Avengers Arena #1 Review "Worse Things" Teenage super heroes have teenage super hero sized problems these days. Stripped from the Avangers Academy, impressionable young teens must murder all of their peers in order to survive a madman's psychotic fantasy. Avengers Arena is supposed to be the Marvel version of Battle Royale meets Hunger Games. Fortunately, it sits … [Read more...]
Wanted: Cable and X-Force
Cable and X-Force #1 Review "Wanted" This week Marvel NOW! brings you an X-Force book, and to not get it confused with January's Uncanny X-Force, they added Cable to the title. Pretty sneaky them guys there. If you've been reading Marvel at all, you know there was some kind of battle royale between the Avengers and X-Men, some girl named Hope tried to contain the … [Read more...]
Avengers Wake the World
Avengers #1 Review "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" "Avengers World" "Wake the World" Have you ever felt like you just have to try? You don't want to fail, but you know deep down you have no choice but to fail. The Avengers are "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" and they're going against a power much greater than anything they've ever seen before. Earth has been attacked, well, if making … [Read more...]
Thunderbolts Enlisted!
Thunderbolts #1 "Enlisted" You remember the original Thunderbolts? It seems so long ago when a rag tag bunch of villains got it in their heads to fool the entire universe into thinking they were the good guys. Then things dragged along, they got "real" talent, and then were not Thunderbolts but Dark Avengers, and confusing what-nots like that. Well it appears that Marvel … [Read more...]
Marvel NOW!’s FF #1 is Not a New Fantastic Four…Technically
FF #1 Review "Parts of a Hole" Contrary to my popular belief, FF is not a new Fantastic Four from Marvel NOW!. It's in fact Reed's school for brilliant minds called the Future Foundation, not to be confused with Jean Grey School of Higher Learning. If you read the latest Fantastic Four #1, you'd know that Reed is falling apart from carcinomic growth, and if I wasn't lazy … [Read more...]
Captain America Saves Babies NOW!
Captain America #1 Review "Saga of Dimension Z" Marvel NOW! has been mixing it up throughout the Marvel Universe, super heroes teams not only getting new members, but also getting new creative teams as well. Well, Captain America is taking it one step further, he's changing his dimension. In a strange turn of events involving a one way subway trip to an alternate … [Read more...]
Thor. Greatest God EVAR!!!
Thor #1 Review "A World Without Gods" Thor had a good run last year, in my opinion anyways, but with Marvel NOW! shaking things up, the now series with the newest creative team is underway. Thor is starting a five part series meekly titled, The God Butcher. The first book amply named "A World Without Gods" explains the rest for you. Thor, who doesn't have enough nice … [Read more...]