MARVEL COMICS:
Marvel just wrapped up (not completely just the miniseries) Age of Ultron with the issue Age of Ultron #10 AI. If I could go back in time to talk to myself about comics, I would tell myself not to buy the individuel issues of Age of Ultron. Sure the comic was semi entertaining, it had some really nice artwork, but the story itself was not worth the amount of money I spent on it. Even though the numbering only goes to 10 there is a few more issues than just 10. Marvel also put out the #10 AI that came out this week and the one shot Ultron. Granted both could have been skipped but both do contain a bit of information that could come into play in the future.
My main complaint about this series is that it should have been told in 3-5 issues and going to 5 would have been pushing it. Instead we get 10 issues where the story in the middle issues was thin and drawn out. Nothing really happens in this story, nothing that deserved to be 10 issues. One issue deals with the world being at an end and showing that the heroes are broken. Then it showed the broken heroes at each other throats because they didn't know what to do. Next we get them trying to work out a plan and doing it. When the story starts to get interesting they throw in the time travel with Wolverine and Sue Storm that just got on my nerves. While doing the time travel story the main story about Ultron seemed to be dropped. Before I realized what was going on they had ended the story, there was some time travel involved, time is now broken, and I never got to see Ultron.
Going beyond the time travel, the fact that they didn't even show Ultron fighting the heroes or the world, and even past the fact that a 10 issue series that was really 12 should have been about 3 issues, there's the continuity problem. Here's the thing, Age of Ultron was wrote over a year ago and was ready to publish but Marvel held it cause it wasn't the right time to release it. Well, since then we've been given Marvel Now, new looks to the heroes, and Spider-Ock. Where does this fit into the true Marvel timeline? Right now there's Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel sporting a new suit and a different hair style. In AoU she still looks her Ms. Marvel style so is this before or after Marvel Now? What about Spider-Man? He seems to be Peter Parker in the main books of AoU but in the Superior Spider-Man tie in issue he is Ock and not Peter. So again, before or after Marvel Now? Also in the first issue when Hawkeye and Spider-Man(?) go into the bunker of heroes there are some bunks with heroes that could be dead, injured, or just sleeping but on one the Thing's head is showing as if he was one of the sleeping. Now granted they could be dead, it's never specified that they are living or dead, but in the next issue a comment is made about the fallen heroes and Sue Storm says "Benjamin" meaning that the Thing is dead. So is that a dead Thing in the issue before, is it a living Thing but another person being the Thing (Miss Thing is currently taking up the role of Thing while in the FF but that's the Marvel Now timeline and she is wearing a suit with her own human head (ain't that kind of stupid though to have your head in the open when you have no powers) but she could have either taken something to become a full Thing or has put on a helmet/mask)? Just who is this Thing?
Then there is the whole time travel thing, the breaking of time, Galactus in Ultimate Universe (kind of like that actually) and Angela making her appearance. This Age of Ultron should have been brought out a year ago before Marvel Now so that when the whole breaking of time happened they could have used this as a gateway into the Marvel Now. Doing it that way would have been a good excuse as to why the Marvel Now is happening. And the last of this little Marvel rant is that Wolverine was killed by Wolverine that were both from the future of the same future but one was one with more time in his life from going back in time (see headache). Exactly how did he kill himself? How long has he known that he can kill himself? And how did he learn that is the way?
DC Comics:
The release of Batman/Superman was this week and I'm already hooked. This story takes place at the beginning of their careers being heroes and both don't know each other. Well they kind of do or don't, there's a time thing going on here or dream thing. There's a new villain that has put the whammy of Batman and Superman. This comic is extremely awesome. Mainly due to the gorgeous art work by Jae Lee. When I see his work like this I love it and I start wishing I could draw like that. It's beautiful, it's gritty, and it's dark, exactly how I want Batman to look but then he also puts a glow about Superman that I expect to see. No not like the expectant mother glow but the because he's Superman he has a brightness to him where light is brighter just because he's there.
This book should last, I'm hoping it does especially with the work of Jae Lee, but if it does get canceled I will be upset. Seems a little premature to say that with only 1 issue being released but this book was that good. I love the way Bruce Wayne is shown to have this calculating way while watching Clark Kent and Clark is basically judging Bruce. Better still was how Batman was prepared and that's what makes him Batman.
UPCOMING TITLES TO READ:
The Emerald City of Oz #1
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Rlease Date: July 3, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99
Written by: Eric Shanower
Drawn by: Skottie Young
Plot: Bad news for Dorothy comes when Uncle Henry can't pay for his mortage and has to sell their farm. Now they are homeless and there's only one place for Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and Dorothy to go and it's a wonderous place in deed.
Green Lantern #22
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Cover Price: $2.99
Written by: Robert Venditi
Drawn by: Richard Friend
Plot: Larfleeze has made his way to OA and he wants it all.
Victories #3
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99
Written by: Michael Avon Oeming
Plot: Aliens, flesh eating diseases, and death are taking over this issue, should be interesting.
