Comic Reviews for October 23, 2002
Hello all, and welcome to another short week. Short weeks are great, but are often followed by big ones - as next week offers. Let's get on with this. Music today is the theme to Cowboy Bebop. Why...I have no idea.
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Battle Angel Alita: Last Order 2
Phase 02: What Happened? - By Yukito Kishiro, English Adaptation by Fred Burke; published by Viz Communications
Alita learns about her resurrection from Desty Nova, who used her sword components to resurrect her body and mind. He then pits her new body against some kind of mech unit. The action sequence itself is nice, though there is a bit of confusion as to what happens during some of the more active movements. Other than that, nothing really to complain about. This book is a bit more accessable than last months, only because of what I read in a book elsewhere. That really doesn't go too well in the books favor.
Score: 6/10
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Elektra: Glimpse & Echo 4
By Scott Morse; published by Marvel Comics/Marvel Knights imprint
Rather ho-hum conclusion to the mini-series. Basically a twenty page fight scene where not much fighting really happens. Which is bad, since the art was pretty nice throughout the whole thing.
Score: 6/10
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Hood 6
Blood From Stones Part Six - By Brian K. Vaughan, Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell; published by Marvel Comics/MAX imprint
Second of three minis to end this week, and it is clearly the best mini I've read this year. Some rather strange ways to end it, all of which work rather well. There is some setup for a possible sequel, which I hope happens, despite the low sales of the book. Speaking of which, get the trade whenever it comes out.
Score: 9/10
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Soldier X 4
Geo-Logic - By Darko Macan and Igor Kordey; published by Marvel Comics
Well, it appears that another man with a metal arm has entered the scene, and he doesn't like it being blamed for Nathan's work. By the way, we still don't know of Blaquesmith's motivations, not that it really matters here. Essentially, Nathan, Geo, the priest, the healer mutant, her father and the local mob leader make an escape from the crowd of people after them. Where they go to, we won't know till next issue. Another good issue overall. I'm sad though since the book will be gone with issue #8. Damn people not buying. Grr.
Score: 8/10
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Transformers: Generation One 6
By Chris Sarracini, Pat Lee and Rob Armstrong; published by Dreamwave Productions
Third mini-series to conclude this week, and another ho-hum affair. Optimus Prime ends up beating the metallic snot out of Megatron before he escapes, and the rest of the Autobots use a convinently place plot device to stop the virus threat. Art still rocks, but that doesn't matter when the story is slightly lacking.
Score: 5/10
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Y-The Last Man 4 *Pick of the Week*
Unmanned Part Four - By Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr.; published by DC Comics/Vertigo imprint
Is it me, or has this book really been the pick of the week ever since it came out? Beats me, but thats how damn good this book is. Yorick runs into a bunch of Amazons and nearly gets killed over it. Meanwhile, that group knows of his whereabouts and where he is off to, and send someone there to take him out. That someone...I won't tell. If you haven't picked this up yet, do so, or wait for the inevitable trade. Then start with #6. Spectacular.
Score: 10/10
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Can't think of anything else to say. Next week, three more mini's conclude. Well, two and a Viz book till next year. One of those mini's is 30 Days of Night. That'll probably be real good. Ghost in the Shell 2 starts next week. I'm excited. Well, until then, peace.