Comic Reviews

The Inferno #1

Inferno is quite possibly the most sexist comic I’ve ever read in my life. It read like a male power trip and frankly was disgusting. The only reason I’m even talking about it is to give an example of two things: 1) Why women don’t have misconceptions of comics and 2) an example of how to make a bad comic.

The issue begins with a recap of a previous mini-series in which twin sisters are orphaned after their parents are assassinated. One of the sisters, Mercy, grows up to be an assassin herself and tracks down the daughter of the man who killed their parents. She kills the little girl and bad stuff happens so she’s given the chance to do it again and instead shoots herself.

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #2 – Review

Ultimate Avengers 2 #2

Ultimate Avengers 2 issue 2 finds Nick Fury’s ragtag team on the cusp of their first assignment. But before they’re complete, there is one more person needed to round out the team: The Hulk… the first Hulk.

In South America, Leonard Williams A.K.A Tyrone Cash wakes up early after enjoying an action packed night with some of his lady friends. He starts the morning off by taking a stroll on the beach outside of his mansion. Soon he finds himself going down memory lane to the time he first met Bruce Banner, the man who would forever change his life.

Sixteen years ago in Cambridge England, Leonard Williams and Bruce Banner share a heart to heart moment. Bruce tells Leonard that he wants to join his team which leads to each man opening up and sharing their insecurities they have about their bodies. Leonard, being disabled, needs crutches to walk. While Bruce, doesn’t feel right in his own skin. Bruce shares with Leonard that he has the recipe for the perfect human specimen because his country isn’t interested in super soldiers anymore.

Brightest Day #2

Our heroes’ stories continue to move forward as Deadman figures out his new purpose in life. The story begins with the new Firestorm trying to access Professor Stein’s lab. Ronnie and Jason have become fused together and unlike previous Firestorm’s, the duo is unable to separate. Ray Palmer premieres a new Atom costume, which includes a blast shield helmet. He shrinks down to try and manually separate Ronnie and Jason, which ends with mixed results.

Do Androids Dream of Electrical Sheep: Dust to Dust #1

San Francisco is a city that sits as a ghost town. Empty and desolate, everyone has moved either to the stars or has taken their chances with the “dust”. The ones that remain just try to survive. One of those survivors is Charlie Victor, an agent for the Institute of Special Trade Skills of America. His mission is to hunt down a series of runaway androids or C-VS created by the Grozzi Corporation. The man that he has enlisted to aid him is Malcolm Reed. Malcolm has a talent that he’s been trying to hide. Ever since the exposure to the dust, Malcolm has obtained the ability to see people’s emotions and feelings, an empathic sense.

As the dust spreads throughout the state, a Stanford biologist, Samantha Wu spends her time researching animals. The effects of dust on animals is killing them, but no one knows why. Enter Talus, the very same C-VS that Victor is after. He carries a vendetta against organics and is fully aware that Grozzi has sent one of his own to bring him down.

7Psychopaths #1

Let’s say you want to assassinate Hitler, how would you go about it? For one English Colonel during World War II, it’s listening to a mad man. Professor Goldschmidt has been committed to a psych ward with Persecution Complex. The complex is the paranoia of being persecuted, which is ironic considering he’s Jewish during World War II. The Colonel and Goldschmidt begin devising a team of mentally ill patience’s. The insane Professor picks one, then the Colonel. They only need to find six people willing to take on the death mission as the Professor will be the seventh.

The first recruit was a high ranking German officer before he went crazy. Now he feels that Hitler is talking to him and communicating his plans for the future. If he really is, he’ll prove to be very useful to the team. The Colonel’s choice is sniper that suffered a nervous breakdown. Now she’s a mother and unfit for duty. Her skills are still sharp though, as she shoots the letters off street signs. Due to her daughter and illness she’s reluctant to join the mission.

The Darkness – Darkchylde: Kingdom Pain

Darkchylde’s mind is under attack by an alien parasite. Fortunately, a sliver of her psyche breaks off in the form of a smart mouth little girl named Miss Happy. She sends out a distress call to Sara Pezzini, the Witchblade. But the signal gets crossed and Jackie Estacado, the Darkness ends up helping instead.

Jackie is lured down the proverbial rabbit hole by Miss Happy, in the guise of Jackie’s dead lover. He knows she’s dead, but he also knows he would follow her to hell if it would bring her back. After landing at the bottom of the hole, Jackie is first introduced to Miss Happy and her mangled robot. Jackie and Miss happy exchange Shakespearean dialog, spitting lines back and forth with each other. Jackie sees a lost little girl and wants to help her. Miss Happy on the other hand needs to test the water before accepting Jackie’s help. After trust has been established, Jackie is taken to Darkchylde’s blood frozen body/mind. Jackie and the Darkness make quick work of the ice and Darkchylde is re-awoken.

Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 #1 – Review

Armory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 is BOOM! Studios and Evil Ink Comics new twelve part mini-series. It’s written by the front man of the band Coheed and Cambria; Claudio Sanchez and comic book veteran Peter David (X-Factor). The duo’s previous work was a book called “Year of the Black Rainbow”. Interesting enough, this book is accompanied by an album of the same name from Claudio’s band. 

The Legion of Super-Heros #1

The Legion of Super-Heroes have has one of the biggest followings in the DCU. Now for the 6^th time DC will re-launch the Legion of Super-Heroes. It comes off the heels of Geoff Johns’ recent run with the Legion in Action Comics and Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds.

Somewhere in the 31^st Century Arctic, Earth-Man is being drained of his power after being charged with crimes against Aliens. Earth-Man convinced Earth to break away from the Planet Federation because they wouldn’t let him join the Legion. Before that, Earth-Man gets an offer to join the Legion from the same “Big Government”. Now the Legion has a new unwanted member that they are forced to babysit. Under the Legion’s watch Earth-Man gets yet another choice in the form of Dyogene, an emissary of the Guardians who recruits Green Lanterns. Meanwhile Saturn Girl is on Titan for a telepathic look back through her life, but just then energies from the Time Institute shakes the planet. Now she must choose to save the planet or her kids.

Avengers #1

The Avengers restart after the events of The Siege. At the beginning of the story is set on the future, we see a group of “heroes” looking at a defeated villain named Immortus. Immortus, is a time traveling villain and has just lost a fight against the unknown group. He promises the unknown team that he will watch them die for what they have done to him. After this threat, Immortus disappears and we are shown who these heroes are. The unknown heroes are offspring of the current The Avengers. As the first two pages end, we are introduced to the present day with Steve Rogers. The former Captain America states that the world needs The Avengers now more than ever. The president has asked Steve Rogers what the world need, his answer is The Avengers

The Avengers team that Steve is building consists of a mixture of founding Avengers, New Avengers, Young Avengers, and reserved Avengers. Out of all the recruits that Steve has gotten, only Wonder Man is the only person reluctant to join the team. Wonder Man feels The Avengers are tied into all the recent catastrophes, so he refuses to join. The team that is constructed in this book varies, there’s heroes that are either becoming really popular in the Marvel universe and some well known characters from their own series. Each member of this new team brings good and interesting elements to the team.