Lee: Well, it seems to be a light month for books because nothing made me go “OH OH OH, GOTTA HAVE THAT” so this has degenerated into a rant about terrible covers and inane plotlines. But, there are some picks in there too, just more bad covers than usual.
Jim: Still it is always fun to look through the solicitations and see what stuff we can bitch, moan and gripe about.
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #1 (of 6)
HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS #1 (of 5)
Jim: Still it is always fun to look through the solicitations and see what stuff we can bitch, moan and gripe about.
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #1 (of 6)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by BUTCH GUICE
This is it: The story that finally reveals the conspiracies behind the entire Ultimate universe! "Everything is connected." That was the mysterious statement uttered by Bruce Banner to Spider-Man when they first met. Now it's time to discover the jaw-dropping secrets that men have fought and died to protect. From the dark days of World War II to the frightening present, journey through history to learn what's really behind the Super Soldier and Weapon X programs–and how heroes such as Captain America, Nick Fury and Wolverine have more in common than codenames and costumes.
Lee: Wheeee fun. Yet another Ultimate Universe miniseries. I wonder if this will end up being a three part miniseries like the Ultimate Galactus. Or, a protracted snooze fest like Ultimate Secret Wars. The infamous “they” are right about this line needing pruning.
Jim: It has “jaw dropping secrets” Lee, so it has to be good. Still the Butch Guice artwork is a good inducement to make me try out issue #1.
ULTIMATES SAGA
Lee: Wheeee fun. Yet another Ultimate Universe miniseries. I wonder if this will end up being a three part miniseries like the Ultimate Galactus. Or, a protracted snooze fest like Ultimate Secret Wars. The infamous “they” are right about this line needing pruning.
Jim: It has “jaw dropping secrets” Lee, so it has to be good. Still the Butch Guice artwork is a good inducement to make me try out issue #1.
ULTIMATES SAGA
As told by Tony Stark (with help from C.B. CEBULSKI and MINDY OWENS)Based on stories by MARK MILLAR, Art by BRYAN HITCHRecapping the entire series to date, .. blah blah blah… This 32-page special will also include an extra four-page section featuring an all-new story by C.B. Cebulski and superstar Travis Charest. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Lee: First… 32 pgs, $4 for recap???? What idiot set that price point? Seriously, talk about screwing your fanbase. BUT, 4 pages by Charest… ooooohhhhh. That could be really, really pretty! Not that I will know because I’m not spending $4 for 4 pages.
Jim: This is just another text book that Marvel has been pushing with handbooks and such. I’m so over that crap and never want to buy it from any publisher again. If I’m spending money give me words and pictures.
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (of 5)
Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by LEE WEEKS
Lee: First… 32 pgs, $4 for recap???? What idiot set that price point? Seriously, talk about screwing your fanbase. BUT, 4 pages by Charest… ooooohhhhh. That could be really, really pretty! Not that I will know because I’m not spending $4 for 4 pages.
Jim: This is just another text book that Marvel has been pushing with handbooks and such. I’m so over that crap and never want to buy it from any publisher again. If I’m spending money give me words and pictures.
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (of 5)Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by LEE WEEKS
From the pages of CIVIL WAR comes the tale of a man out of time! An accident in the Negative Zone propels Captain Marvel from the past to the present day. Now he must come to terms not only with his own impending death, but with the way the world has changed in the time he has been gone. Brian Reed (NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI; MS. MARVEL) and Lee Weeks (DAREDEVIL; SPIDER-MAN: DEATH AND DESTINY)
Lee: Soooo, what to make of this. Lee Weeks is a good artist so it should look nice. Ummm, that’s all I got. Eh, let’s dig deep for this… Uuummm Brian Reed has written two series that no one I know reads and have gotten marginal reviews. Oh wait, the opinion on Ms. Marvel is “This is still published”, which isn’t a review per-se. Uuummmm, and oh yeah, Marvel screws with another characters death that was perfectly fine. I will probably avoid this just on principle.
Jim: As much as I love Lee Weeks and I really love this character I will be sucked into buying it. Just doesn’t excite me, I just feel compelled to buy it and try it out at this point. Wow we are really selling this book.
Lee: Soooo, what to make of this. Lee Weeks is a good artist so it should look nice. Ummm, that’s all I got. Eh, let’s dig deep for this… Uuummm Brian Reed has written two series that no one I know reads and have gotten marginal reviews. Oh wait, the opinion on Ms. Marvel is “This is still published”, which isn’t a review per-se. Uuummmm, and oh yeah, Marvel screws with another characters death that was perfectly fine. I will probably avoid this just on principle.
Jim: As much as I love Lee Weeks and I really love this character I will be sucked into buying it. Just doesn’t excite me, I just feel compelled to buy it and try it out at this point. Wow we are really selling this book.
HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS #1 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOS GAGE Pencils & Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Return to the world of the hit House of M series, where mutants rule the earth and familiar heroes lead shocking, unfamiliar lives! See the history of this alternate reality revealed for the first time! Follow Luke Cage as he goes from wrongly-convicted prisoner to super-powered fugitive...and assembles the band of rebel freedom fighters who will come to be known as the Avengers! Featuring Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Tigra, Mockingbird and more than a few surprises! The team behind the acclaimed Union Jack, Christos (World War Hulk: X-Men) Gage and Mike (Captain America) Perkins, reunite to bring you Marvel's heroes and villains in a world where anything can happen...and does!
Lee: So, I figure Gage must have locked himself in a closet for a year and just wrote scripts. He has three issues over at DC and this at Marvel. All I can figure, the man doesn’t sleep. That aside, a “House of M” mini-series???? What is going on at Marvel? House of M was last years, or even the year befores megaevent. Why revisit it now?
Jim: I’m almost positive that he has at least seven different books that he is listed as writer for coming out this month. Talk about a fast raising star. What has been amazing is that almost everything that he has written has been good. This feels like a follow-up to an Elseworld’s tale. It doesn’t make logical sense that this book is being done at this time.
FRANKLIN RICHARDS: FALL FOOTBALL FIASCO!
Return to the world of the hit House of M series, where mutants rule the earth and familiar heroes lead shocking, unfamiliar lives! See the history of this alternate reality revealed for the first time! Follow Luke Cage as he goes from wrongly-convicted prisoner to super-powered fugitive...and assembles the band of rebel freedom fighters who will come to be known as the Avengers! Featuring Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Tigra, Mockingbird and more than a few surprises! The team behind the acclaimed Union Jack, Christos (World War Hulk: X-Men) Gage and Mike (Captain America) Perkins, reunite to bring you Marvel's heroes and villains in a world where anything can happen...and does!
Lee: So, I figure Gage must have locked himself in a closet for a year and just wrote scripts. He has three issues over at DC and this at Marvel. All I can figure, the man doesn’t sleep. That aside, a “House of M” mini-series???? What is going on at Marvel? House of M was last years, or even the year befores megaevent. Why revisit it now?
Jim: I’m almost positive that he has at least seven different books that he is listed as writer for coming out this month. Talk about a fast raising star. What has been amazing is that almost everything that he has written has been good. This feels like a follow-up to an Elseworld’s tale. It doesn’t make logical sense that this book is being done at this time.
FRANKLIN RICHARDS: FALL FOOTBALL FIASCO!
Written by MARC SUMERAK & CHRIS ELIOPOULOS Pencils & Cover by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
It's first down and 10,000,000 BC as Franklin Richards hits the field for another batch of terrifically terrifying tales! But it's not just giant lizards our little hero has to worry about. He's also got to deal with visitors from the future, invaders from outer space and some very angry foliage! With five new stories for the price of one, this all-new special is a guaranteed touchdown!
Lee: I know Jim doesn’t like these but I enjoy the heck outta them. Good natured fun and now dinosaurs too. What more can a person ask for. Well, this person would ask for a trade but that’s just me.
Jim: A lot of people really enjoy this stuff, I think the mini-marvels are funnier, but still plenty of room for humor, too much angst in most books.
WORLD WAR HULK: AFTERSMASH
Lee: I know Jim doesn’t like these but I enjoy the heck outta them. Good natured fun and now dinosaurs too. What more can a person ask for. Well, this person would ask for a trade but that’s just me.
Jim: A lot of people really enjoy this stuff, I think the mini-marvels are funnier, but still plenty of room for humor, too much angst in most books.
WORLD WAR HULK: AFTERSMASH
Written by GREG PAK Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
World War Hulk is over. But the Aftersmash has just begun. Heroes and monsters rise and fall as the events of "World War Hulk" reverberate through the blasted ruins of New York City with goliath impact in a massive story featuring the Warbound, the Renegades, Heroes for Hire, Iron Man, Tom Foster, and Damage Control. And yes, smashing will be involved.64 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Lee: Couple of things make this interesting: #1 “blasted ruins of NY” gotta love the fact that Marvel isn’t hitting the reset button on WWHulk and there really will be lots of destruction. #2, 64 pages for $4. Much much better than 32 pages for $4 like Ultimate Saga.
Jim: 64 pages for $4 means reprint material maybe mixed into it. I don’t know about this book, I’m almost ready to give up on Hulk again. The series is almost too brutal and it appears that it is impossible that the Hulk has not inflicted some causalities. How Marvel pulls off the ending will make or break the who Planet Hulk, WW Hulk and Aftersmash saga.
MARVEL ATLAS #1 (of 2)
Lee: Couple of things make this interesting: #1 “blasted ruins of NY” gotta love the fact that Marvel isn’t hitting the reset button on WWHulk and there really will be lots of destruction. #2, 64 pages for $4. Much much better than 32 pages for $4 like Ultimate Saga.
Jim: 64 pages for $4 means reprint material maybe mixed into it. I don’t know about this book, I’m almost ready to give up on Hulk again. The series is almost too brutal and it appears that it is impossible that the Hulk has not inflicted some causalities. How Marvel pulls off the ending will make or break the who Planet Hulk, WW Hulk and Aftersmash saga.
MARVEL ATLAS #1 (of 2)
Written by MICHAEL HOSKIN, STUART VANDAL, ANTHONY FLAMINI & ERIC J. MOREELS Penciled by ELIOT R. BROWN
Walk through Marvel's Earth with the first-ever official atlas! In the first half of this indispensable guide, travel through Europe, Asia and the Pacific with digestible in-depth features including: the splendor of Dr. Doom's Latveria! The wonders of Muir Island! The glory of Silver Sable's homeland Symkaria! The urban squalor of Madripoor! The underwater marvels of Lemuria! From the shores of Ireland to the ocean's very depths, it's all mapped out for you courtesy of handbook legend Eliot R. Brown (PUNISHER ARMORY, IRON MANUAL)!
Lee: This is such a bad, bad idea. It’s great for comic nerddom but did we really need a marvel atlas? All it means is continuity geeks will point out when locations don’t match.
Jim: I can just mapquest it. This books bore (yawn) me to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
MIGHTY AVENGERS #7
Jim: I can just mapquest it. This books bore (yawn) me to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
MIGHTY AVENGERS #7
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by MARK BAGLEY
The Ultimate Spider-Man super-team of Bendis and Bagley reunite and just in time for the Avengers’ biggest problem ever!!! A Venom virus hits the city of New York!! A Venom virus!! The entire city of New York turns symbiote. Plus, Wonder Man gets a much needed makeover. All this and Tony Stark gets himself a green-skinned present in a body bag.
Lee: Speaking of hideously bad ideas, the venom virus qualifies as one of the worst ever. At least they don’t have the stupid elastic tongue.
Jim: Well they needed to add this because just having everyone be a skrull was not enough. SIDE NOTE: Can Marvel and DC please just focus on individual books and write and draw good series and stop trying to cross over every book with each other.
NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #5 (of 5)
Jim: Well they needed to add this because just having everyone be a skrull was not enough. SIDE NOTE: Can Marvel and DC please just focus on individual books and write and draw good series and stop trying to cross over every book with each other.
NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #5 (of 5)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & Brian Reed Pencils & Cover by Jim Cheung
The Illuminati get together for the first time since Planet Hulk and the Civil War to deal with the shocking reveals in NEW and MIGHTY AVENGERS. But not everyone in the cabal is who they say they are. Its a throw-down drag-out that opens the door to the Marvel event of 2008!! WHO DO YOU TRUST?? Do not miss this important chapter in the saga!!
Lee: OOOHHHHH Elektra skrull on the cover. This must be important! This has the chance of being one of the worst Avengers runs ever and that says a lot.
Jim: It was a totally worthless piece of crap and I’m embarrassed that I bothered to pick it up.
NOVA #8
Lee: OOOHHHHH Elektra skrull on the cover. This must be important! This has the chance of being one of the worst Avengers runs ever and that says a lot.
Jim: It was a totally worthless piece of crap and I’m embarrassed that I bothered to pick it up.
NOVA #8Cover by ADI GRANOV
Lee: Let me start by saying Granov is a good artist. His superheroes always look big, strong, and… well, super. But, he has two poses and this is one of them. Let me remind Marvel that a cool cover can sell a book but the same cover month after month can kill a book. In 8 issues of Nova, there has been 2 multicharacter covers (just two characters), the rest are single characters posed, AND no backgrounds. That’s not true, the typical grey background was replaced with a reddish-orange background once. These are getting… correction, have gotten dull.
Jim: Yet the series itself has been a real bright spot for Marvel. They are finally starting to establish Nova as the MU’s GL. I have really enjoyed this book to date.
OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #2 (of 10)
Jim: Yet the series itself has been a real bright spot for Marvel. They are finally starting to establish Nova as the MU’s GL. I have really enjoyed this book to date.
OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #2 (of 10)
Written by JONATHAN LETHEM WITH KARL RUSNAK Art by FAREL DALRYMPLE & PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER
The plot deepens and thickens and grows strange in author Jonathan Lethem's labor-of-love retelling of the legend of Omega the Unknown, the noble and enigmatic superhero from another world, and Titus Alexander Island, the earthly teenager lucky -- or is it unlucky? -- enough to find himself under the wing of this uncanny protector.
Lee: Now, on the other side of the spectrum is Farel Dalrymple cover works on many, many levels. Whereas, Granov’s cover on Nova was static, this cover is alive with action and emotion. You have two superheroes fighting along with an obvious loner searching for some inner peace or some such nonsense. And, the best part, it has the potential to appeal to a wide spectrum of people. You have Dalrymple indie book art stylings to appeal non-superhero people and superheroes to appeal to the superhero crowd. Still not sure I am going to get the book but the covers look good that I might have to try it.
Jim: I’m passing on this book. If I hear great things about it, I’ll buy the trade. Omega was a weird ass character back in the day and I have no interest in following him now. PS – I think Lee is applying for the cover editor job at Marvel.
NEW WARRIORS #6
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX Penciled by PACO MEDINA Cover by NIC KLEIN
With one team-member dead, and another in the ICU, a distraught Night Thrasher disbands the New Warriors. But will Jubilee take this lying down? Meanwhile, Detectives Sykes and Givens discover the terrifying secret of who’s really behind the new New Warriors.
Lee: And, back to bad covers. If I can only identify ONE of the characters on the cover then the cover is missing the mark. I have no idea who any of these people are and I really don’t care either.
Jim: I was so impressed with this book I dropped it. The writer was not defining the characters at all and nothing was happening. Way too many books have way too little going on in too many issues.
SHE-HULK #23
Jim: I was so impressed with this book I dropped it. The writer was not defining the characters at all and nothing was happening. Way too many books have way too little going on in too many issues.
SHE-HULK #23
Written by Peter David Penciled by Shawn Moll, Cover by Mike Deodato
Jaded: Part Two. A nice, simple mission for She-Hulk has gone horribly wrong as, deafened and reeling, she finds herself facing the combined might of the Absorbing Man and Titania.
Lee: I love the Neal Adams homage by Deodato. A great redo.
Jim: But what about the book. Peter David was a good choice to take over the book. Let’s see if he can do a good rendition of She-Hulk.
SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME #1 (of 4)
Jim: But what about the book. Peter David was a good choice to take over the book. Let’s see if he can do a good rendition of She-Hulk.
SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME #1 (of 4)
Written by SIMON SPURRIER Art by TAN ENG HUAT
The Silver Surfer delves alone into the furthest depths of the void; tangling with organ-stealing pirates, demonic beasts and a race of alien aristocrats. Everyone’s favorite Cosmic Wanderer discovers that even in the midst of a galactic utopia, horror is never far away...With electrifying artwork by the dynamic Tan Eng Huat (Doom Patrol, Batman) and an endlessly inventive script by Simon Spurrier – the writer behind the sold-out Gutsville – In Thy Name promises to be this fall most spectacular Alien Extravaganza!
The Silver Surfer delves alone into the furthest depths of the void; tangling with organ-stealing pirates, demonic beasts and a race of alien aristocrats. Everyone’s favorite Cosmic Wanderer discovers that even in the midst of a galactic utopia, horror is never far away...With electrifying artwork by the dynamic Tan Eng Huat (Doom Patrol, Batman) and an endlessly inventive script by Simon Spurrier – the writer behind the sold-out Gutsville – In Thy Name promises to be this fall most spectacular Alien Extravaganza!
Lee: I find the artist and writer on this very interesting. Spurrier has done more horror or dark themed stories, so this is out of his norm which is always intriguing. And Huat has some great lines that should work well with the Surfer. This definitely has potential.
Jim: God how many Silver Surfer stories did they commission because of the movie. Based on the hype it does not appear that Spurrier is moving away from his horror roots, he is just inserting the Silver Surfer into it.
UNCANNY X-MEN #492
Jim: God how many Silver Surfer stories did they commission because of the movie. Based on the hype it does not appear that Spurrier is moving away from his horror roots, he is just inserting the Silver Surfer into it.
UNCANNY X-MEN #492
Written by ED BRUBAKER Penciled by BILLY TAN
MESSIAH COMPLEX – PART 2 of 13
Lee: A 13 part cross over in every x book. I am so glad I dropped this mess.
Jim: The X-Men was once the crowning jewel of Marvel and in building up the rest of the MU, the jewel is now tarnished and in need of serious help. This does not sound like the solution, this sounds like a sales gimmick.
THE ZOMBIE: SIMON GARTH #1 (of 4)
Jim: The X-Men was once the crowning jewel of Marvel and in building up the rest of the MU, the jewel is now tarnished and in need of serious help. This does not sound like the solution, this sounds like a sales gimmick.
THE ZOMBIE: SIMON GARTH #1 (of 4)Written by KYLE HOTZ with ERIC POWELL Art and Cover by KYLE HOTZ
The last time we saw Simon Garth, the bank teller single-handedly stopped a gang of murderous robbers and got shot, bitten by zombies and med-evac-ed straight into Army custody for scientific experimentation as death and the necrotic infection overtook him fast. No problem, right?Find out how Simon got out of THAT one --- assuming he did ---- and check out his further adventures battling the undead ---unless, that is, he’s one of them now --- in a brutal, gory, disgusting…awesome re-imagining of one of Marvel’s strangest horror heroes, that could only be dreamed up by artist/co-writer Kyle Hotz (ZOMBIE) and Eric Powell (The Goon)!32 PGS./Card Stock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99
Lee: I am interested but this isn’t going to sell poop for numbers. AND, it gets tied into the last mini-series (anyone remember that one?) from Hotz and Powell. As much as I love Hotz art, I just can’t do it.
Jim: I can, the last series was Zombie fun and this should be even more. Kyle Hotz with plotting help from Eric Powell, this will be an over the top enjoyable monster mash.
Jim: I can, the last series was Zombie fun and this should be even more. Kyle Hotz with plotting help from Eric Powell, this will be an over the top enjoyable monster mash.
DAREDEVIL BY FRANK MILLER OMNIBUS COMPANION HC
Written by FRANK MILLER, BILL MANTLO & DENNY O’NEIL
Penciled by FRANK MILLER, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI, JOHN ROMITA JR. & JOHN BUSCEMA
Collecting PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #27-28, DAREDEVIL #219 and #226-233, DAREDEVIL: MAN WITHOUT FEAR #1-5, and DAREDEVIL: LOVE AND WAR.480 PGS./Rated T+ …$49.99 Trim size: oversized
Lee: This is just great. All of Miller’s Daredevil work in nice oversized hc’s. It really doesn’t get any better than this.
Jim: Yeah, I’m on this book like hot wax on a super model.
ULTIMATES 2 HC
Jim: Yeah, I’m on this book like hot wax on a super model.
ULTIMATES 2 HC
Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by BRYAN HITCH
This deluxe hardcover collects ULTIMATES 2 #1-13 and the ULTIMATES 2 #1 VARIANT SKETCH EDITION.432 PGS./Parental Advisory …$34.99Trim size: oversized
Lee: OOOOHHHH. This should be really nice. And a good read in a single setting.
Jim: I skipped every other format until they published this one. The way we should all read the incredibly late series.
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 1 HC
Jim: I skipped every other format until they published this one. The way we should all read the incredibly late series.
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 1 HC
Written by AKIRA YOSHIDA & JEFF PARKERPenciled by CARLO PAGULAYAN, JUAN SANTACRUZ & MANUEL GARCIA
All adventure, all action, for all ages – available for the first time in hardcover! Join Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing for a wild ride of all-new, unforgettable exploits as they meet and defeat Skrulls, Sentinels, Annihilus, Diablo, the Mole Man, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Klaw, the Black Panther, the Molecule Man, Dr. Doom and stampeding prehistoric creatures – and embark on a journey through time and space! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #1-12.304 PGS./All Ages …$24.99Trim size: oversized
Lee: Now, this is really interesting, an oversized hc of material from the Marvel Adventures line. BUT, Jeff Parker has been doing some of the best written Marvel stuff in a long time in this line so I will get this.
Jim: I’m passing, but I have to say that the Marvel Adventures line has gotten a lot of solid reviews. I hope that these books and Johnny DC books are actually getting a new generation into comic books. I’m afraid fans looking for old time type comics are the ones buying Marvel Adventures and not the kids.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: VENOM PREMIERE HC
Lee: Now, this is really interesting, an oversized hc of material from the Marvel Adventures line. BUT, Jeff Parker has been doing some of the best written Marvel stuff in a long time in this line so I will get this.
Jim: I’m passing, but I have to say that the Marvel Adventures line has gotten a lot of solid reviews. I hope that these books and Johnny DC books are actually getting a new generation into comic books. I’m afraid fans looking for old time type comics are the ones buying Marvel Adventures and not the kids.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: VENOM PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by MARK BAGLEY
Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #33-39.Trim size: standard
Lee: Interesting. I can get the Ultimate Spidy OVERSIZED hc with 12 issues, or I can get this standard size hc with six. Huuummmmm, tough choice on that one.
Jim: I keep wondering if they are going to stop doing 12 issue hard covers.
X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS PREMIERE HC
Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #33-39.Trim size: standard
Lee: Interesting. I can get the Ultimate Spidy OVERSIZED hc with 12 issues, or I can get this standard size hc with six. Huuummmmm, tough choice on that one.
Jim: I keep wondering if they are going to stop doing 12 issue hard covers.
X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS PREMIERE HC
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by BRENT ANDERSON
he Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides…in the name of God. One of Chris Claremont's most powerful and influential stories, the partial basis for X2 is reprinted here for the first time in years.96 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99Trim size: standard
Lee: And, this falls under into the “huh?” category. This was written at the peak of Claremont’s run on X-men during the mid-80’s. I never read it but I hear its good enough. It’s X-men from the 1980’s if that means anything to you. BUT, and here’s the problem it was done as an oversized trade. So, the standard trim of this book means the art has been compressed and crushed. As an art guy, I just can’t do it. I’ll go find the original.
Jim: This was an okay story, not a ground breaking masterpiece, but it is an odd time to republish it, maybe it ties into the big x-book cross-over mega hype lollapalooza event.
Lee: So, in conclusion, Marvel has followed DC’s lead with a lackluster month. But, the Ultimates hc and Daredevil companion save it from being a complete loss.
Jim: Pretty much a ho-hum month, but remember we focus on the shinning and new a lot and many of the solid great series are still putting out their monthly books.
Jim: This was an okay story, not a ground breaking masterpiece, but it is an odd time to republish it, maybe it ties into the big x-book cross-over mega hype lollapalooza event.
Lee: So, in conclusion, Marvel has followed DC’s lead with a lackluster month. But, the Ultimates hc and Daredevil companion save it from being a complete loss.
Jim: Pretty much a ho-hum month, but remember we focus on the shinning and new a lot and many of the solid great series are still putting out their monthly books.
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