MOTW 6-16-10: I have allergies, you know

TexiKen

Pet Avengers #4 gets serious:

The girl is actually sleeping and it's a dream world where kids have their imaginationland, but the little girl is actually growing up and lashing out at her childhood friends. It's actually very very well written and touching.

And while it was a good ending to a good mini, the special coming out next month should be epic:



Puppy Lockjaw!!!!!!

WiseManTobes

Ok, so I grabbed some single issues of Pet Avengers, and now that I know there's TWO mini's I'm less confused, I had 1 and 2 of the first mini I guess, then 3 of the other then 4 of the first again ( confused the hell outta me when thanos came outta no where, then was gone the next issue rofl)

AspectVoid

My MotW was my copy of the Darkness Compendium arriving. It has issues 1-40 + some other issues of The Darkness in a nice, hard back book. Working my way through it has been sucking up my nights this week. It's been great.

desc

Oh god pupjaw squeal

Motw was the fun clone nonsense of x factor forever with delicious overwrought dialogue.

Munch

Man, Darkwing Duck #1 was soul-crushing. The story picks up with Darkwing having been retired for a year, with every citizen of St. Canard now employed by a single, faceless corporation called Quackwerks, including one of DW's old nemeses. DW's faithful sidekick Launchpad is in seclusion, and his daughter Gosalyn is at a private school designed to deal with her behavioral problems. And with Quackwerks' Crimebots patrolling the city, Darkwing Duck has been reduced to mild-mannered Drake Mallard. Just another cog in the corporate machine.

Later..


I don't know what's more sad. That first panel of Darkwing, or the fact that Launchpad's still spending his days polishing up the Duckplane, a year after his partner retired.

Really, I don't usually go for grim updates on old childhood cartoons, but this straddles the line nicely. It's a bit like The Incredibles; the reader meets Darkwing at a low point, with his whole world having become boring and sterilized, and sets up the protagonist to make a major comeback, and return to form. If you were at all a fan of the old cartoon, I'd highly recommend it.

DarkWarrior

I thought Deadpool MWAM continued to be decent though they are starting to make the M.Zombies look like chumps.

Munch

Deadpool MWAM #12

Hah! Fuck you, Doug.

Later, there's also a pretty good metahumor gag where Deadpool turns the Absorbing Man into toilet paper.

Despite kind of slagging on Sean McKeever in the bitching thread, I did like this page from Age of Heroes.

The story's kind of a nod to Spider-Man No More, Must There Be a Superman, etc. Basically, Gravity's had a shitty time lately, so he's ready to hang up his superhero costume for good. On the way to New York, he spots teenage supervillain Warhead blowing up parts of Cleveland, and beats him up.


Aside from being a nice sentiment, and a good character moment, the last panel's also a nice visual homage to the cover of the first Gravity mini-series.

I was pretty disappointed with Atlas #1, but Atlas #2? Oh yeah, that's the shit.

3-D Man, you're never not terrible, are you?

The issue also has Mr. Lao becoming smitten by a certain siren, and the Nordic branch of Atlas using technology to control what I suspect are Atlas-Era Monsters.

DarkWarrior

God, is he gone by the end of hte issue?

Munch

3-D Man actually does some useful stuff later.

Really, despite how lame his powers sound, they should be cool. It's stated that he's 3x as strong/fast/etc. as a man at peak physical capability. So on paper, he's Captain America x3. Unfortunately, I don't know how well that works on the comic page. He's strong, but nowhere near as strong as Namora, or even Gorilla Man. So you can't have him doing crazy feats of strength. He's fast, but he's not Quicksilver. He's tough, but he's not M-11. He can't shoot beams out of his eyes, he doesn't carry a shield, a gun, or any other accessory. Outside of his vision powers, which aren't really a visual power, he doesn't have much going for him. So he's just kind of boring to watch.

This is actually addressed later in the issue, where Jimmy tells him that he feels the same way, but can still be the most useful member of the group under the right conditions. So I'm sure Parker's going to set him up to save the team's asses at some point. To me, it seems like he's going to end up tied into that weird dimension that the team traversed in Vol. 2, but I could be wrong. It's been a while since I read those issues.

DouglasDanger

Made it to the store this week. Today actually. I had Punisher 16 and 17, King City 8 and Orc Stain 3. I'm missing KC 7 and OS 2. I did skim both of the issues I did get, and things look awesome as hell.

Punisher, man this is good stuff. Totally awesome. The fight with Hellsgaard was some kickass metal stuff. And issue 17 sees Frank healing from that brawl, chatting a bit with his helper Henry, and visiting his family. A recent enemy tries to kill him at his family's gravesite, so Frank decides it is time to go after the those who tried to take the bounty on him.

TexiKen

desc wrote: »

Oh god pupjaw squeal

Motw was the fun clone nonsense of x factor forever with delicious overwrought dialogue.

My LCS didn't get any copies of XFF, what was Simonson's take on mutants that was hinted at the end of issue #3 by Apocalypse? They can't have kids unless someone like Sinister messes with their genes?

edit: and looking at most of the stuff this week, a lot of comics were darker than normal. Even Pet Avengers got dark. DC of course does it on purpose but other things like ASM and Darkwing Duck, bad week to be happy.

desc

TexiKen wrote: »

My LCS didn't get any copies of XFF, what was Simonson's take on mutants that was hinted at the end of issue #3 by Apocalypse? They can't have kids unless someone like Sinister messes with their genes?

The core thing Apocalypse is on about is his desire to study the

viability of mutant-mutant offspring, because there's a mysterious lack of children given the various mutants. So yeah, you pretty much guessed it. The issue mostly serves to set up #5 as the finale with Apocalypse's genetic tinkering and Sinister's being at cross purposes. Caliban actually explains most of what's going on to X-Factor (Apocalypse runs off with the baby), so he lays it on everyone about the various questions -- what's the deal with the kid, why aren't there mutant-mutant offspring running around everywhere, is Sinister involved or not, and I guess we will get our answers and the final brawl next issue.

DouglasDanger

Punisher 17 is so damn awesome. It sounds lol neo-90s talking about it, but if you read it, it is so awesome.

He rides a damn motorcycle to pay respects to his family's graves, while carrying the Bloodstone in his chest, wearing a new skull t-shirt and a trenchcoat. Oh, and ninja goons jump him and he has a goddamned arsenal under his coat. It is glorious

Kris_xK

New Avengers was pretty awesome, but this part made me laugh out loud:

CONTEXT: Luke Cage is trying to convince The Thing to join his Avengers.

The Lovely Bastard

ugh that dialogue

ugh

Kris_xK

Too awesome for you to handle TLB?

Antimatter

Kris_xK wrote: »

Too awesome for you to handle TLB?

too meta

Calamity Jane

there were better New Avengers wolverine jokes

"maybe it'll grow back bigger" was a good one

ZenTellah

New Mutants 14: "I gotta be honest, old man. I'm starting to worry about the other one."

Furu

Yeah, really enjoyed New Mutants #14 all around.

Even if Rockslide was only in two panels.

kfrooster

Is anyone following the Black Widow ongoing? Issue 3 came out last week and it was pretty cool. Acuna does awesome art as usual.

desc

kfrooster wrote: »

Is anyone following the Black Widow ongoing? Issue 3 came out last week and it was pretty cool. Acuna does awesome art as usual.

I've been following it so far. Seems decent, mostly grabbed it for that Acuna art. Having said that, street level / espionage Marvel is sometimes the best Marvel so I am curious to see where this goes.