As I am writing this, I have just returned from watching the Captain America movie. Overall the movie was very enjoyable, but not very good. There is very little action for a movie about fighting the Red Skull. The montage in the middle of Cap and his team attacking Hydra bases defiantly did not help. I did like the use of the bastardization of the character to sell war bonds, but can't help but ask if it needed to be in the movie at all. It lends nothing to the plot or character and only serves to waste time and make Cap seem gullible. Bucky gets "killed off" at one point in the movie and we later get a scene with Cap in a burnt out bar (guess the Germans attacked while they were away) and him talking about how he can't get drunk because of the super solider serum. That is about as much sorrow the movie gives to show that Cap has lost his best friend. Fans of the series know Bucky returns as the Winter Solider, but still you would think they'd let Cap shed a tear for his lost friend. I do love the use of Dum Dum Dugan and Nick Fury (even if they don't want to use their names to let other people know "Oh, hey, that's that guy". Anyway, on with the comic reviews.
Daredevil # 1
I'm glad to see Matt Murdock return to the mainstream, although I think he should have taken his book back from Black Panther. Either way, Mark Waid does an amazing job with this character. It is all but public knowledge that Murdock is Daredevil, and he has to deal with the consequences. He and Foggy Nelson are back in business, even though in Black Panther Foggy is getting disbarred again. Murdock has to deal with a new A.D.A. who doesn't want to have Murdock as an attorney with his reputation as Daredevil. Then he goes out to find information for his client and gets attacked presumably by Captain America as his shield is seen on the last page.
Rating: Off to a great start
Avengers # 15
I don't think I am just speaking for myself when I say if you are going to tie-in Avengers to a big event like Fear Itself, I want to see some action. I really don't want issue after issue of people standing around talking. On top of that, the art is the worst I have seen since I was in preschool.
Rating: Worst of this week
Uncanny X-Men # 541
This is what a tie-in should be. The X-Men have to stop the Juggernaut who is rampaging towards San Fransisco. Not only that, but he has been empowered by one of the Hammers from the Serpent. They manage to get his helmet off and try to attack his mind, but he fights back and tries to turn Cyclops and the mayor of San Fransisco against each other. I just hate that this series is going on hiatus because of Schism.
Rating: Uncannily good (see what I did there)
X-Factor # 222
Peter David is one of my favorite comic book writers of all time. He has really taken X-Factor and made the characters his own. I regret that I didn't start reading this series until Second Coming. I don't know all of the characters, but David does a good job of developing everyone on the team. I would like to see more on what happened to Darwin after he beat death (because he came into contact with Hela).
Rating: Peter David doesn't write bad comics
Generation Hope # 9
This story is most likely what would happen if mutants were real. As he and his friends are joking about mutants, a young boy's mutation triggers and his friend films it and posts it on the internet. The boy kills himself before Hope and her team can show up to help him. Zero (cause I can't remember his name) returns a month later intent on killing the boy that had filmed the event. Wolverine talks him out of it and they leave the boy to live with his guilt.
Rating: Good, but the series needs to find direction
X-Men # 15
This issue wraps up the high evolutionary arc. For a series that has seen a war with vampires, this arc still falls in the mediocre category and that is hard for me to even say with Chris Yost writing. The parallel between what would be considered the present and the First Class era is done real well. The story is real good, but I can't help but wonder "what has kept this enemy away for so long, and why has he returned now".
Rating: Good, but should be better
Hulk # 37
The Red Hulk was a great character when no one knew who he was. The thing that makes him a character worth reading makes it impossible for him to have his own series, the Hulk. Unless something happens that makes this an interesting character again, I am done with this series. This would be my worst of the week, but I expect more from a title like the Avengers so it got worst pick.
Rating: Not even worth rating
Invincible Iron Man # 506
Tony Stark sacrifices his sobriety to get Odin to help him. Odin takes him to the forge where Mjolnir was built to design weapons to combat the Serpent. Stark stays drunk for the whole issue and begins justifying his drinking. Meanwhile, Pepper Potts in the Rescue armor goes to Paris to try and help and comes into conflict with armored troops sent bu Hammer Ind. This is a good issue, but the use of Nordic runes in place of words gets incredibly annoying.
Rating: #$%^& (good)
Iron Man 2.0 # 7
I love this series. I have always been a fan of War Machine. Ever wonder who would win War Machine v Iron Fist? Iron Fist would totally kill him, but as he is possessed by some external force and Roddie gets help from Dr Strange, War Machine wins. The issue serves as a Fear Itself tie-in, but has almost nothing to do with it other than moping up what happened in the last issue. The immortals seal the hell gate after War Machine defeats Iron Fist. Apparently the next issue, 7.1, will see the end of the Palmer Addley arc that was never finished and issue 8 starts a new arc.
Rating: Good issue in a great series but they need to start and stop arcs rather than blend them together
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