Captain Marvel #15 - Considering i'm not following this crossover so i don't know what's going on or who half these characters are, i thought this was pretty good. A decent space battle issue. Some of the action sequences were a little unclear and/or unexciting (like, the cool space battle stuff seems to be happening off panel). I was actually surprised to remember who Pat Olliffe was; surely the guy who drew Untold Tales of Spider-Man can draw clear, clean action. I did like the writing on this issue and i attribute that to DeConnick having a partner again; this time Jen Van Meter, who i know i like. And the story was well told, assuming you're ok with the premise of Carol Danvers now having her personality zapped. Between that and her turning into Binary at the end of the issue, i'm really annoyed by the constant tinkering with her character. Lost in time for the first few issues of the series, then not allowed to use her powers, has a tumor, seemingly dies, and now this. It's obviously all part of an uber-arc that DeConnick wants to put Carol through, but 15 issues in there's been so little of her just being a super-hero. And it's that basic thing that the character needs to take her place as a top level character. I also have to say seeing the ad for Madame Tussaud's in this issue, which still has Carol Danvers as Ms. Marvel and in her classic iconic costume really made me realize how little i like this costume. I'm happy about giving her pants and i don't mind the name change too much, but i'd like to see a return of that costume in some form. Maybe after her Binary phase. Tinker tinker.

Secret Avengers #8 - I thought this was going to be focused on Mockingbird for the entire issue, but it shifts a little unexpectedly to other perspectives on AIM island. Which is fine except that what could have been some nice actual drama for this issue turns into a cliffhanger ending due to the time devoted to showing Graviton meditate for an entire page, etc., I still did think this was a decent issue. Don't know if this series is growing on me or actually getting better.

FF #11 - The most tolerable Impossible Man story ever. Honestly, this was downright good! Maximus "disguised" as a HERBIE was fun too. All told, a perfect Allred issue, and there's a seriousness behind the zaniness too (e.g. Medusa reaching out to the Impossible Kid). I don't know where Julius Caesar came from, though.

Young Avengers #9 - Loved it. Nice seeing Leah again. The panel where "mom", in the blank dimension, attacks the alternate universe Young Avengers by manipulating the comic panels was awesome. And just very nice dialogue and character scenes. As some people in the lettercol have said, Gillen and McKelvie have a suspiciously good handle on writing teenagers. I do think it's great that while i've kind of sadly dropped all of the core Marvel books for the time being (at least until Karl Kesel comes to the Fantastic Four), there is some cool stuff happening out here on the fringes.

Julius Caeser, I think

If you're volunteering to do proofreading, i'm sure my Timeline entries could use the help.

I had a much longer message and I'm not sure why it got deleted. But, anyway, I think he was the immortal who threw the pool party, who, was the actual Julius Caesar.

And noone has that much time to proofread all of those mistakes.

CapMar: i'm infinitely disappointed in Captain Marvel. i still say if it were a male character, you wouldn't have all this de-powering going on in an attempt to make her a bigger hero. what's wrong with her just fighting bad guys? why do we need all the introspection and making her weak so she has to "overcome"?

Secret Avengers: i don't know either, but i'm also enjoying it more. even though i enjoyed it just enough previously to keep getting it.

FF: yes, caesar threw the pool party. is that actually your question? cause my question is more of a "why is he even here?".

YA: good dialogue, good characterization, good art, good plotting. but why the hell can't the artist decide which hand is the character's dominant hand? miss teen america chavez kept switching which hand held the chopsticks. (i can hear Brevoort condescendingly saying "and these are the things we complain about." then i punch him the face for being douchey.)