Uncanny X-Force #2 Review by Randy Young Two issues in and I’m still loving this relaunch. It’s a different kind of story than those Remender was telling. Humphries has put together a team consisting of Psylocke, Storm and Puck to find a little girl that is being held captive/protected by Spiral. Meanwhile, the good Fantomex … [Read more…]
Uncanny Avengers #4 Review by Randy Young Wolverine is everywhere. He’s in every book. Some people like this, some don’t. Creators have taken him and put him on teams just to drive up sales. It doesn’t matter if he fits on the team or not. To have a cold blooded killer (far from reformed) on … [Read more…]
Avengers Arena #5 Review by Randy Young Issue 5 finally gives us a look at Kid Briton and the group from the Braddock Academy. While I’ve been enjoying the first four issues, Arcade apparently has not…something about not enough killing. He decides to up the ante. For the next 24 hours, Murder World’s environment will … [Read more…]
FF #4 Review by Randy Young The Future Foundation is not happy with the Fantastic Four’s choice of replacement protectors of the Earth and guardians of the Baxter building and all within. Alex Power (of the Power Pack) is not happy with Scott Lang (Ant-Man). Lang has made the decision to take down Doctor Doom. … [Read more…]
Young Avengers #2 Review by Randy Young I loved this issue just as much as I loved the premier issue. Gillen focuses on Hulkling and Wiccan. Wiccan decided last issue to do something for Hulkling and it backfired big time. Their whole world instantly started crumbling around them. There is only one person who can … [Read more…]
Nova #1 (2013) Review by Randy Young This is a book that I picked up for two reasons. The first is that it will supposedly have strong ties to the cosmic event that will happen this summer. The second is that it will have Gamora and Rocket Raccoon. The premise behind this book is that … [Read more…]
Thor: God of Thunder #5 Review by Randy Young Thor: God of Thunder is currently being hailed as one of the strongest restarts of the Marvel Now! movement. This issue is a great example of why. Aaron has been giving us three stories in one: Thor of the past, current, and future. The events of … [Read more…]
Avengers #6 Review by Randy Young Jonathan Hickman is still in setup mode with issue 6. He is still introducing us to the extensive, new Avengers roster. This huge roster is a negative and a positive. It is almost too big to handle and really give the characters the proper attention. However, Hickman takes certain … [Read more…]
First, we heard that a new Thanos miniseries from the Morbius creative team was cancelled. Then we heard that Thanos was setup to be a big baddie for the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Finally, it all seems to be sorted out as to what exactly is going to happen with Thanos at Marvel! … [Read more…]
Fantastic Four #4 Review by Randy Young Matt Fraction has given us such great reads like Immortal Iron Fist, Hawkeye and Invincible Iron Man. These are three books I can highly recommend to everybody to check out, knowing you won’t be disappointed. This is not the case with his young run on Fantastic Four. I … [Read more…]