All New X-Men #2

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Hey everyone, This is JT with the first review of the week. My first review this week will be one other than All New X-Men. The last issue ended with Beast somehow going to the past and asking Cyclops and the other X-Men Originals to return with him to the future and stop the evil, tyrant version of Cyclops we now know and love (well I do anyway.) So how do they respond? Let's find out!

All New X-Men #2

Summary: Things get started with Kitty and Iceman going to get Beast so he can join them in hunting down Cyclops, but they discover he's not there after Kitty phases through his door, which leaves them confused. Back in the past, the Five X-Men are skeptical about Beast's claim, so Beast tells Jean to read his mind, but Jean didn't know how to do that yet at that point. They ask why Professor X can't help Beast deal with Cyclops at his time, so he drops the bomb that Cyclops has killed Professor X in the future. The group is shocked and don't fully believe Beast but after some prodding and a conversation amongst themselves, they join him in traveling to the future. Right when they arrives, Jean is confused as the why the Mutant School is named after her now instead of Charles Xavier, and when Beast doesn't answer she starts to cry. In the school, Wolverine is teaching a class when he smells something, and heads outside, before running at Jean, unsheathing his claws and leaping into the air at her, until he's held in place by Jean. Cyclops and Iceman blast Wolverine, which brings Storm, Iceman, Kitty and some more people outside, and they see the past X-Men. They ask Beast what he was thinking bringing the Originals here, but Beast yells and starts to spasm. They take him upstairs and try to give Beast an IV and as they wait for Reed Richards, Tony Stark or someone from Horizon Labs (Peter maybe?) to show up and help, and Wolverine makes the Originals join him, showing him some clips of present day Cyclops on the TV. Jean makes Wolverine go to sleep, then shows that she could read his thoughts, and that he was proud of Beast for bringing them there. They decide they want to know more, what caused Cyclops to go insane and change so much from what the past Cyclops wanted to be, so when the TV says a New Mutant had recently been spotted, the gang sets their sites there to try to intercept Cyclops going after the Newest Mutant. The issue comes to a close as Wolverine, Kitty and Storm watch as the Original Five X-Men take one of their jets and leave.
 
Thoughts: I liked this issue a lot. This is exactly what I want from this series. Seeing how the past X-Men react to the future and seeing how the current people react to seeing the past X-Men. Plus, Wolverine seeing Jean is something I was looking forward to. I liked seeing the two Icemen meet up as well, since Hank isn't the only one with a giant transformation from the old days, the only person that got off easy was Angel. I'm excited to see how the Original 5 react when they run into Cyclops, especially if he's with Magneto, and if Scott has a breakdown when he see's the Originals, especially Jean.

Score: 8.5/10 

Jean: This is Wolverine. He runs the school. And the rest of his thoughts are... pretty disgusting.

New Comic Day! November 28th edition.

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Hey comic fanatics, X here with this week's New Comic Day post!  Huzzah!  Instead of wasting a mess of time talking, how's about I just get into the books I'll be picking up from the comic shop in a few?  Sounds like a plan!  American Vampire #33, I, Vampire #14, Teen Titans #14, Morning Glories #23, A+X #2, All New X-Men #2, Captain America and Black Widow #639, FF #1, Thor: God of Thunder #2, Ultimate X-Men #19, Uncanny Avengers #2, Venom #27.1.  12 new books for me this week, which falls nicely in the acceptable range for me.  This week I'll be reviewing Uncanny Avengers #2, A+X #2 and either Thor #2 or FF #1...  I'm leaning more towards Thor though.  My review days are Friday, Sunday and Tuesday.  And there ya have it.  Now I'll be handing things over to JT and giving a hearty X out!

Or not...  It turns out that JT wasn't able to get his part of the NCD post up(which was actually my fault for not getting the post done sooner... Whoops!), so I'll handle things for him this week.  Mi amigo, Senor JT, plans on getting Bedlam #2, Uncanny Avengers #2, Thor: God of Thunder #2, Ultimate Iron Man #2, All-New X-Men #2, Batman: The Dark Knight #14 & Venom #27.1 from his comic shop at some point in the day.  He'll be reviewing All New X-Men #2, Batman: The Dark Knight #14 and Venom #27.1...  Good luck with that issue of Venom, JT...  If it's anywhere near as bad as the past few issues, I pity you...  Um, that's probably gonna do it for real now.  Now, officially, until next time, X out!

Justice League #14

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Hey everyone, JT here with my last review of the comic week, and surprisingly the only DC Comic reviewed here this week. So let's get this underway, with the Justice League taking on a much more powerful Cheetah then we're used to, as well as a Cheetah-like Superman, how does the league fare?

Justice League #14

Summary: Things start off with a bang as Superman attacks the League, since he's been werewolf'd by Cheetah. His attack stops when the tribe the league were searching for show up with a horn, and blow on it to render Superman useless from the sound, thanks to his Cheetah form. Cyclops is able to mimic the sound to keep Superman incapacitated while the League split up. Batman and Cyborg stay with Superman and the tribe to try to cure him before he goes into shock from the Cheetah bite, as Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman pursue Cheetah. As the Tribe tries to cure Superman, they explain how the power of the Cheetah has been around for centuries and every generation has a person from the tribe that's chosen to host the Cheetah power. It turns out the Cheetah was hunted by a man known as the Godslayer who also killed other deities, but the Cheetah power survived, and until Barbara Minerva dies, the Cheetah power won't return to the tribe. Wonder Woman, Flash and Aquaman lure Cheetah to the water where Aquaman holds her until she loses her breath and passes out, allowing her to be captured. While in Belle Reve, we see Cheetah contacting someone, telling them the plan worked and she's in Belle Reve, and to let her know when Black Manta arrives. Back at the Watchtower, Batman reveals to the group after some research that Barbara Minerva is actually a long time criminal, often changing her name and appearance and she's wanted for theft, assault and even murder. Wonder Woman is obviously shocked to see that Barbara was a criminal before the Cheetah incident, and Barbara is the one who corrupted the Cheetah, not the other way around. Afterwards, we see Diana and Clark discussing how it's okay she was fooled by Barbara, because she's trusting and that's something he admires about her. From there, the two go on a date, as Superman and Wonder Woman... at a Smallville diner. So... yeah. They then go to the old Kent Farm, which is run by someone else now since Superman's parents are deceased (ugh... I liked the Kents) The issue ends as Wonder Woman and Superman kiss, and Batman creepily watches/listens with a tracker he somehow managed to place on Superman.
 
Thoughts: I get why it happened, but I really could've gone without this date. And how the hell fif Batman place a tracker on Superman.... he has SUPER HEARING. He should be able to hear something that's literally right on his back! Also, I can't help but be annoyed when Superman tells Wonder Woman he admires how trusting he is, when pre-New52 he was the most trusting guy around! Hell, he gave Luthor like a million chances to reform. Anyway, the stuff with Cheetah was interesting, I liked the swerve that Barbara's the evil one, that was interesting, as well as her apparently working with Manta and someone else. I'm also wondering if the Godslayer is someone we know, like Ra's Al Ghul or Vandal Savage, someone who could've been around to build such a legend. I did like that Aquaman is starting to get a little boisterous, which is building for his big beef with the League, which is soon if I'm not mistaken. So there were a lot of pluses to this issue, but the big sappy date with Supes and Wondy hurt my enjoyment of it.

Score: 5.5/10 

Batman: Superman is one of the most important people in the world. This man is my friend. Tell me this will work.

Mimosa Batman 15

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This is Batman 15, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) +/- 1960.
It reprints the cover and the following 2 stories from DC Comics' Batman 133 (1960):
"The Voyage of the S.S. Batman"
"Batwoman's Publicity Agent"
 24 pages, full-colour, newsprint stock cover and interior pages.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (243x165mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality.

 Here is the cover of issue 15 and DC Comics' original cover:
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Mimosa Detective Comics Series
Mimosa Batman Newsprint Series

Mimosa Batman Newsprint Series

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Mimosa Comics produced reprints of numerous DC Comics titles in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Here are a range of the Batman covers (the earlier titles were 24 pages, full-colour, newsprint stock cover and interior pages), with original DC Comics cover in brackets.

6 (Batman 124); 7 (Batman 126); 8 (Batman 129); 9 (Batman 125); 10 (Batman 127); 11 (Batman 128); 12 (Batman 130); 13 (Batman 131); 14 (Batman 132); 15 (Batman 133):
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Hawkeye #4

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Well, in the end I decided to go with what I knew would be a good read as opposed to taking my chances and read something I could pretty much guarantee would suck...  Therefore, my last review of this week will be Hawkeye #4 instead of Red Hood and the Outlaws #14.  I mean really, READING Red Hood #14 will almost definitely be painful enough, why prolong that torment by forcing myself to review it as well?!

Hawkeye #4

Summary: This issue kicks off with SHIELD abducting Hawkeye from his rooftop barbque to tell him that a tape of him apparently murdering the world's most wanted terrorist.  And to make matters worse, the tape was being auctioned off in Madripoor.  Since the tape getting out would mean bad things for the Avengers, SHIELD, the US government and Hawkeye, SHIELD tells Hawkeye to take an unlimited credit card and head to Madripoor to buy the tape from the auction.  Kate Bishop(Hawkeye's sort of sidekick) questions what was going on, but Hawkeye refuses to involve her in this mess and leaves for Madripoor.  After some misadventures(which happens to any hero visiting Madripoor), Hawkeye arrives at the casino holding the auction...  But is kidnapped by goons who were following Madame Masque's orders...  D'oh!  Hawkeye tells Masque that she was keeping him from buying the tape of him killing the terrorist with his unlimited SHIELD credit card(?!) so Masque takes it from him and has him locked up in a room while she heads to the auction with the card herself.  Masque ends up out bidding all of the other villains for the tape and takes it back to her room, where we find out that she was actually Kate disguised as Masque, while Hawkeye himself is being surrounded by weird ninjas.

Thoughts: First things first, the art in this issue was way better than the art from the first three issues, which is a GREAT thing.  Anyway, on to the story here.  The story was actually really good...  BUT(you had to know that was coming!), the reveal that Kate had taken Masque's spot was SO obvious!  Once Hawkeye mentioned that Kate was rich, you knew that she was going to tail him to Madripoor, where we saw Kate in disguise trying to catch a taxi(her speaking English was a HUGE hint).  Add the fact that Masque didn't have Hawkeye killed, as well as Hawkeye spilling his guts to Masque about what was supposedly on the tape and where to find the unlimited credit card, and yeah, Masque HAD to be Kate, and Hawkeye HAD to know.  So yeah, that was a tad bit obvious to me. However, like I said, the story here WAS very strong.  Granted, I really don't like the idea of Hawkeye, once one of the Avengers staunchest supporters of the "Avengers NEVER kill!" rule, a man who broke up his marriage because his wife allowed the man who raped her to fall to his death, would kill somebody...  But until it's actually shown that he did the deed, I'll reserve judgement on that.  Here's hoping Matt Fraction stays true to the spirit of Hawkeye though and we discover that there was something else, something more Clint Barton-like, on that tape.

Score: 9 out of 10.

Sorry, no picture for this one on account of my laptop dying a slow and painful death...

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #17

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Hey crew, JT here on the Sunday before Cyber Monday (I gotta buy a 3DS...) with my second review of the week, Ultimate Spider-Man. With Miles having taken on a few threats over the last year and a half, coming out on top, and becoming a member of the Ultimates, what's left for your miniature web-slinger? How about entering the battlefield to take on a bunch of HYDRA agents in War Machine super suits? So let's see how Miles deals with his latest obstacle in this issue of Ultimate Spider-Man.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #17

Summary: We start things off with Spider-Man in a field somewhere, obviously tired and hurt, walking somewhere when a SHIELD carrier flies above him, but he can't get their attention and is out of web fluid so he can't attach to it. We jump back four hours to see Hawkeye giving a speech about how he and the heroes have to stop the Americans that joined HYDRA, and how it's their job to end this, he also teams up Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, as he says it was a order from Captain America personally, which of course gets under the skin of Spider-Woman. As Miles experiences a war close-up, we see his Dad is being taken somewhere along with two other people that were arrested and thrown in the paddy wagon. The van is knocked over and the SHIELD agents are held at gunpoint by HYDRA agents, who free Miles and the other two prisoners, and ask if they wanna join. Miles' Dad contemplates it until the HYDRA agents kill the SHIELD agents in cold blood, leaving him stunned. Back on the battlefield, Spider-Woman repeatedly tells Miles to leave, but he stays and does his thing, which allows him to take out a few War Machine's, until Spider-Woman tells him to get out of there, which leads to Miles snapping and asking what her beef is with him. They decide to put a pin in the conversation when more War Machine's descend upon them, so we jump back over to Brooklyn and see Miles' mother arrive at the blockade trying to get home, but the SHIELD agents allow everyone to go past once the area has been marked as clear, so she heads inside and finds her husband, Jefferson, sitting on the couch holding an assault rifle (I think, I'm not good with guns.) and she asks if he's okay, but then starts to cry as she asks where he got that gun. Back with Miles, Spider-Woman offers Miles a thousand bucks to just go home, saying this is too dangerous for him, but Miles wants to help. The War Machine's take their attack from the Spider's and pursue Captain America as he flies overhead, and Miles webs one of the WM's to tag along. While oon top of the War Machine, Miles covers the pilot's eyes which causes them to crash into Giant-Woman's shoulder, and they both fall to the ground below. Miles hits the ground and passes out, and awakes hours later in the field, hurt and walking home, ending this issue where it began.
 
Thoughts: This was a fine issue. I liked that Miles wanted to stick around and help but Spider-Woman wanted him to leave, thinking he'd end up like Peter. Considering there's been almost twenty issues you forget how green and new to this Miles is, so it makes sense for her to worry about him, even when he is handling his own. I also really enjoyed Hawkeye's opening speech, but I just like Hawkeye in general, so yeah. The stuff with Miles' dad was weird though, I mean, I guess their hinting that he joined HYDRA or something but his dad has been a pretty odd character, I guess I could see him joining HYDRA since he's anti-vigilante/mutant and whatnot, and it would add another dimension of awkwardness between him and Miles, but the look on his face when the SHIELD agents were killed did not look like a man who'd turn around and say "I'm in!" All in all this was a good issue, I'm interested in what happens from here with Miles and his father.

Score: 7/10 

Hawkeye: And Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, you two stick together. You are a tag team.

Iron Man #2

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Next X review for the week is going to be another Marvel Now! title, this time the second issue of Iron Man.  I've got to say, almost all of the Marvel Now! books I've read thus far haave impressed.  So kudos to Marvel.  To bad DC couldn't have gotten things this right last year...

Iron Man #2:

Summary: This issue begins a year ago with some nut calling himself Arthur recruiting a fantastic mech pilot to be his Lancelot in the tech-built New Avalon he was putting together   Fast forward to the present, where we see that New Avalon had managed to get their hands on some of the Extremis tech, thus making them a target of Iron Man, who was hunting down all of the Extremis tech that AIM had sold.  Knowing that IM would be coming after them, Arthur invites IM to come to New Avalon for a duel of sorts.  IM takes the challenge and Arthur promises to give IM all of the Extremis tech they had in exchange for several of Tony Stark's patents and systems depending on who won the duel.  IM decides to play along and meets the Circle, Arthur's band of armor-clad, Extremis-enhanced knights, as well as Merlin, a genius who Tony had ruined during his younger days.  IM ends up battling and defeating the Circle one by one until getting to Lancelot, who uses her experience as a pilot to maneuver around IM and lay several hits on him.  However, IM was actually concentrating on the forcefield surrounding the Extremis tech the whole time and manages to blast through the field, destroying the tech.  With Extremis out of Arthur's hands, Tony flies off.  Lancelot however, takes that as a victory since IM was unable to defeat her.

Thoughts: I liked this one.  I think Arthur and the Circle have some real potential to be reoccurring foes for IM.  Arthur, Merlin and Lancelot in particular were pretty well developed by Kieron Gillen in just one issue.  So yeah, bottom line here?  This was another good, solid comic.  It wasn't spectacular, but it was good, and that's all I really need.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.

Iron Man can be such a great jerk sometimes...

Amazing Spider-Man #698

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Hey guys and gals,JT here with a HUGE review on tap, that Dan Slott said would set up things for ASM #700 and beyond, and he was not overreacting. No more delaying, let's get straight to it.

Amazing Spider-Man #698

Summary: We kick things off on the Raft with the SWAT team raining down on Doctor Octopus' cell because he's finally speaking and showing activity after being basically comatose for the last few weeks. As they move in, Doctor Octopus mumbles "Peter Parker" as we see a gold Ockbot crawling along the top of a building. From there we see Spidey, happily web-slinging around New York until he's called to stop a crime, which he does by knocking a robber loopy. Turns out the robber is just a guy in a costume trying to avoid a harsher jail sentence since super-criminals have more leniency than an armed robber, but that didn't stop Spidey from knocking the guy out like he was punching the Incredible Hulk. Spidey flees the scene and heads home, commenting on how he's got a nice apartment, boyish good looks and more, when he notices a scar on his face he got during the Hobgoblin fight, which he vaguely remembered getting, then notes he "probably heals faster than most". From there Spidey listens to his voicemails, reminding him to stop at MJ's club (which causes him to remember them meeting for the first time and he says they should get back together), a message from Jay Jameson reminding Peter to come see Aunt May at the hospital (to which Peter refers to May as "That dear sweet woman." and lastly a message from Max Modell confirming Pete's evaluation at work. Peter heads to meet with Max and basically tells him that all of his experiments thus far have been child's play, and Peter has even better tricks up his sleeve. Peter then heads to his lab and mixes up a new batch of web fluid, remarking how incredible it is he came up with such a formula while only a Sophomore in high school. Afterward, Peter stops at MJ's club and tells her they should be together, he's tired of taking the little steps they have taken in the past. MJ is caught off-guard by Peter's presumptuousness and remembers she said she's go see Aunt May at the hospital and Peter says he's going too, and as MJ goes to get her coat, Peter winks at some nearby women. Peter and MJ visit Aunt May to see her first steps since the accident, and Peter tries to talk to MJ about getting back together but he's signaled on his Avengers ID card and has to go to the Raft, Jay tries to tell him he needs to be with his family but MJ vouches for Peter's job being busy and needing him for a big project so he leaves, but Aunt May comments to Jay that Peter seemed flirty with MJ and she may finally get some grandchildren. Spider-Man heads to the raft and meets with the Avengers when he's told Doctor Octopus has been asking for him, as Peter Parker. Spidey goes to meet with him one on one and Doctor Octopus whispers "Peter Parker". Spidey unmasks and says "Yes, I'm Peter Parker." to which a crying Doctor Octopus says he's Peter Parker. Spidey says not anymore, and reveals that at some point, he switched bodies with Peter Parker, and now Doctor Octopus, with all of Peter's memories and his body, plans to live Peter's life while Peter dies in his old, withered body, and Ock won't even reveal to Peter how he did this incredible trick. Peter (in Ock's body) flat-line's as the Medics come in and try to save him, meanwhile the NEW Spider-Man leaves, remarking he's got better things to do with the rest of his life.
 
Thoughts: Holy....shit. Who saw THAT coming? This issue blew my mind, so thanks Dan Slott for doing something amazing that literally shocked me. I was speechless for a few minutes after reading this comic, and seeing Peter in Ock's body, helpless and crying that he was Peter Parker was one of the saddest things I've read in a comic. Now there's a ton of ways this can go, obviously the morality that if Peter had let Doctor Octopus die, he could've avoided all of this. There's also the question of how long has this been in play? Did this start when he put on Ock's helmet at the end of Ends of Earth? How did Ock do this and how long has he planned it? Was there nothing Julia Carpenter could do to help Peter? The body change had to happen between this issue and #697 because Doctor Octopus seems to not remember how he got that scar for a second, when Peter got it fighting Kingsly and Urich. I'm interested to see if Ock stays Spidey, I mean we know Superior Spider-Man has a different Spidey but WILL it still be Octopus? And what happens now that Peter Parker is supposedly dead, although the medics could save him. Regardless of all of that, this issue was perfect. The reveal made a ton of sense and warranted a re-read as SOON as I finished it, which explained so many things. This was a perfect comic, and definitely one of the best single issues I've read, not just based on the shock value of the ending but the way it was crafted to show you that while this was Peter, it also wasn't. I look forward to seeing what Slott does from here.

Score: 10/10 

Spider-Man: I've got better things to do with the rest of my life.

Atlas Publications Action Comics 10

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Thanks Cal van Winkel for these pictures of Atlas Publications Action Comics 10.

This rare South African reprint was published in 1960 by Atlas Publications (S.A. Magazine Co.).
Cover and Interior pages are newsprint - so after being read and swopped a few times they would likely be falling apart and thrown away.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (245x167mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover and Interior printed in colour.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is only 24 pages.

Cover of Action Comics 10 South African Edition and the Original Cover of DC Comics' Action Comics 262 from 1960:
 Two Sample pages: This issue reprints these two stories from DC Comics' Action Comics 262:

Title: When Superman Lost His PowersFeaturing: SupermanCredits: Robert Bernstein (Script), Wayne Boring (Pencils), Stan Kaye (Inks).andTitle: Supergirl's Greatest VictoryFeaturing: SupergirlCredits: Otto Binder (Script), Jim Mooney (Pencils), Jim Mooney (Inks)

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Captain America #1

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Happy Thanksgiving, X-Maniacs!  I get the honor of doing the first review of the week, and while I wish I had gotten Amazing Spider-Man #698(which was AWESOME!), I still ended up with a trio of good titles, two of which are Marvel Now! books, including this one...  Yep, in this review, I get to take a look at the first issue of Rick Remender's Captain America run.  With how insanely awesome Ed Brubaker's multi-year run on this series was, Remender has some HUGE shoes to fill.  Well, without further ado, let's get to it!

Captain America #1

Summary: This issue kicks off with a flashback to a young Steve Rogers watching his father take out his frustrations on his mother.  Afterwards, his mother teaches young Steve a lesson, no matter what happens to you, always get up.  From there we head to the present where Steve(as Captain America, naturally), brings down an eco-terrorist before heading off to meet with his girlfriend, Sharon Carter.  Sharon gives Steve a gift(it's his 90th birthday!) and begins talking SHIELD business with him.  However, Steve is only half listening since he's still contemplating Sharon's earlier marriage proposal to him.  Sharon eventually tells him that a subway line under Manhattan that had been abandoned for 80 years had suddenly been having trains, and pedestrians  arrive.  Steve and Sharon go to investigate, but are told there was only room for one on the strange train, so Steve naturally goes.  While pondering Sharon and marriage, Steve is cuffed and drugged by a bunch of weird creatures.  When he wakes up, Steve finds himself strapped in a lab with a baby in a tube connected to the wires hooked up to Steve.  A huge needle comes down from the ceiling and stabs Steve in the chest just as the mastermind behind this scene shows up, none other than Armin Zola(!).  Before Steve's blood is drained by the Nazi scientist, Steve follows his mother's advice and manages to fight off the drugs being used to tranquilize him and gets up, much to Zola's chagrin.  Steve grabs his shield and flings it through the lab, destroying pretty much everything before hopping out a window, and escaping Zola's headquarters on an airplane.  With Steve gone, Zola bemoans the fact that Cap had killed his child(?!) and reveals that the baby in the tube was something he had been designing for decades to a young girl, who Zola had also cloned(!).  After gathering himself, Zola demands his mutates bring him Cap, alive and unharmed.  As for Cap, he crashes the plane and climbs out of the wreckage, revealing he had tucked the baby from the tube away in his shield.  This issue ends with Cap looking up and quickly realizing Zola's base was in another dimension and that he, and the baby, were stranded.

Thoughts: Awesome!!  That's really all I could think after putting this issue down.  It ticked all of the boxes I was hoping Remender would tick.  It gave us some development between Cap and Sharon, it brought back one of Cap's old foes(the HUGELY underused and under-appreciated Zola), gave us a great story, great art(sorry, I'm a huge JRJR mark), and a sweet cliffhanger.  So yeah, I loved this issue and am SO looking forward to seeing where Remender goes with this storyline.  Personally, I'm really hoping the baby Cap rescued grows into the new Bucky, because, why not?  Um yeah, I could keep heaping praise on this issue, but instead I'll just give it the inevitable perfect score and move on.

Score: 10 out of 10.

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New Comic Day! November 21st edition.

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Hey Comic Readers and True Believers, JT here with this week's New Comic Day. This is a pretty big week as we finally have the much hyped issue of Amazing Spider-Man that will basically lead into the new Spidey series we have coming in January. Dan Slott's been pimping this issue HARD, for months, so needless to say that's getting picked up by your truly, but let's see what else I picked up. This week I plan on grabbing Iron Man #2, Justice League #14, Amazing Spider-Man #698, Captain America #1, Hawkeye #4, Minimum Carnage Omega, and Ultimate Spider-Man #17. As for my reviews, I'm reviewing Justice League #14, Amazing Spider-Man #698, and Ultimate Spider-Man #17. My review days are Friday, Sunday and Tuesday, and you can expect ASM #698's review this Friday. Now, enough of my jabbering, time to pass the torch to my buddy X.

And now it's X-time!  Not all that much for me to say here, so I'll just get to which books I plan on picking up from the shop later on today...  Hellblazer #297, Nightwing #14, Red Hood and the Outlaws #14, Amazing Spider-Man #698, Avengers #34, Captain America #1, Daredevil #20, Dark Avengers #183, Hawkeye #4, Iron Man #2, Ultimate X-Men #18.1, Uncanny X-Force #34, & X-Factor #247...  Besides those, I MAY also be picking up Indestructible Hulk #1, Comeback #1, Clone #1 and Minimum Carnage Omega #1...  It's REALLY telling that Minimum Carnage Omega is on the maybe list...  Usually when I start a storyline/x-over I stick with it til the end, but after how awful the fifth part of this storyline was, I'm not all that keen on wasting $4 on it...  I'll be reviewing Captain America #1, Iron Man #2 and either Hawkeye #4 or Red Hood #14(Nightwing is also a slim possibility).  My review days are Thursday, Saturday and Monday.  And that's it, until tomorrow for a review of Cap #1, X out.

Fantastic Four #1

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So I decided to go with Fantastic Four #1 instead of Thor #1 for my last review of the week...  It was literally a toss-up, and FF came out on top.  But hey, I've already posted my thoughts on Thor #1 over at the Forum, so if you want to talk about that comic, shoot on over there!  With the gratuitous plug finished, let's dig into Matt Fraction's Fantastic Four!

Fantastic Four #1

Summary: We kick this issue off with Franklin Richards waking up with one of those nightmares he has.  He calls out for his mother, but she's galavanting around a few billion years ago with the rest of the Fantastic Four.  The FF are somehow in the mouth of a dinosaur, and the dinosaur manages to tear Mr. Fantastic's arm up really bad, which surprises the team since, being elastic and all, that isn't supposed to happen...  Reed manages to get the group back to the present where Franklin tells Sue that he doesn't want to go into space...  Reed heads to his lab and examines his arm, discovering that his molecules were breaking apart, and that he feared the same would happen to the rest of the FF.  After some thought, he decides to head off into the unknown universes to look for a cure, since there was no cure for the rate of molecular decay he was suffering in any of the known universes.  With that, Reed tells the team that he wanted to go off through time and space to show his children(Franklin and Val) the things they were learning about firsthand.  Sue remembers Franklin's plea of not wanting to go into space after his nightmare and questions if there's anything wrong with Reed.  Reed simply tells her to trust him...

Thoughts: Not bad.  This was an interesting start to this series, with a story(the FF could be dying due to molecular decay) that should hold my attention.  And as a plus, it was clearly written and not at all confusing, which is what caused me to drop the FF books when Jonathan Hickman was the writer.  So kudos to Matt Fraction for a strong start.  Honestly, with Reed holding this HUGE secret from the team, Sue knowing something was off and Franklin having a bad premonition, the next few issues should be a blast, especially when Reed's secret inevitably comes to light.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.

You know it's not good when the smartest man in the world says "uh-oh"...

Batman and Robin #14

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Hey guys and gals, JT here with my final review of the comic week, and I'm closing things out with Batman and Robin. The last issue ended with Robin dealing with a bunch of zombies in Gotham, because that place is literally THE WORST PLACE to live in the history of existence. So, how will The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder deal with their own Waslking Dead? Let's see shall we?

Batman and Robin #14

Summary: This issue starts with Batman dealing with a bunch of zombie-like people attacking and trying to eat civilians but of course most are thwarted by Batman. Batman then repeatedly tries to reach Robin for most of the issue to make sure he's okay. Meanwhile, Robin is playing possum as he's being carried by a bunch of the "zombies" to their leader, who proclaims Robin to be a treat that "must be savored". Robin springs into action and sets off a few explosions to put distance between the leaders of the zombies and the civilians that were held captive there. Robin leads most of them to safety and they escape by using an underground train, but the zombies are right on their tails. Robin is ready to try to fight them off when he's joined by Batman, who looks to be in a REALLY foul mood. Batman and Robin make quick work of the zombies... I mean.. like one page's worth of fighting, before Batman scolds Damian for shutting off his com-link. Batman reveals that The Joker was behind this, as he was the hooded leader Damian briefly encountered. Back at the cave, Bruce basically tells Damian that he worries about him because he doesn't want to fail him the way he failed Jason by not being able to save him in time, and he's terrified that Damian only seems to care about himself. Damian proves Bruce wrong as he produces a lone pearl he found in the sewers below Crime Alley, previously belonging to Martha Wayne. The issue comes to a close as Bruce tells his son he's proud of him and they hug.
 
Thoughts: So, this issue was odd for me. I mean... it seemed very rushed. Joker was behind the zombies? If Joker has the ability to make people into zombies... why not just go with that? Also, the people who are zombies, they were never cured or anything. And Bruce and Damian just beat them up... they're not dead or anything. So presumably, there are still zombies in Gotham... they just have to wake up. I mean, I guess this issue served to humanize Damian before his run-in with The Joker but it just seemed all over the place and like nothing really happened or got solved, which really hurt my enjoyment of this.

Score: 4/10 

Bruce: Damian... I'm proud of you.

Walking Dead #104

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Second X review of the week is from Image and is Walking Dead.  This is always a solid read, we'll see what we get here.

Walking Dead #104

Summary: Everybody in town is still kind of pissed at Rick for caving to Negan as easily as it seems he has, but they naturally don't know about Rick's SECRET PLAN.  I love secret plans...  Unfortunately for Rick, his secret plan, that being Jesus, is spotted by the Saviors and beaten up.  Instead of killing Jesus, the Saviors  decide to take Jesus to their hidden camp(which was what Rick wanted from Jesus to begin with) so Negan can deal with him.  However, since the Saviors are idiots, Jesus slips away before they arrive back at their camp.  Back in town, Rick discovers Carl is missing...  Cue ominous music...  It turns out Carl, figuring his father had turned into a wimp, had stowed away on Negan's truck and hops out with an assault rifle(?!), telling Negan he was going to kill him in retribution for Glenn's death.  Negan tries to talk sense to Carl, but Carl is determined to kill Negan and opens fire on Negan and the Saviors.  Unfortunately for Carl, he's too small to control the gun, and the recoil causes him to drop it.  One of the Saviors goes to beat the hell out of Carl, but Negan calls him off, telling the Saviors that Carl was now their guest.

Thoughts: Oh Carl...  You done stepped in it THIS time!  I mean hell, an assault rifle!?  What was wrong with a pair of handguns?  At least he could have controlled them better!  This was a VERY interesting twist, as it probably messes with Rick's SECRET PLAN, since he can't really wait around now that Negan has his son.  On top of that, Negan can't simply let Carl go back to Rick, since Carl knows where the Saviors are located.  So the question is, what does Negan do to Carl?  It makes sense for him to tell Rick that Carl had tried to kill him, thus demanding a larger tribute from Rick.  But Rick should be smart enough to know that Negan would never release Carl to him...  I, for one, have no clue where Robert Kirkman is going to go with this one.  He's written himself into a brilliant corner, and I can't wait to see how the pieces all line up.  So while this issue wasn't the best in the series, it was a phenomenal set-up issue, one that has me eagerly anticipating next month.

Score: 8 out of 10.

I have to say, Negan may just be the front-runner for best comic book villain of 2012...

Amazing Spider-Man #697

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Wow, we are a scant three issues away from Spidey #700!  JT and I are gonna have fun deciding which one of us gets the honor of doing THAT review!  As always, I'm expecting great things from this issue, as we begin the final countdown to #700...

Amazing Spider-Man #697:

Summary: Peter Parker and Max Modell manage to get to into Norman Osborn's Goblin Vault, mainly due to the fact that the two Hobgoblins chasing after them couldn't seem to work together.  Hobby #1(Roderick Kingsley) warns the two scientists to come out of the Vault since he had a bunch of explosives following Hobby #2's(Phil Urich) girlfriend and Peter's friend, Norah Winters.  Hobby #2 is fine with that...  HA!  Peter decides to don one of the Spidey costumes that Osborn had been using for target practice in his Vault and tells Max that he would hold off the two Hobgoblins with a combination of Spidey equipment and Green Goblin tech, while Max gets to Norah.  With that, Spidey attacks the two bickering Hobgoblins and Max sets the self-destruct in the Vault before rushing off.  Spidey manages to keep the Goblins occupied long enough for the self-destruct to destroy all of Osborn's toys, while Max rescues Norah.  With his spider-sense acting up all issue long(due to Kingpin's spider-jammers), Spidey takes that opportunity to make good an escape from the Goblins, while Hobby #1 zaps Hobby #2 with some electricity, causing the both of them to tumble into the river.  When the two emerge, Hobby #1 says that he wouldn't kill Hobby #2, provided Hobby #2 gave him a cut of his Hobgoblin money.  Hobby #2, not having much of a choice, agrees.  From there, we learn that Norman Osborn had disappeared from his hospital bed, ending this issue.

Thoughts: Thank you, Dan Slott!  Norman Osborn belongs in a Spider-Man comic, hassling Spider-Man!  Not going toe-to-toe with the freaking Avengers(Bendis!!)!!!  If Norman IS indeed up and about(which would make sense as we roll towards #700), I'm glad it looks like he'll be back where he belongs.  As for this issue, it was good.  It wasn't great, probably because I'm so amped up for the next few issues leading into Spidey #700, that I just wanted this storyline to conclude.  But yeah, with this story out of the way, all roads now lead to issue #700, and it should be a hell of a great trip!

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.

Can't all of you Goblins just get along???

All New X-Men #1

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Hey guys and gals, Marvel Now has begun, and with All New X-Men we're expected to see the original Five X-Men come to the future and see what they'll one day do, this story has a ton of potential, especially for Cyclops, Jean and Iceman. So let's get to it!

All New X-Men #1

Summary: This issue starts with Beast frantically doing things while in pain, saying he's going through another form of mutant evolution, and he thinks this time it may kill him. He hopes to do something useful in the last days of his life and doesn't want to tell anyone else and burden them by making them worry when they can do nothing to help. From there we see a young woman named Eva out with her friend when she approaches a boy she likes, although their flirting is quickly broken up by Eva's big meat head brother (He's even shirtless for some reason) who punches Eva's crush. This turns into a big fight between the brother, the crush and the crush's friends as Eva yells for them to stop and apparently freezes time, discovering she's a mutant. She's then confronted by Cyclops, Magneto and Emma Frost, who recruit Eva, with Scott telling her he's done a lot that he needs to atone for, and he needs her help. We also see Cyclops and Magik break into a police station and rescue another new mutant, who's being interrogated for healing a woman with his mutant powers. Storm, Kitty, Iceman and Beast are arguing about what to do with Scott, as they have to stop him but going after him would result in a Mutant Civil War, which Storm wants to avoid. Bobby states that he and Beast have known Cyclops the most and if the old Cyke could see the current one he's beat the hell out of him, to which Beast surprisingly tells Iceman he's right. From there we go to the past and see Hank and Bobby telling Scott how upset they are that they were almost attacked by a mob of angry humans, and Hank says he's done risking his life for Humans (HA!) and how he thinks Magneto may be right about them, and how he's resigning from the X-Men. The conversation is cut short when a big blue Beast shows up, who Hank recognizes as him. Beast tells the five original X-Men, Scott, Bobby, Hank, Jean and Warren that he's come from the future for help, he needs Scott to stop his future self from committing Mutant Genocide, as this issue ends.
 
Thoughts: So, I really enjoyed this issue. I thought It was a nice introduction, especially for anyone who's kinda new to the X-Men like I am, having started reading X-Books when Schism started. I thought this did a nice job of setting up the storyline, building questions about Beast, and introducing a few new interesting mutants to Cyclops' fold. I did think Cyclops actually didn't come off as a bad guy here, which was interesting, I mean sure he was fighting people when he could've avoided it, especially in Eva's case, but meh, he still didn't seem like a full-fledged villain, all and all I'm pretty excited for this series, especially when the Original Five come to the future.

Score: 8/10 

Hank: He's me.
Beast: I am.
Bobby: Is that what you look like when you don't shave?

Batman #14

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Hey guys and gals, after the first issue with the Joker's return and the shocking ending we saw, let's not waste anymore time in seeing how Batman and the rest of his allies deal with the return of The Joker.

Batman #14

Summary: This issue starts off with Batman locked in a vat of liquid, the same liquid that turned Joker into the deranged man he is. Harley leaves as Batman yells for her to help, before eventually finding his own way out. He mentions while escaping that he's studied the liquid over and over on nights where he couldn't sleep, looking for signs of what made Joker him, but the only thing that liquid should've done is kill, adding even more mystery to how Joker survived. Batman arrives back at the cave and looks for Alfred, he goes upstairs and finds a purple package with green ribbon, and opens it to find a tape. He plays the cassette and hears that Joker has "Bruce Wayne's butler" Alfred, and has apparently burned his eyes with ammonia, to the point that Alfred thought he was blindfolded. Joker "does it again for fun" while Batman has to listen to the man that raised him scream out in pain. From there, Batman visits Commissioner Gordon, telling him he's taking him to a bunker to protect him against Joker, but Gordon is opposed to the idea, saying he needs to face him, even if it means opening up bad wounds. As Gordon says that he touches pictures of Joker being arrested and Gordon standing over Babs' hospital bed after she was shot by The Joker, when Gordon gets a paper cut and suddenly starts to bleed profusely. He's quickly taken to the hospital, as Batman and Nightwing talk on the roof, with Batman telling Nightwing that Gordon was poisoned with Blood thinners by The Joker. Batman then tells Nightwing that The Joker has Alfred, which makes Nightwing wonder if Joker knows Batman's identity. Batman says he doesn't think so, he thinks he just took Alfred because Joker said he's "planning a party" and would want Alfred, who is the best in his field. Nightwing starts to freak out but Batman makes him calm down, telling him he's not telling anyone else Alfred is missing, because they'd get angry and let their anger distract them which will only work in Joker's favor. Batman says Joker is re-creating his first crimes in new ways, and he needs to head down to the reservoir because he thinks Joker is going to poison the reservoir, and he needs Nightwing at the pipeline. Batman heads to the reservoir and finds The Joker waiting for him, as Joker tells him he's happy he and Batman can talk. He tells Batman he knew Bats would show up and try to stop him so he's already killed the people who would've drank the poisoned water and thrown them in the reservoir, and he also blows up the Pipeline, as Nightwing is blasted off his feet from the explosion. Batman charges Joker but he's restrained by a bunch of chattering teeth ropes, and Joker tells Batman he's the court Jester and he's telling Batman what no one else will, his family has made him lazy, made him lose his edge, and now he can't even deal with Owls without their help. So he's going to give Batman some bad news to help him, and he says it clear enough so Batman's allies can hear over their comm links, He knows who they are... every secret identity and address, and even what soap they use, and now he knows why Nightwing smells so good. He says their all fakers and phonies, but Joker says he knows one more secret, one Batman has kept from everyone except The Joker, who learned it from a book he found in the Batcave. Batman says he's lying, but Joker says we'll see, but in seventy-two hours, each Bat and Bird will be dead, and Batman will be the one who kills them, as the issue comes to a close.
 
Thoughts: Say what you want about Scott Snyder, but that guy knows how to write a story. I was extremely into this comic, especially at the big showdown at the end between Batman and Joker. The stuff with Alfred being tortured and Bruce listened on was done great, the way Gordon was taken out due to the insane plan by Joker, and everything about the way he apparently plans to "Tower of Babel" the Batman allies with Batman's plans. In the second feature we saw a bunch of crime bosses killed by Umbrellas by the Joker, to incriminate Penguin. Joker then tells Penguin that he'll lick the blood off of each umbrella and leave his DNA at the scene so people know it was him, if Penguin agrees to come to this party he has planned, to which Penguin begrudgingly agrees. I enjoyed that as well, as I'm curious to see what Joker has planned for this big party that has him hunting out Batman and his rogues.

Score: 9/10 

The Joker: All of you, beneath your little maskssss! That's right. I know your little secrets identities!

New Comic Day! November 14th edition.

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Hey all, X here to take the lead in this week's New Comic Day post!  Looking at what is getting released today, I have to say, this week SHOULD be interesting.  So what should I end up picking up at the comic shop in a few?  Let's take a look!  Batman #14, Grifter #14, Superboy #14, Team 7 #2, Invincible #97, Saga #7, Walking Dead #104, All New X-Men #1, Amazing Spider-Man #697, Fantastic Four #1, Thor: God of Thunder #1, Ultimates #18, Venom #27.  That comes out to a perfect 13 comics this week, which is, as I've said, repeatedly, my ideal number of comics in a given week.  Now, due to JT tricking me, he got to choose which three comics he wanted to review first(usually it's the guy who types up the NCD post who gets first dibs), so yeah, JT made sure to take the best books...  Because he's a jerk.  But instead of stating the obvious, here are the three books I'll be reviewing; Amazing Spider-Man #697, Walking Dead #104 and Thor: God of Thunder #1.  My review days are Friday, Sunday and Tuesday. And that'll do it for your friendly neighborhood X, over to JT.  X out.

Hey Todd Squad, JT here after a gracious tag in from my old pal X. Like X said, this is a pretty big week for comics and I was able to tear myself away from Call of Duty: Black Ops II long enough to pick up my weekly haul. Here's what I ended up picking up, Batman #14, Batman and Robin #14, Invincible #97, Saga #7, Walking Dead #104, All New X-Men #1, Amazing Spider-Man #697, Thor: God of Thunder #1, and Venom #27. So with a grand total of eight books, and having screwed X out of first pick by being the most awesome dude to ever grace the planet, I plan on reviewing Batman #14. Batman and Robin #14 and All New X-Men #1, see, I'll even leave X ASM #697 as a show of good faith(X: Thanks, JT!  You're slightly less of a jerk now!). My review days this week are Thursday, Saturday and Monday, so you can expect to see those up then. So until tomorrow, this is JT, signing off.

Iron Man #1

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One more X review for the week, this time it's the Marvel Now! edition of Iron Man.  Kieron Gillen is taking over the writing duties of this series with the Now! relaunch, which should lead to some good stories.  Let's see where Gillen decides to do with Tony Stark.

Iron Man #1: 

Summary: This issue kicks of in earnest with Maya Hansen being killed by her creation, Extremis.  However, before her death, Maya manages to get a message to Tony to warn him that Extremis was out.  It turns out that AIM had gotten their hands on the Extremis tech and were selling the technology to anybody willing to pay.  And since Extremis could turn an ordinary person into a insanely powerful killer, it's in Tony's best interest to take AIM down and confiscate all the Extremis tech out there.  Tony crashes the resort where AIM was trying to sell the Extremis tech, and ends up battling against some Extremis enhanced AIM agents. After taking down the agents, Tony forces the head of this branch of AIM to tell him how many Extremis kits he had sold.  The AIM leader tells Tony 4 kits were out there, which leads us rather nicely into our next issue.

Thoughts: So far so good.  This was a good start for the Marvel Now! Iron Man series.  We have a good story, some new threats for Tony, all born from an old threat to Tony.  Basically, this was everything you'd want from an Iron Man comic.  We may be only one issue in, but I think it's safe to say Tony Stark is in good hands going forward.

Score: 8 out of 10.

Now THAT is what ALL AIM agents should look like!

Captain America #18

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I could very easily sum this issue up in a sentence or two...  That's about how much I care about this storyline...  Eh, I might as well polish this one off.

Captain America #18

Summary:  While Falcon and Diamondback try to keep people from going crazy due to the madbombs dropped by the Hydra Queen, Bravo and Baron Zemo(who is unfortunately evil. Again...), Sharon Carter confronts Zemo on his space station and Cap heads after the Queen and Bravo.  Sharon(with some help from Dum Dum Dugan), manages to choke Zemo unconscious, before the two destroy the station, which in turn destroys the madbombs(I guess...).  Cap beats up Bravo, so the Queen shoots at both of them, which is fine since Cap has a shield.  Not so fine for Bravo, who doesn't.  Bravo gets shot a few times, so Cap throws his shield at the Queen, which knocks her into her computer screens, and apparently puts her in a coma(?!).  From there, Cap and company are happy, Bravo and Zemo get taken into custody, while the Queen is being worshiped by some lackey in her hospital bed.

Thoughts:  Blah.  That's my thoughts on this one.  It's sad that Ed Brubaker's epic Cap run is ending with such a whimper, but that's what we're getting.  But considering the fact that Brubaker's Cap run is my favorite run, by any writer, on any comic, from any company, ever, he definitely gets a pass from me on this one.  I never found Bravo or the Hydra Queen interesting(which is weird since Brubaker has that special talent to make ANYBODY interesting), the storyline was another variation of the old, "Cap is disillusioned by America" story, and yes, I hate the fact that Baron Zemo is evil again.  So if you take all of that, mix it up, you end up with a comic I sadly didn't really enjoy.

Score: 5 out of 10.

Too bad Bravo didn't die here...

Avenging Spider-Man #13

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Hey everyone, JT here once again, this time with my last review of the week, Avenging Spider-Man. Last month's issue wasn't all that great so my expectations going into this one aren't that high, but here's hoping Unlucky #13 proves to be quite the opposite.

Avenging Spider-Man #13

Summary: This issue starts off with Spidey finding out he was hypnotized in the last issue by a smooth, jive-talkin, slow walking, criminal by the name of the Hypno-Huster, who also hired Deadpool for the gig, agreeing to help Deadpool die for helping him, since thats what Pool wanted at the time of this story. There's an awesome part where Spidey mentions the last time he fought H.H., and Deadpool has the little editor's box telling us when it happened, then taking a shot at Wacker. Spide plans on making sure H.H. stays in jail, with his roomate, The Tinkerer (who seems to be relaxing while all of this is happening) but Spidey has to deal with a new and improved type of powers by H.H., thanks to Tinkerer. Spidey also has to deal with Deadpool, so Spidey retreats from the cell as Deadpool shoots at him, and H.H. makes it so everyone Spidey see's will be his worst fears. Just when things can't get worse for Spidey, he discovers the criminals have all left their cell's and instead of leaving, they want a piece of Spidey, and thanks to H.H.'s spell, they look like classic Spidey enemies like The Green Goblin, Kingpin, Tombstone and Morbius. Spidey's taken back a bit until he see's the names of the inmates and recognizes some of them as The Painter and Boomerang, to which he promptly cleans their respective clocks. Meanwhile, Deadpool and H.H. (who did not make the list of most awesome super-villain team-ups, I know because Deadpool checked.) H.H. tells DP if he wants him to hypnotize his heart to stop pumping like he wants, Pool has to kill Spidey. DP "ain't down with that jive" but H.H, hypnotizes him to kill Spidey. Deadpool does attack Spider-Man but manages to fight it off since he's schizophrenic and only half of his brain was hypnotized, which is genius. While Spidey tries to help Deadpool snap out of it by telling trigger words, including Ryan Reynolds (Hey, I get it!), Hypno-Hustler collects his things before escaping, which includes a mood ring, a pet rock and socks with toes. While trying to catch up on current events before escaping, he asks Tinkerer in Henry "Fonzie" Winkler ever made it to the White House. Damn... that dude is gonna be ecstatic when he learns about Obama. Before H.H. can leave (Why is he STILL THERE?!) Deadpool comes in with Spidey inpaled on his sword, H.H. takes off his goggled to get a closer look when he's attacked by Spidey and Deadpool, who switched costumes to fool him. Now THAT was genius. They make quick work of him and Spidey webs Deadpool to the floor to keep him there for the authorities as well. Spidey uses H.H.'s goggles to subdue Deadpool, who has the weirdest fantasy ever including a Deadpool version of Spider-Pig named Deadpork and Deadpool dressed like the cross-dresser from Rocky Horror Picture Show, as Spidey heads home to get out of Deadpool's costume and this issue comes to a close.


Thoughts: Now that was a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect much from this issue after the last one being so all over the place but I'll be damned if I didn't laugh my ass off. H.H. was awesome here, I'd love to see more of him, maybe as a member of Deadpool's Rogue gallery, along with Doctor Bong of course. And the twist of having them switch costumes honestly caught me by surprise, which made this all the more enjoyable. I never thought I'd say this, but I want more Hypno-Hustler!

Score: 8/10 

Spider-Man: High-lever security? He's got a roommate, for crying out loud.

Green Lantern #14

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Hey X-Maniacs, JT here once again with another review, and today we're tackling the most recent issue of Green Lantern. After leaving off with Simon Baz, the newest Green Lantern being confronted, rather violently, by the Justice League, let's see how he deals with his first threat as a Green Lantern.

Green Lantern #14

Summary: We get things started with The Guardians discussing how soon their new third army will have taken over the entire universe, in three months time to be exact. The Guardians are called crazy by The mysterious First Lantern, who says they're doing away with souls, and souls are what make life wonderful, but the Guardians retort he only values soul's to torture them. The Lantern says it's funny, now that he's seen what monster's the Guardians have become, and when he escapes, they'll be first on his list. Back on Earth, in Dearborn, Michigan, Simon Baz is confronted by the Justice League, and quickly concedes, saying Superman could take him out by himself, but he may be able to take Batman, to which Flash replies "Yep, he's a Green Lantern." which was a great line. Simon explains that he's not a terrorist, and the ring just showed up, as he pleads his innocence. The League believe him, but ask him to remove his ring as a precaution, and Simon is fine with that. Batman reaches for his ring but a huge Sinestro construct shoots out of it yelling "DO NOT TOUCH MY RING!" which The League interpret as an attack. Simon tries to explain that he didn't do anything, but they pursue him so he runs, and manages to escape with his ring, showing he's definitely a quick learner. Baz then meets with his sister, Sira. who gives him the name and address of the person who owned the rigged van he stole. She also tells him she doesn't blame him for her husband getting in a wreck from racing with him and falling into a coma, and neither would her husband. In deep space, the trapped Guardians, or Good Guardians are still trapped when they hear someone outside of their locked room, and it's the Black Hand. He resurrects the Guardian that was killed by the evil Guardians (confusing right?) and demands answers. He discovers he's in a prison known as the Chamber of Shadows and there is no escape. From there we see inside of Black Hand's ring, as we see Sinestro and Hal Jordan, when they're approached by a cloaked man telling Sinestro he must follow him, as it's time to pay for his crime, as this issue comes to a close.
 
Thoughts: This was a pretty quick issue, and a fast read. I enjoyed the parts with Simon, him thinking he could take Batman because he was "normal" shows that he's a bit cocky and uninformed, but his construct and the way he got the league off of him shows how innovative he is, which is definitely a plus for a Lantern. The stuff with the Guardians was a bit boring, except I am curious to see the first Lantern, and see if he has any ties with any current Lanterns. Other than that, this was a fine issue, I'm excited to see what's next for Baz as well as finally getting some answers for Sinestro and Hal Jordan.

Score: 7.510 

Baz: I mean, you're Superman, even if I knew how to use this ring, you'd kick my ass by yourself. Maybe I could take Batman.
Flash: He's a Green Lantern all right!

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First X-Men #3(of 5?)

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I think this was announced as a 5 issue mini-series, but it doesn't say so on the cover, thus explaining the question mark in the title.  I haven't been all that high on this mini, but hey, I'm here, it's here, my laptop is here, let's give it a go and see what happens!

First X-Men #3

Summary:  This issue gets started with an amnesiac Namor(who was a hobo at this time) beating up Wolverine's First X-Men squad and the feds, who were sent in to apprehend Namor(who nobody knew was Namor).  Agent Duncan(who will go on to work with Prof. Xavier and has no real hatred towards mutants) tells Wolverine that fire seems to hurt crazy Namor, so Wolvie has Bomb blast both Wolvie and Namor, at which time they both land in the water.  Duncan lets Wolvie and company leave the scene, while Namor doesn't resurface for quite some time, leading to the feds figuring he was dead.  Later on, Sabretooth sleeps with Holo, and decides that he and Holo were leaving Wolvie's merry little band to start a life somewhere !!??!).  Wolvie claims that the team was close to winning(winning what, I don't know...), so Holo decides to stay, which leads to Sabretooth reluctantly sticking around.  Meanwhile, a mutant named Virus sticks himself on to Yeti's brother, which seems to be some sort of plan Trask and the feds had.  Wolvie's crew attacks the FBI office holding Yeti's brother and are met with minimal resistance.  Wolvie cuts Virus off of Yeti's brother, and also manage to free a few other captive mutants before heading back to their base.  Wolvie's crew is pleased by their success, however, Virus is also pleased, and tells the feds that the seed to Wolvie's defeat had been planted.

Thoughts: Okay, I'm just gonna come right out and say it, I didn't like this comic.  As in at all.  I'm not a fan of the story, I don't like the art(what the hell is wrong with Sabretooth's mouth?!?), the characters don't interest me, there's really nothing here I like.  Sabretooth as a good guy who wants to settle down with Holo?!  What the hell am I reading here?!  I think I'm going to do something I NEVER do, and that's drop this mini before it concludes.  And I actually picked up all of that awful Space Punisher mini!  But yeah, I think I'm done here.  You can't say I didn't give this a real shot...

Score: 3 1/2 out of 10.

I can't even find words to describe how awful that shot of Sabretooth is...

New Comic Day! October 17th edition.

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Okay, I'll be honest, I forgot to get this post done earlier in the week, so I'm gonna skip most of the intro and just get into the meat of this post, the books I'll be picking up.  That way JT won't be TOO angry with me for my laziness...  Probably...  Anyway, here are the books I picked up today.  At the comic shop...  Today...  Walking Dead #103, Red Hood and the Outlaws #13, Nightwing #13, Hellblazer #296, American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #5, Avengers Assemble #8, AvX: Consequences #2, Daredevil #19, Dark Avengers #182, Hawkeye #3, Marvel Point One #1, Mighty Thor #21, Venom #26, X-Factor #245.  That brings me to 14 books.  And there really aren't any I'm jumping up and down to read...  I guess my three books for the week will be Marvel Point One #1, Hawkeye #3 and Red Hood and the Outlaws #13(just to mess with myself).  If I get REALLY bored today(which probably won't happen), I'll put a review for Point One #1 up tonight, and add some other book as my final review.  But I wouldn't count on that happening.  As for my review days this week, they are Thursday, Saturday and Monday.  Whew, glad I finally got this post out of the way!  Now I'll make the hot tag to JT and get out of the way with a hearty X out!

I'm SO angry with X's laziness! Or not... whatever. These are the books that I, myself, me, JT, picked up at the comic shop... today. Walking Dead #103, Justice League #13, Nightwing #13, AVX Consequences #2, Hawkeye #3, Ultimate Spider-Man #16, and Venom #26. Of those seven comics, I guess I'll review Justice League #13, Venom #26 and I guess I'll do Nightwing #13 as my final review. My review days this week are Friday, Sunday and Tuesday, so come on those days for some JT reviewing-goodness. And just like that, that's the end of this NCD post, feel free to let us know what you guys picked up, and be sure to expect a review from X tomorrow (if not tonight) at 8 P.M. Til then, this is JT signing off!

Marvel Now! Point One #1

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Unfortunately I wasn't able to do a review last night, so here's the first review of the week now.  Or maybe I should say Now!  Get it??

Marvel Now! Point One #1

Summary: For this comic, I'll do a quick review of each mini-story, starting....... Now!
-First up we get an origin story for Peter Quill, Star-Lord.  He's a kid, some aliens attack and kill his mother, who apparently had Peter with a rival alien race.  The aliens go to kill Peter, but he kills them with a rifle, before finding a fancy space gun in his mom's closet.  With that, he escapes his house before the dead alien's spaceship blows Peter's house up.
-Nova is still flying high(pun intended) after being invited to join Avengers, but runs into longtime Nova villain, Diamondhead.  We learn during the battle that this Nova is apparently not the Nova we know(Richard Rider), and that it seems the Nova Corps is also no more(making this Nova Kyle Rayner then?).  In the end, new Nova manages to defeat Diamondback before heading off again.
-Next up it's Loki meeting with Miss America(from Earth-212) to gripe about Wiccan, who Loki wants gone.  Miss America doesn't like the way Loki is talking and knocks him around a bit before leaving, but not before telling him she'd be keeping an eye on him and Wiccan, which is apparently exactly what Loki wanted.
-Scott Lang(Ant-Man) is still hurting about his daughter(Stature) having been killed at the hands of Dr. Doom.  Since he had no way of getting direct revenge on Doom(yet...), he messes up a Latverian art gallery.
-Forge is crazy.  However, thanks to Cable, Forge manages to fix his own mind, at which time Cable asks Forge to work with him.
-Tying all of these stories together is a man from the future, who has been telling these stories to Nick Fury(the new one).  He then mentions a word(Kobik) and possesses a mess of SHIELD agents, who come in, guns firing.  Eventually Agent Coulson kills the agent the man from the future had jumped in to, ending his bizarre threat.  From there, Maria Hill tells Fury and Coulson it was time to talk about the Avengers Initiative.

Thoughts: Honestly, I'm kind of interested in all of the comics mentioned here, even the one I was sure I wouldn't want(FF)!  Nothing mind blowing here, this wasn't a necessary read in any way, it was an okay comic about a few upcoming comics.  If you're curious about Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy, Secret Avengers, Young Avengers, Cable and X-Force or FF, this may be worth a pick up.  Nothing more to say here.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.

This is probably the series I'm most looking forward to out of all the Marvel Now! books.

Justice League #13

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Hey everyone, JT with my first review of the week and it's none other than Justice League, so let's get right to it because intro's are overrated, just like teams my Detroit Tigers beat in Semi-Final games. :D

Justice League #13


Summary: We pick up where we left off two months ago (Damn you Zero Month!) with Superman and Wonder Woman dealing with the fallout of locking lips, before Diana tells Clark she needs to leave and takes off. From there we jump to five days later and see Wonder Woman and Cheetah fighting each other in a gruesome battle, where we also learn that apparently Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth doesn't work on Cheetah for some reason. Wonder Woman is going a bit easy on Cheetah, tryingto help her because they used to be friends, but Cheetah doesn't want her help and uses this advantage to knock Wonder Woman out. She awakens later to see Cyborg and Flash helping her as she says she has to find Barbara, she can't fail her again. Next we see Batman and Aquaman talking to a recovering Steve Trevor, as Superman, Flash and Cyborg talk to Wonder Woman, as both groups learn about Wonder Woman's ties with Cheetah. Turns out they were friends after WW saved her from some terrorists, so Barbara used to study mythological artifacts for her and Steve. One day, Barbara mistakenly cut herself on a ancient dagger and was possessed by The Goddess of the Hunt, causing her to become The Cheetah. Steve says that Diana blames herself for Barbara becoming the Cheetah, just as she blames herself for him being attacked by Graves. Superman offers Wonder Woman help from the League in dealing with Cheetah, she denies but he persists that it's not because she needs it but because they want to help. She finally agrees to take the League's help, and they discuss that kiss and seem to be planning to continue their smooching ways. Outside the room, Flash and Cyborg have a conversation and Cyborg reveals that sometimes he thinks he's just a computer program that believes he's Vic Stone. He's not sure if he's alive and he feels like he's more computer than human sometimes, but Flash tells him computer's don't laugh, have favorite TV shows or worry about being robots. Cyborg says Flash may be right about that, and the two go meet back with Superman and Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman says they need to find the Congo Tribe that Cheetah's connected with as they may be able to help. From there we see the six league members, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash in the Congo, looking for the Lost Tribe when suddenly they're attacked by Cheetah. She takes down Batman and Flash with quick blows then leaps on Superman and digs her fangs into his neck. Diana goes to check on Superman when he turns around and reveals he's been turned into a Male version of Cheetah?!


Thoughts: So Cheetah can turn people like a Vampire now?! Okay... I guess that helps make her more of a threat, plus it's more believable she can take on the League with help from Superman now. Maybe the next issue is when Batman pulls out Kryptonite and shows he's the master of contingency plans. This was a good issue though, I enjoyed the opening fight with WW and Cheetah, as well as the stuff with Cyborg, that really made his character a bit more relatable, since every since he's joined the team I've gotten the vibe he was more of a token character than anything, but I like that he's getting some character development for the first time since the opening arc. I do wish we had more for Aquman and Bats to do here than just interview Steve Trevor, that didn't even seem like a two person job but whatever... besides that small thing, I enjoyed this issue and I'm excited for the next one to see how the League deals with a Cheetah-controlled Superman.

Score: 7.5/10 

Cheetah: Use your lasso on your precious flock and ask them about their darkest desires. See if your adorable heart can stomach what perversions you expose within them.