S.H.I.E.L.D. #3- Galileo vs Galactus! Evil Isaac Newton! The Deviant City! Really, this is friggin’ awesome and you should check it out. Also,Dustin Weaver’s art is blowing me away. Clean and simple and yet beautifully detailed. The painted covers by Gerald Parel are a great bonus. A-
Transformers Ironhide #4- This series was what it was meant to be, and that mostly a story about Ironhide being a hardass and beating the crap out of other robots. Nice little off mystery as well and Metroplex thrown in for fun. It’s not like it’s the greatest comic ever but it just embrwced what it was and had fun with it. B
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #3- Good sci-fi style time traveling pulp action. There’s not much to add everytime I review this series besides reinforcing that Sprouse is one hell of an artist. If you were hesitant in checking this out because it’s not penned by Alan Moore you should really do yourself a favor and check it out. A-
Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #2- Jumping ahead to right before the introduction of Venom, The FF and Spidey have to deal with the symbiote as it posses every member of the FF in a desperate grab for the all powerful Franklin Richards. Cage has a good handle on all the characters and offers a solid fun script with good dialogue and an overall solid handle on telling a basic super-hero adventure. Toss in the amazing art by Mario Alberti and you have a great stand alone story. A
The Boys #45- This is pretty much the emotional clusterfuck we were waiting to read over the past three years so it’s interesting so see how Ennis will unravel the plot. Plus, the Homelander sub-plot has been getting plenty interesting over the past few months. B+
Deadpool Wade Wilson’s War #3- I’m kind of committed to finishing this story just to see if they ever decide if this a What If or whatever the hell they feel like doing, and I do like Jason Pearson art. But really, between the Deadpool saturation and all the different takes on the character and blah blah blah, this just counts as another unnecessary $3.99 expense. C+
Hit Monkey #2- I love all the somewhat serious dramatic angst the monkey displays. Besides that, it’s a basic revenge plot with some humor but overall it doesn’t really stand out. Talajic’s art is solid but it doesn’t really make this a stand-out package, and unfortunately it does kind of come down to the art because the story itself is sort of just there. Also, I guess I understand why Bullseye has been the popular villain for the past year or so with Dark Reign, Deadpool, and all the current Shadowland bruhaha and so on, but I’m more than a little tired of the fact that he even gets to fight the Hit Monkey. C+
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