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SuperMegaSpeed Reviews

Guardians of the Galaxy #12 - What's with all this continuity between books? How's a new reader supposed to know what's going on? How will the trade read? ...and when did Maelstorm turn into such an imp? I like, but fans of talkink space dog am thinkink is no good.

Nova #23 - Man, the quantum bands are becoming the traveling pants* of the marvel universe. I liked how Dr. Necker tried to explain how AIM is working for a just cause (although there's nothing wrong with the original motivation). There's a lot to like about this book (Ego the Living Planet, the Fing Fang Foomer, the good dialogue and character moments...) but i'm still hoping there's a twist on the whole 'super-computer takes over humanity because its programming requires it to protect humanity and this is the most efficient way' theme.

Hercules #127 - The Olympus Group concept is a little too silly, but i'm still loving this series and all of its integrated mythology. Osborn's Dark Avengers are becoming a bit ubiquitous but i won't mind another Hercules/Ares confrontation. Ugh, but all these footnotes... what is this, a story or a research paper? This would be just about impenetrable to a new reader!**

New Avengers #51 - There's no point in dragging this out. I am the new sorcerer supreme. But i suppose it's only natural for all those lesser magicians to get into petty squabbles while they're still figuring it out. As always, i enjoy the interactions between the Avengers. I'm a little surprised to see Spidey giving away his identity again already - there was no actual need to do that so i wonder what the strategy is there after going through so much effort to wipe the memory of his identity out of everyone's mind. Not that i have a problem with it or how it was done, i'm just curious about why. I'm not 100% on board with the Hood's mystical business but i think it can be good.

Captain America #48 - As a single issue it may have felt like it wrapped up a little too neatly, but i think when read as a series it'll be ok. Still a great book, in any event. Needs Epting to be perfect, though. Why does it seem like Epting is the only artist that i miss?

Daredevil #117 - Daredevil is really crossing a line here, beating up on a private detective and apparently threatening lawyers as well. I don't know if the intention is to make him a more ambiguous character or if this is part of a plot line. I can't complain about the writing quality but this is a departure even from the Frank Miller version of the character. In any finite story, a character going down this path would not come out of it alive, but considering the fact that this is an ongoing book that can't happen. However, if they don't have a way out of it we'll never see the swashbuckling*** side of DD again.

All in all, some very good books this week. I did a little trimming of my pull list and now i pretty much only get books that i really look forward to, which is nice.







*i have never seen this movie and i don't really know if this is valid reference to it.

**i really like that footnotes seem to be coming back, even if it's "ironic".

***How do you like your buckles?

By fnord12 | March 30, 2009, 11:02 PM | Comics