What Now Marvel

Well I'm going to need to re-read Indestrutible Hulk number one before I make a conclusive view of it. I can however form an opinion Blut other releases, Thor number two shows promise, the God Butcher is a nasty and unlike able enough Villian though one dimensional. However this doesn't keep the book from being a lot of fun, the artwork is some of the better stuff coming out from the Now books and the varied time frames of Thor past, present and future isn't too much of a distraction to lead the book off course.

Next up All New X- men number 2 shows improvements as well the art is nothing to write home about but the interaction between Xmen past and present is entertaining and working out better than I though of not appearing to be cluttered with duplicate mutants.

Ff 1 is a joke I don't find funny, the Madman artist is absurd as the books pacing, the putting the team together thing seems like its weighted down by the comedic elements, sorry to see Jen Walters dragged into this mess.

New Avengers 34- the brother Voodoo possessed Avengers fighting Dr. strange is o.k Damian Hellstrom just showing up well it's consistent for this book but doesn't work in the story however the pay off is all in Dr.Strange reclaiming his place as Sorceror Supreme , it's becoming cleaner the more I read Marvel that Strange is one of ,y favorite CHaracters, sure I don't like when he is pit against Hulk in the past but have I ever liked that from anyone...so Strange needs is own book but it looks like it's just coming in the form of the illuminati type avengers book.

Uncanny X-men number 2- the red Skull gives Scarlet Witch a pep talk she almost buys into, Rogue admits to being a power bottom and the team is set into motion but Thor and Cap. Red Skulls little band of anti mutant mutants doesn't really seem to be much of a threat so it's a good thing he got that brain transplant which means the mutant power is not the person but the organ it resides in ? So mutant organ transplant means it can make you a mutant.

I also read the beginning of Super-man Hel on Earth. So there's this scarred up clone who is more powerful than Super-man , so in the 52 we seem to be inconsistent with what Supermans true power level is at and of it is what they lead up to be that he can lift the earth a couple times over is it really that easy to make being more powerful than him ?

Oh and we have the age of Ultrom to look forward to. I imagine this means Pym, Vision, Janet and Womderman are being set into place to play larger roles , which I'm down for as with wasp , Vision and Scarlet Witch back in play like the glory days of the Marvel universe.

Comics of July 11th

With the looming reboot looming enthusiasm wanes when reading a title being phased out or how this is effecting the canon as a whole as I read this weeks Marvel books but lets put it aside and try to look at the books a they are
O.k Vs book this week, featured Dare Devil vs Pyslocke and Thor vs Emma Frost, the art on this one was a varied as the results of the story telling,having a draw in the first bout seemed a cop out particularly as we were told there would be clear cut winners, it seemed like the more veteran Daredevil should have taken this one. Emma Frost here was powered up by the Pheonix force though if Thor hurt the Pheonix force when he was fighting it collectivly then it stand to figure divided up into different avatars he would fare better and I suppose he did, while the page of him smashing Emma's diamond form was cool , the pheonix element made the whole thing rather silly

Avenger's Assemble # 5, while I like the art ,just bringing the Gaurdians of the Galaxy does not  a story make, there were other thing like Cap just bringing the Hulk along to bully another soldier, huh really , does that even seem like something he would do?

New Avengers # 28 Now that was pretty good, the three main characters were nailed,  I really  liked Spider- Woamn, if big things are done with her no matter what the re-boot brings Marvel will be missing out, though I'm sure Scarlet Witch is going to be the big female lead after avengers vs x-men. the twist caught me the art killer this one will be a hard one to beat this week.

Uncanny X-force- # 27 this is the most improved book, the masters of evil was ....maybe not the lineup I would have chosen, the shadow ling seemed unneeded as did the ultimate version of blob why not the earth 616 one? Well paced , not the most complelling art but the action balanced it out.

Wolverine & the X-men # 11- Another title down the drain, though there are enough x books and wolverine is already in enough books him self even though he doesn't make a appearence in this one which focuses on Warbird and Gladiator , who gets stomped by the Pheonix force.

Dark Avengers #177- the worst depiction of Skaar I have seen he is drawn to look like an old sea hag. The story is still transitioning over to the title characters I suppose, not wowed with the dark avengers line up hopefully the will just consolidate them with the thunderbolts.

Bat-man & Robin # 11- This veered off course a tad, the focus was askew the villians built up so much last issue became anafter thought , the Robin vs Red Hood was the high light of the book, Bruce didn't do much for me here and went on a very two dimensional tear towards the end.

Suisice Squad # 11- this book picked up some of the slack, wasn't really in the mood to read more d/c today, the story was more in the pocket though the art a little on the weak side.

mean while

Last night i had the chance to read new avengers annual and detective comics number one, my first read of the new dc 52 , though i have action comics and swamp thing waiting for me in my hold box .
New Avengers annual, the title will always be approached with prejudice as it's an avengers team where the only real avenger is ms marvel, i might be able to handle one non-avenger if you wanna go for the novelty, maybe jessica jones , i think her being on the team and her husband not would be interesting you could get some luke cage in the periphery, but they need to go over to heroes for hire though i will accept him as a defender. this story is about wonder- man ..simon williams revenger team, so lets get this straight during drak reign williams cracked up and left his hollywood lifestyle to become the one man ethics committee for the avenger a man who got his start in the masters of evil? doesn't add up for me but a team of misguided super villains attacking head quarters ... the masters of evil have been there and done that , two giants on the team is uh... well the tromp the new avengers , some ben grimm a guy who holds his own with the hulk for longer than he did these b-listers phuuuuulease, if the avngers proper don't wipe the floor with these guys then we have problem in the bull pin.
Dectective comics feels like i expect the tone of the next nolan movie, with the cops at odds with the bat and gordon having to run interference . this joker is little darker especially crazed when you see what him and doll man come up with at the end , won't bomb you with spoiler's like i did with avengers up there , but the plot was the crux of the problem , ths relaunch didn't feel drastic no origin story the bat-man is who he is, little more of a vigilante feel which i think is an improvement, the art was spot on so a good first impression for my first read of the 52 , now lets see how swamp thing and super-man hold up.