Yeah The Initiative has remained a strong book in my opinion - having Ramos onbaord didn't help. Although not entirely sure how i feel about having another team calling themslves the something something Avengers. Stick with New Warriors kids.bumblemusprime wrote:I actually think Gage is doing just as good. I miss Caselli, though. He was the best.Shanticracker (Yes, I just called you cracker) wrote: I bought Initiative until Slott left.
Had a sh*t load of comics to get through after my hols, pellet reviews would go something like this:
Buffy - Oz. Yes.
Utopia - enjoyable in a slightly forced way (Cyclops losing control and being branded the inistigator) but my god i can't understand why anyone rates Dodson as an artist. Liking Mimic and Namor being in the Dark X-Men mix.
Dark Wolverine - enjoyed this way more than i expected to. He's a slag! And winding bullseye up usually leads somewhere interesting.
Dark Avengers - good but to glacial.
Hercules - gone off the boil a bit for me, really missing Clayton Henry's pencils.
BPRD 1947 - worth it for the art alone but nince sinister tone to boot.
Messiah War - could have been half as long and i didn't understand the ending with the time devices at all. Plus points for nostalgia with Cable, Stryfe, 'poccy though.
Thunderbolts - most recent issue was the best since Diggle took over.
The Boys - building nicely, although a bit repetetive in terms of events and attempts at shock value if you have been reading Ennis books for a while. Always nice to see Carlos E on pencils outside of 2000Ad tho.
New Avengers - loved the outcome of the latest storyline but could have easily been an issue shorter. be interesting to see what Loki is up to.
Cap - buit gutted Steve is on his way back - not that i don't want/expect this eventually, but it seemed like there was a few years (at least) of Bucky Cap stories to be told.
Avengers/Invaders - as much as a waste of 12 months as AHM, with worse art. Boo.
Deadpool - serioulsy 3 concurrent titles? And he was all over Messiah war. He's the new A-list, B-lister - Frank Castle won't be happy. First issue of Merc with a Mouth was ok but not sure i see the need for 2 DP ongoings.
Marvel Zombies 4 - bit of a let down after 3.
Runaways - pretty close to dropping this, they should have just ended it when BKV left, its never been close to what it was.
Astonishing X-Men - again, should have just ended this when Whedon quit. Bianchi has obvioulsy got talent but i'm not sure it extends to sequentials (at present) and often his characters just look wierd. Ellis seemed to focus too much on his Ghostbox concept and not enough on the things that were supposed to give the ending aan emotional punch. Some nice one liners though.
No Hero - very ****** up.
FF - dissapointed that Miller and Hitch bailed before the end of the current storyline. The reveal about who the Marquis of Death was, while it worked in terms of power levels, was Miller referencing Miller so just seemed a bit vain. A fizzle not a bang to an ok run.
