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Top Comic Reads from a Comic Amateur . Top Story - August 2018.
I have been reading comics almost religiously for a month now. Compared to my 19 years of life, one month seems minuscule, and it is, but the last 31 days have provided me with 31 opportunities to bury myself in illustration and just get lost for a while.
By hannah irelan8 years ago in Geeks
Road to the X-Men/Inhuman War (Part 1)
In this post, we are going to be going over the first issue of Death of X by Jeff Lemire and Charles Soule, which is awesome because I love both of their writing. Death of X is a four-issue mini-series that leads up to the crossover event called Inhumans vs. X-Men where Mutants and Inhumans go to war with each other. After DoX and IvX, we go into X-Men Prime and Inhumans Prime, which re-shapes the Inhuman/X-Men status quo in the Marvel Universe.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Summary and Review of 'The Sentry #1'
Some people consider The Sentry to be Marvel's Superman, but I feel like he is more comparable to Shazam from DC Comics. I know next to nothing about the Sentry but I do know enough to give you a basic rundown of who his character is and some other supporting characters in The Sentry's mythos. Instead of going over a brief or recent history of the character, I think I know little enough about him that I can The Sentry's origin as we go through the first issue.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Profile Update: August 2018
Just a fairly quick post about updates with my profile. I've decided to take a step back and go over the everything that was part of the ResurrXion event that began in March of 2017 and follow all of the titles that spun off from this event. Meaning that I will be going through X-Men Prime, X-Men Gold, Generation X, and more. But this also means that I'm going to go over some of the Inhumans titles, and if I am being honest, after the Death of X and X-Men vs. Inhumans storylines, I really do not like the Inhumans. So hopefully, the writers working on these titles do interesting things with the characters. Essentially, the ResurrXion event was supposed to explain and re-establish the status quo of the Inhumans and X-Men in the Marvel Universe. The first two titles spinning out of this are X-Men Prime and Inhumans Prime. Of course, first I will be going over the Death of X, more specifically, the first issue. The reason that I'm going to be going over the Death of X storyline is because it is the prelude to X-Men vs. Inhumans. And X-Men Vs. Inhumans is the prelude to the ResurrXion event.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Multiple Man and His Multiple Men!
I've never taken the time to get to know who Multiple Man is in the Marvel Universe, so I thought I would give this title by Matt Rosenberg a shot—and man is this title hilarious. From my experience, many solo titles involving smaller characters just don't work for some reason. It could be that the writers do not know what to do with the character or how to write them. The only other solo title that I'm thinking of checking out is the Sentry run by Jeff Lemire. Mostly because it's Jeff Lemire and he has written so awesome stories like the first 25 issues of the current Old Man Logan story line. I really recommend that you check out that Old Man Logan run and the first two issues of Multiple Man, which are out now.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
The Fate of the Fantastic Four (Part 1)
Gearing up for the return of the Fantastic Four in Marvel Comics in August, we are going to be going over Marvel 2-in-One: The Human Torch and The Thing byChip Zdarsky. What this title is supposed to do is show us what the remaining members of the Fantastic Four, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, are up to in the comics and where they've been. Right now, the Fantastic Four is broken up because Reed Richards, Sue Storm and their children, Franklin and Valeria have gone missing somewhere inside the universe and are presumed dead. With a majority of the Fantastic Family gone, Benn Grimm and Johnny Storm are left together, but due to the pain that Johnny feels for losing his sister, his brother-in-law, his niece and nephew, he leaves Ben Grimm to handle the affairs of Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards).
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
A Review of 'Weapon X #1-20'
I've managed to catch up to Greg Pak's run on Weapon X that features the Batch H storyline and a crossover with Totally Awesome Hulk, which is also written by Greg Pak. Many fans seem to not like Pak's take on some of the characters like Sabretooth. Many felt that Sabretooth was acting out of character. I felt that the first two to three story arcs were not my favorite, but I did enjoy reading them nonetheless. The Weapon X team consists of Old Man Logan, Sabretooth (Victor Creed), Warpath (James Proudstar), Lady Deathstrike, and Domino. Having Old Man Logan, who we will now refer to as Logan, on a team with Sabretooth (basically his arch-nemesis) and Lady Deathstrike (another one of Wolverine's prominent villains) is a dream come true for me. The roster is definitely what caught my attention in the first place. I will be honest, I like Greg Pak's writing style, but I felt that it didn't match the story. It could be that Pak has written the Hulk or Hulk-related titles over the last few years and didn't really know how to write the characters in Weapon X? I do, however, feel as the title reached its more recent issues, it began to improve quite a lot. Another factor that kept me reading was the possible chaos that would result from the story.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
The Champions: The Comic Heroes We Need
At first, I thought that Marvel's: The Champions was a team that mirrored the Teen Titans, or at least the current iteration of the Teen Titans in DC Rebirth, but now I realize that they are very different in terms of the function that each team plays in their respective publication universes. A quick reminder that when I discuss the Teen Titans I am talking about the DC Rebirth team lead by Damian Wayne, Batman's son and current Robin.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
What the Worlds of DC Can Learn from the Hard Traveling Heroes
The newly christened Worlds of DC are in desperate need of a refocus. Since 2013, the Worlds of DC have released five movies (The Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, and Justice League), all of which, for reasons unknown to me, feature a climactic third act battle that determines the fate of world. Granted, properties like Superman and Justice League almost demand a story with potentially world-ending ramifications. Others, like Batman, Suicide Squad, and even Wonder Woman don’t (and in the Suicide Squad’s case, shouldn’t).
By Zack Krafsig8 years ago in Geeks
Remember That Time Luke Cage and Iron Fist Teamed Up With Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is one of the most popular science-fiction properties of all time. The show has been on television since 1963 and has legions of fans dedicated to it. In 1982, Marvel saw Doctor Who’s popularity and decided to try and replicate it on the pages of Power Man and Iron Fist #79. This comic opens to our titular characters, Power Man (Luke Cage) and Iron Fist (Danny Rand), admiring a set of robot props, called Dredlox back stage at an old theater. Luke and Danny then have a conversation with their actor friend Bob Diamond, who’s acting in the play The Day of The Dredlox as the lead, Professor Justin Alphonse “J.A.” Gamble. After leaving for an afterparty, a disgruntled janitor at the theater disappears in a blinding flash of light. The next day, after a training session with Danny, Bob confides in the Heroes for Hire that there have been several disappearances at the theater and hires them to investigate. After a day of investigating, Bob calls Danny in a panic and disappears while talking to him. The Heroes for Hire go to find Bob, and are attacked by the Dredlox, seemingly having come to life. Escaping, Luke and Danny take refuge in a small old bookstore (that’s bigger on the inside), where they meet a man claiming to be the real Professor J.A. Gamble.
By Zack Krafsig8 years ago in Geeks
