First post about the comics of the week, which i was looking forward to doing. I do still want to make a VGA’s post maybe this coming friday. Current Justice League and Superman/Batman are ones I wish to start reading so they are’t here but please enjoy the rest.
I like the Invaders team but they never really have any fun or deep interactions outside of the special Invaders MAXI’s and MINI’s we get every few years. Chip like Ewing really just gets fun and if you get fun you can do great dark stories(in my opinion). This is the last issue where Namor finally teams up with Captain America and his gang to take down Machan before he floods the whole world. Exploring Namor is always fun, and it’s great seeing every Invader together being drawn with great art. Wish we got an on-going to be honest.
I’ve been enjoying Cates Guardians and it ends here, after this Ewing takes over. It’s was a nice issue, Rocket saves everyone near death and all face off against Drax whose gone off the deep end. It was fun and Peter and Gamora have a cute moment before seeing Rocket in the Hospital.
I learned to really like Jason Aaron and his Thor, he’s a good writer with good ideas and he’s really going in a good direction with Avengers. Here’s something I ask for in my Justice League/Avengers stories just fun ideas and characters and if you ask me Jason delivers. After being stuck in an alien prison with Starbrands running amok Thor get infected by the Brood and Ghost Rider, Black-Widow, and Blade are driving Robbie’s car away from whatever is going on with Silver Surfer which I should get around to reading really.
I’m glad after a long while we finally got a Shazam ongoing. I wasn’t too into the short New 52 mini by Johns but he redeemed it to me with this. While I wish Shazam villains were more explored then Sivana, Mister Mind, and Adam so villains like Ibac and Captain Nazi can get some time to shine. I’m also not too into the 7 magiclands to be honest, it’s weird forced Geoff world building if that makes sense and with it being referenced in the movie well- It feels like some reverse MCU inserting which could also be a good thing. I don’t know I’m crazy, but hey I’m glad we got some cool stories with Billy’s dad.
It’s hard to trust Bendis to be honest, most times when I do they end up being pretty mediocre(bad!). I like each Legionnaire getting cool and interesting designs and stories that involve the past DC universe like Aquamans trident and Robin. I still miss child Jon it was far too short.
Metal-Men has been pretty fun lately, last issue involved a Metal-Man made out of Nth Metal and he’s been a very interesting character so far. Anyway they fight a giant Manta Ray from the Dark Dimension and Magus’s whole building turns into a giant fighting robot, it’s so wacky it’s good. Also Platinum is one of my DC-Waifus.
The history at this point was my return to comics with Secret Wars and Secret Empire. I’ve really enjoyed this comic, there’s not much to say, it’s the history of Marvel in small bursts and ends with future Marvel events. Like WOW Tony and Emma Frost marry!?
What a great finale for a great mini, Greg Capullo and Snyder were in their element, I only wish Metal was more like it. I loved the core cast who helped lead Batman to defeating Omega who was so powerful he had Darkseid‘s head on a pike. Batman questions himself a lot and you get a exploration of what makes Batman- BATMAN negatively and positively. and Joker was Robin who helped in the final battle was great.
Doomsday Clock is just okay, this last issue was just okay. I feel like it’s being over-hyped up the ass but the only noteworthy moment to me was the set up of future stories like another FUCKING MARVEL/DC CROSSOVER. I did like the big fight with obscure characters, but yeah it’s just egh. It’s so superficial and it ends with a set up of future DC stories and I hate that kind of stuff. None of this is stuff that should be done with Watchmen, I mean it’s Watchmen. It’s like having some summer blockbuster shlob director direct a sequel to Citizen Kane. it’s unnecessary and dumb, Manhattan says there can only be a he kills-he kills outcome with Superman and Clark says “There’s a third option” and then Manhattan just changes and “fixes” all the changes he did in New 52. Egh this is the last I wan’t to talk about it really.
Hope you enjoyed my Comic of the week segment, I plan on doing one every Wednesday/Thursday. Going to make my VGA post next
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