Marvel What Now?

It would be nice to stop renumbering and revamping and re-branding , because the Marvel Now launched last year is already being re-branding with another Now label and new set of books, It's tiring really and the 2nd time around losses it's significance. They announced the return of Peter Parker which I commented on when the original Superior thing came about is that it would never stick when the movie came around and I was proved right.

Superior Spider-man was a great read,  the art was a little iffy at time and there is no way Thor should not have wiped the floor with him by himself, the ghost of Peter shows up and we see the beginning of the end for the Ock Spider.

Iron-man 20 proved to be a much improved read on every front. The art work was much better, the story less convoluted it felt like a classic comic, as they squared off against Red Peril, who is like th Chelsea Handler of super villains if she was a flaming ginger.

Thor 17 was an improvement from the blasted god-slayer arc, the art work is not as good as it was when the book was first called god of thunder and I would like to seem more action on Midgard or at least a balance.

Savage Wolverine, number one needed to be renumbered only because of the different the book has taken, which is under whelming though  I  can see where someone might like the art work but it really isn't my thing. Wolverine 13 was ok not great , it looks to be the last issue before the relaunch and the new Wolverine 1.


Leading the X-pack hands down is All New X-men, issue 21 keeps up the good work and works them into the bigger picture of the Marvel universe with out being too heavy handed.Otherwise As far as obtuse X-titles go Cable and the X-force was pretty decent. The Bishop/Hope fight was nothing special, but there's a better fight they followed it up with in the ever confusingly titled Uncanny X-force, yes there's two X-force titles now.

The words final issue on the cover of Fantastic Four only means the final issue of this numbering, or like on t.v, the final episode of this season, next season they will be back with a new number one. The mash up with the Doom, Kang Annihilus was a little silly ,as the merging of the Fantastic Fours, but the art was decent.  

Superior Spider man # 1

I'm hoping for an arc with Tiger-shark as they have certainly been jumping him with Spidey for some time now. The long and short of it is this is better than recent issues of Amazing Spider- man , but the novelty is going to wear thin in rice issues tops.

The art is a big improvement over Amazing and factors into this book being an easier read. I will admittedly have to give it another glance over as I read it while standing in the store, since I'm boycotting the bastardaAtions of the canon and not buying anymore Spider-man or even my Hulk and Thor books until this is resolved. But I'm not going to just not read them so it's in the store or torrents.

Becuase let's face it when you have been collecting the books for over thirty years it feels like some one , and this some one is marvel has come in on taken a dump right on your collection. Sure they are bagged and I can wash the bags and get the smell out but the books will be soiled in my mind.

So let's get to the story where the meat of matter is Otto vs a knock off version of the Sinister six. he handles them with the Parker's power with a more methodical touch it almost feels like an episode of Fringe I saw where the bad guy of the week had his intelligence enhanced so he could figure out the probility of what could occur and set those events into motion. I think if this story is well written it should be more thunderbolts in tone, as Otto has worked with most of Spider man's rogue gallery at one time.

The Parker ghost in the ether , is well setting up another hoop for the shark .
The avenging spider man book where he teams up with the Xmen will. Eintresting to see how this is handled as any telepath should be able to figure out what's up, file dr. Strange under this category as well. I liked the Avenging Spider-man's man take of this mix up and like it when Otto Spider-man schooled Wolverine, which shows he won't hold back like Peter does. Now does this sell me on the character? No, I think it would have made more sense to besiege Parker with even greater problems that would jade him, maybe even resent the fact with great power comes great responsibility thus making him lash out more. After he is still human and after a while being the friendly neighbor hood spider-man would Snap after years of doing it and give the book a more human touch.

The Otto & M.j thing is slightly creepy, though in the context Mary Jane is none the wiser and I would make Otto more voyeuristic about it. It is being handled as a very awkward plot device, like they knew it would be addressed but hadn't fleshed out which way to go with it. Will be interested to see him vs Kaine, the Scarlet Spider and Venom, who have unique relationships with Parker , I think Norman Osborne would sense something was up as well , not too mention the more intimate character of his Rogues Gallery, the Lizard and Black Cat would both suspect something. We know from soloists he's quitting the Avengers which is a much needed direction to take the character but in the context it's happening...well not sure if it balances out. It's worth checking out for sure but see the novel nature of this wearing off after six issues.