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Lego Captain America Movie
February 4, 2012Lego Ultrabuild Marvel Super Heroes
February 3, 2012Pics of Lego‘s upcoming Marvel sets are beginning to hit the tubes. Below are the three Ultrabuild sets of Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America. I can’t wait!
(via Brick Heroes)
Comic Book (not so) Weekly Reviews – 12/28/11
January 27, 2012I’m WAY behind in my reviews, but here’s there first batch of them. Hopefully I can be nice and caught up in a week or so. It was the last week of the year and that saw a lot of new releases. It was a thick stack of books… did the year end on a good note? Find out below.
All-Star Western #4 – Jonah is still in Gotham, this time hired to look for missing children. The story is decent and pretty entertaining, but there’s a hint as to what he stumbles into, and while I like him being tied into the greater DCU, I’m not sure if connections like this are a bit too cute. Still though, we have a western comic that’s a great read in both story and art.
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8
Alpha Flight #7 – Wolverine shows up to see what’s going on and it turns into good guys versus good guys before they team up to take on the bad guys. This limited series turned ongoing turned back into limited series has one more issue to go. It hasn’t been a bad read, but also hasn’t knocked it out of the park like I’d hope.
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7
American Vampire #22 – Flash forward to 1954 and we have a new story arc from the vampire hunter angle. It’s a completely different comic in a way and so damn good. The main character just exudes the time and bleeds cool. Add in some great story telling when it comes to revealing the plot and you’ve got a hell of a way to end the year.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Annihilators: Earthfall #4 – Hmmm, not the best of cosmic Marvel. Hopefully whatever 2012 has in store, it’ll be better than this.
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7
Aquaman #4 – Aquaman and Mera head into the trenches to free the people kidnapped by the weird fish people. All of that raises lots more questions that don’t get answered, but gives a good place to go over the next year. The art is fantastic, writing top notch. Aquaman is one of the best super hero comics being put out by DC and one of the best on the market.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Astonishing X-Men #45 – Astonishing X-Men to me has struggled as to where it’s stood in the “X” cannon and how it stood out from the other “X” series out there. This story arc which has Cyclops in another universe is pretty damn interesting, but I’m still not sure it’s enough to really justify it’s existence. Still, much better than what’s come before.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5
Avengers: Children’s Crusade #8 – So I guess this character wasn’t big enough to make headlines about being killed off? It’s been a while since we saw the last issue for this series which feels like it started years ago. The two teams fight Doom who then hints that he was behind Wanda going crazy. Did we just get a crappy retcon!? Ugh. This limited series has dragged as far as release schedule and not lived up to what I’d hope as far as story, but the art has been solid.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 7.75
Batman: the Dark Knight #4 – Batman investigates Ivy’s hideout and chases some leads in an ok issue of the comic. Really, the focus is on friendships and how being Batman crushes Bruce Wayne’s personal life and limits his personal friendships. There’s a bunch I like about the comic, but some things seem a bit forced. Some foreshadowing though that could get interesting. This is the Batman book that’s more about the visuals than the plot.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 7.75
Black Panther: the Most Dangerous Man Alive #527 – The Panther and Kingpin’s chess game continues as each attempts to out-maneuver each other. It’s sad the series only has a bit to go. It’s such high quality and deserves and audience. The art too is great with a very interesting style in this particular issue.
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8
The Cape #3 – Um wow. To say the moment my jaw dropped would ruin the comic. The issue and series is balls out, just going full throttle. The body count is rising but how can someone prove there’s a flying person out to get them?
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Captain America #5 – Hydra is starting to role again as Cap battles in the dream world. The ending to the first story arc wasn’t bad, but there was something a bit off about it. The good part is we start to get a sense of a weakness when it comes to Steve Rogers and Captain America.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.75
Captain America #6 – Steve’s got some doubts and he also might be having issues with the super soldier serum. He and Hawkeye head out for a night of crime fighting and run into an old nemesis. The arc has been solid so far, the art I’m not totally sold on though.
Story: 8.5 Art: 7.25 Overall: 8.25
Captain America & Bucky #625 – Cap is drawn into a murder mystery surrounding the Cap and Bucky that replaced him after he was frozen (yes a bit confusing to explain). The story is pretty damn interesting and very entertaining and shows off some more “lost” history of Captain America.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
DMZ #72 – And with that, the series comes to an end. Brian Wood’s series about war and those impacted by it turns into a love letter to New York City and those that live there. The series for seventy-two issues has been solid and some of the best political commentary in an entertainment medium. The ending is bitter sweet. A great comic, but you don’t want it to end, because that brilliance comes to a close with it.
Story: 9.25 Art: 8.5 Overall: 9.25
FF #13 – The kids, Doom, Reed Richards and Nathaniel Richards stand against the made Celestials. It’s interesting, but the bigger questions is how does writer Jonathan Hickman’s crazy storytelling all weave together. he’s put together an epic Fantastic Four story for the ages.
Story: 8.25 Art: 7.75 Overall: 8.25
the Flash #4 – Mob Rule is causing all sorts of issues as folks have to deal with the affects of the EMP blast and folks are confused by the Flash’s passing a plane through a bridge. This issue has some amazing visuals and the story has some good pacing. It doesn’t stand on it’s own, but as part of the story arc, it’s solid.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Green Hornet #20 – The new Hornet and Kato take on a bad guy that their parents did in this self contained issue. The relationship between the two is the focus really and it’s a reminder that this isn’t your parents’ Hornet. The art takes a bit of a dip, but the story is solid enough to keep this series entertaining.
Story: 8 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7.75
Green Lantern: New Guardians #4 – We start to get down to the mystery of the rings and Kyle. There’s a lot here that I’ve never seen before, especially at the end. The story is a giant fight scene and a bit muddled, but there’s some original stuff here and that has to be given lots of props.
Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75
I, Vampire #4 – Bennett meet Constantine, Constantine meet Bennett. It’s a good story as these two individuals must deal with another vampire. There’s a twist at the end I wasn’t expecting at all which just makes it that much better. This is easily one of the best comics to come out of DC’s relaunch.
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75
Iron Man 2.0 #12 – Wow, such a bad ending…. the series had a great start and then just went off the track into a wall.
Story: 6.75 Art: 6.75 Overall: 6.75
Justice League Dark #4 – What the hell did I read. The series is just not doing it for me. The story is muddled and really confusing. It’s too choppy without a really solid narrative to pull it all together. The series has a lot of potential, but so far I haven’t seen it come close to living up to it.
Story: 6.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 6.75
Kick-Ass 2 #6 – The most entertaining thing about this issue is seeing Hit-Girl spout out really inappropriate things. The series is over the top violence at this point without much of a narrative. The first volume was Shakespeare compared to this mess of a follow up. Millar wants to shock and awe, but missed the mark you need a story first to really pull that off.
Story: 6.25 Art: 7.5 Overall: 6.25
the Mighty Thor #9 – Loki still tries to figure out who Thor is. Taranus does his thing and the All Mothers decide to turn Asgard into a Republic. Um yeah… things got rather interesting in this series.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.5
Secret Avengers #20 – Wow did this issue make my head hurt. Lots of time jumping and the story and art are interesting, but overall, call we move the series forward instead of these pointless self-contained stories?
Story: 7 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7
Spaceman #3 – The series is beyond unique and creative but I think it doesn’t read all that great as single issues. I’m definitely waiting for the trade and reading it all at once.
Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75
Teen Titans #4 – Superboy takes on Wonder Girl as the Teen Titans finally get their members together. The series has a great tone and some entertaining interaction. The art is solid as well. This is one of my favorite series of the DC relaunch.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series Michelangelo – Michelangelo gets caught up in a diamond heist. The story is entertaining and the art is solid. I’ve loved the new TMNT series from IDW and these self contained issues have been just as good. Great for TMNT fans new and old.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.25
Ultimate Comics the Ultimates #5 – This issue is just solid. All kinds of great moments just building up to the eventual battle. This issue doesn’t stand on it’s own, but as part of the greater story so far, it’s so good. As usual, great art and great plot.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Ultimate Comics X-Men #5 – Um, holy crap. So the beginning of the comic hinted at the ending, but I didn’t put two and two together as to what it all meant until those last few panels. This comic just is so tense and so amazing. The series as a whole just rocks. The art, story, like the other Ultimate comics, I’m so happy I took chance with the relaunch.
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75
Uncanny X-Men #3 – The team continues to fight Sinister and also have Celestials to deal with. The story and art is ok. To me, that’s it, just ok. There’s two different teams basically and I think the quality is different too. Out of all of the “X” books two stand out to me, Wolverine & the X-Men and Uncanny X-Force. Uncanny, just doesn’t live up to the relaunch and continues on it’s meh course.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5
Voodoo #4 – Voodoo is on a mission to learn about the world’s super heroes. Seriously, Marz has been booted from this series? His mix of action heroine/spy/super hero comic is fresh and is as solid as they come. Hopefully the series keeps it up, but I have my doubts the quality will keep up.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25
X-Men: Legacy #260 – In a transition issue, Rogue and friends rescue Ariel and Korvus is dealt with. The issue really just moves the story along with a dip in art and overall a ho-hum.
Story: 7.25 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7.25
First News of Marvel Lego Sets
January 4, 2012While no photos have been seen, the news of what we can expect as far as Marvel Lego sets has begun to leak out. At San Diego Comic Con 2011 it was announced Lego would be producing sets based on DC and Marvel characters. The Marvel sets would be based on the Avengers movie, X-Men comics and Spider-Man comics. What we know so far from postings on the French Amazon website:
Spider-Man
6873 Doc Ock’s Ambush - estimated release 8/15/12 – expect Spider-Man vs. Doc Octopus
Avengers
6865 – Captain America’s ™ Avenging Cycle – Captain America, Nick Fury (+ a motorcycle)
6867 – Loki’s ™ Cosmic Cube Escape – Loki, Thor, Captain America
6868 – Hulk’s ™ Helicarrier Breakout – Hulk, Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America
6869 – Quinjet Aerial Battle – Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Iron Man (+ the Quinjet)
X-Men
6866 – Wolverine’s ™ Chopper Showdown – Wolverine, Deadpool, Magneto (+ a motorcycle)
Avengers Ultrabuild
Below are my photos from San Diego Comic 2011 of the figures that were shown on the show floor:
(via Brick Heroes)
Around the Tubes
December 29, 2011Just a few days left of the year and we’re putting together our “best of” awards. Who walks out as publisher of the year? Find out January 1st.
Around the Blogs:
The Guardian – Ker-pow! Women kick back against comic-book sexism – Only women can really solve the issue of women in comics.
Comics Alliance – Kevin Wada Takes the X-Men and More into the World of High-Fashion [Art] – Some nice art.
Mashable – Pirates Like Vin Diesel: Top 10 Illegally Shared Movies of 2011 – Only Thor makes the top ten here.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Novel Report – Avatar: The Last Airbender Volume 1 The Promise Part 1 TPB
Comic Book Movie – Black Fire
Falcata Times – The Boys Vol. 9: Big Ride
ICv2 – The Innocent
Complex – Review: Two Issues Of “Captain America” Close Out A Great Year For Comics
Avengers VS X-Men Leads to The Can’t Miss Digital Comic 99 Cents Sale!
December 21, 2011Official Press Release
AVENGERS VS X-MEN Leads to The Can’t Miss Digital Comic 99 Cents Sale!
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The world’s greatest super heroes—Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine and more—go to war with each other in 2012, but now’s your chance to learn all about the Avengers and the X-Men before the first punch is thrown!
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- Amazing Spider-Man #546-601
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- Invincible Iron Man #1-24
- New Avengers #1-25
- Thor #1-12, #600-603 and Thor Finale
- Wolverine: Weapon X #1-16
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A Look At Some Characters From the Marvel Universe MMO
December 3, 2011I still haven’t really checked out DC Universe Online, but I’ll be much more inclined to play Gazillion’s offshoot Secret Identity’s Marvel Universe MMO video game. Check out Iron Man, Captain America, The Thing and Thor below.
(via Kotaku)
Comic Book Weekly Reviews – 11/16/11
November 20, 2011A thick stack of books this week. We’re coming up on the end of the year, what’s going to make our best of list? There’s only a few weeks left for comics to qualify. Find out if any of this week’s comics stand a chance below.
The Avengers #19 – This continues the transition as we find out who is going to be a member of the new Avengers team. Unfortunately, while there’s a lot of discussion of who might be on, we’re not given tons of reason of the why. The team though seems interesting. The other focus is Osborn’s escape. There’s a twist at the end as well that I didn’t expect, that’ was pretty damn interesting. Overall a ho-hum issue that looks to set up a decent upcoming story arc.
Story: 7 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7
Avengers Academy #22 – With the academy on the West coast close to Utopia it was only a matter time before Cyclops, Magneto and others paid a visit. That’s happened sooner than later with a rather silly fight breaking out. The issue could have had some great emotional impact with Magneto’s seeing Quicksilver, but a needless fight just dilutes the situation and makes it rather eye rolling.
Story: 6.75 Art: 6.75 Overall: 6.75
Batman #3 – We’re dragged further into what exactly the Talon is and what it has to do with Bruce’s relatives. It feels like a bit of a stretch as far as the family connection, but I like the pacing and some of the ways the story is laid out. The art is fantastic as well. Out of all of the lines DC has, the Bat one is definitely the strongest and this series is a good example of that.
Story: 8 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8
The Bionic Man #4 – I’m not sure if the “we can rebuild” it refers to the actual making of the Bionic Man or Kevin Smith and Phil Hester’s ability to breath new life into this franchise. The build up is fantastic and there’s tons of winks and nods throughout the comic, including why the nu-nu-nu happened anytime Steve Austin does something. There’s a lot of explanation of the process which makes it seem that much more plausible and adds a bit of realism (especially that the writers have thought it through). The series has been a slow start and it’s taken four issues to get to this point, but it’s well worth.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25
Captain America #4 – Cap is still stuck in the dream world as we get to see some of the bigger plan as well as the motivation. The issue is interesting, but there’s too much “Inception” in it without really using that movie’s landscape bending abilities. The story is decent, but it actually doesn’t go far enough to show us the entertainment that a world without rules could be.
Story: 7.5 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.5
Captain Atom #3 – Some amazing philosophical questions are thrown out there as far as Captain Atom’s powers and his ability to “play god.” What should he do? What’s the difference between his actions and miracles? That’s all thrown out there. Also, he meets up with the Flash in Libya dealing with that situation. DC promised heroes dealing with real world situations and it looks like they’re doing just that. An amazing issue.
Story: 9 Art: 8.75 Overall: 9
Deadman #3 – Really this is Quantum Leap in comic book form, but there’s certain parts of this issue that are heart wrenching. The comic has an emotional impact and it’ll be interesting to see this story arc through completion. So far so good in what’s been one of the standout series of the DC relaunch.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8 Overall: 8.5
Fear Itself #7.3 – During Fear Itself, what happened in Paris opened up a storyline that could have been explored for years. Unfortunately, in this one issue, that pretty big act has been undone. That’s the bad part. The good part is that Tony decides to see the Grey Gargoyle and discuss what it is to be a God and what happened. That part is an interesting conversation. Overall, hopefully we see the PTSD impact I’d expect from what Tony has gone through and here’s to some decent stories in the future even if the horrific act committed is undone with a flick of the wrist.
Story: 7.5 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.5
Fear Itself: The Fearless #3 – Generally not feeling this twelve issue limited series that follows the chase for the hammers left on Earth. The story is meh and there’s some poor attempts to tie in the past and the present. The follow up mini-series is of the same quality as the event that proceeded it.
Story: 6.75 Art: 7 Overall: 6.75
Generation Hope #13 – The series has only glimpsed what it could be in the short year it’s been around. I haven’t praised the series too much and with this first issue of it’s new creative team it also shows what could be. The art is improved in spots, but is still inconsistent. The story is also inconsistent. I’m sticking with the series in hopes it sees improvement, but so far I’m weary.
Story: 7 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7
Green Hornet #19 – This is the first issue I haven’t liked a whole lot. We learn the origin of the Red Hand and the way he’s defeated is meh. Something is off with this issue, both in story and the art.
Story: 6.75 Art: 6.75 Overall: 6.75
Green Lantern Corps. #3 – It’s a last stand as the team dispatched to fight a mysterious enemy hold out for the cavalry to arrive. The story is interesting, but it’s a small part of a larger story. The larger story is really a draw, this one issue doesn’t stand on it’s own.
Story: 7 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7
Justice League #3 – Darkseid is looming as the team continues to gather. There’s an interesting dynamic going on and I can’t say I’m a fan of all of the depictions of the characters, but overall the series is pretty damn solid and gives the feel of that big story you’d want and expect.
Story: 8 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8
New Mutants #34 – The team begins to settle down and see what a normal life is like, but at the same time they’re on the lookout for Blink who is hopping around where strange weather phenomena are occurring. The issue is interesting and series has potential, but I remain skeptical to see if it ever finds it’s own voice.
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7
Nightwing #3 – Hmm, it’s interesting to see them try to flesh out Dick’s life in the circus, and it’s interesting to see where the series goes, but the idea of a killer going after Dick, for something, just doesn’t seem to jarring to really get me excited. These first three issues have been one big set up. We’ll see what’s actually used going forward after this arc wraps up.
Story: 7 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7
The Punisher #5 – An interesting issue that’s supposed to make you think of what a soldier doing their duty is. It could stand on it’s own, but is a follow up to the previous issue. The story takes place 100 days since his ass whooping and the Punisher is on the mend healing his wounds. Not the best of the series, but not too bad either.
Story: 7.5 Art: 8 Overall: 7.5
Supergirl #3 – Kara is still getting acclimated to her new world as Superman attempts to give her the rundown. We also get to find out who the bad guy is. It all really doesn’t have much interest in me. What does seem interesting is Supergirl’s learning of her new world and coming to grips with her new reality and the fantastic art.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.75
Thunderbolts #165 – Generally an enjoyable comic, but there’s something missing about it. I generally don’t like time travel stories, and this is really just that. Overall, not bad, but not great.
Story: 7.25 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7.25
Ultimate Comics X-Men #3 – Stryker continues his plan as the X-Men are on the run and the team begins to form up a bit. It’s all very interesting, enough to make me want to go back and see everything I’ve missed. Overall, this has the danger and excitement that’s been missing from the 616 X-Men for some time.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25
Venom #9 – The emotional trauma has been building up for some time and a villain attempts to take advantage of the chaos post Spider-Island. During the crime spree he kills a few pedestrians which sends Venom over the edge. The series has a nice feel of a man living on the edge which I hope it plays up more as it gets back to standing on it’s own.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8 Overall: 7.75
The Walking Dead #91 – It feels like the usual calm before the storm. The group is dealing with winter and dwindling supplies as Carl learns to live with his injury. Tensions are mounting and I’m sure it’ll explode into something big knowing Kirkman.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25
Wonder Woman #3 – We get the truth about Wonder Woman and her lineage as some Amazon’s aren’t too happy with what’s occurred. The first three issues have been interesting, setting up the new status quo. The art is fantastic and overall this series is one of the better DC is putting out there.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.75
X-Factor #227 – Lots of fighting, kind of silly, but that was an interesting ending….
Story: 6.75 Art: 7 Overall: 6.75
X-Men #21 – A small nation is gathering Sentinel technology to defend itself from anything. That’s interesting but would be even better if compared with the right of Utopia to protect itself.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.5
X-23 #17 – Laura gets a call from the Future Foundation, to babysit. The story is cute and fun, but it’s the art that stands out, back to the anime inspired look we saw a few arcs ago.
Story: 7.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.5
Around the Tubes
November 20, 2011A pretty light day of news. But here’s some while you watch football today.
Around the Blogs:
Bleeding Cool – Frank Miller Vs Alex Cox On OWS… And Robocop – Forgot about Miller and the Robocop 2 connection.
Bleeding Cool – Captain America Cannabis Seized In San Diego – I think it was just some early shipments of giveaways for next year’s San Diego Comic Con.
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