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Another Set of Quickies and a Lesson Learned

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I learned something about myself on this vacation. I can’t just jot down some notes about what I should write a post about and expect to come back a week later and either know what I wanted to say or still have the same enthusiasm for it. I either need to write more detailed notes or make myself sit down and at least write the post out in notepad or word while I’m still feeling it.

Nonetheless, I have these notes and I guess I should at least mention the thoughts, even if I don’t quite have the details of what I was thinking at the time. For no other reason than I feel like it, I’ll give you the verbatim note that I left myself before I say a little about it.

Mighty Avengers 6 - Actually enjoyable! Maybe write a review?

Well, I don’t really have a review in me, so you’re not getting one of those, but this was a pretty good issue. Frank Cho’s art was amazing as always, even if it wasn’t worth waiting months to see. I may have been more impressed if they actually left Sentry’s wife dead, just for the “oh crap” factor, but I understand why they didn’t and I can live with it. I really enjoyed the thought/speech bubbles, they gave a nice contrast between what was being said and what was going on in the character’s heads; the interaction between the Pyms was probably the best use of it in the entire issue, it made me ache for them both, even if Hank is a wifebeating moron. Another nice touch was showing the team member’s logos as they joined the action. A very bad touch was the prologue, having the scene with Spiderwoman showing up with Skrullektra’s body, thus reminding us how very very late this issue was. It was almost enough to drain all the good-will that this issue had built up with me and really should have been left out of the finished product. It served no purpose in furthering the story at this point. No positives, only negative.

But, in the end, the fact that I actually had a moment of liking Tony Stark won me over for this story. That moment of him checking for his penis was excellent, he’s an okay guy when he’s not trying to be the commander of everyone. Actually, any comic that can make me actually like and feel for a group of characters that normally don’t even cause a blip on my radar is a damn good comic. Strong work, Mr. Bendis.

Ghost Rider 18 - I don’t really get it; the plot seems overly convoluted. Why keep changing his origin and make it even more confusing and [expletive deleted] up?

That… pretty much says it all, actually. I’m not sure if I planned on doing an entire review or just wanted to condemn Marvel for making Ghost Rider even more ridiculously hard to follow.

I really don’t understand why they keep messing with his origins - he’s a cool character, has a pretty damn cool backstory, and I don’t really see any point to messing with his origin. Demon harnessed by a good man to fight evil? Cool. Ancient spirit of vengeance connected to a bloodline that possesses the first born of each generation? That’ll work. Angel of Vengeance tricked into thinking he/she/it is a demon? I’m starting to get annoyed here.

I’m starting to think that Ghost Rider has the same problem as Wonder Woman… people will not quit messing with the character. If you “tweak” and manipulate a character’s origins and make everything you think you know about them false right when fans are starting to get a handle on the character, people will lose interest.

Quit…messing…with…the damn….CHARACTERS!

Infinite Horizon - The Odyssey applied towards America’s current war on terror, short blurb, recommend it.

I’d heard some talk about this one and actually had someone shove it into my hands and demand I read it. I’m not sure if I would have picked up on its connection to The Odyssey if I hadn’t known about it beforehand or not, but that’s not really the point. This comic is an excellent read and you don’t need to know anything at all about The Odyssey or any of Homer’s other works in order to enjoy this. The basic premise is that the United States takes this War on Terror to an insane level until we just run out of resources. Troops are stranded in the Middle East, martial law is declared at home. Infinite Horizon focuses on an Army Captain’s fight to get home and his wife’s struggle to keep things together while not knowing what has happened to her husband. Pick it up, you won’t be disappointed.

I just picked up my stack of comics for the past two weeks, so there will be more news and reviews soon.

tag: comics, reviews, avengers, ghost rider, infinite horizon, wonder woman, marvel, tony stark, image

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