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Cable #25 - Duane Swierczynski + Paco Medina. The final issue of Cable is a disappointment. They're trying to recall the feeling of the Cable & Deadpool series, even listing this as Deadpool & Cable on the cover, and though this does have a couple of laughs it is all meaningless. It's a flashback to the very beginning of Messiah Complex, and ( Read more... )

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Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way #1 of 2 - Not a “How to” but instead an anthology showcasing artists “discovered” by C.B. Cebulski's talent search (called ChesterQuest). Here the are paired with established Marvel writers. Spider-Man by Marc Guggenheim + Damion Hendricks. X-Men by Chris Yost + Paul Davidson. Iron Man by Stuart Moore + Joe ( Read more... )

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Cable #23 - Duane Swierczynski + Gabriel Guzman. The story continues to drag on as Cable and Hope get closer to their destination with each time jump while being pursued by Bishop at each one. And the art continues to need a great deal of work. Not much different from the previous issue, and probably not too different from the next one. The ( Read more... )

Only one week and one day behind. Can I get a "Woot, woot?"

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Cable #22 - Duane Swierczynski + Gabriel Guzman. The art... is just not really that good. Guzman can visually tell a story, and he can draw backgrounds, but his people and faces both need some work. And unfortunately far too many issues of Cable feel like this one - a bridge between ( Read more... )

One and a half weeks worth of comics this time, so I'm going to try to be quick and brief.

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Astonishing X-Men #33 - Warren Ellis + Phil Jimenez. The uber-decompression continues with what amounts to an hour in the life of the X-Men. It may end up being a decent story once it's all together, but the issue-to-issue experience is a disappointingly ( Read more... )

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Amazing Spider-Man #611 - Joe Kelly + Eric Canete. Fuck, yeah, I know, I broke my word and bought an Amazing Spider-Man comic before that DC-style world-manipulating bit of lazy writing was redacted (a.k.a. One More Day). Look, I'm upset with myself enough as is, don't rub it in. I had planned on passing it up, but Deadpool and Spidey ( Read more... )

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Astonishing X-Men #31 - Warren Ellis + Phil Jimenez. It's Jimenez's debut, but I've never been too impressed by him. He's good, but not great. At least he's reliably good, which is better than you can say for most artists. It may be too early to feel this way, but it seems Ellis is doing a vast decompressed rehashment of a tale he did years ( Read more... )

Yet another edition of Weekly Haul Quick-Shots

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Cable #17 - Still good.

Deadpool #13 - Deadpool becomes a pirate. Hah. Hah-hah-hah-HAH!

Incredible Hercules #132 - Herc dresses up as Thor to save Asgard. Seriously.

Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #4 of 4 - A silly delight from beginning to end. Includes the revelation that there will be more Pet ( Read more... )

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Agents of Atlas #7 - Jeff Parker + Gabriel Hardman/Carlo Pagulayan. Don't let the "Dark Reign" logo on the front fool you, this series is one of the best things Marvel is putting out right now and if you're buying other things instead of this, then you're an idiot. Sorry, I don't have time to be subtle.

Astonishing Tales #6 of 6 - Wolverine & ( Read more... )

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Cable #15 - Swierczynski + Olivetti. Messiah War continues to chug along as - duhn-duhn-DUHN - everybody fights everybody else.

Captain America #600 - This one's a biggie. It starts off with a reprint of Paul Dini + Alex Ross's retelling of Steve Rogers origin from Captain America: Red, White, and Blue. Then you have the main story which is ( Read more... )