This week saw the return of the Punisher, a couple of disappointing issues, and a surprise when I caught up with an issue I missed from the previous week.
Punisher # 1
Glad to see Frank Castle return to the Marvel U, but this issue is the most confusing comic I have read since Final Crisis. There is very little dialogue, and the art makes the characters look similar, specifically a street punk and a detective. For a "return to the Marvel U" story, there is very little of the Punisher in the entire issue. He shows up on the last pages to take out a group that had shot up a wedding.
Rating: Good start, but bring in the tittle character
Iron Man 2.0 # 7.1
Still love this series, but what the fuck Marvel. Issue 7 claimed 7.1 would wrap up the Palmer Addley story and 8 would begin a new story. Turns out, 7.1 doesn't progress the story, and the arc will be continuing into issue 8. It really seems like Marvel doesn't even know what to do with this series, it has been all over the place.
Rating: Good, but needs direction
X-Factor #223
Peter David is amazing. This issue beings the story of Rahne's unborn child closer to being finished. David has been writing this series for a few years now and has definitely made the characters his own.
Rating: Great
X-23 # 13
Laura and Gambit are in New York looking for some kid that she refused to kill years ago. While Laura is out looking for the kid, she sees a guy with a familiar symbol on his forehead and red eyes. She helps Spider-Man deal with some emergencies. The symbol shows up in the sky and both she and Spider-man recognize it for some reason yet to be revealed.
Rating: Good
Wolverine # 13
Two things, 1.) Get to the point already, 2.) Good way to leave the ending as a cliffhanger. I say get to the ending because, dear lord the story has not focused on the tittle character in at least the past 3 issues.
Rating: Just wait for the next one
Venom # 5
I am actually a week behind on this issue as somehow Diamond managed to screw up my local comic book store's order. Still looking for a copy of X-Men Schism # 2. This issue was very heartfelt and shows a side of Flash Thompson no one ever knew. The issue traces his life back to when he was a young boy and his alcoholic father beat him and never showed him any praise. His father quit drinking and was sober for 2 years when Flash joined the army. He found out a year ago that he was dying from siroccos of the liver and decided if he was going to die, he might as well drink. Flash wants nothing to do with him, be eventually goes to find him after his mother begs him to. Flash's dad passes out at the police station he was at and when he wakes up in the hospital, Flash just leaves without saying anything to him. The last page has four panels with no text of him in the parking lot with his girlfriend Betty Brant and he falls out of his chair into her arms crying. He doesn't get any time to grieve as he immediately receives a call and has to return to base for a mission.
Rating: Amazing and heartfelt
Thunderbolts # 161
The entire Thunderbolts Fear Itself tie-in has been horrible. I haven't been able to finish one of these since they began tying-in to the event.
Rating: Wait for Fear Itself to be over, or at least the return of Luke Cage
Moon Knight # 4
I can't help but agree with what is said in this issue, Moon Knight is a third string Avenger. That doesn't mean this series isn't worth reading though. The fact that there is very little story development doesn't help any. Bendis is a great writer, but reading this series I can't help but wonder if he has spread himself too thin.
Rating: Good, but could use more story development
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