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SuperMegaSpeed Reviews

Ant-Man #11 - I guess i was a little disappointed to see Mitch Carson turn out to be such a cretin. I liked him better as 'ordinary SHIELD agent whose life was ruined by our main character who is a very bad man'. But it was still funny to see Eric turn things around on him (and screw over his buddy the Black Fox) in order to clear his own name. There's got to be something of twist considering there's still one issue left. Again, i've enjoyed this but i'm not sad to see it go. I do hope Marvel does find something else for both Kirkman and Hester to work on; they are both talented

Spider-Man / Red Sonja #1 - Back in like 2004 or so, comics were excruciatingly slow. The policy of 'writing for the trade' was in full effect and reading the single issues was like watching a half hour television show in five minute increments over the course of six months. In slow motion. Since then most writers seem to have learned to write well paced single issues that still work together as a part of a collectable six issue arc. Oeming, while a very good writer, seems to be the exception to that, judging from Omega Flight and this first issue of Spider-Man/Red Sonja (everything else i've read by Oeming has been in trade format so i guess i hadn't noticed) (Straczynski, judging by Thor and the Back in Black story in Spider-Man, seems to have a similar problem. Actually he seems to be relapsing since his previous Spider-Man stories were well paced). Variations of this Red Sonja story were essentially done very well in a single issue in the 70s and in two issues in the 80s. There doesn't seem to be enough content here for a 5 issue mini. But i should wait and see. Besides, any story featuring Kulan Gath is worth having.

Fantastic Four #548 - I liked seeing the T'Challa out-think Reed a little in the beginning of this issue. The Frightful Four seemed a little too panicked at the prospect of fighting their Fantastic counterparts, although i guess it's actually writing them more intelligently to have them not be overconfident considering the way things have usually worked out for them (Although the Frightful Four used to be a really formidable team in the early days. They were the one group of villains that could claim a clear victory over the FF.) Also granted it's not fair since the team is currently a Fantastic Six with the Black Panther and Storm still hanging around. I was surprised at how bloodthirsty Sue seemed to be, although i suppose with her family threatened and presumed killed it makes sense. Also there was a geeky moment for me that i'm sure McDuffie threw in there deliberately: Black Panther's attempted warnings about Hydro Man surely were due to his experience fighting him during Christopher Priest's run. Overall, very good, and i'm always happy to see Klaw return. Some people are thinking McDuffie will use this Klaw appearances to clean up some continuity mess Hudlin made during his revisionist period on Black Panther, but i just want him to say "Soup-oop-oop".

Illuminati #4 - Great opening sequence with the guys reflecting on their lady friends. Unfortunately I have no idea when this issue is supposed to take place. Considering that this series is all about doing some Untold Tales that take place at various points within Marvel history, i'd it's pretty important to be able to clearly communicate when things are happening. Clea left Dr. Strange to become the ruler of the Dark Dimension in the 1980s (realtime, making it several years ago, Marvel Time). But Noh-Varr first appeared in Grant Morrision's Marvel Boy story from 2000. Recently, Marvel Boy appeared in the Runaways/Young Avengers Civil War mini-series. His status quo at the beginning of the Civil War story was the same as where Grant Morrison left him (imprisoned in the Cube). At the end, he was in control of the Cube he had been imprisoned in. So, firstly, I don't see how the Illuminati can be considering what to do with Marvel Boy at the same time that Strange is lamenting his recent break-up with Clea (unless they broke up again more recently. That may have to be the ruling in this case. The other option is that Morrison's story took place a long time ago*.), and I'm not sure how this can fit in to Marvel Boy's history, unless they are saying that the Illuminati's influence had no ultimate impact on Noh-Varr's decisions. Despite all that, this was a really good issue in its own right. We'll just have to wait and see what they do with Marvel Boy going forward and try to cram this story in accordingly.


(*I've also heard that Morrison's story is not in continuity, with the idea that something like it but not quite the same did actually happen. This is supported somewhat due to the fact that no one in this issue is mentioning the fact that Marvel Boy is actually a Kree from an alternate dimension (pay close attention) and therefore might not even be familiar with Captain Mar-Vell. I was hoping very much to not have to throw that story out of continuity but it looks like they may be operating from that philosophy).

World War Hulk #3 - Hey, Hulk, please don't make the other super-heroes fight each other in gladitorial combat. That's just so super-villain-y. It doesn't suit you. You should just smash them. But i'm sure even if you do go that route, it'll be great because everything about this issue was awesome.

By fnord12 | August 6, 2007, 11:45 AM | Comics


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