Day 105: Four-Color Funnybooks for 05-21-08
I wanted to write up my review for Indiana Jones, but I went to bed sort of liking it, and woke up sort of not liking it. I’m going to let it percolate a little bit more before putting it to paper.
Small week, just two whole comics, though I apparently forgot one, but still, just two comics. Mercifully they were great comics, and I did end up getting a book I’d been wanting to read forever, so not a bad week for reading.
Captain America #38 - Brubaker keeps slowly feeding us the Red Skull’s master plan, with last issue’s cliffhanger brought to light and it looks like Herr Skull is not only going to destroy America financially, politically, and socially, but he’s going to tarnish Cap’s reputation forever. I love this book, because everything counts. Every bit of story, remark, plot thread are all part of a greater whole, and couple watching it unfold with Brubaker’s characterization it’s one of the richest stories currently happening.
The Incredible Hercules #117 - The Lion of Olympus officially begins his tie-in to Marvel’s big Secret Invasion. I’m not going to waste time talking about what a great job Pak is doing as a writer for the umpteenth time, but I do want to point out that this is one of those rare stories that handles both religion and science fiction/aliens. There have been a few here and there that deal with science and religion, but this story concerns the pantheons of Earth preparing to go to war with the pantheon of gods from another planet. It’s basically a divine Suicide Squad taking a magic boat to the Skrulls’ Mount Olympus to wage war on their religion. Since this attack is mandated by their holy texts Earth’s gods hope to end the Skrull invasion by taking the fight to the heavens. I hope the cliffhanger last page is a head-fake, because it’d be a shame to lose a potentially very rich character of Hercules’ supporting cast.
So, what did you read this week?
Matt