Review: Mighty Avengers #4

Mighty Avengers proves that it can be fun even when it’s boring.

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Review: All New X-Men #12

While there are still some neat aspects to this, its starting to wear a bit thin.

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Review: Young Avengers #4

Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Mike Norton hit a new high with Young Avengers #4, a whip-smart, gorgeously illustrated issue that cannot be missed.

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Review: Hawkeye #9

Hawkeye #9 widens the world of Fraction’s story but maintains it’s almost unbelievable quality in a story that focuses on the ladies of Hawkeye’s life – Mockingbird, Black Widow, Spider-Woman, and Kate – finding out just how deep a hole Clint has dug for himself.

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Review: Uncanny X-Men #3

Like Cal I’m popping out of limbo for a slightly delayed review of Uncanny X-Men #3.  While a review for #3, I will be touching up on 1 and 2 as well.
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Review: AvX Consequences

Those who have kept up with my AvX reviews should know that I was not entirely pleased with the series.  The idea was good, but the execution was flawed.  More so, I was rather upset with how they treated Scott at the end of everything.  Consequences on the other hand has been handled absolutely wonderfully.

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RANT: Avengers Vs. X-Men part 12 – Final

AvX Part 12 is going to be the final part of my AvX review series.  Due to a currently busy schedule, I just don’t have the time to promise an AvX Consequences or A+X review at this moment.  If I somehow get the time, I will, but reviews from me for the next few weeks probably won’t happen.  Maybe I’ll get to a Consequences overview once its over, but I’ve stalled enough.  Without further adue, my look at part 12, and in general the AvX crossover event.  If you haven’t read this yet, be warn of spoilers.

Avengers Vs. X-Men part 10

Well, only a few more to go it seems before we hit “Consequences’.  From now on I’ll try to hit them the week they come out, but I might get caught with school and work again.  This review brings us just a few weak 3 pointers and less.

Avengers vs. X-Men part 9

Only two issues this part.  Wolverine and the X-Men 15 and AvX 5 or 6.  Forsome added content, I went back through the AvX issues to list the matches and winners of each one.

Avengers vs. X-Men so far part 8

Another set for AvX titles!  Do be warn of possible spoilers.

This Week In Comics: 8/1/12

This week in comics, discover Rotworld with Animal Man and Swamp Thing, thrill to Hawkeye, savior of dogs, and meet Superman, M.D.

Avengers vs. X-Men so far part 6

Oh wow, busy life.  Busy time.  Managing in another set of AvX one sentence reviews though!  Like usual, let me know if I’ve missed a comic and while I try to avoid them in these, there could be spoilers!

Avengers vs. X-Men so far part 5

Another large batch despite the review just two weeks ago, so its another ‘one sentence review’ structure for the latest round of AvX reviews!

This Week In Comics: 6/20/2012

This week in comics, Avengers Vs. X-Men finally gets a little life in it, Northstar gets real married, and Saga returns to save us all from mediocrity.  Enjoy!

Avengers vs. X-Men so far part 4

I apologize for the delay, but last week I just didn’t have the time to sit down and write a review for the AvX titles.  So as I have 9 issues to go through this time, I’ll be following the now defunct style of One Sentence Review.

This Week in Comics: 6/13/2012

This week in comics, the Avengers ask the X-Men to do the lambada – the forbidden dance! – with grave consequences, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. finally finds its voice and Brian Woods launches an excellent new post-apocalyptic drama with Dark Horse.

Amanda Conner: DC’s secret weapon and cover artist extraordinaire.

Love and Marriage, Astonishing X-Men Edition

Astonishing X-Men #51 (cover from Hero Complex)

Perhaps the best article I’ve read on the issue of Northstar’s impending nuptials belongs to Andrew Wheeler over at Comics Alliance.  Though he is himself a gay man who hopes to get married some day, he makes a number of solid points against the upcoming marriage – most notably, that comic book writers treat weddings as ‘endings’ – a view he himself shares, saying that “marriage shifts a character’s status quo in a way that is fundamentally reductive.”

While I personally disagree with that assessment, what I can’t deny is that comic book writers do not – and they’re the ones who will be in charge of charting the paths of Kyle and Jean-Paul after the wedding, not me.  Love and marriage have a pretty horrible history in comic book land, all things considered.

Avengers vs. X-Men: so far part 3

I was starting to plan an update every other week for AvX stuff, but the Gambit vs. Captain America fight was too good to leave for a week before it got a review!  Plus, it did help my pull list had a rather large stack this week.
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Avengers vs. X-Men: so far part 2

Two weeks ago I borrowed ikeebear’s “One Sentence Review” format to catch up on all the Avengers vs. X-Men titles.  To cover the last two weeks of AvX, I’ll be working a bit more like Cal’s “This Week in Comics“.  So short paragraphs, though I’ll still order them top to bottom with a ranking out of 5.  Warning, there may be a few small spoilers.