Something Different

Veering off the course of the big two spandex, after i started reading the first volume of the Hack n Slash Omnibus. I enjoyed and plan to read the other two volumes , the evil ernie crossover issue , was an un-needed side step and while the content can and will be covered in my horror blog , the art differed from issue to issue the evil ernie inks the weakest and some of art is outstanding above and beyond most of the stuff going on in the big two.
The tone is very buffy, granted cassie hack is more of an anti-hero , in the fact she is a misanthrope where buffy wants to blend in and have a normal life, she lacks buffy's powers, though her mother was a slasher an undead killer like jason vorhees, the 3rd wall often comes down and the book winks at it self not unlike the sensational she -hulk book.
the t& a is defiantly a tease , but i guess most books of this ilk are , and i am over half way into the first omnibus, but it could change though i don't see major boobage in it's future. i know there are impending cross over's with bomb queen coming up another teaser
i will have to keep a closer eye peeled on images other titles as epoch looks worth reading as well... and check out my horror blog where i will discussing the medium of comics in horror

Hulk and such

OK , getting back on track with my pulls , The Hulk has started to eclipse the incredible title, jeff parker used his noggin and relaxed to write an issue which the number i don't have on me i will come back and edit it in but it has a zzzakk hulk on the front , it was very fun read hearkened back to the days of the 80's hulk, remember back when it was just a fun title to read - sure peter david had his moments, but got too much into the path which ang lee took of the self help hulk
anyway ross is starting to feel more like his own person here .
the hulk annual that is a cross over with the spider-man and dead pool annuals was some alternate universe gobbly gook worthy of sucking an egg like it was written for legion of super heroes and waste of money.
i was very impressed with uncanny x-man 439- shame they are switching writers for schism , or the x-civil war - all the x's are going to live in text as they are hyping it as some thing that is going to change the x landscape - whatev- the art was iffy on uncanny but writing stellar even if it just boiled it down to hope and wolverine

summer simmer

have comics to pick up this week , but from solicitations thus far , the only thing to get excited about are fights two of them to be exact. I'm a sucker for hero on hero brawls , we have a Thor Vs Surfer, fight coming up in Thor. One thing about fear itself is i think it's making it evident how Matt Fraction works on build with little pay off , so we will see if the song remains the same in the pages of Thor, really all we have seen on the surfer 's end is he was able to catch one of Thor's Blows and his main offense is doing a board boomerang , so it that's how he is being written Thor should mop the moon with him.
Then a Hulk vs Thor vs Thing, these guys are amped up by the secret Skull or Skaadi or whatever they are calling her , unimpressed thus far would be my nick name for her. The Red Hulk amped Thing beat down , was bleh... the fear hammer or worthy hammer have powers that are un-defined so it sets up bad writing as they can do pretty much whatever you want them to do , now even Thor's hammer has certain definable properties and abilities that way you the character's boundaries developing your mythology .
but no such luck would have taken too much thought that is being wasted elsewhere

Holy Hal Jordan

I saw Green Lantern , we know by now it lost 66 percent of it's box office in the 2nd weekend , word of mouth travels fast, i literally thought i was watching a throw back to the eighties, like dark-man or buckaroo bonzai, i thought it would be more along the lines of tron legacy, but know most of the ring constructs seemed like something from the mask, the race track ....uh come on, the entire movie was telegraphed a mile away, it was entertaining fluff and i watched it just like i would watch a cartoon, it's out to strictly sell action figures, if you were offended by the pre-quel star wars you know episode 1 through 3 then skip it and hold your breath for captain america

Summer books

Ok here's an update on the past few weeks , books, the Hulk title concluded its planter red hulk arch, it was ok nothing great liked the art,
the Avengers now deep into fear itself, red hulk takes on thing who is amped up by the serpent, this story is going to be retread in the next issue of hulk, the avengers tower gets destroyed and red hulk puts up a pretty good fight against the now god like thing who can now fly and shoot blast of some untold form of energy which i am guessing never gets explained , i like the big fight , the avenger narrative section was good for one issue already it could have been left out
next up the 2nd part of the heart of a monster story - in incredible hulks, the art is great the story is silly , maybe pak should go write for dc , as it all action with magic and the silly wish fountain the only explanation the jumble, the giant versions of wendigo and bi beast, what's the point ?
next mighty thor 3- the best of the bunch , finally some pay off to these boring builds fraction was doing , thor vs surfer, very breif but a well thought of fight respecting every one's mythology, the best part of the book is the banter between volstagg and a Oklahoma preacher, where Volstagg tell hims Jesus is really nothing special the wholes resurrection thing has been done before , glad marvel had the balls to print that , we get a naked sif and the gods suiting up to throw down with galactus what more do you need, the art is most improved please keep this artist its what the book needs , look forward to the next issue

marvel 52

comic book resources asked what 52 marvel titles would i pick if they were doing a dc reboot so here are mine with more of an explanation when needed
1-the Incredible Hulk
2-the Mighty Thor
3-West Coast Avengers-Mocking Bird, Tigra, Wonder-man, Shroud, Spider-Woman, War-machine -reality tv show about being an Avenger
4-Web of Spider-man- darker than amazing
5-the Avengers -Thor,Capt America, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Vision
6-Alpha Flight- Northstar, Puck, Vindicator, Snowbird, Shaman, Sasquatch, Wild Child
7-Tomb Of Dracula
8-Were-wolf By Night
9-Fantastic Four- reed , sue, ben, Johnny
10- Sensational She – Hulk- more serious than past incarnations
11-Dark Avengers -norman, moonstone, daken, bullseye, loki, Venom
operating underground
12-Uncanny X-men- logan, storm, cyclops, Emma, Ice-man, colossus
13-the Defenders – dr strange, Valkyrie, Moondragon, Luke Cage, Son of Satan,
handling supernatural and inner dimensions
14-Invincible Iron-man
15-X-Force- daken, mystique, dark beast, angel, deadpool
almost like the thunder bolts for x-men - less covert than the old one , they are trying not to kill but doesn't mean they succeed
16-Wolverine
17-Thunder-Bolts- constrictor , songbird, mr. hyde, diamond lil, the hood ,madame masque- hood tries to get the team to relapse into villany
118-Dr. Strange
19-Ms. Marvel
20-Punisher
21-Venom
22-Power -pack
23-Captain America
22-Marvel -Team Up
23-New Mutants -Cannonball, Longshot, Rockslide, X-23, Magma, Hope
24-Rampaging Hulk
25- Man-thing
26-Dare-devil the man without fear
27- Champions – Hercules, Black widow, Dazzler, Iron-fist , black knight, brother voo-doo
handle supernatural stuff for the sheild more conspiracy oriented
28-Namor
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29-Kazar and the savage land
30- Project Annihilation -Sliver-surfer, Beta-ray Bill, Nova, Adam Warlock, Agent Brand
31-Sentry- returns from the dead, to fight the void in his mind
32-Brother-hood of evil Mutants- Magneto, Rogue, Juggernaut, Quick-sliver, Pyro, Toad
33-Black -Cat
34-Gamma Corps- original line-up plus Lyra- tracking down red- hulk and red she-hulk as well as other gamma spawns- like leader- abomination ,a-bomb
35- Warbound – the warbound plus Skaar
36-Beta-Flight- Marina, Heather Hudson, Aurora,- wendigo
the 2nd string of defense
37-Inhumans
38-Howard the Duck
39-X-factor- Beast, Kitty Pryde, Psylocke, Sunspot, Havok, Cable
40-Taskmaster
41-Rom- the space knight
the middle man in galactic wars
42-Avengers Academy
43-Gambit
44-Squadron Supreme- Hyperion , Whizzer, Nuke, Lady Lark , Power Princess,
Amphibian, Nighthawk
try to find their place in europe
45-Hulk-red
46-Marvel two in one
47-Nick Fury -agent of shield
48-DeadPool
50-the Horror of Frankenstein
51-agents of Atlas- Namorita, Gorilla-man, Machine-man, Sliver-Sable, Paladin
52-the warriors three- tales of Asgard

don't get me started

...On this end of the incredible Hulk, we'll start with the beginning arc of the books end , which was not listed in the sept solicits, though Hulk vs Dracula was. Incredible Hulks 630, this heart of the monster arc starts off with Betty Hulk still running around with Tyrannus, an agent or head of aim who was banner's girlfriend back in the 80's creates a wishing well- one of the more stupid ideas ,and betty drinks from it and starts making monsters and summons the wendigo and bi-beast , though i like bi beast from the 70's hulk years , he isn't the most threatening villain to summon, oh yeah Trauma and some s&m chick are in the back ground along with fing fang foom, it's an ok all around effort the art being better than the story , next Hulk 34 , i was skeptical of this planet red hulk , but its not bad , the art is great and the story though we have seen it before it's only two issues so it a more hurried run through, there's no war bound , looks like it's only going to be king for a day with Rulk, are we still calling him that or ross , hulk, saw he is also going to be in the avenging spider man title , which is overkill , looks like marvel team up with a different avenger , well since every hero in the mu is an avnger these days i guess it is like marvel team -up, which was one of my favorite 80's spidey books, i liked web of spider man -
i was a book short so i got journey into mystery 624 , it was ok still not as fan of this art , very dulled colors , it was just blah