The Weekly Stack 091008
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X-Men: Magneto Testament #1: For the first time truely see what shaped Marvel’s most infamous mutant. This Marvel Knights tale is a seriously beautiful take on Magneto’s horrific origins as a Jewish youth in a Germany embracing Nazism.
NYX No Way Home #2: I will definitely have to pick up the trade of the first series. I don’t know who the hell these kids are but I am loving it thus far. I look forward to figuring out what the hell is going on.
Secret Invasion #6 of 8: Thor joins the fight, the heroes regroup with Nick Fury and Reed’s got a way to expose the Skrulls. All this and the Skrull forces are confronted by the heroes of Earth. But what EXACTLY was it in that syringe SkrullYellowjacket gave to the Wasp? and why does her presence please the SkrullSpiderwoman so much?
Final Crisis Revelations #2 of 5: Spectre – the Spirit of Vengeance, has to execute the Question because of a diety’s clerical error? Thank goodness Radiant – the Spirit of Mercy was able to deliver a holygram and tell Crispus to back off.
Booster Gold #12: Some fun twists and turns in this title. I’m glad Booster has his sister back. I’d still like to see Ted Kord back too. They just need to take him before max Shoots him AND fake his death, framing Max well enough to fool Batman. Easy as pie.
Ultimate X-Men / Ultimate Fantastic Four #1: OK things get interesting when a group of X-Men from the future (including a webslinging Kitty Pryde, Wolverine, Rogue Captain X America (?) and a Phoenix that may be Franklin Richards) and promptly try to assasinate Mr. Fantastic.
Ex Machina #38: The story of trouble continues to unfold out of time on multiple fronts, yet still intrigues me. I have no idea what will happen next. If only the outcome of the election it is set against was as unclear.
Secret Invasion X-Men #2 of 4: The SuperSkrulls that were called in after the initial X-assault were more formidable than the initial ground forces. But that’s not a surprise. The mutants switch to guerrilla tactics. I’m just confused about ONE thing. We saw a feather-winged Warren flying costumed as Angel in the first half of the book, so who is the metal-winged Archangel who dives in with X-Force to save Pixie?
Secret Invasion: Inhumans #2 of 4: I’m enjoying watching the Inhumans kick some Skrullbutt, but since when can their elemental Crystal take being slammed into a stone pillar hard enough to shatter it and get up brush off some dust and jump back into the fray? I’d buy it if she had transformed the pillar into something to catch her – but she didn’t, she slammed in with full force and sound effects.
Deadpool #1: I picked this up for nostalgia, can’t justify continuing to buy it – but it was fun. Especially loved the career recap backup tale.
Secret Invasion: Runaways – Young Avengers #3 of 3: I love both teams of characters, but not much REALLY happened in these 3 issues. Xavin knocks out the Runaways to save them, both groups get separated, The fight some Skrulls, find each other, defeat a big bad and them rejoin continuity. Only thing of note is Hulkling taking his prophesied future a bit more seriously.
Green Arrow / Black Canary #12: Actual truth was a bit anticlimactic. Shado’s got a sick kid and Dr. Sivanna says he’ll help if she kills Green Arrow. She tries to do it in a roundabout way by pretending to be Ra’s etc and then her hitter ends up hitting Conner. I was hoping for a master plan to take over Green Arrow’s son and demoralize him beyond belief. Turns out it was all bad luck. Oh yeah and now Green Arrow has 2 fully grown sons.
Ms. Marvel (and her boobs) #30: Cover was a bit over the top in the rack department. Carol Danvers faces down a SuperSkrull that even the other SuperSkrulls fear. Its some kind of Hydra-manufactured abomination with whatever powers it wants. And Ms. Marvel kills it by… well that isn’t really clear.
Wonder Woman #24: Nemesis asks Hippolyta for permission to date her daughter. That alone should be worth the cover price. But it wasn’t. Then Wonder Woman meets with Hollywood executives about making a movie of her life to find that one of them is… Who is she? She never says, but she looked like the Queen of Fables to me.
Ultimate Origins #4: Aha, Nick Fury is over 90, Hulk killed Spidey’s folks, Hank Pym was a slacker genius, and the stone thing is an Ultimate Watcher… OK what’s next? Oh you say the most significant event of this generation? Coming Devastation? Is it the Ultimate Lila Cheney concert?
King Size Cable #1: Bishop chases Cable through time! Still? REALLY? Yeah. Cable laid a few amusing traps with the help of a descendent of Irene Merryweather, but generally a yawn.
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