This issue of the X-Men: Legacy sees Mike Carey experiment with his story and it must be mentioned that he is doing a very fine job with it. The story seems to be growing with each new issue every month. Carey has managed to narrate the story beautifully with his wide range of characters and situations. Presently, the story has Rogue gearing up against Emplate but Carey has also got Bling who played the character of the trainee in X-Men.
The story of this new book called the Assault on New Olympus has been picked right up from the latest issue of the Incredible Hercules. Pak and Van Lente have again shown why they are considered as the masters of the recap page. The cover image which has Spider-Man and Hercules is almost certain to arouse the curiosity in most readers who would definitely find the issue a smooth ride. Rodney Buchemi has managed to get the same magic touch in his artwork which he made his forte in the regular Hercules series.
The Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror Vol.15, released by Bongo Comics is undoubtedly the best comics to have been issued this week. Based on the annual Halloween theme, the issue has Kramers Ergot as the guest editor. Similar to the annual television episode, the issue includes stories that are full of horror and parody and the readers are definitely going to find it very amusing. The stories are mostly normal Simpsons fare apart from some of them being fantasies.
The Volume 15 of the House of Mystery was brilliantly written by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham, which really changed the course that the overall story was taking. This issue revealed a lot about the characters to the readers and disturbed the status quo to almost turn the story upside down. However, the 16th issue was a big let down. This may have been due to the attempt of the writers to slow down the pace of the story after having shelled too much information in the previous issue.
The Blackest Night: Batman Vol.2 lives up to the reputation of the entertaining miniseries written by the talented Peter Tomasi. The second issue of the series uses the same formula of “superheroes vs. zombie” which was present in the debut edition.
The comic book has all the action ingredients from Commissioner Gordon Shooting off the head of a zombie to Batman and Robin taking blowtorches to the army of their undead rouges. Tomasi has done a wonderful job with the pattern and development of the plot which would not have been possible with any other writer. However, the major drawback of the story is predictability. Tomasi has created a fun environment in the book by combining Batsman’s world with those of the zombies. This makes the readers overlook the predictability of the story.
This issue of the Invincible Iron Man gives the readers a real sense of urgency although it moves with a leisurely pace. Overall, the issue deals with the gradual mental and intellectual disintegration of Tony Stark. It also gives an account of the efforts of Black Widow and Maria Hill to contact Captain America and enlightens the reader with Pepper Potts’s emerging career as a superhero.
The cover of the Justice Society of America Vol. 29 looks very promising. But besides being promising it also acquaints the readers with a new group of writers, namely Willingham and Sturges and a new artist as Jesus Merino.
In this issue, you see that new Mr. America and few new characters of Justice Society come to Brownstone and at the same something is going wrong with Obsidian. You can also find out that the lame villain Tapeworm threatens to kill some hostages if Wildcat does not come to fight with him. But all this is actually a plot to destroy the peace of Justice Society of America.
The Star War Legacy vol.36 is all about space battles and has no Sith, Jedi or pirates to mention. It is mostly about the political and military resistance among the many factions of fleets. Some of the plot points of this issue have been taken from the earlier issues and does not lead us to anything new.
In this issue, Admiral Stazi who leads the new alliance along with former emperor Fel tries to capture some of the ships which belong to the Sith empire. The trouble starts when Admiral Fenel who is sent by emperor Fel starts to control the Sith’s Empire. This eventually results in a split between Stazi and Fenel.
The 687 issue of Batman answers all the questions that you might have had at the end of Battle for the Cowl. Although the issues lacks continuity but the way Dick Grayson has been handled really stands out in this issue.
The issue starts with a great flashback. Robin sets up a trap for Batman and Alfred in the batcave and manages to surprise them. The entire scene is depicted beautifully and gives us the taste of their timeless duo. Coming back to the present time, Alfred is seen mourning the loss of Bruce. Till this time it appears that Dick is still not prepared to take up the duties of being Batman. Continue reading Batman Vol 687
Lay hands on a new action adventure comic this summer. Grab the newly launched Amazing Spider Man Vol-595. Belonging to the popular Amazing Spider-Man series, this new comic is not worth missing. Released on May 28th, 2009, this comic is ideal to be read by readers over 13 years of age.
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