Angel & Faith #4 – Weeeeeeeeeird! The best part of the Season 9 titles is that they really brought each character’s tone back to where it was at the BEST point in their shows. Buffy is back to being very tongue in cheek, quirky and fun while Angel is back the more macabre, dark tone from its earlier seasons on television. I kinda thought that the villains of the arc were stupid, but the story, the purpose behind the story was very clear and well received. It wasn’t about bringing Giles back entirely, and it definitely wasn’t about two bitter ex-minions from Angel’s Twilight days. It was about reestablishing the relationship between Angel and Faith, the slayer has can trust to always watch out for him. I can’t wait to see where this dynamic duo goes next.
Fantastic Four #600 – I wasn’t going to buy this when it came out last week but this week was such a small pull that I decided to grab it. Well as far as landmark, company-wide, anniversary 600th issues go, it wasn’t half bad. This multi-story 100 page spectacular offered up everything that a Fantastic Four fan would crave…up to and including the return of beloved Johnny Storm. I’m not really that big of a Fantastic Four fan and to me the return came too soon and too easy. A little over a year ago they made a huge deal over a member dying, the Fantastic Four being cancelled and a new Future Foundation rising from its ashes. Instead we got an 11 month spin off before they take back everything they did and now we’re left with both titles to collect. Well I say thee nay! While I know I swore I was stopping both after this month, I have decided that I like the quirky gang of miscreants in the Future Foundation. So as long as it’s the story is about the kids I will continue to collect FF, but I will not be further collecting Fantastic Four. I know Johnny’s back, I read how it happened, they told me everything I need to know regarding the matter and now I’m good.
FF #12 – Expanding upon what I wrote above. I love this group of random creatures and oddities so much more than their Fantastic adult counterparts, and lead by Valeria I can only imagine where they can go! I am a huge fan of the original run of X-Factor so I’ve loved Artie and Leech for years, got really into Alex Powers during his time with the New Warriors (as well as recently getting into the original Power Pack series), and always had a fondness for Franklin Richards so this series has turned into a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I’ve even grown to like some of the unfamiliar faces like Dragon Man, the moloids, and that rascal Bentley. I’m even a fan of Doom being such a large part of the team, something I was never really comfortable with, but one person I am not a fan of is this new Nathanial Richards character. Now I may not regularly read Fantastic Four, but I did back in the 90’s when everyone thought Reed Richards was dead and I was a fan of the version of Nathanial Richards with the cybernetic eye from that era. I’m not entirely clear on where this guy came from and how he’s different from the old version of Nate, but I hope he mostly keeps to the Fantastic Four title and not so much this one.
Ghost Rider #6 – See now we’re gonna have a problem. Because I’ve been complaining about this title and its lack of interesting stories and how I don’t like Alejandra as Ghost Rider. Now this issue rolls around and the storytelling is great! I love the cursed village of murders and the one man who wanted to change everything. And in the midst of loving this story, I was still so bored to tears by Alejandra. So that just means SHE’S the problem. I couldn’t be more disappointed by this, and I mean that. This miserable depressing girl is just too boring to read, and I almost don’t want to be bothered. The only reason I am continuing to collect this title is so I don’t miss it if they HAPPEN to do some story with Johnny Blaze or (god forbid) Zarathos. But that will only last for so long Marvel, so TICK TOCK TICK TOCK, get it together on this one!
X-men: Legacy #259 – Definitely one of the better ReGenesis issues so far! We see Ororo, Psylocke, and Emma testing both sides of the Schism a bit but only Rogue has the unique ability to literally see it from everyone perspective and make the most informed decision possible…and that’s just one choice she has to make! I suspect that by the time next issue is over she will feel that the choice over which side to pick pales over choosing between Gambit and Magneto. Funny enough that’s kinda the part I care the least about, especially since we already know she picks Wolverine from the promos (sorry if you don’t read promos, but I suspect if you found this blog then you do). More important to me is how do Havok, Polaris and Rachel come to decide to leave Scott. I mean, Havok is his brother and Rachel calls Scott “Dad” at this point. I realize that Alex and Lorna are going to their other “family” X-Factor but even still, what could make them leave Alex’s brother during a time like this and what could convince Rachel to leave her father. On a lighter note, I love that Ariel is the big mystery presence! A great way to lighten up an otherwise dark and heavy issue.
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