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Also, did anyone else notice they seem to completely skip any mention of Moira's sixth life? In the course of the actual story, they go from her fifth life, which ended when the mutant city she and Xavier had created was attacked by sentinels, to her seventh life hunting Trasks. Then in the timeline summary at the end of the book, they don't show life six.
Now I'm curious how that life is going to come back and bite them on the ass.
I'm pretty sure the Sixth life of Moira's will come back to play down the road.
Also yes, I think Destiny MIGHT be more powerful in terms of her pre-cog ability seems not only very accurate, but at the same time deeply focused at times. We'll see if that stick. Not sure I'm ready to call her an Omega JUST yet...but we'll see.
As for Daredevil, the arc itself improved simply by having Matt talk to Reed like they were ordinary people. It was not only extraordinary poignant but simply great character work. I agree with the whole "Matt find someone else!"
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The new Powers of X was....interesting.
Year 10 - I hadn't been aware of a Mother Mold. Not sure if it's new , or somthing from the last few years. Either way, that whole "produces Master Molds" is scary considering how much trouble the original one gave them.
Year 100 and Apocalypse is calling the shots. I look forward to the potential knock-down, drag-out between him and Nimrod.
Year 1000 - sounds like they want the whole earth to be assimilated into the Phalanx. That's kind of weirdly cool. It reminds me of the What If story they did regarding the Evolutionary War. In the What If, the High Evolutionary succeeds in detonating his evolution bomb, which causes mutants to merge into a group mind.
Powers of X #2 was indeed interesting. Mostly because I felt like we got better background on Year 100 and Year 1000...sort of.
I think the assimilation is just so that humans and mutants alike can be one. Instead of you know, two.
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Damn! That Powers of X #3 was pretty f*$~ing cool. The whole 100 year time period was actually the 9th life of Moira, when she allied herself with Apocalypse. Nice twist.
The only thing I think was a little off is some of the timing. Specifically, the spalsh page of Moira's timeline shows Nimrod coming online in Year 50. This was a information they were looking for in the raid, which they got to Moira before Wolverine/War ended her. I don't see how that information is doing them any good in life ten, however, since it shows House of X starting in year 52.
Still, all in all the story is getting really good.
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A-zombie,
Yeah really what I liked was the grafts AND of course the revelation that this was Life 9 of Moira's. I think the info is useful because even though it took 52 years, the X-men and the rest were still working out the kinks before the crap hit the fan.
Truly what I love most about this entire project has been the world building going on along side the fact Hickman is using a LOT of his previous work to build off what already happened in X-men lore too.
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Superman can breath underwater?
Still not a big fan of what they're doing with Arno Stark. I liked it better when he was a future Iron Man. The whole AI rights thing is a very interesting story angle, but I hope they don't drag this Ultron story line on for another 15 issues. I won't hold my breath for that, though, since I don't think the writer is capable of anything shorter.
The Death's Head series continues to be cool. I'm not overly familiar with many of the characters, including the title one. I was at least aware of DH, and he always looked cool.
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The current Dardevil story is dragging a bit, but it's still interesting. Different art from last issue, but good. Reminded me of David Mazzucchelli's art in the Batman: Year One story.
Valkyrie's fight with Bullseye was fun. I like the way they're using this All-Weapon. This series definitely has potential to not only be really good, but to really build on and expand both the Thor universe and Jane Foster character.
Marvel Comics Presents was pretty cool. The Wolverine story had been dragging, and still is, but it looks to be over next issue. The Spider-Woman story was interesting. They were really determined to explore the dangers of social media. Ouch. I'm not familiar at all with White Fox, since she came along at a time when I pretty much ignored most of what Marvel was doing. That said, she's an interesting character, delving into other cultural myths. The art and writing were decent as well.
A-zombie,
I can't speak to Superman stuff since I've mostly kept to 'main' stories at this point with the exception being Batman Beyond of course.
With regards to Ultr-Pym, I think that Dan Slott (and possible Jim Zub but not sure) are trying to undo Rage of Ultron in some way...but I could be wrong. What I liked is the fact Ultron is totally messing with the core Avengers...at least to the ones that have had a long standing relationship with; Vision, Simon, Janet and in some ways Tony now.
Death's Head, for me, is kind of not a love letter for Young Avengers so much as...this might eventually turn into Space Young Avengers maybe. I dunno.
I do think that Apocalypse versus Nimrod should have been more epic...but it was serviceable for the story considerations.
Jane's role as Valkyire is pretty interesting but I also think I've figured out who hired Bullseye; Morgan Le Fay and Doom's daughter, Caroline. But regarding the All Weapon, it's clear that it is way more multi-purpose than even I think anyone thought. Perhaps even Jane.
Daredevil's arc has been up and down....but this last issue was an upswing. We'll see if it stays that way.
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Just for s&$&s and giggles, I picked up a copy of Marvel Comics #1000. It was decent. Proof, at the least, the lost art of telling as short a story as possible isn't so lost after all.
So there was an overarching story, involving the Enternity Mask, the Enclave, and Korvac. The rest seemed to be very randomly picked, except for some of the earliest stuff.
Some of my favorite pages in the book were:
The Last Word, a Hulk story by Alex Ross. Just seeing his art is a joy.
The Iron Man page by Walt Simonson. Because...Simonson.
We're Calling Him Ben, Spider-man story by Brad Meltzer. Awesome story, decent art.
Bloodbath, Wolverine & Puisher by Jason Aaron. The idea of Logan relaxing with a bath bomb is f~%*ing hilarious.
The Route, Spider-Man story by Donny Cates. Very cool story. Chilling in way.
What Do You Regret? by J. Michael Straczynski. Another really cool one.
And then there were a handful of stories (maybe 3) I started to read, then stopped and moved on, because they were piss poorly written. Evidence, perhaps, that not everyone they picked to write for this book is capable of doing something coherent in a single page.
The In Memoriam page was really sad. Sucks to see so much lost talent.
Marvel 1000 was pretty good but not sure I liked the ones you did. But I will agree that the Hulk One and the Route for Spidey was good. I also liked the MJ one (not her evolving personality just her and Gwen)
The Eternity Mask though was a cool run through mostly because I liked Agents of Atlas and I got that. :) We'll see if that ties into later stories.
I'm pretty sure the guy that died wasn't Machinesmith. It might have been a cousin though...But yeah House of X is growing and I can't wait to see what's next. Also Emma was fing brilliant.
I wasn't THAT impressed but I was glad to see Cumberbatch Strange show up for an issue.
I'm honestly not sure Tomasi has had a good story in him for a while now...but that's just me.
And yes, the old flash is Barry because he bears a STRONG resemblance to a Future Barry that showed up in Flash Year One.
Yeah well, I got the feels from that one moreso than a few others, A-zombie.
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Picked up the new Legion of Super-Heroes thing. It was....underwhelming. Just another boring reimagining. YAWN! The more I see of Bendis, the less impressed I am. He and Didio deserve each other, but the rest of us don't.
Dooms Day Clock - I had nearly forgotten I was getting this. At this point, I just assume it's some kind of elseworlds story, not a part of any of what DC sadly calls continuitity. The might as well have included the word "crisis' somewhere in the title.
While I liked seeing Moon Knight and Ghost Rider fighting alongside Punisher, the latest issue was (not surprisingly) poorly written and disjointed.
Speaking of disjointed - this newest Batman vs Ra's al Ghul miniseries by Neal Adams. I love his art, but I think has fallen off a bit.
The new Fantastic Four story arc was cool. I like the idea of them building a near-duplicate of the original ship and going off to complete the original mission. I especially like the opening sequence, with them donating the original ship to the Smithsonian.
Most of the DC stuff was pretty underwhelming. But I will say the new arc for FF and of course Immortal Hulk are all moving ahead.
I won't discuss Doomsday Clock since it's clear it's been so far behind in its releases, it barely matters any more.
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Another single issue story in Doctor Strange. Waid is the man! And it was a very interesting story, with intriguing ramifications for the future. Although I question continuity on this one, because he's performed surgery in the past without having to go through something about fixing his hands.
The conclusion to the Deadshot/Batman fight in Detective was a bit disappointing. I don't think I like this new look they've given Deadshot. I much prefer his old look back in the Ostrander Suicide Squad days.
The current Hawkman story is still fun. I like Shade and Shadow Thief. They're also hinting at something more brutal and violent going on with Carter, so its interesting to see where they might go with that.
I don't think they know where they're going or what they're doing with this new Daredevil series. The best parts of the most recent issue were the Spider-man/Detective Cole scene, and the Owl/Kingpin scene. Everything with Murdock and the Daredevil copycats is just a confused mess.
Invisible Woman is still interesting, but I saw the "friend I'm looking for seems to be a bad guy now" angle coming from a mile away. The cover was awesome. I also like having her find new ways to use her powers, like when she disguises herself by manipulating light waves.
I'm still loving Conan the Barbarian, but I wish they'd finish up this Razazel story line. It still works well, since each issue is it's own story about his past, feeding in to the overarching narrative. It's getting a little stale, though.
The Moon Knight Annual was...fun. It was nice to see a story that didn't focus on his mental illness. First one in a good while. Still, I think him winning against Kang the Conqueror was a little forced. The art was really good. I also liked the depiction of other Moon Knights from different times.
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This latest issue of Powers of X was the weirdest one yet.
Bar Sinister was....bizarre. I find it uncharacteristic that Sinister would have so many different clones of himself. Yet it somehow also makes perfect sense.
The Sinister Secrets were....interesting.
I'm guessing #3 has something to do with Madeline Pryor.
Number 5 seems to involve Wolverine and...someone. Someone married with a kid, and maybe who also lives on the Krakoa. Can't think of who it is, but I'm a little off my game when it comes to recent X-history.
Number 7 - oh joy! More Summers.
They've been hinting at some original flavor Four Horsemen. Seems to be confirmed. I wonder if these will be new characters, someone we're already familiar with, or maybe a combo.
Doug passed on his techno-organic infection to Krakoan plants.
I liked the mention of Forge and a skunkworks. That should be fun.
I still don't know where they're going with this future Ascension and the Phalanx. I don't see the point of it all.
Before I delve into A-zombie's thoughts there's ONE wrinkle in the comics of Marvel that needs to be addressed (well more than one now that King Thor AND Loki have gone super cosmic weird) But apparently to celebrate Miles Morales of the Ultimate Universe they are now going to have him fight..HIMSELF??!! Sheesh... I mean okay it makes sense in some ways...but Spider-men II wasn't that great for me other than "Okay so that's what happened to Miles HERE!"
This issue of Strange I feel is just another way to justify how he won't be Sorcerer Surpreme in his NEXT rebooted series, A-zombie. Apparently he'll be SURGEON Supreme when it starts back up. So...there's that. (Also I felt like saying "Can't you just magic up a heal spell??)
Detective Comics was/is interesting only for the side characters, not for the character of Bruce. Which is kind of bad. But hey at least we'll see evil Nora Fries right?
The current Hawkman thing is tied into the Man who Laughs IE Dark Multiverse infected 'heroes' that apparently will be fighting against the Legion of Doom and other stuff. (Google Secret Six to see what I'm saying.)
I think the Daredevil series MIGHT see more of a "Okay look Matt can't do this any more...so he'll train some new people to ACT like Daredevil but it will be more Heroes for Hire kind of thing." I could be wrong but I agree Spidey came off as AMAZING in this issue.
I have to admit I felt a little like "Huh?! Why didn't I think of that?" when Sue showed off her manipulating light waves with her 'invisibility" stuff. But I guess that's why Valeria is smarter than me. Maybe.
I will agree that we need to resolve this Razazel arc much quicker, but at least I got to see how Conan might fight his way out of a purple worm or something like it...
I was a little puzzled by some of the aspects to this annual, but I will agree that not focusing on Moon Knight's usual "I have an illness" trope was a good thing. Especially while fighting a guy like Kang. It was forced, but at the same time, it kind of worked...sort of.
Powers of X had some mixed bag for me too, but the stuff with Doug and Krakoa was pretty awesome. As for Apocalypse FIRST/ORIGINAL Horsemen, I have a feeling this has been setup a long the ways thanks to Marvel 1000 and the editorial staff.
The Sinister Secrets are a little obtuse in places, but I think #5 involves Wolverine and possibly Jean Grey. I think. And I definitely think #3 is about Maddie.
Also should point out that after Avengers versus X-men, (I that was it), Sinister turned a bunch of people into clones of himself. So having an island of clones is still within his purview in my mind.
I have no idea what's going on with Ascension, the Phalanx and who if any of these characters are...
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Number 7 - oh joy! More Summers.
Cool. Gosh. There was Scott. Then Alex. Then Sinister hinted he might have a 'third' Summer's brother, out there, and it was floated to be Adam X-Treme, then Gambit, then Vulcan/Gabriel Summers... Gabriel at least followed the theme of mutant siblings. First kid is pretty tough (Scott/Piotr), next kid introduced is even tougher (Alex/Ilyanna), third mutant kid introduced goes right to ludicrous-speed (Gabriel/Mikhail).
If the power curve progression holds, the fourth Summer's kid should be able to eat Watchers and crap Galactus.
Scott's a brunette. Alex is a blonde. Gabriel has black hair. #4 has to be a redhead. Just 'cause.
Hopefully it's a girl. We'll call her Jean, and watch the universe explode at the implications. :)
They've been hinting at some original flavor Four Horsemen. Seems to be confirmed. I wonder if these will be new characters, someone we're already familiar with, or maybe a combo.
My favorite part of that Apocalypse movie was the couple of minutes dealing with his original Horsemen in the past, so I'm intrigued by them, at least.
Then again, I liked Abraham Lincoln Keiros/War, and he's probably my favorite Horseman of those past (including half the X-Men, it seems...), so I've got admittedly weird tastes.
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One other X-related thought that popped in my head the other day...
I came to the realization the writer's have conveniently memory-holed Lila Cheney. A celestial-scale teleport sure would have been convenient to use against a space station near the sun.
This could be written up as a "How it should have ended" youtube episode.
Cyclops: "We've developed this plan for a strike team to fly all the way to the sun and attack a potentially heavily armed space station. Hopefully nothing will go wrong and bring about the deaths of the entire strike team."
Cannonball: "I've got a better idea. Why don't we make use of my incredibly hot mutant musician ex-girlfriend who can teleport across space, have her teleport in wearing a space suit and plant bombs on the hubs holding Mother Mold in place, then blow everything all at once. Maybe 30 seconds tops."
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I came to the realization the writer's have conveniently memory-holed Lila Cheney. A celestial-scale teleport sure would have been convenient to use against a space station near the sun.
Yeah, the X-Men are hardly lacking for ways to get there. Lila may or may not be available, but there have been at least a half-dozen long-range teleporters associated with them in the past, like Ilyanna, the Vanisher, Jaunt, Gateway, Manifold, etc.
A-zombie,
With regards to Lila, I think the fact is Hickman doesn't consider her worth mentioning when you have over 10,000 OTHER mutants that might be helpful. I mean one that stands out that Hickman DID use was Manifold. But I have feeling he's pretty much decided "I'm staying in Wakanda in the hope Shuri will date me."
For me, I like to see some of the Last Horsemen mixed up with the first appearance Horsemen because there's some really good ones (like Decimus Furius, the Minotaur Horseman of War) and of course a classic (Like Archangel)
Also A-zombie, I think they are counting Rachel and/or Cable because technically that's their kid.
Set,
I hope that the fourth (or however many Summers brothers) doesn't do any of that just because I feel mutants have enough Omega level mutants.
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This newest issue of House of X....blew me away. The first part, with the resurrection stuff, was cool. I love seeing such a creative use of powers. Some people might say it takes away the sense of risk that comes with life threatening situations, but when has that ever really been a thing for the X-Men? And I loved the revelation of Cerebro recording mutant minds.
Seriously, though....Goldballs?!? Who was unleashing their inner pubescent teen with that name?
The ceremony where they unveiled the returned X-folk was a little creepy, though. It gave me a very cult religious vibe. Not to mention Angel just flying up above, letting his junk just flop around in the breeze.
The brief UN scene was cool. Xavier is definitely willing to embrace a little skullduggergy to get the job done.
That last bit was cool. All the villains, big and small, showing up and being welcomed. I can't see that going 100% smoothly. I found it interesting that, of all the mutants who could have been their with Xavier and Magneto, the only other one was Wolverine. And that last page was something I never thought I'd see.
Now I just wonder how it's all going to come crashing down.
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Thanks to History of the Marvel Universe, I learned of a cool easter egg in House of X #5. On the list of of Non-treaty nations is the South American country of Santo Marco - first introduced in X-Men #4 (way back in 1964) as a country taken over by Magneto and the Brotherhood.
Sweet!
I love when writers do stuff like that.
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A-zombie,
Goldballs was introduced after Avengers versus X-men. He, Tempus and a few other mutants were students/revolutionaries that Scott Summers led after he killed Professor X. But I will agree that turning a kind of dumb character into something this awesome, that's a great feat by Hickman.
But what struck me most was the fact the Five (as they are called) are almost hive-mind-ing due to what I think is Hope's ability to copy mutant powers and in this case, amplify them too.
As for how this ends, my thought is probably with Charles dying again and thus not having access to Cerebro. But I could be wrong.
Mostly it was just weird to me to see Apocalypse accept this was a good move, considering how much fighting and killing he does.
So we'll see.
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A few more points about the current House/Powers of X stories:
I've noticed some characters by their lack of major appearance - Ice Man, Colossus, Shadow Cat, the original New Mutants, Psylocke, Havok, Dazzler, to name a few.
Some of the villains showing up at the end were old-school callouts - Mesmero and Mentallo. I recognized a good many from the late 80s/early 90s - Frenzy, Marrow, Exodus, Emplate, Wildside, Random.
From what I'm hearing, Sinister is going to be the dick cheese that f*$$s it all up (or at least one of them). Can't help but wonder - will they write that his goal all along was to oppose mutant kind and elevate humanity? I've always kind of thought of him as a poor man's version of the High Evolutionary.
A-zombie,
I chalk up the lack of some of the major (former) X-men to be a result of having SO many mutants to choose from.
And yes I think Sinister will be one half of the part that will screw things up for mutant kind. I still think they have not completely eliminated the threat of Sentinels.
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Savage Avengers was fun - Punisher and Conan on a "road trip". The art continues to rock. Conan wielding a machine gun was epic.
The ending to Batman/TMNT III was....meh. I thought it kind of went out with a whimper. It was still fun.
New Mutants: War Children was....eh. The art was great. The writing was...okay. I thought the plot was a bit disjointed. Still fun to read, and great to see Claremont doing some stuff with the X-universe.
Immortal Hulk versus The Marvel Universe? Again?
Ghost Rider was cool. I kind of hope they keep this two Riders for the price of one thing going. The art was okay. I think GR deserves better, though. I like the little piece at the end about different hells. Nice that they included this new Gamma Hell.
Fantastic Four was interesting. They had already thrown some major foreshadowing about Johnny Storm and his love life, so that wasn't much of a surprise. The entire alien planet reminded me of an X-factor story from years ago, especially with the society that's split into the high society for beautiful people and the low one for monsters. I would not be surprised if the Eye Guy turns out to be an outright villain.
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Marvel Comics Presents was okay. I'm glad they're finally done with the Wolverine story. The timeline is reset, and they get to keep Magic-Claw-and-for-some-reason-Blond Daughter of Wolverine. The follow-up story of cyber Wolverine was lame writing, though the art was okay.
The Marvel Comics #1001 was, as with it's predecessor, very interesting. Again, I loved the one story to a page format. Some of the stories were extraordinarily lame (New Warriors, Tigra, Beast, Kickers, Inc!). The Death's Head story made no sense. I didn't even bother to read the idiotic Squirrel Girl story. Most of the art was pretty cool, in one way or another. The two Spider-Man stories The Final Battle and Sunday Visit were both really cool. And now I need to go back and watch Big Hero 6 again, to see if I can spot the appearance of Monark StarStalker. I'm guessing it was somewhere in Fred's memorabilia room.
The best parts about Daredevil were the ones with Kingpin and the super-wealthy blue bloods. Looking forward to seeing how that continues.
The Bizarre Adventures (which seems to be a one shot, thought I hope not) was really cool. I loved the Bloodstone story, as well as the Shang Chi story. The Dracula one was okay. The Goliath story was funny. I especially loved the Clyde Caldwell art at the beginning. That was really cool, and reminded me why he's been one of my favorites.
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Powers of X #5/House of X #6
Whoa!
Most of Powers of X seemed to be just cool filler material: Forge and X working out Cerebro, the recruitment of Emma, the initial message to other mutants (I loved Namor's response, so very like him). The far future stuff with the Phalanx seems to be getting a little out of hand, but it's still kind of cool. First they hint that the Phalanx/Technarch relationship is actually reversed, and that the Phalanx are the ones on top. Now they're saying the Phalanx themselves are merely representative for higher order, deity-level machine collectives. It's cool and all, the whole density of machinery creating black holes, but where does it end?
House of X was even more cool. Xavier's full message to the humans was...chilling...in a way, but also a welcome dose of reality to the situation. As far as the Quiet Council goes: (a) The only one whose inclusion surprised me was Nightcrawler, but I love that they did, and (b) I really thought they were about to make Sabertooth the Red King, which would have been really f$$#ed up cool. Now I'm even more eager to see who Red King will be. Of the Great Captains, Gorgon was the only one I wasn't familiar with. I kind of like him. I disagree with Magik being in that group, but was glad to see Bishop back with everyone. The council meeting was cool, and what they did to Sabertooth was...wild. The celebratory times at the end were interesting....There was a bit between Wolverine/Marvel Girl/Cyclops/Emma which makes me think Sinister Secret #5 (from Powers #4) is about all four of them. The only thing that had me iffy was Apocalypse sitting all alone by himself. That does not bode well.
Still, I think in all of this it will end up being Sinister who f#!+s things up, if anyone can.
While it was a nice interlude, I felt Savage Avengers could have benefited from having Conan travel more with Wolverine. But that's just me.
As for Immortal Hulk...I don't think it's "Hulk against the Marvel Universe" so much as "Hulk is now the new Galactus." What that means? No idea. But it does mean something interesting for the next iteration of the Multiverse.
New Mutants: War Children was too complicated for me to figure out. Which is saying something since I can follow Fringe pretty easily. :p
The new Ghost Rider I think will keep the whole Blaze/Ketch dynamic, but at the same time it will showcase some more of Hell along with some new/old faces.
FF story is different but I dunno if I'm down for how this is going so far.
I think my favorite stories from Marvel 1001, would have to be the ones involving the Infinity Mask, the Spider-men ones, and Wolverine one and even the Power Pack one. But otherwise not as memorable.
Daredevil continues to evolve. I think what's interesting that I didn't see coming was Elektra trying to help Matt "evolve" his style. I am a little annoyed by the blue bloods, but I'm glad Fisk showed them why they need to respect the Kingpin erm I mean the Mayor! :)
For me, the best part of Bizarre was Shang-Chi. Bloodstone and Dracula were pretty forgettable, but Shang-Chi's fight was easily one of the best comic fights I've seen martial arts style.
Powers of X: We'll see what the last issue holds for the future, but I was intrigued by the premise about the Phalanx, the future and other stuff.
House of X was a good send off in the sense it gave us the idea of just where the Mutant nation is headed, who is in charge, and what they will and won't allow. For me the Red King is a herring, it's easily got to be either Kitty or else Omega Red.
So now will come the Dawn of X!
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Sooooo...
....There was the (seeming) distinct lack of mention of Moira's sixth life. And now we know....they were showing it to us all along as the Year 1000 timeline. Very interesting.
I was intrigued by the implications that if someone has the same blood type as Wolverine, then a regular transfusion can apparently share his healing ability, and thus his longevity. It was also interesting to see just how much longevity he's capable of.
Either way, Powers #6 was a good end to the two series (and one story). I look forward to the continuation of everything in the new ongoing titles. I think they're going to do too many, however, and that not all of them will be able to last. My only plans so far are to pick up the two being written by Hickman (X-Men and New Mutants, I believe).
Yeah Powers of X was a nice twist even if we're still left spinning by all the implications of this. We'll have to see what Hickman's ultimate endgame is here because I don't think we have it in sight yet.
For me, X-men, New Mutants, Marauders, X-Force, and Excaliber are my top choices. We'll see if I want Wolverine solo or not. But I do know those are my top choices. So I guess five out of the six that are forthcoming.
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Tales from the Dark Multiverse - interesting enough, with a decent story and art. Unfortunately, it hinted at yet ANOTHER CRISIS!!!!!
Ye gods, haven't they played that s+$% out yet? DC continues its slide into the garbage.
What's Didio have in mind for this one to be called - maybe "The REALLY and TRULY Final Crisis! We (fingers crossed) PROMISE!!!"?
Or maybe "Crisis of Crap Writing and Editing"?
I think that last one is probably accurate. I had hoped for something better with this Tale...but honestly Flash Forward did much better with the Dark Multiverse stuff. Even if, as solicits for it suggest, Wally might have to choose between reality and his kids.
But eh. We'll see how Eradicator Lois Lane works out...
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DC's Secrets of Sinister House 80-page Giant was very entertaining. The cover art (Romita Jr., Sienkiewicz, and some dude named Nathan Fairbairn), was what originally drew me to buying the book. All the stories were decent, but the three I liked best were the ones with Ryan Choi Atom, Deadman, and Constantine.
I wish they'd make horror comics like that more of a regular thing. Marvel put out a horror one-shot within the past year that was also really good.
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They're finally getting to the meat of the Mr. Freeze story in Detective. With Nora being revived (and from what I've seen, going major evil) this one could be an interesting game-changer for the villain. We'll see. The major problem is it's tied into that Year of the Villain crap.
The Hawkman story against Shadow Thief seems to be done with for now. Seems, however, that Hawkman is going dark for a bit. I've heard he's going to be one of those heroes infected by the Batman Who Laughs. That's a lame story.
Personally, while I thought Dark Knights Metal was...interesting...I really lament this continuation of BWL as a major villain. I prefer the real Joker.
A-zombie,
My understanding is the Infected also known as the Secret Six will be the ones to undo the stuff from Year of the Villain. Which is all kinds of dumb...but at least semi-better than this whole Year of the Villain thingie...
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Wow! That first new issue of Legion of Super Heroes was utter crap. The plot and writing were horrible. It felt like I was actually jumping in at the middle of a story that had been going on for a good while. Needless to say, I won't be collecting any further issues.
On another "crap from DC" note, I'm finally done with Doom Patrol. Gerard Way's efforts to emmulate Grant Morrison trying to emmulate Alan Grant are...piss poor... at best.
Sad to see DC continue to fall so far, after the pretty good start they had with Rebirth. Methinks they need a change at the top.
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The current storyline in Iron Man, The Ultron Agenda, is pretty decent. Of course, I'm sure they'll drag it on past the point of stupidity. It's what they do.
I was a bit skeptical of The Last God from DC. One of the guys in the store put it in with my stuff, because he thought I'd like it. He was correct. Good art, a good story, and an interesting new world they've created. I didn't think DC had it in them.
A-zombie,
I wasn't impressed either but I had hoped they might FIND a better way to tell the story of Jon Ken joining the Legion.
You are 100% correct that DC needs changes at the top.
I honestly am more interested to see how this ties into Arno Stark's arrival as the Iron Man of 2020. We'll see.
But yes, Last God is a nice dark fantasy trope with some hints of something Lovecraftian meeting traditional fantasy.
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I haven't been reading as much as I want to. Partly because of other stuff keeping me occupied. Partly from the week long Thanksgiving holiday. trying to get through my current stack before the end of this coming week.
The current Iron Man story with UltronPym has been interesting. I just hope they don't drag it on much longer. If they finish it soon, they can then get around to whatever dragging-on-forever story they have in mind for Arno Stark and the newly resurrected Howard and Maria.
Ghost Rider is starting out interesting. I hope Danny overcomes this poor pitiful me crap and embraces the Spirit of Vengeance again. Or maybe do away with him completely, then get Blaze out of this King of Hell s~+* and let him ride around the US fighting bad things.
The Invisible Woman mini series continues to be fun. I really like this whole spy career they've built up for her, and hope it's something they can continue.
Daredevil is getting a little weird. Fisk seeming so bumbling, confused, and not knowing what to do is really odd. I kind of likethe whole Owl thing though. It's cool when they do something like this with such an old character. Where DD himself goes (with what looks to be his upcoming alliance with Detective North), who knows. Hopefully back to ass kicking.
Punisher Soviet was kick ass. Definitely better than the most recent ongoing series.
All the Conan stuff has been really cool. I think Savage Sword, with its shorter story arcs, has been slightly better. The main title, with its mix of long-running arc interweaving with shorter tales, has been okay. It was starting to get old though.
The King Thor mini series has been....interesting. I missed the Gorr stuff when they first had him, but it's still fun to read.
A-zombie,
With regards to Iron Man and Pym, I'm not sure if they'll actually get around to separating Ultron from Pym. But it might happen. Right now I think Tony might be going to take a little break due to finding out he might indeed be a synthetic copy of himself. We'll see.
As for Ghost Rider, I think the focus will be more on Johnny than necessarily Danny. But it's still early. We'll see. I do know we should totally keep on eye on Lilith because it's clear she's WAY smarter than her brother Blackheart.
The mini-series with the Invisible Woman has been interesting...but I wouldn't say it's more interesting than the actual FF series.
I think the thing with Fisk was he was feeling a little out of his element. These rich guys aren't exactly the type of people he's used to dealing with. But I do agree, the Owl clearly is going for the crown.
I didn't read any of the Soviet Punisher yet. But that's okay.
Seriously, A-zombie you NEED to read The God Butcher arc to truly appreciate just how much of shift and weaving Jason Aaron has done with the God of Thunder.
Conan's stuff is cool, but I think you'll like Conan 2099 very much. I know I did.