New Avengers #46 (***1/2)
I love villain books. Secret Invasion from the bad guy POV? Bring it on! This issue was a lot of fun. Particularly if you like The Hood and the cronies he hangs around. Bendis doesn’t really bring anything new to the table, but I still had a good time. Even though I’ve heard a lot of praise for Tan’s art, I feel that his work is just above average, but he makes the baddies look cool here. The most interesting thing in the book is of course non-Skrull related. It kind of sets things up for the future of the NA, or at least gives them a new foe to face.
Superman: New Krypton Special #1 (****)
The first five pages are completely wordless. Why? Because we’re dealing with the Action Comics #870 events. These pages are drawn by Frank and of course he knocks the artistic ball out of the park. Actually, the book’s look in general was very impressive. That’s near impossible when you have several artists working on one comic, but somehow they pulled it off. This seems like an interesting event, but I kind of already know where it’s headed. The foreshadowing is too heavy. Another thing that bugged me is that Robinson’s writing was weak. Yes I realize this is written by Johns and Gates too and how can I tell who wrote what, but I can use common sense. It’s like in 52, do we know who wrote what? No, but we have a really good idea. I think I’ll be skipping the Robinson issues unless of course I hear they’re great. Anyway, this seems like it’ll be a pretty good story and I think you should at least give it a try. Oh, and I skipped that five buck Olsen crap and I don’t think I missed anything important.
Tags: Billy Tan, Brian Michael Bendis, DC Comics, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, James Robinson, Marvel Comics, New Avengers, Pete Woods, Renato Guedes, Secret Invasion, Skrulls, Sterling Gates, Superman, Superman: New Krypton Special
November 6, 2008 at 7:06 pm |
OLSEN CRAP: you didn’t miss a thing.
…also, Robinson BLOWS!
November 7, 2008 at 12:47 am |
Yep. I figured. And that’s only from reading his parts in this. Oh and your scans from previous issues. God those scans were scary. Wasn’t it like Superman talking about how hot women were or something? Creepy.
Did you pick up Supes 681? Because I didn’t. Let me know if I missed anything.
November 7, 2008 at 12:48 am |
Oh and that Olsen shit was five bucks huh? So sad. I feel bad for your wallet.
November 7, 2008 at 1:34 pm |
um, it was okay. i’ll probably do a superman review next week, before Wrath hits…
…cus after that i will likely disappear FOREVER!!!
November 7, 2008 at 4:24 pm |
Oh no! So I take it we’ll be getting either nothing or a lot of “reviewed by other reviewers” stuff soon?