Just bought two new comics this week and I'm almost a week late with the reviews so let's get to it!
Avengers vs X-Men #3
To get caught up on the AvX backstory read last week’s
posting about AvX Versus #1. That’ll
help. Some additional info you’ll need
before I can review this issue is that, as the Avengers and X-Men were fighting
all over the island home of the X-Men, Wolverine snuck in the back way and
attempted to murder the girl who the Phoenix is coming for. He believes there’s only one way to save the
Earth from the destructive Phoenix and that is to kill the host while they
still can. As he attacks, Hope is filled
with some of the Phoenix’s power (due to it getting so close to Earth) and she
fries Wolverine in the air and runs away from the island.
At the start of issue #3, Wolverine is waking up from
regrowing his flesh and Spider-Man is there to quickly hand him some
pants. As he runs outside he discovers
that the X-Men had tricked the Avengers with an illusion and were already gone,
gaining a head-start in the hunt for Hope.
The Avengers whittle down her possible locations to 5 different areas
and split up into teams. Cap insists
that Wolverine come with his team to the Savage Land in Antarctica. As they fly south, Cap takes Wolverine into a
storage room in the back of the jet to explain how he will not allow Wolverine
to murder the girl. Wolverine says there’s
no other way and so Cap decides to force the issue and they start brawling. This fight seems pretty silly to me. Why are these “heroes” always punching each
other?!? That being said, Captain
America vs Wolverine is the fight I never knew that I needed to see! Silly or not, this was a great fight! They go round and round with neither one
gaining the edge, until Giant man joins in and kicks Logan out the back of the
plain where he falls a few thousand feet and lands in the snow. The last image of the issue shows Logan
rising from the snow, his face shadowed and breath foggy in the air as he says,
“Well, alright then. I guess it’s up to
me.” Check it out!
This issue wasn’t the best storytelling I’ve read in the
comic world, but it had what this entire series is all about…awesome hero on
hero fighting. I can’t help it! It was fun!
Gosh! Props to John Romita Jr.
for some pretty nice artwork as well. I
mostly like him on Spider-Man exclusively, but there were some really nice
moments art-wise in this issue.
Especially that Wolvie in the snow bit.
– Book of the week!
Ultimate Spider-Man #10
So, the new Spider-Man, Mile Morales, got his powers from a
test tube spider that hitched a ride out of OzCorp with this Uncle Aaron, who
happens to be a world-class thief. Aaron
wasn’t even after the spider, but he knows how Peter Parker got his powers, so
it doesn’t take him long to figure out who the new little Spidey is swinging
around town. In this issue, Aaron asks
Miles to meet him on the roof of a high-rise downtown. Most of this issue is them talking, but it
was still fun to read. Uncle Aaron (a.k.a. The Prowler) is trying to force Miles
into teaming up with him. After going
round and round on the issue, he tells Miles that the Scorpion is in town and
is a real villain that needs to be taken down and that they could do it
together. He doesn’t tell Miles that the
Scorpion came up from Mexico with his gang chasing after The Prowler! At the end of the issue Miles texts his uncle
and says, “I’m in.”.
This is an interesting spin.
Miles is only 13 years old and is having a hard time telling his
favorite uncle “no” even though he now knows that he’s a criminal. I’m curious to see how this goes down and how
Miles is going to get away from the bad influence of his uncle.
Not terribly exciting, but a solid issue with continued character building for the young Spiderman. Quality storytelling and good artwork.
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