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fucking loeb. at least we weren't hit with dead so...

2008-01-11T00:54:00.000-04:00

fucking loeb.

at least we weren't hit with dead son metaphors or funeral imagery in that creative abortion. just glad I did get stupid at the lcs and buy it.

as for BND, I can't endorse OMD by buying it. plus this whole issue seemed like it came straight out of the 70s.

but x-factor was awesome.

i remember you liking New Frontier. you should rea...

2008-01-10T17:50:00.000-04:00

i remember you liking New Frontier. you should read the Spirit. issue 12 was his last issue

@black ice - I read the first dozen or so issues I...

2008-01-10T11:46:00.000-04:00

@black ice - I read the first dozen or so issues I think for the President Luthor stuff. It was decent but it was quickly becoming more and more foolish as it went on. Things like Darkseid being phased by a punch from Batman or the giant half Supe, half Bat robot / rocket thingy.

The last thing I recall really liking that came from Loeb would be Dark Victory, but that was kind of a rehash of Long Halloween and was mostly held up by Tim Sale's art. LH was excellent though, but after its success he quickly started copy and pasting the "mysterious death in first issue followed by 12 issues of high profile villains showing up and a retarded twist or cop out reveal at the end" formula.

@randallw - ya, the baby symbiote was pretty funny and you aren't missing anything from NA. It mostly summarizes next issue I would imagine since the symbiotes just show up at the end. Even so, you won't miss much from what I'd argue was one of the worst issues of NA in a long time.

brother129 - I'm not sure if you're referring to me in particular with the devoting pages to OMD, but I am a long time Spidey fan. I actually quit reading it back during that whole Gathering of Five garbage when they made the Aunt May that died in ASM400 an actor. It was the final straw and I just quit and never came back as a full time collector.

However, I'd flip through it at the stands or pick up the occasional 'hyped' issue, but never really collected it again. I guess I kind of got sucked in with the Civil War tie-ins and some of the PAD issues of FNSM. I quickly got tired of the Back in Black and was ready to quit halfway through that but decided to stick it out for BND to see one of my fav writers, Slott, and my fav artist, McNiven.

I've actually tried to curtail the nerd rage over most of this stuff that I kind of regret buying and I think I've got a lot less actual OMD related posts than most. 2 issues left of BND to blow me away, so you'll know by the end of the month if I'll be covering it much longer.

Regarding Mighty Avengers, I still have no clue what's up with his wife's return. I think a commenter mentioned it might be a Skrull, but to repair the entire section of hte building before the fight ended and replace her seems a bit much. And then this issue she's begging Tony to remove his powers, which sounds like a Skrull not wanting Superman around. I hope he actually addresses this next issue.

Thanks for the reviews as always. I have some ran...

2008-01-10T09:55:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the reviews as always. I have some random thoughts to share. I love how everyone on the internet claims they're not reading Spider-Man anymore, yet they take up PAGES on the blogosphere to say it. Spider-Man fans are dysfunctional like Peter Parker. We ain't going anywhere. That being said, I think I'll need six months before I declare a verdict on this direction, despite my anger with One More Day. On another note, your Hulk review was spot-on, I have never seen Doc Samson act so out of character. Even She-Hulk challenging him during his "CSI" reenactment was over the top as well. But I still agree the ending of Supreme Power was a huge WTF moment and with Loeb at the helm, I'm sure it will continue. Lastly, while I sort of enjoyed the latest issue of Mighty Avengers (still annoyed by the delay for this story), Sentry's wife coming back from the dead just doesn't add up for me. How much power does this guy I have. I'm not buying it, unless Bendis has another ace up his sleeve. Thoughts?

The first symbiote victim in Mighty Avengers is ma...

2008-01-10T05:42:00.000-04:00

The first symbiote victim in Mighty Avengers is maybe the best thing I've ever seen.

Learning it started in New Avengers months ago momentarily made me think of hunting it down, but then I remembered what NA art is like :(

Just curious, did you like Loebs first arc on Supe...

2008-01-10T00:54:00.000-04:00

Just curious, did you like Loebs first arc on Superman/Batman? I can't think of much else of his I liked.