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X-men #203 Review

By EvilOmar on September 28, 2007 1:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Author: Mike Carey
Penciler: Humberto Ramos
Inker: Carlos Cuevas
Colors: Edgar Delgado

The conclusion to Blinded by the Light! This is it! Nothing will ever be the same! The X-men will never sell as many copies as they did in the 90's! I will keep buying X-men cause I'm such a fanboy! Holy shit I can't believe Prizm made it throughout all four parts without even a scratch on him!

If you are an Iceman and Cannonball fan you might like this issue more than I did. For some reason Mr. Sinister gathered a combined force of Marauders, Acolytes, and ex-X-men to take the X-men down and to recover Destiny's diaries. Iceman and Cannonball really shine in this issue by taking on all the bad guys while the rest of the X-men are trying to resuscitate Blindfold or just waking up themselves. Iceman and Cannonball get away, but Sinister still ends up with the books.

What the fuck? This issue is everywhere. Any momentum that Carey builds up in all his stories just seem to be poorly executed in the end. So Iceman lost an arm....big deal the guy can grow another one. What was the purpose of Sinister getting his hands on the books? Who the fuck knows, but I'm sure it's something sinister he's scheming. If the Marauders wanted to take down two X-men they should have done more than just stand around with their thumbs up their asses! When they finally capture the two heroes, who's in charge of killing them Gambit and Mystique! Motherfuck...how long has Sinister been trying to destroy the X-men? This book explains nothing and leaves you with more cliffhangers and questions than you first started. So the X-men status on Carey's book so far:

Cable is dead
Mystique, Lady Mastermind, and Omega Sentinel don't want to play good guys.
Rogue is in a coma
Sabretooth is dead
Sam could be lobotomized
Iceman is missing an arm

For some reason the art was better in this part than all four issues. There were some great pictures of Gambit and Sinister. I think the shadows and the small details on the clothes and armor helped Ramos stand out. Have they announced a new artist on X-men when Ramos leaves for Runaways? Although it was nice to see Bobby cut loose even if it was just for a bit; this issue was still a subpar X-men story and hell in with the last few years of horrendous stories that really isn't saying alot. C-

Ultimate Spider-Man #113-114 Review

By Spider-Ben on September 27, 2007 3:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (14)

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Immonen (don't even want to spell his full
name)
Cover: I wish Bagley did it

I honestly don't know what to think about this book anymore. It isn't Ultimate Spider-Man in my eyes. In fact, yesterday when I bought issue 114 I only read it once and immediately bagged and boarded it and put it away. I've never, ever done that to an issue of this series. I usually read each issue at least three times before bagging it, but I just couldn't stomach the art and feel of the book. I know you Immonen fans hate me, but I don't care. I HATE HIS ARTWORK! I hate it with a passion. It makes my skin crawl, it makes me get bored and often look away at something else. I don't love this book anymore, there I said it! In fact, I will probably stop reviewing it after this arc is done until another artist comes along. The only reason I continue to buy it is for Bendis and even that isn't saving the book for me. OK, here is what happened. It will be short and sweet because I couldn't read these issues multiple times like I used to do.

OK, issue 113 took place from Norman's point of view. He is crazy and pissed and mad at Nick Fury. Along the way he meets Iceman (what's that? That's supposed to be Electro? Good job Immonen, you draw Iceman and Electro just the same. A little reference wouldn't hurt you know!) and goes on to claim how he created Spider-Man and all that. Peter isn't in the issue until the end and Norman goes on TV to try and tell how Nick Fury planned all this against him from the get-go. This would have worked well if Bagley drew this, but this was just a cluter-fuck of awful artwork.

Issue 114 has Peter and MJ and Spider-Man in it but they look awful. MJ used to be hot but her face looks like dog shit in this issue. Peter tells May to go stay at some hotel and he will handle Norman. Spidey and Iceman, I mean Electro, fight and Icelectro runs away. Norman is still pissed and supposedly Harry will show up later in the arc. That's about it, I just zoomed right through this cause it felt so wrong. It almost felt like this artwork was trying to violate me in some sick sense.

Thoughts/Comments:
Wow, how the mighty have fallen. This book used to be special. This book used me make me laugh, cry and cheer. This book got me through some good time and some bad times. This used to be my favorite comic book. Not anymore. This isn't Ultimate Spider-Man. This is some mockery of a beautiful thing that used to bring joy to the world. Now this book is just wrong. Seriously folks, I enjoyed Justice League of America #13 a million times more than this, and I'm a Marvel fanatic. So you know I really hate a book when a DC book blows Ultimate Spidey out of the water. I just want you Immonen fans to know I love comics and I respect you all, but I can't stand this art. If you all hate me for this and never want me to review another book I'll understand but I have to be honest and let you know how I feel. Just remember how I feel.

This book used to be my all time favorite comic and it has just basically gotten up and kicked me in the face with this change. I can't love this book anymore. I will keep buying it for Bendis, but until a new artist comes along I won't enjoy this book. That being said, this one gets a D-. That's not a typo, this is almost F material.

Daredevil #100

By Nick on September 19, 2007 8:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Daredevil #100
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artists: A CRAP LOAD

Yes, its' finally here, Daredevil has reached 100 and my reaction...meh?

This issue starts off part one of a six part story. The story basically has Matt up against a crappy Scarecrow wannabe aka Mister Fear. Fear infects people with gas and chemicals basically making them act crazy and afraid (sound familar?). ANYWAY, Matt/Daredevil ends up in Fears' clutches, surrounded by henchmen, and poisoned with fear gas. Kicked out a window by Mister Fear & co., still infected, Matt starts hallucinating, facing visions of his greatest fears.

Each hallucination is illustrated by different artists. Though many traditionalists will likely love the John Romita SR/Al Migrom illustrated pages, I'd have to say the hallucination pages done by Sienkiewicz and Bermejo are some of the best in this issue. Bermejo's lighting of each of the characters' bodies especially are intricate and fascinating.

ANYWAY, Matt eventually makes it through his hallucinations and the "fear gas" stumbling his way home to find Foggy lost in thought...finally exclaiming to Matt that he thinks his wife Milla may be going insane. Pretty much the story ends here and spliced in is an old issue of Dardevil from way back when. The old Daredevil issue is a nice touch but...I'll be honest, I just skipped it. Skipping over this issue you find more content (comic script pages, sketches of art from other pages, etc) that pretty much make this 3.99 comic kinda worth the price.

Everything being said I am done with Daredevil for awhile. I dig Brubakers' writing but, it has just gotten too dark and repetitive in the last couple of issues of DD. I'd hope by this issue I'd see Matt catch a break from the insanity, or have something go right for him but, yeah, I get the feeling Daredevil is gonna be going through a non-stop barrage of crap for awhile. In short, the issue's art and story are both good but, don't enter this title hoping things are gonna eventually get better and lighter for Daredevil, cause you might be waiting awhile. B+

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