Secret Invasion: Thor #3 (***)
Misfire is a good word to describe this series. It was aimed correctly and it appeared to have the necessary ingredients to fire well, but could not. Fraction is an extremely capable writer and he’s proved himself with Thor in his fantastic one-shots released this year. But he just doesn’t deliver here. The series tries to be unique or exciting but it always seems to fail. Braithwaite is very capable as well. I was just reminded of that when I reread Justice. Sadly, I believe his art was hindered by Brian Reber’s colors. The book looks very muddled and at times it’s difficult to tell what’s going on and it seems to be because of the colors. This series is not terrible, but it’s not worth your money.
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1 (***1/2)
I wonder if this mini was planned or if this was a last minute development to deal with Bianchi’s delays. Judging by the incredibly small page count of 16, I’d say the latter. The lack of pages is the biggest problem here. The bright side is that Ellis’ entire script along with all the naked (Or penciled, I just like saying naked) pages of this issue are included. I don’t think I’ve ever read an Ellis script and the naked art comes from Alan Davis and Adi Granov so that was a treat. But if you don’t care about that stuff, this issue is a bit of a hard sell. This comic is written well and it looks great, but I’m not sure how important it is (The 4 bucks bothers me too). But I don’t know this could be imperative information.
Boys #24 (***1/2)
Talk about great covers, this one is amazing! The pic doesn’t do it justice, but you can still see all the detail Robertson put into this. If you like Animal House (If you don’t, what’s wrong with you?), you’ll appreciate all the visual references. That’s pretty much all this issue was, comedy. The plot moved along a bit, but it was overshadowed by all the laughs. So, I’d say this was a pretty average Boys issue. That’s good, but not great. Still, the cover alone may be worth the price of admission. But if you don’t like that cover (Again, what’s wrong with you?), you can still enjoy the fart, masturbation and X-Men jokes.
Tags: Adi Granov, Alan Davis, Astonishing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes, Darick Robertson, Doug Braithwaite, Dynamite Entertainment, Garth Ennis, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Secret Invasion, Secret Invasion: Thor, Simone Bianchi, Skrulls, The Boys, Thor, Warren Ellis, X-Men
November 6, 2008 at 6:57 pm |
Thor: i think i called the suck right after reading issue #1. BLARGH.
X-Men: yeah, i think they admitted this mini was a last minute deal. w/e. glad i didn’t order it.
Boys: i love The Boys, buy this ish was def a low point in the series. MEH.
November 7, 2008 at 12:53 am |
Thor: You were right, Billy. You’re always right. Happy? I had hope ok! I have hope for Uncanny too! Wait, scratch that.
X-Men: It could go somewhere! And I did like it, but for four bucks, damn! Pretty art though, and more pretty art in the next one I think. You’ll be so sorry you didn’t pick this up!
If it does mean something I’ll try to spoil it in a review for you.
Boys: Your’re right. Hence the three and a half instead of usual four. It probably deserves three, but that cover is freakin’ sweet!