Ultimate Spider-Man #126

Ok the following sentence is going to be very hard for me to type so I suppose the best thing to do is just get it out of the way. This issue of Ultimate Spider-Man was just...alright. There I said it and I'm still alive. Ultimate Spider-Man is my favorite monthly comic and to say that an issue didn't really excite me is a bit painful. The biggest problem with this contiuation of the return of Venom is the fact that it is way too heavy on the action. Now ordinarily action isn't a bad thing but it is when the dialogue suffers because of it. The other problem is that it's very unclear exactly when in time this story is supposed to take place. It's before Ultimates 3 but maybe sometime after the last story of Ultimates 2? Who knows? Anyway it was still a little entertaining and the end at least has the potential to advance the story in a cool way.

Click Here for Comic Xtreme's review.

Captain America #42 Review

Finally we reach the end of the Death Of Captain America storyline. This issue succeeds on multiple counts. It wraps up a lot of the ongoing character arcs and it does its job by solidifying Bucky's place as the new Captain America. Now the bad part. If we're thinking in the line of graphic novel collections, this ending doesn't exactly conclude in a way thats satisfactory to that form. Although the different plot threads end, they don't exactly end in any definate way. It's a bit hard to explain but if essentially we as the reader are still left with a lot of questions. All in all still one of the best comics Marvel is putting out.

For different reviews you can visit IGN or CBR

Heroes Premiere Review

The premiere of Heroes tonight consisted of actually two episodes. I don't want to go in depth with the details of the show in this review but what I will say is that Heroes is definately back!

All of the things that I listed below as things that would have to be fixed, were indeed fixed.

The action was definately amped up and there definately wasn't a lack of special effects.

Ultimately I think this show is going in a very interesting direction. I can finally say that Heroes is no longer predictable.

I once again find myself asking questions, just like I did with Season one. Another thing that indicates how much I am digging this season so far is the fact that I actually like Hiro's storyline this time around.

I want to say more but it is a blog so I have to keep things short. For more info a good site to go to is Herosite

Heroes Season 3!

Alright people here's some real important news. In case you are not aware the third season of Heroes begins tonight with a 2-hour seasom premiere. Now I figured I'd be an irresponsible comic book fan if I didn't mention this and give nbc some free promotion.

Heroes is a show that takes all of the sensibilities of a comic book and brings them to the tv screen. Unfortunately season 2 was a bit sub-par so here are my three things that I think Heroes would have to do this season in order to make up for the second season stinker.

• Bring back the fast pace: Last season it took almost 6 episodes for things to even get moving for different characters. I mean Hiro was in japan up until the last few episodes of the season.

• More character development: Last season the biggest problem was that none of the characters grew. I mean you could probably make an argument for Matt Parkman but that's about it. In order for this season to prevail there can be no more amnesia stories and no more retreads of story beats that we've already seen before.

• More Action: Let's be real comics are a visual medium so a tv show based on comic sensibilities should be full of action right? Well last season, while it did have it's cool scenes, there was a tremendous lack of the calibur of action that we saw in the first season.

For more info on heroes visit NBC's website.

Uncanny X-men #502

This issue of X-men is full of good and bad things. I'm happy to say that it seems that the title is starting to finally move along story wise since the new creative direction was intorduced in issue #500.

I also really like the new paradigm of the book. The X-men basically being a militaristic strike-force with an alternating roster depending on what is needed really works for me.

The Good:

• Pretty art
• Nice use of humor and references to X-men history
• All of the characterizations are spot on (except for maybe Dazzler's)

The Bad:

• Some of the females look the same
• The introduction on the first page. The backdrop and the ink make it very hard to read.

Overall this was a fun read and continues to make use of the X-men's new location in San Fransisco. This would be a good read for any long time X-men fan, but if you're a newcomer I'd be hesitant to recommend this simply because of the extensive dependance on past continuity.

Action Comics #869

Ok here we go it's review time. Hooray! So to get things started with this Action Comics review I just want to say that this book has been a pleasant suprise for me. I originally started following the series because of Gary Frank joining the book. Frank's pencil skills on Marvel's Squadron Supreme really impressed me so I decided that I would start picking this book up just because of the excellent art.

Well once again this book does not dissapoint! The main story arc right now focuses on the redefinition of the villian, Brainiac.

Seriously I don't know where to start with the complements for this book. Geoff Johns has an incredible grasp on how to write all of these characters in the Superman universe and Frank is just amazing with the drawing duties as always.

Without spoiling too much of the issue this story involves Brainiac trying to take over Metropolis to add it to his collection of cities from other planets. There are a few cool twists in this book and the dialogue is phenomenal.

Definately a must read for Superman fans.

Also on a somewhat related note on the Superman front. The season premiere of Smallville's eight season is tomorrow so don't forget to check that out.

Here is a link to Ign's review of this issue:
http://comics.ign.com/articles/911/911285p1.html

New Comic Wednesday's!!!

Hi everyone!
This is just a quick post to let everyone know that I will be posting 2 comic reviews for the comics I liked most out of this weeks batch.

Until I get those posted, here is a list of all of the comics that I bought today.

Dc Comics:

• Action Comics #869
• All-Star Superman #12

Marvel Comics:

• The Mighty Avengers #18
• Uncanny X-men #502
• Amazing Spider-man #572
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #33 (War Machine: Weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Squadron Supreme Vol.2 #3

IDW Comics:

Spike: After The Fall #3

Ok guys! My reviews will be up A.S.A.P.!

December Solicitations

Ok both DC Comics and Marvel Comics have released their lists for their upcoming coming comics in December.

Comics Continuum has the solicitations for both of the companies.

The link for the DC solicitations can be found here http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0809/15/index.htm

And Marvel's solicitations can be found here

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0809/16/index.htm

Review: Deadpool #1

Hi everybody!

Well since tomorrow is Wednesday (new comic day for those not in the know) I decided that in preparation for the reviews that I'm going to do tomorrow, that I would review my favorite comic from last week.

That comic as you can see is Deadpool #1 which launches the new ongoing Deadpool series. This book plunges the merc-with-a-mouth right into the heart of the Secret Invasion story, and basically involves Deadpool just being a general psychopath and killing skrulls.

I thought this comic did a very good job of balancing the humor of Deadpool with the Secret Invasion concept allowing readers to see the events through Deadpool's obviously distorted P.O.V.

The art by Paco Medina was also very well done. It was actually a lot better than I expected. Overall the issue was fun and good laughing material. I'm eager to see where Daniel Way takes this story.

http://marvel.com/

What's After Secret Invasion

Recently Marvel comics has announced their name for the next phase of their universe post-Secret Invasion.

They're calling it Dark Reign and it seems to be pretty mysterious at this point. The word on the street at this point is that the ending to the Secret Invasion event will play a big factor in what Dark Reign will actually entail.

I'm hoping that the Skrulls will somehow be integrated into the modern Marvel society. That seems like a very interesting idea, that could lead to some very interesting stories.

For more information on Secret Invasion I suggest going to Marvel's website for the event here

www.embracechange.org

Favreau's Ideas For Future Iron Man Movies

It seems like the future of Marvel's Iron Man movies will be very promising. In an interview with www.chud.com Jon Favreau (The director of the Iron Man movies) discusses his plans for the next movies in the franchise. Favreau says that he plans on making the story one big overarching story, similar to Lord of The Rings. In light of this news here are my top 3 things that I think should be in the next movies.

1. War Machine

For all of you not in the know, Tony Stark's best freind James Rhodes gets his own suit of armer in the comics. I think that this is absolutely essential for the next movie because as it is Rhodes didn't get enough screen time in the first movie, so giving him the War Machine armor would be a great way to keep things interesting.

2. Better action sequences

As great as the first Iron Man was it was a little lacking in the action department. Favreau assures us though that more action is on the way.

3. More interaction with S.H.I.E.L.D

One of the best things about the Iron Man movie was the fact that they acknowledged many elements of the comics such as the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. I would really enjoy more interaction with fun elements from the comics such as this because it truly adds something to the credibility of the movies.

Here is a link to the article.

http://http://chud.com/articles/articles/16305/1/FAVREAU-TALKS-THE-FUTURE-OF-IRON-MAN/Page1.html

Saying Hi

Hey everyone this is a new blog that I'm starting and it's going to be about the world of super hero comics. Obviously I don't have everything worked out yet but as soon as I can this thing will be up and ready to go. So this is just me saying hi for the moment.