Comic Reviews for September 25, 2002
(Note: everything after this was written last week.) Very light week. How light? Try four books light. Next week won't be so forgiving though. Just read on.
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Agent X 3 *POTW*
Dead Man's Switch Part Three: Quiet Desperation - By Gail Simone and UDON; published by Marvel Comics
Hayden beats down on the Taskmaster. Meanwhile, Mary Zero is introduced, a girl that no one sees...except for Agent X. Bring on the young love.
Agent X. If this keeps up, I'll be always glad to have this as the first review book everytime this comes out. Another good issue, as Simone introduces Mary Zero, someone who gives people 'selective amnesia', or something like that, which makes her practically invisible to people. An interesting concept at that. Plus, Hayden gets his first encounter with that Four Winds character whose name I can't quite remember. The only troublesome thing with this issue that it tries to fit in too much plot for one issue, which bogs it down some. Still, another good issue that makes me happy for this.
Score: 8/10
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Amazing Spider-Man 45
Until the Stars Turn Cold - By Michael J. Straczynski, John Romita Jr., and Scott Hanna; published by Marvel Comics
Parker escapes the collapsed building and manages to defeat the imposter Doc Oct.
Nice issue, with a lot of heroric stuff flying all around it. The opening sequence was very intense, though it kind of reminded me of some other instant a long time ago where Parker escaped something dangerous like that (I remember from that Top 100 Marvel Comics that they did not too long ago). Oh, and Parker and MJ make some leeway, which is nice. Solid overall.
Score: 7/10
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Call of Duty 4
The Brotherhood - By Chuck Austen, David Finch and Art Thibert; published by Marvel Comics
Emergency services show up at the Knox Building, more future stuff, and random people light on fire.
Ho-hum.
Score: 5/10
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Elektra: Glimpse & Echo 3
By Scott Morse; published by Marvel Comics/Marvel Knights imprint
Elektra begins her fight against the Hand.
Nothing much more can be said about that. The art remains the books best feature.
Score: 7/10
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From last week:
Midnight, Mass. 6
The Daughters of Kali - By John Rozum, Jesus Saiz and Jimmy Palmiotti; published by DC Comics/Vertigo imprint
The Kadmons gets down with Harmon as a possessed Egyptian spirit and a ravenous dog, plus some sisters.
Solid overall. I'm starting to lose a bit of interest with the series though. I feel that this really isn't my type of thing. Two more issues left, then I'll think about the next series, if they do that.
Score: 7/10
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Twelve books so far next week. I expect more to come too, since Marvel is unloading a lot of late stuff onto our hands. Did I mentioned that my paycheck sucked? At least I'm only getting half of them, if we decide to get them all at once. I doubt it. Until then, peace.