Marvel
-Age of Ultron #8 (Brian Michael Bendis, Brandon Peterson)
A couple things happened this issue, so that's a nice switch from Age of Ultron's generally terrible pace. Hank Pym (Ant-man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, etc.) isn't treated like the biggest piece of trash for once, which is a welcome change. AoU is still a pretty weak alternate reality story though. The spectacle of the big mid air battle at the end would be a lot more spectacular if it didn't look like it was drawn and colored with the comic version of bad CG. Only two issues remain. Please heed my warning and just read the eventual Wikipedia synopsis if you're interested.
-Iron Man #10 (Kieron Gillen, Dale Eaglesham)
It seems my fears of "The Secret Origin of Tony Stark" are being confirmed. The meat of the story is about the Tony Stark's father and culminates with X-COM meets Ocean's Eleven. Howard Stark leading a group of some of Marvel's foremost old operatives and secret agents on a heist of a Gray run casino in Las Vegas is a winning concept that honors and plays upon continuity. Too bad this comic seems to be a cog in a retcon machine.
-Nova #4 (Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness)
Once again we get a wasted page in a cosmic Marvel book. What a great way to start a comic that annoys me on so many levels. Before chronicling the rest of the bad let me at least say that the makings of a fun space adventure are here, but they unfortunately don't coalesce, except for the cyborg space tiger. The pacing of the plot is non-nonsensical and it doesn't help that the comic is completely incompetent at suggesting passage of time. Structurally the comic is a no bueno, and to top it off, the inclusion of the Chitauri is maddening. They're the alien race that were Skrull analogues in Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch's Ultimates, and more recently they were the bad guys in Avengers, the movie. To explain why this is the least bit frustrating would take too long and result in responses that would come across as "but muh Nova".
And now for time for something completely unrelated
To make up for the slow week and my overwhelming negativity, please to enjoy Snake Eyes being badical beyond belief
The Arashikage Mind-Set doesn't just turn Snake into a killing machine, but a dancing machine as well |
Cobra might have Croc Master, but the Joes have the Shark Master |
A ninja commando on a jetski is super badass, and the narration only ups the ante |
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