's no reserve at his auction! Tony Stark and Reed Richard's inventions are up for grabs at a villain-only auction and... there's a lot of grabbing. When the hard drive with all the goodies gets spirited away, Sue Storm must (very very reluctantly) team-up with Deadpool to get it back.
Spider-Punk #2
KICK IT!
TASKMASTER crashes the party to stomp out SPIDER-PUNK!
What secrets lie under the community center that Spidey and his crew call home base?
And how does it all tie back to NORMAN OSBORN?
RATED T
Spider-Punk #1
ANARCHY IN THE SPIDER-VERSE!
SPIDER-PUNK GETS HIS OWN SERIES!
HOBIE BROWN is THE ANARCHIC SPIDER-PUNK - set to protect EARTH-138 with his ax in hand and his chaotic band of punk rockin' heroes backing him!
NORMAN OSBORN is dead, but will the chaos he's created be too much for Spider-Punk and gang to handle?
Feel the vibes as C...
This was a good arc. Nice and simple all things considered. Dealing with characters and villains we really don't see and it once again takes me back to JMS's run. Stories about a few characters at a time and their back and forth. Diving into who they are, not so much the simple conflicts that the antagonist is presenting to Peter. Tombstone was for me an odd choice but a welcome one that I am very more
Amazing Spider-Man #5
The end of the first arc of this historic new volume is here, and you won't believe what we're putting the Web-Slinger through!
Spider-Man and Tombstone have their most brutal battle ever, but I fear the worst damage to Peter isn't going to be physical.
Also, did you notice that this was ASM LGY #899?! That means next issue is...
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this was actually a really good and interesting issue. John Romita Jr's art is very good and I am very invested and interested in this series. Glad I was being fair for the first few issues and not outright hating this issue. People who trash on this series before the first arc even finished are being REAL quiet today. It's okay to make mistakes, just admit them and promise to be better.
Amazing Spider-Man #5
The end of the first arc of this historic new volume is here, and you won't believe what we're putting the Web-Slinger through!
Spider-Man and Tombstone have their most brutal battle ever, but I fear the worst damage to Peter isn't going to be physical.
Also, did you notice that this was ASM LGY #899?! That means next issue is...
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what a clever way to end this arc. Like I said in other reviews, I'm loving this run. The conversations about how's Peter in this issue are so good, that moment with Felicia and May. The Tombstone thing? Well, a perfect final for a great first arc. If Wells continue like this, it's gonna be a great run for spiderman.
Amazing Spider-Man #5
The end of the first arc of this historic new volume is here, and you won't believe what we're putting the Web-Slinger through!
Spider-Man and Tombstone have their most brutal battle ever, but I fear the worst damage to Peter isn't going to be physical.
Also, did you notice that this was ASM LGY #899?! That means next issue is...
R...
Amazing Spider-Man #5
The end of the first arc of this historic new volume is here, and you won't believe what we're putting the Web-Slinger through!
Spider-Man and Tombstone have their most brutal battle ever, but I fear the worst damage to Peter isn't going to be physical.
Also, did you notice that this was ASM LGY #899?! That means next issue is...
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While I enjoyed this, I can't rate it higher than an 8, given that it's "disposable" (a continuity/timeline insert for a (meta) joke team that probably should never have been revisited). Having said that, I enjoyed all these characters at the time and bought FF #347-349 on the stand, so there is some nostalgia factored in for me.
New Fantastic Four #1
SPIDER-MAN!
GHOST RIDER!
WOLVERINE!
HULK!
When these unlikely heroes first banded together to become the NEW FANTASTIC FOUR, they made Marvel history. Now this fan-favorite team returns in an all-new adventure written by Peter David! Set shortly after the events of the group's first appearance, brace yourself for a wild ride and gue...
The "New Fantastic Four" arc by Walt Simonson and Art Adams is well-written, well-drawn and a lot of fun, both literal and meta (as it pokes fun of the crass commercialization Marvel was facing in the early 90s). This arc not only works well, it probably works better than it should at being both a rousing adventure romp with ties to Marvel history (Skrulls! Monsters! (FF (1961) #2 and #1, respecti more
Fantastic Four #349
A Skrull stands revealed underneath Monster Island! But what has roped the new Fantastic Four and the entire Skrull army into a confrontation within the Mole Man's secret lair?