Really late on the Previews this week, so I'll keep this short.
See? Wasn't that short? Okay, this'll be short, too, just not as short as that. My only minor mentions this week are for the floppy collection of the first three issues of Deadpool Max and the start of Fear Itself. I love that Marvel's been doing these $5, 3-issue collections of some of their newer titles. It's a great (cheap) way to catch up on a new series that maybe you were skittish about but then read some great reviews of and oh don't you wish you'd been getting that from the start? Unless you're OCD and you can't stand that the start of my collection is different from the rest of it. Which is sometimes a problem and sometimes something I can deal with, thank you.
Anyway, as for the latter, I'm not terribly interested in this year Big Event — not the biggest Captain America fan, and it bugs me that Marvel's making their major, line-wide story a movie promo. So, I'm mostly hoping it doesn't affect my regular titles much (is it too much to ask for at all?), or at least that it'll be done well. (Sigh.) We'll see.
Okay, so I lied, that was pretty long. Let's move on to the Previews, eh?
Iceman and Angel #1
- Written by Brian Clevinger
- Art by Juan Doe
- Cover by Roger Cruz
Nothing ruins spring break faster for Iceman and Angel than a giant monster stomping through the streets of their city. But what are two young mutants to do when all the “real” superheroes are too busy to help? And why is GOOM, The Thing from Planet X running amok in the first place? It’s a superhero mutant monster spring-break bash! Woo!
I love Brian Clevinger's original works. I didn't see his retelling of The Infinity Gauntlet, but I saw some less-than-stellar reviews. Hopefully with more freedom plot-wise he can be himself more here because I'd really like this too be awesome. I love the First Class books (though it doesn't specifically state it, it sure looks like part of that 'verse), and one of the best Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man books I've read featured GOOM. So I'd really like to love this.
Status: In Consideration.
Knight & Squire #6
- Written by Paul Cornell
- Art by Jimmy Broxton
- Cover by Yanick Paquette
The Joker is going to kill all British heroes, and he's going to make Jarvis Poker watch. The Knight and Squire and their whole community have to stand together – or lose everything – as a chill wind blows through their cozy world.
So, a real has-an-endpoint story coalesces in these final two issues from the here-and-there stories in the first four. I've really been enjoying this book and only wish it were an on-going — or would that kill the magic? In any case, as much as I enjoyed the “Days in the Life” issues, I'm liking the shift here at least as much. Bringing in the Joker as the ultimate representation of over-the-top Americanism — and thus the ultimate foil for Knight & Squire — is a great move, and putting Jarvis Poker on death's door, in addition to Joker's deadly plans, adds some weight to what was a much lighter series. I can't wait to see how it comes out, but I also mourn the ending of this wonderful miniseries.
Status: Buying It.
Red Robin #21
- Written by Fabian Nicieza
- Art & Cover by Marcus To & Ray McCarthy
Unable to control the Unternet, Red Robin is determined to destroy the villains' communications grid. Once the hero learns that the Mad Men have unwittingly become "roaming sentient servers," Red Robin will have to decide between severing Earth's connection to the Unternet before it kills the Mad Men – or leaving them in the throes of insanity forever!
My shop was out of the crossover issue of Teen Titans, so I don't quite know where we are here, but I always enjoy Red Robin. If you haven't been reading it, well, this isn't really the place to jump on as the story's been going on for a while, but at least start picking up the trades, please. It's worth it.
Status: Buying It.
Uncanny X-Force #5.1
- Written by Rick Remender
- Pencils by Rafael Albuquerque
- Cover by Simone Bianchi
Special Point One issue.
START READING with this Point One issue. When a situation calls for hard choices, the X-Force is there to step in. Lady Deathstrike, with the deadly Reavers at her side, set out to destroy the X-Men in their home! Deathstrike will obliterate the X-Men or die trying, and this new Uncanny X-Force is more than happy to oblige. As the line between right and wrong become more and more blurred, will the Uncanny X-Force be heralded as heroes…or villains?
I've heard many good things about this series — enough to quell my doubts about the opening storyline being about Apocalypse being “reborn” as a baby (or something). The series sounded good, that story didn't. But it's apparently been done well. And this is how you do it, Marvel. If you're going to put out a special promo issue after the fifth issue in a new series, also put out a cheap collection of the first three issues (released last week) so people can catch up to the full story (if your promo hooks 'em).
Status: Of Interest.
The Unwritten #23
- Written by Mike Carey
- Art by Peter Gross & Vince Locke
- Cover by Yuko Shimizu
Tom's search for the source of his father's power has ended in disaster, as he joins an eclectic group of doomed mariners in a trap that they all should have seen coming. But there's one great whale he hasn't even met yet, and it's the most powerful of all. Maybe it has the answer to Tom's question – if he lives long enough to ask it.
This series never disappoints me. The idea that stories overlap at nexus points — and employing the “swallowed by a whale” nexus (which is used in more stories than you'd think at first) to bring several literary characters together at once — was a brilliant move. I can't wait to see what happens next. This issue is supposedly big on the revelations (according to the editor), so I'm even more excited than usual.
Status: Buying It.
X-Factor #217
- Written by Peter David
- Pencils by Emanuela Lupacchino
- Cover by David Yardin
Ever wonder how X-Factor manages to operate out in the open in a New York City where superhero-hating J. Jonah Jameson is the mayor? Well, here's where you find out, as jolly JJJ thrusts NYC's premiere detective agency into the midst of a murder investigation where the trail may lead them straight to...Jonah himself? Guest-starring the ever-amazing Spider-Man!
I haven't had a chance to read the first part of this story (I had two issues to read from this month's trip to the LCS), but that's okay because the solicit's the same as last issue. (They doubled up the solicit for this book this month.) It's nice to see this logical crossover. JJJ's wife got murdered so call in the local superhero detective agency. Should be fun. (Not the murder, the comic.)
Status: Buying It.
No more for me this week. Anyone got something else I should be looking at?
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