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All-New X-Men #9 - Remember when Jean Grey used her telekinesis to pick up a bus and threw it at a sentinel? According to Kitty Pryde, that was only "decent" for someone who, in the old Uncanny issues, could barely lift a person for more than a few seconds. I also wish Young Scott wasn't acting quite so belligerent, or that Kitty would be a little more explanatory. "You won't talk to me about Mystique? Why not? Just so you know, she's a shape-shifting villain that has tried to kill the X-Men on multiple occasions, as well as assassinate public figures. Are you sure you don't want to tell me about her?" I did enjoy the raid on SHIELD, but that's why i was disappointed to see Old Scott show up at the end. Focus on one plot at a time, Bendis, and you might actually get to finish a storyline before the year is up.

X-Factor #253 - I've gone from my usually zenlike lack of interest in this book to active impatience for this storyline to wrap up. Especially disappointed by Satana's generic personality after liking so much the way she was handled recently in Thunderbolts.

Daredevil #24 - Even in disease-drama mode, this continues to be a really great book, and not just because of all the mocking of Hank Pym. Actually Waid handles Pym, and all the characters, really well.

Indestructible Hulk #5 Ditto. More and more i'm wondering why i skipped Waid's FF. Mark Waid clearly writes the type of stories i enjoy. Samnee's clean but very dense (in panels-per-page) style is very different than Yu's, but Waid works well with both.

Captain Marvel #11 - Well, last issue i liked seeing the classic Deathbird, but now i feel like i'm being mocked since she was apparently so retro and stupid that it was an obvious fake. Having avoided the majority of post-Claremont X-Men was probably a factor here. Otherwise, if we get past the "de-powering your powerful female superhero" problem, i'm enjoying the dialogue and the very stylized art that still shows a lot of detail and action. Not looking forward to a crossover with Avengers Assemble, though.

By fnord12 | March 27, 2013, 11:33 AM | Comics


Comments

To be fair, as you'll see when you get to 1986, Jean was capable of lifting a lot more than a bus after she came out of suspended animation. Kitty is comparing Young Jean to the Jean she knows. She didn't join the X-Men until Uncanny 129, so the Jean she knew was first Phoenix, who was virtually omnipotent, and then post-cocoon Jean, who was far more powerful than the Jean in early Uncanny. Even if someone mentioned to her "Jean was less powerful pre-Phoenix", it's difficult for her to gauge HOW MUCH weaker she was.

Good point that the comment makes sense from Kitty's perspective, but there's also the question of why Jean is so much more powerful...

Oh, and i have read a lot of comics post 1985! ;-)

Hulk: WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE GODDAMN ASS SHOTS??? for fuck's sake. really, Leinil Yu? i need not one, but two gratuitous ass shots of this Mara chick. and not only that, she's got to be some horn dog whose main focus during a war is getting Banner to turn back into the Hulk so she can jump him? yes, Mark Waid, that is totally how chicks' brains operate.

oh, and why is it that the guys are in bulky ass armor, but Mara Buttcheeks is in a skintight unitard complete with requisite boob window? where's my gratuitous ass shot of some Lemurian male? shirtless, ofc.