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SuperMegaSpeed Reviews

Punisher War Zone #4 - So yeah, this was what i was hoping for. The Punisher plausibly fighting the Avengers. Good stuff.

Avengers #4 - We've already dropped this but you can't drop them fast enough these days. I covered issue #1 on December 13th and this is issue #4 already. But nothing here makes me regret my decision. I mean sure, the Avengers race AIM to the alien sites from the previous story; nothing wrong with the plot. But the story? Pretty bland. A very laid back encounter with AIM, one little corpse-plant monster, and tons of origin flashback. And normally i don't complain about Hickman's characterization, because usually there isn't any. But what's going on with Thor? Passing around booze during a mission? Saying things like "Surtur's sweaty orbs, it's hot."? Dude! If you wanted to write Hercules, then just use him. That was awful. And listen, i've had it. I've got a declaration here. Footnotes. I demand them. "AIM Island is now a U.N. recognized nation-state" requires a footnote. You can't just throw in stuff like that with no explanation. Along the same lines, Hyperion's lengthy origin story really annoyed me. As far as i know, there are two Hyperions in the mainstream Marvel universe. The evil one that was the last surviving man from a dying atomic world. And the good one that comes from a parallel dimension. This one's origin had elements of each, but i couldn't figure out which it was supposed to be (the fact that the narration kept talking about two Hyperions, in a metaphorical sense, didn't help). Turns out he's a new one. I found out on Wikipedia. Forget the fact that we need another Hyperion like i need another issue of this comic. WHY DID I HAVE TO GO TO WIKIPEDIA FOR THAT? Why isn't it in the story? Maybe in that scene from the origin when he's rescued by the Avengers, Iron Man could have said "Holy crap, a third Hyperion? Why do they keep winding up here?". Or how about a goddamn footnote? This is the new rule: i'm not looking it up on Wikipedia anymore, guys. If it isn't there in the comic, i'm assuming you're wrong. It's impossible to buy all your comics and i can't keep up with everything. So if i read that AIM is suddenly a country, or Hyperion's origin is all messed up, i'm just assuming that Hickman doesn't know what the hell he's writing about. I don't want to hear about it on your Formspring page, or in an interview. It's just wrong.

By fnord12 | February 4, 2013, 8:28 PM | Comics


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Avengers: when there are 8 million people in your current Avengers lineup, i think that slightly out of focus shots or only showing one eyeball and a lock of hair of the person talking is not sufficient data for me to figure out who the hell i'm looking at!

i agree that Thor handing out alcohol on a mission is completely out of character.

i also don't know how you have a roster that includes Thor and Hyperion and have one of the most boring fight scenes ever.

Wait. This is a third, new Hyperion? I really thought they were using the metaphor to cover up that they were joining the other two Hyperions into one. And, issue 5 is already out.

And, can we stop for a second and talk about Captain Universe? Yes, I know she isn't in this issue and that you talked about her use as a deus ex machina in issue 3, but isn't the point of Captain Universe that once it fixes the the problem it senses, it moves on? It doesn't join the Avengers.

This book sucks, which must mean the internet loves it.

it does when it's an Avengers World!

Ugh. That line hurt more than the rest of the first 3 issues combined.