I thought I’d go ahead and write this post as I read the actual issue – sort of a stream-of-consciousness kind of review. We’ll see how it turns out. All comfy, have provisions at hand, opening the issue as I publish… here goes nothing! Don’t red until you read for yourself – SPOILERS BEWARE!!!!
“UTOPIA: CHAPTER 2” WHO ARE THE DARK X-MEN? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that’s just one of the huge surprises in “UTOPIA”. Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren’t ready for is that Osborn is right.
Solid opening. A lot has gone down since last issue. Gotta love Ms. Marvel looking like a fabulous drag queen in the Castro and Daken messing with a beatnik protester who looks like Logan. I don’t see Prof X – being so agreeable with Norman Osborn. OK Now we see Prof X and Beast are in the slammer – so was that Prof X siding with Norm under duress or an impostor? Looks like I had the line-up right… Mimic, CLoak, Dagger, Daken and Weapon Omega. And Oh shit, Dark Beast is working for Osborn. Now here is Armani Xavier again.. Hmm Since Charles is still in jail, looks like a doppelganger of some kind. Yup – Mystique – duh. Why didn’t I see that coming? REALLY should have. Hmmm, Namor was Emmas addition. Emma sniffs out Raven, but doesn’t ask where Charles is, interesting… What’s up with Trask? Is he one of the resurrected techorganics from the opening arc of the new X-Force? And the kids have a god question… DID Scott and Emma break up? or is this all part of a plan? Now what is Sunspot doing with this gang of sixth stringers? And why does it look like Emma is flying?
Adam Killian drags Phillip Aubrey on a six scene exploration of the Dark Side of Sex, where he is TAKEN: TO THE LOWEST LEVEL. Phillip begins his Journey as an outsider, but quickly finds himself amidst the filth and kink of Chi Chi LaRue’s Imagination. Through his passage, Phillip encounters asphyxiation, toys, flogging, hot wax, and domination, exciting and developing his inner pig.
The Dead-Titan-on-Live-Titan violence escalates this fall! Black LanternHawk has his talons set for the female Hawk and Dove! Meanwhile, Red Star faces a frightful family reunion with Black Lanterns Pantha and Wildebeest, and Donna Troy faces her worst possible nightmare (AND ISN’T IT ADORABLE)! Plus, Black Lantern Terra simultaneously terrorizes and turns on Beast Boy!
Looking forward to picking this up today… (among other things).
The high impact, critically acclaimed sci-fi epic rages towards its explosive climax! Last issue’s jaw-dropping cliffhanger has everyone scrambling! Vulcan’s once unbeatable and vast war machine is grinding to a halt! Black Bolt’s forces are struggling to survive! It’s all coming down to the final clash, king vs. king! But where will the other power players place their loyalty, and can anyone imagine a solution as extreme as the one Medusa is proposing? The Universe is about to change forever in what IGN.com calls “a veritable dream for science fiction/fantasy fans…War of Kings is event comics done right.”
The latest douchebag to end up in JoeCartoon’s blender is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (link is to his blog THOSE OF YOU BRAVE ENOUGH TO CYBER BULLY A DANGEROUS LUNATIC WITH A COUTRY”S ASSETS AT HIS DISPOSAL, PLEASE FEEL FREE!).
In case you have been under a rock… He told a Columbia University audience “We don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that in our country. We don’t have this phenomenon; I don’t know who’s told you we have it.” The only reason he thinks that is because he has them wiped out if they show their face.
