Hellboy: The Fury #3 of 3
I don't usually buy individual Hellboy comics, as I think his stories read much better in graphic novel form, but I heard he was dying in this issue and I had to see it for myself.
I can't comment on the story, as I came in on the last issue and I had no idea what was going on, but the visuals were fun and the art was quite good, even though Mignola didn't draw it himself. Who else but Hellboy punches a dragon in the jaw?!? I won't spoil how he goes out, but let's just say that the next Hellboy story comes out next year and is titled, "Hellboy in Hell".
Green Lantern Aftermath #2 of 2
This issue continues the story of how the Guardians and the Green Lanterns cope with the recent events of the War of the Green Lanterns. There is a lot of mistrust and infighting going on with the GL's who are all gathered on OA, while the Guardians are all freaked out and have shut themselves away inside their citadel with the newly reinstated GL Sinestro. A group of GL's go to assassinate him and are stopped by my favorite GL, Kyle Rayner. The Guardians come out of their citadel at that point and give all the GLs a good scolding. They send them all back to their respective sectors and reassign Honor Guard Kyle Rayner back to Earth itself. Hal Jordan was decommissioned in the last issue and is also back on Earth, though not as a Green Lantern.
The story was pretty good in this book, considering that it was just setting up the upcoming renumbered GL #1, GL Corps #1, and GL New Guardians #1 in September. I thought it did a good job of getting the story where it needed to be. The art was not very good, but it was also not bad enough that it hurt the book too badly. I still had a good time reading it. I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen to Kyle as he transfers to being one of the main characters in New Guardians.
Fear Itself #5 of 7
First off, a summary; A powerful villain has been released from his prison. He is called "The Serpent" and his released has caused Odin himself to be afraid and to pull all of his people from the Earth and replace Asgard back in it's proper place in the realms (it has been hovering over the plains of Oklahoma for a few years now). The Serpent caused 7 (or was it 8?) hammers to fall from the sky and they chose their weilders, much like a Green Lantern ring does. The weilder takes the hammer and has no choice but to obey The Serpent. Among the wielders are the Red Skull's daughter, Sin, The Hulk, The Thing, Juggernaut, and some other losers you don't care about. Earlier in the series, Sin killed the current Captain America (Cap's old sidekick, Bucky) by punching a whole through his chest. Now she has her sites on Steve Rogers. In Asgard, Thor's defiance against his father's plans to burn the Earth before the Serpent can take it has him ejected from his realm and he returns to Earth to fight with his friends. Iron Man then takes it upon himself to visit Odin. Why? Keep reading.
This issue starts off with heavy action and doesn't let up! Thor faces down the mind-controlled Hulk and Thing, both weilding hammers much like his own. During the battle, Thor's hammer makes it's way THROUGH the Thing's chest! Then Thor powers up on lightning and hits Hulk so hard that he almost goes out of orbit, and lands somewhere on the other side of the planet. Cap leads a team of Avengers against Sin and The Serpent only to have his Avengers easily defeated and his shield shattered like it was made of old crackers! Back in Oklahoma, Iron Man calls for Odin and is answered by a hologram of the All-Father. Odin tells him he won't help him, but Tony tells Odin to shove it because he doesn't need help, he needs to use his workshop! Tony's making some god-killing weapons!!!
I'm usually all about these big Marvel Crossover events, but this story really isn't grabbing me. That being said, the individual pieces of the story are freakin' GREAT! I'm having fun reading it and the art by Stuart Immonen is fantastic. I don't care that much about this villain or his beef with Asgard, but I'm digging these action scenes!
- Pick of the Week!!!
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