Jun 07, 2012 13:06
This week includes the pair of titles I would have got last week if it weren't for a Diamond screw-up. Which was a new Snarked which has the return of the Griffon and an attack on the heroes by a Bandersnatch. And the second-to-last Rasl. Which is more inter-dimensional chases and crazy, dangerous weird science. And some kissing...
iZombie keeps on moving closer to its apocalyptic finale. And every character seems to be getting involved with lots of back-story dangling threads being wrapped up. Mostly I'm just happy Roberson will get to finish the book despite his split from DC...
Avengers Academy wraps up their participatory portion of the Avengers vs. X-Men cross-over. With a few more digs from Gage about how silly using fights as conflict resolution from basically allies is. Also Hercules gets to show off his thespian skills...
So Thunderbolts is now Dark Avengers. I guess in the hopes of boosting the sales on the book a bit. Plus it the current team is basically Osborne's most recent Dark Avengers team. Only two of which I recognize from anything Skaar, Son of Hulk as Dark Hulk and Ragnarok the killer android/clone as Dark Thor...
And finally Paul Grist's Mudman returns with a an actual super-villain fight. Where we see that being able to turn into mud is not the best power against the guy who controls water...
jeff smith,
marvel,
roger langridge,
vertigo,
mike allred,
comics,
kaboom!,
paul grist,
chris roberson,
christos gage,
avengers,
jeff parker