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Strange Writing 0
As I've come to expect from this series, Deadpool continues to be consistent in it's mediocrity. And, while this is the first issue to make me smile at a joke, it still falls on its face enough to make it a pretty poor inclusion to the mythos.Doctor Strange and Wong joins our adventure for the issue, but, as is to be expected, both are written poorly, especially Wong, who comes off as a bit of a snobbish jerk. Strange, one of my favorite characters in the Marvel universe, is utilized a little b...
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Certainly Not Shocking 0
Similarly to the first issue, this series continues to disappoint with a plot that relies on the gimmick that it is and flat dialogue and art that do nothing but perpetuate the issue.Basically, my thoughts on the last issue sum up how I feel about this one barring a few additions. Firstly, we see Edison as an electric-based spectral advising Deadpool, supposedly replacing the voices in his head, except Edison's personality is awfully boring at best. There's nothing interesting or original about...
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Dead in General 0
Deadpool has become a pretty heavy main-stay of the Marvel universe in recent years, attracting a lot of people to the medium through his outrageous attitude and absurd antics. Because of this, audiences have been regaled with various works featuring him, ranging from the grand to the mundane. And, while this isn't the worst, it stands out in my mind as a disappointing addition, at least this first issue.Readers are pretty much thrown into the plot with little to no background beyond a brief ex...
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Comes to a Halt 0
This storyline has been largely disappointing ever since Magneto has left the series, and, funnily enough, it ends just as he shows up again. Hopefully, this is foreshadowing for better things to come, as this series has certainly not impressed me as of late.The supposed big conflict teased at the end of the last issue is very flat and boring. While the imagery looks good, no real fighting or action actually happens. It feels like one of those movie scenes where they just recycle the same clip o...
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Flat Filler 0
Ever since the transition to the New Marvel Now, Uncanny X-Men has suffered from a lack of focus and generally poor writing. What once was a potent look at a variety of characters as they developed and interacted has devolved into a bland conflict that feels like it's going nowhere.This issue in particular proves just that, focusing more on characters outside of the team, like Beast and Maria Hill, then anyone who is actually supposed to be a focal point. And the new characters are largely igno...
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Hard to be Ig-Norrin 0
This iteration of the Silver Surfer has, as of late, been compared to Marvel's version of Doctor Who. And, honestly, it's easy to see why. A powerful deity-like being who is kind-of-but-not-quite human finds his partner, an attractive female, to take on adventures through space (and potentially time) with his magic means of transportation, defying logic and seeming to come up with an answer for everything. And perhaps this is why I'm not as big of a fan of it as everyone else.Now, before the pi...
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Space Magic 0
As a big fan of both Dan Slott and the Allreds work, this is certainly a great series to be following, truly capturing a universe well beyond our understanding. And perhaps that's the biggest issue I have with it all. There feels to be a certain lack of logic to it all. Things kind of happen and is explained with the idea that we're in space and things happen. Sure, there's reasoning and such behind it, but it's like reasoning that a dog tried to breath underwater because it wanted to be like a...
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Everyone's Furious 0
Now that everyone is done pooping their pants after the last issue, it seems like just about anyone that matters in this storyline is pissed and ready to get stuff done. There's a great burst of action here as the different teams start to mobilize in a way that gets things moving nicely, juxtaposed to the recent plot building.In particular, Castle and Strange take front stage in a marvelous fashion. They both have strong personalities that help make this entry shine brighter than the rest, util...
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A Trail of Death 0
If you've been following this series up until this point, here is where things seriously starts to unravel. It's certainly not perfect; with so many characters widespread and a lot going on in the pages in other books rather than here, it can feel like the conflicts could be more meaty at times. But, there is a lot of great emotion captured here that makes this series stand out from the rest of the events as something special in that respect. You can feel the ripples as the conclusion of issue ...
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Eye For an Eye 0
While this issue does bring the event closer to the excitement and intensity that has been promised, issue 2 continues to feel a little like background info before we get down to the nitty and gritty of what's to come. Again, that doesn't mean this is bad; the story, as a whole, is rather enjoyable. But, ultimately, the wheels are still turning here, bringing us closer to what we're looking for, but not quite reaching full speed yet.The start of the issue boasts a large number of characters bei...
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A Solid Start 0
At long last, the much anticipated event has begun, and the beginning, while nothing surprising, does get us out of the gate in a nice way. As is to be expected, though, this issue is a lot of setting up the scenarios; who's involved, where is everyone, what are they up to, and so on. There's also some pitter pattering about with the actual death of the Watcher, which, if you are even somewhat interested in the series, you'll likely have seen a number of images depicted of this already. However...
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Expanding the Cast Ever So Slightly 0
While the last issue gave me the impression that we would now being seeing a more stimulating narrative from this series, Magneto 5 takes a few steps back as it attempts to do just that. With the introduction of a new character, there is potential for this conflict to further expand both our main character and story. However, this issue feels like a bit of a flat filler story, having little plot to hold it up.Instead, we are meant to focus on this new female lead who, to me, doesn't come across...
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Good Vibrations 0
After the last story arch ending somewhat weakly, this stand-alone issue helps to promise a lot of greatness coming from this story in the near future. It's gotten me pumped for the conflicts and the characters at hand, and reminds us readers why we're all here and just what a badass Magneto can be when pushed to his limits.The conflict here is well contained and explained, and, while not the most original, provides us with a decent conflict to become invested in. The emotion and energy is all ...
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Lacks Some Logic 0
As of yet, the Magneto series continues to feel like something of a mixed bag to me. The character is here, the coloring great, all the ideas implemented and in motion, yet there are still those stumbling blocks that hold back from being an earnestly enjoyable series to read.Being the last issue in this story arch, there was a little anticipation as to how this conflict might come to a close, as the mystery of the sentinel-men has risen with the emotional stakes implemented by our anti-hero. Ho...
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Art and Soule 0
Contrary to what the title suggests, Inhuman is a series that I have found to be surprisingly human. It's ruled by the human emotions that rise with every problem at hand, as a variety of characters within this kingdom try and sort out what is best to do for them and for the Inhumans as a whole. It also has some human error, admittedly, but, for me, this can be swept aside to a degree, as I can't help but really enjoy what this series is going for.And a lot of this has to do with the stellar ar...
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Wen-Do-I-Go Back to Good Writing? 0
After the last two issues stood out for being some pretty awful pickings when it comes to stand-alone filler issues, I had some middling hope that, with a new story arch in place, we might get this series back on track. Instead, I find myself saying farewell to the series that I had once looked forward to month-to-month. A shame, really.Chris Yost and Craig Kyle are the authors this time around, but neither seem very invested in what the series had presented to us previously. Rather than buildi...
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A Stormy Story 0
I don't know when annuals became these one-shot, substance-less narratives that have nothing to do with the story they represent, but it's becoming somewhat frustrating and tiring, here especially. With the previous month's offering being incredibly poor in almost every aspect, this issue gives me little reason to continue the series beyond the fact that another set of authors will be penning the next story arch.The basic plot is that one of Storm's family members are endangered by someone from...
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The Friends Aren't So Amazing Anymore 0
With Jason Aaron stepping away from the series, readers are left to await the next storyline with a new team and an additional cast member. In the meantime, we are left with a poorly cobbled together mess of a story that uses nothing the series has already established and provides a mindless and bland filler issue.The basis of the tale is that Iceman and Firestar are out getting supplies for a football game for the Jean Grey School when Spidey swings in with a baby and a problem. And yes, it so...
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Russian Into Things 0
So, after three issues, we finally see Black Widow go up against the first enemy that'll last more than one issue, which I think is something in terms of progress. That being said, some of the same issues still plague the story itself. While the art and dialogue here as spot on, as always, it feels like there's something missing from the plot. I've begun to feel that this series is coming off as a bit too simplistic. Everything seems to be tidied up to easily ultimately, and the conflicts themse...
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Welcome to the Jungle 0
As usual, this series is a lot of fun, working to capture a different aspect of Black Widow's job as a badass covert spy in every issue. This one focuses on knowing your environment, encapsulated by the jungle toted on the cover, having her tackle a variety of different challenges and obstacles, as is to be expected. In fact, a lot of this is what we've come to expect from the series, which can be seen as good or bad. The art and writing are still fantastic, and it's a well encased mission and s...
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Rather Rushed and Unclear 0
Doctor Strange is perhaps one of my favorite Marvel characters, despite how, I feel, he is rather overshadowed, despite being considered a main player in the mythos. So, I jumped at the opportunity to relive his origin story, one of my favorites in the medium. However, a lot of what made it special is glossed over pretty quickly for the sake of telling the tale of a fetch quest... not exactly to most original of ideas.Rather than going into depth about Stephen's past, we start our story in the ...
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Poor Popcorn Entertainment 0
At it's core, Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't really have one. It's a means of introducing random characters who have nothing to do with the Marvel Universe into it with wild and ridiculous reasoning and to have flat, mind numbing action scenes and catch phrases thrown around. None of the characters are terribly interesting or deep, and, with Groot seemingly taking a back seat, I found myself caring little for most of the characters. Even the generally lovable Rocket falls flat here with some la...
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Mark Waid Sends Daredevil Down the River 0
After a long stint of Daredevil having it pretty good... I mean, for Daredevil anyway, Mark Waid creates a compelling and interesting conflict that pits Matt Murdock against everyone he trusts. It's dark, deep, and complex, the reveals are fantastic and keep you on the edge of your seat, the villain is interesting and truly evil, and you can feel the effects of these events rippling throughout the future of this series. There is one issue, illustrated by Allred, that feels a bit out of place, f...
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An Origin With Too Much Scope 0
While this does act as a nice retread of Matt Murdock's first days wearing his signature cowl, this story tries to take on way too much for its own good. We're constantly shifting from conflict to conflict, none of which have any real correlation to each other, making it feel like a few issues of a series cobbled together than a fluent story some of the time. It's written well enough, but the work isn't great, and trying to portray Murdock's vision here is awful, feeling boring and lacking crea...
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Tedious 1
Ant-Man has never been a very interesting character to me, and this volume certainly didn't help. While his family situation intrigued me, this story had the problem of relentlessly retrodding the same territory, seemingly unable to have a sentence without referring to Hank Pym's mental stability. Couple that with none of the characters having character. an awful villain that is as tragically stereotypical and flat as ever, and art that isn't particularly impressive, and I cannot say that I can...
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Fresh and Familiar 0
I've never been a huge fan of Gillen's work, his writing coming off as a little pretentious to me. However, Iron Man's character fitting that quota to a certain degree, this story doesn't suffer much from this. However, there isn't too much innovation to be had here; this is a pretty basic Iron Man offering, which isn't entirely a bad thing, but doesn't allow it to stand out much.The biggest draw to this portion of Iron Man's legend is that each issue covers a different, interesting, and unique...
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Wasted Potential 0
Instead of telling us a good story about the women of the X-Men universe, who tend to be the strongest and most interesting, this series develops instead into a cliched and bland story, exploitative more than innovative. The series purposely goes out of its way to remove as many male characters as possible from the universe to focus on the women, which, while a good concept, feels really forced and in the way. And, for a book that's meant to promote strong women, there's a lot of sexual shots o...
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A Bloody Chore 0
While Dan Slott helped him set up this potential narrative years back, Joe Keating could not seem to pull this seemingly simple story together. And, perhaps it was partially because of that simplicity. This tale of Morbius revels in the mundane nature of almost anything; the place is bland, the characters are lifeless, and Morbius is as flat as the white tinge to his skin. There's nothing overly special or interesting about what goes on beyond the author's eventual attempt of leaping aboard the...
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A Quick Cash Grab 0
If you know anything about this series, this comes as no surprise, but it's worth being said out loud: A + X is a flagrant cash garb from a company owned by one of the biggest cash cows in existence. It's basically a bunch of team-ups with characters from the Avengers and the X-Men, 2 per issue, that have no time to develop or properly tell a story worth anyone's time. Couple that with the fact that there's a different writer with every issue and different artist for every story, resulting in a...
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A Confusing Addition 0
I picked this up from the library, expecting the epic saga of the Avengers vs. X-Men event. What I found was a rather slap-dash tie-in that's basically a bunch of "who would win scenarios." Not only that, but I disagree with most of the outcomes. And, with them being split into multiple fights per issue, a la A+X, there's no context for any of the fights and nothing memorable or redeeming about it. On top of that, the wins and losses are rather lopsided, as one team wins constantly for a while ...
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Too Fmailiar 0
This feels like something of a cop-out, to me anyway. The plan presented here feels, more or less, like the exact opposite of what our first story arch was, but with almost all the same elements. All of our characters divided in some manner? Yes. Villain trying to make a utopia-like place for their "people"? Yes. Scarlet Witch is the ultimate weapon that needs to be wielded for the plan to work? Yes. Wolverine and Thor taken down by overly powerful forces so they can't end the story too quickly...
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I See Dead People 0
Remender is wreaking havok (and no, not the character :P), and it doesn't look like he's stopping anytime soon. This issue turns from the usual preachy narrative it has become for an episode of [insert whatever soap operas play on TV these days]. Seriously, everyone has suddenly decided to vent their deep-seated emotions about life, the universe and everything all at once, leaving us watching a bunch of pairs talk about why their lives suck. There's even some hasty romance-type things being dev...
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An Ethics Lesson 0
Despite all the other issues in this narrative, one of the biggest things holding the story being told here back is the constant and unrestrained ethical debates held in the book. They feel unnatural, forced, preachy, and overly frequent. And, while the last few issues have had signs of this, Uncanny Avengers 9 really hits this out of the park, in a bad way. The events hardly seem to matter anymore, as long as there are a few characters in a room to cause drama. Between Rogue and Scarlet Witch'...
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Divide and Conquer 0
Stepping up its game somewhat, readers at how splintered the team is, physically separating some while instilling drama within the rest. And, while this issue is a bit more enjoyable in terms of the narrative flow, there are still some fundamental issues that hold it back. Firstly, it feels like there are way too many characters here. The first story arch had a strong six character cast that was balanced nicely. But, now ramped up to nine, it feels like there a lot of people with nothing to do ...
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Jumps the Gun 0
I can't help but compare this series to one of my favorites, Joss Whedon's run on the Astonishing X-Men. And, while I can see the similarities in terms of certain team dynamics and themes, Joss' work shows two things that made his series very successful in what it aimed for that this one lacks somewhat, the first being pacing. This series seems to have a hard time balancing out how to pace the events at hand, as we quickly jump back and forth between the moderately average, albeit cool, battle ...
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Dan Slott Before Spidey 0
I've been a huge fan of Dan Slott's work on the Superior Spider-Man, having started to read comics again because of the influences of that series. So, when his original 12 issues of She-Hulk cropped up at a discounted price a while back, I didn't hesitate in giving it a chance. But, what I was greeted with was inconsistent writing that was often a bit to self-referential and sometimes read more like a poor Stan Lee knock-off. Particularly the last 4 issues were blatantly awful, leaving a lot of...
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Parallel Universe Filler 0
I've been getting really tired of a lot of these filler segments that talk about alternate universes and so on. Maybe I'm the only one, as they seem to be cropping up constantly. And, while we get a better feel for the villains and their motivations in this overall narrative, this felt both unnecessary and somewhat tedious to get through. Unless you're a die-hard fan of the series who can't let a single issue slide, I'd say pass up on this....
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More Thor: GoT Than Uncanny Avengers 0
While this issue is a lot of fun and is very written well, it feels like it comes from a completely different series. A completely different GOOD series, but it throws me for a loop nonetheless. Much like some of the earlier issues of the Thor God of Thunder series, we see Thor in the past when he is wielding Jarnbjorn, his axe, and is attacked by none other than Apocalypse himself. And, while this is a cool story that draws you into the narrative, it feels very out of place in a team focused n...
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The Men Behind the Scenes 0
After becoming openly invested in the most recent New Avengers series, I took it upon myself to track down the mini-series that inspired it, creating the Illuminati and allowing for some earnestly emotional driven stories. And, while this isn't the tightest or most engaging storyline, it helps flesh out what the group is all about and has some engaging character-central moments. Everyone seems to change, however subtly, from the various operations they are a part of, and it helps reinforce a sc...
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A Diverse Team of Detectives 0
X-Factor has been one of those series that has generally been praised, and has the running time to prove it, lasting 8 years and 20 volumes of work. And, as is to be expected, the first few story archs are considered the best of the series. Having finally had the chance to read the first of these volumes, I can say that, while it has its issues, the series is certainly one to experience in some manner.The series revolves around a team of rather unknown mutants who have formed a detective agency...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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