Hulk Smash

Hulk Smash

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Comics of May 23rd

Well Hulk Smash Avengers # 4 was the best one yet , a decent fight where all the others were cop-outs, the Hulk vs Wonder-man part I'm not sure how it aligned with continuity as Mr. Fix-it's power level was decidedly less than the green Hulk's yet he took to Simon Williams like he is the Hulk of today, not complaining but not sure how accurate it was. Hulk #52 was the best issue yet, the appearance of the legion OF monsters didn't feel forced like lots of cross overs and guest appearances do. They passed on the perfect chance to bring Doc Sampson back, but the seed is out and I can see how that could happen, If I was writing the book I would bring him back as foil of the Red Hulk, as his rogues gallery seem to be lacking and the Mayan rule arc ..well.. don't have high hopes for. The Mighty Thor # 14 Matt Fraction continues to make this book a difficult read, while I his ability to even tell a story, I think he would be better suited writing for a Green Lantern book , where moving a story forward and having it feel like an actual super hero book do no matter nor any sort of action instead, the characters and setting would be fitted for a mush of cosmic gobbledygook. So in plain and simple Fraction is not suited to write for Thor and it escapes me how Marvel fails to see this. Speaking of Thor .. he appears in Secret Avengers # 27- the question raised in this book is how did Mar-vell get so powerful, is he juiced up by the Phoenix? I it was to the point where I stopped reading to refer to marvelwiki, he can lift 15 tons yet can knock Thor around like he is the Hulk, ok his blasts can destroy a star but can they take apart Thor, Vision, Valkyrie and Capt. Britain in a straight up fight...i don't think so...this better be explained. Amazing Spider # 686, entertaining a little mucky in the middle, but with Mysterio in the mix i guess writers can take liberties and jump the shark. The mind control Avengers seems very 70's but not in a bad way. the new spider -man costume is on my last nerve hope it sell lots of action figures. Deadpool #55...so the book now flirts dangerously close to Venom territory, i like the fact the a more mainstream marvel u set of villains were brought in, getting beaten by the trapster well it didn't make a lot of sense logistically speaking. Super-Man # 9... felt very 90's every thing from the art down, entertaining though no new ground was broken, this Anguish character was introduced a little sloppily but weren't most characters back in the day ? and now D/C Super-Man # 9... felt very 90's every thing from the art down, entertaining though no new ground was broken, this Anguish character was introduced a little sloppily but weren't most characters back in the day ? Aqua-man # 9...the book recaptured the good start it had, the art is some of the best in the biz, neither Arthur nor Black Manta come off as a joke anymore. The best balance of story and action its had yet. Teen-titans-#9 was weight down by a bunch of overdone non-sense ..in other words going back to business as usual for d/c who like to make things too epic for their own good and loses the human in transition, the art felt like it reflected this tone and it's a shame because for a minute i started to like this book Voodoo # 9, this book felt like it could have to stood to have been more firmly planted in the d/c universe, the art was good , aztec warriors getting their heads punched off works but even what corner of the dc world would be nice it feels like an Image book

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