This is the opening arc of one of the most acclaimed runs on the X-Men characters. This is up there with the Claremonts, Morrisons and Whedons. This is where writer Remender impressed me with his unforgiving take on an covert X-Men wetworks squad and made excellent use of the characters Fantomex ...
A great mix of characters with even greater art and writing. This is the best Uncanny or X-Anything I've read from Marvel. I typically shun the big name titles but was lucky enough to give this one a try. If the writing stays true to the characters, there will be a high turnover rate in the cast....
The idea behind Uncanny Avengers is a good one. Before now, the Avengers always assembled with individuals mostly happy to work together and follow Captain America’s lead. Now Cap wants to make a new team which has X-Men and Avengers, under the leadership of Havoc. In the wake of AVX, he realiz...
I enjoyed Castaway in Dimension Z in how it veered as far away from the overtly political tone that Captain America has taken over the past decade. To be sure, many of the books from that run are classics and I quite enjoyed the spy-thriller zest that Ed Brubaker and company brought to Cap... but...
The story, for me, got better as the comic moved along. It was hard for me to get used to the narration- lots of text boxes, not much dialog, but LOTS of action constantly happening. Very detailed and beautiful illustrations, but they were so small it sometimes almost hurt to look at them. Not...
Brilliant! The plot was intriguing and the artwork was amazing. This is the first comic I have read without having any prior knowledge of the story (I have already watched the dc movies so I knew some of what to expect in those comics) and I instantly connected with the characters - more the find...
I don't understand why so many current writers put together teams of characters who seem to hate and despise each other, constant arguing and backbiting. They're unpleasant people I don't want to spend any time with. Plus, these characters are shifted out of character to make them that way. Thor,...
This was okay, but I've read better. Nice to see Rogue, one of my favourites, getting some screentime, although she's woefully used in this, mostly to just bait Wanda it seems. The rest of this team has a lot of fractures through it too, splitting off completely in the middle of this collection i...
Oh holy crap the visuals are gorgeous. Lots of watercolor work, vividly saturated colors, crisp lines. I didn't totally love the choice of font, but given the mood—rapid, adrenaline-fueled—it worked out alright. Slip in the obligatory gratuitous alien T&A (I kid, it wasn't that gratuitous) and we...
Another great entry in what is one of my favorite on goings right now. After the last collection ended with the world being blown to bits I was wondering how they were going to follow it up. I was not disappointed. I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but I will say this: I was glad to...