Marvel’s current event series Avengers & X-Men: Axis has been an uneven affair to date and the most recent issue is no exception. In fact, “End The Line” stands as something of a microcosm survey to the point. While wildly ambitious, writer Rick Remender’s story has had a hard time finding its legs overall. Part of this may be due to his script calling for perpetual erosion that may ultimately prove too self-sabotaging. Part of this may be due to the rotating cast of artists that, despite their collective awesomeness, hasn’t yielded a consistent look for the title. Regardless of the mechanics, the finish is often less than satisfying. [Read more…] about AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS #7 Review: “New World Retcon!”
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Amazing Spider-Man #11 Review! “All Webbed Up And Nowhere To Go”
The continuing saga of Dan Slott’s spider-epic Spider-Verse…uh, continues…with Part 3 in Amazing Spider-Man #11 with more spider-deaths, more spider-side-plots leading into other spider-books, some major spider-revelations, and some spider-cameos. [Read more…] about Amazing Spider-Man #11 Review! “All Webbed Up And Nowhere To Go”
Axis: Carnage #3 Review!
What happens when you take a psychopathic serial-killer who wears a murderous alien as clothes and flip his morality? The word ‘hijinks’ comes to mind. As it turns out, Axis: Carnage #3 is a little light on the hijinks, but it is full of character. [Read more…] about Axis: Carnage #3 Review!
Agents of SHIELD S2 E10 Review: What Did They Become?
I made a pact with myself (and my wife) that if tonight’s Agents of SHIELD midseason finale didn’t deliver on the show’s promise, I’d go ahead and stop watching. After last week’s offensively stationary episode (which I mistakenly watched thinking it was the finale), I was about ready to call it quits, but obviously I had to see for myself how Agents of SHIELD delivered the long (long, long, longggggg) anticipated reveal of the Inhumans. So did the midseason finale deliver on all that Marvel Universe promise? [Read more…] about Agents of SHIELD S2 E10 Review: What Did They Become?
The Valiant #1 Review! – The Epic Begins
Comics publisher Valiant rose from the ashes two years ago with a successful launch of some of its original characters in new books. This month’s The Valiant #1 is the beginning of the company’s next leap forward, called Valiant Next, and it’s an indication of great things to come. [Read more…] about The Valiant #1 Review! – The Epic Begins