Marvel Comics: Comic Book Buy List - Week of March 5th 2014

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Oh my goodness I am absolutely terrible at balancing my time aren't I!? Insanely sorry for my lack of posts and I'm sorry as well for missing this past week's Movie News Overview videocast. I'm going to be posting a lot more starting this weekend so be on the look out for some more posts I have planned! This week in Marvel we aren't getting to heavy of a load but we are getting some AWESOME books out that's for sure. I had an incredibly hard time picking which book should be at #3 so be sure you check out the Notable's section this week because every book mentioned in this list deserves to be read (in my humble opinion that is!) Anyway, enough jibber jabber from me, let's see the top 3 Marvel Comics out this week!!

Marvel Comics: Comic Book Buy List - Week of February 26th

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Alright! Another week, more new comics! Sorry for the delay on the buy lists this week! Work can get pretty crazy! Anyway, there's definitely some Marvel books worth mentioning this week! Without further a do! Lets get to it!

#3

Title: Guardians of the Galaxy #012

Price: $3.99

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Artist: Sara Pichelli

Story/Premise

"THE TRIAL OF JEAN GREY" PART 4! A surprise ally from one character's past comes to help, but is that enough against the most powerful army in the Universe?

Opinion:

So far, "The Trial of Jean Grey" has been an awesome and exciting crossover between the Guardians and the X-Men. It's really interesting to see how the X-Men from the past react to the Guardians, especially Rocket and Groot. If you've been reading this crossover so far you know that it's been a bit of a ride. If you like space adventure and aliens I would definitely pick up this book!

#2

Title: Fantastic Four #001

Price: $3.99

Writer: James Robinson

Artist: Leonard Kirk

Story/Premise

"THE FALL OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR" PART 1 The world's greatest comics magazine begins anew with Marvel's First Family, the Fantastic Four! But as the brilliant MR. FANTASTIC, the compassionate INVISIBLE WOMAN, the ever lovin' THING & the hot-headed HUMAN TORCH embark on a strange mission, they aren't met with new beginnings, but an untimely end! As the family of cosmic explorers head towards their darkest hour, who could possibly be behind their downfall? And how is one of their oldest enemies, the sadistic dragon known as Fing-Fang-Foom involved? Prepare for the fantastic!

Opinion:

The reason that this book made the top 3 of the buy list this week is mostly because I'm intrigued to know why exactly Marvel wanted to do another Re-Boot of Fantastic Four when the last run just ended a few weeks ago. According to the solicitations It's going to be interesting to see how this story plays out with it being apparently "the end."

#1

Title: The Superior Spider-Man #028

Price: $3.99

Writer: Dan Slott

Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli

Story/Premise

"Goblin Nation" #2 (of 5) Goblins! Spiderlings! Super villains! Giant robots! It can only mean one thing: ASSAULT ON SPIDER-ISLAND!If you want to see people standing around talking, read another comic. Want to see heroes having a fist fight, go somewhere else?You are IN the GOBLIN NATION and this is ALL-OUT WAR!

Opinion:

This I think is obviously the #1 Marvel book coming out  this week as it is almost every week a new issue comes out. The anticipation behind this final story arc is incredible and if the last issue of SSM was any indication on how the rest of this arc will go, this issue will be absolutely no disappointment. If you've been reading Superior before this issue, keep getting it, if you are yet to pick up this title, pick up the last two issues a long with this one so that you kind of know what's going on!

Notables 

Deadpool #024

Thunderbolts #022

Uncanny Avengers #017

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The Punisher #002 - Comic Review

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title: The Punisher #002

publisher: Marvel Comics

price: $3.99

writer: Nathan Edmondson

artist: Mitch Gerads

Story/Premise

For years, The Punisher has waged a war on crime in New York City with an array of very large guns, but a lead on a major source of drugs, weapons, and more has set his many sights due west. NOW! Frank Castle's in the City of Angels, looking to give the devil his due. Things aren't all they appear, though, with a highly trained military hit squad hot on Frank's tail. Caught between a posse of Punisher predators and targets of his own one-man-war, Frank's manifest destiny may be a shallow grave!

The Superior Spider-Man #027.Now - Comic Review

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title: The Superior Spider-Man #027.Now

publisher: Marvel Comics

price: $3.99

writer: Dan Slott

artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli

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title: Deadpool #023

publisher: Marvel Comics

price: $2.99

writer(s): Gerry Duggan & Brian Poshen

artist: Mike Hawthorne

She-Hulk #001 - Comic Review

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title: She-Hulk #001

publisher: Marvel Comics

price: $2.99

writer: Charles Soule 

artist: Javier Pulido

Marvel Comics: Comic Book Buy List - Week of February 12th!

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I had another hard time putting this list together for the Marvel books coming out this week. There aare about 5 books in total that I think you should go out and buy this week, which is why we have that cute little notables section at the end of the list! With that being said, there are A LOT of awesome books out this week from Marvel, so lets see what made the Top 3 list!

Comic Review: Loki: Agent of Asgard #001

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title: Loki: Agent of Asgard #001

price: $2.99

publisher: Marvel Comics

writer: Al Ewing

artist: Lee Garbett

Story/Premise

Old God - New Trickster! Kid Loki's all grown up - and the God of Mischief is stronger, smarter, sexier and just plain sneakier than ever before. As Asgardia's one-man secret service, he's ready to lie, cheat, steal, bluff and snog his way through the twistiest, turniest and most treacherous missions the All-Mother can throw at him... starting with a heart-stopping heist on Avengers Tower - and the death of Thor! And that's just the beginning! Would we lie to you? This is LOKI, true believer - we're lying to you RIGHT NOW!

Review of the Book

I can some up this book in one sentence. How could this book be any better!? I have been looking forward to Loki: Agent of Asgard since it's announcement and I am so glad that I can say, Al Ewing does NOT disappoint! The writing in this issue was absolutely phenomenal! It was hilarious, action packed and still had moments that really made you connect with Loki and warm your heart. From beginning to end I was cracking up with this book. I loved the interactions between Loki and the Avengers, I loved the beginning scene when he is singing in the shower complaining about Midgards music and in my opinion the best part of this book was the narration from Loki and his thoughts. I love that Ewing is bringing Loki down to earth and having him feel like an actual human being who regrets some of his actions in the past (even though he is a god). The art in this book is very typical Marvel-esque in being that it's kind of hard to complain about it. It definitely complemented the writing very well and gave the book a good feel. This is a book to read when you want to laugh, and need something to pick you up and make you feel happy. The ending of issue #1 has been thinking and has me waiting anxiously to see what plays out in the rest of the series. I re-read the book a second time before writing this review so that I could find something that I didn't like about it, and it's a rare occasion but believe it or not, there honestly isn't anything I didn't like about this book. It gave me everything I want out of a comic book. Humor, action, and a gripping story that leaves me wanting more. I cannot wait to see how Ewing follows up this great start to the title and I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for Loki, especially with the twist at the end!

WHY TO BUY AND RATING!

WHY TO BUY!

The writing is exceptional and the art compliments it perfectly. You will get some great laughs, and have a really fun time reading this book. It will leave you wanting more. I promise.

RATING!

10/10(A+) 

*only the 2nd ever 10/10 I have given a book!*

Written by Matt Skajem

Comic Review: Ms. Marvel #001

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title: Ms. Marvel #001

price: $2.99

publisher: Marvel Comics

writer: G. Willow Wilson

artist: Sara Pichelli 

Story/Premise:

 The legend has returned! Marvel Comics presents the all-new MS. MARVEL, the ground breaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is just an ordinary girl from Jersey City--until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm, and prepare for an epic tale that will be remembered by generations to come. History in the making is NOW!

Review of the Book

Upon hearing the announcement back in November about this new "diverse" version of Ms. Marvel I was instantly pissed off. Not because the main character(s) in the title follow the religion of Islam, but because to me, Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel is Carol Danvers and should remain the staple and the name of, Carol Danvers. (at least the female versions of the character since the original Captain Marvel was an Alien male.) It wasn't until Monday evening when I was making up this week's "Comic Book Buy List" that I decided to pick up this title, and I'll be honest, the main reason I picked up this book was because I thought it would make a good review, and thought that I could definitely be surprised and be adding a new title to my pull box. Especially with all the "controversy" behind the book I thought it would make an interesting read. At the end of the day, I was not surprised, didn't care too much for the book, and wish that I could get my $3 dollars back that I spent on this book. The reason I did not like this book was not because of the fact Kamala and her family are Muslim, but is because I found the writing to be absolutely horrendous and the art to be a joke. Ultimately I believe that this book is a stunt by Marvel so that in the media's eyes they are seen as "diverse" and "accepting." The writing in this book to me, seemed like it was almost making fun of the Islamic faith. You have Kamala who in the very beginning of the book is contemplating eating bacon and asking the store clerk if she can just smell it. Then you have a "typical ignorant white teenage female" walk in and begin cracking jokes about the girl and her friends religious faith. When Kamala goes home, her brother is 100% thrown into his faith and is a bit over the top about it, while her dad acts like he could honestly care less about his faith and as a result, we have the father telling the son to quit using his faith as an excuse to not get a job. Surely, I could be missing the humor in this book since I myself am not a follower of Islam, but to me, as an outsider looking in, the writing was trying way to hard to be something it's not, and was trying ridiculously hard to make a character seem relatable to people outside of the books target audience, which is something that can completely take a reader out of the moment and out of the main protagonists world. The one scene in this book that honestly really really pissed me off to now end was when the heavens opened up and Carol Danvers, Iron Man, and Captain America came down from the sky with flying pigs and other flying animals and began speaking Arabic, as if Kamala was having a vision about who she will become in the future. This was really one of the most un necessary things I have ever seen in comic books(and thats saying something). I get that this is an origin story, but while reading it, I had to ask myself "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS BOOK!!!!" I try not to cuss to much in my reviews, but in this instance it is 100% necessary! Okay, enough ranting about the writing, let me move on to the other equally as terrible part of this book... The art. My god.. It looked like Marvel employed a kindergartner at some points for this issue. The way the people were drawn was a joke. When Jonah is exiting the market or coffee house(not quite sure what it was) where he works, the person he is handing the keys too looks like one of those damn people from the Pixar film "Wall-E." And that happens a few times in this book. It's hard for me to write this review because I really was hoping that this book was going to pull a fast one on me, and really give me something impressive so that I could keep reading it and really latch onto the character of Kamala Khan. It's also really hard for me to bash a comic book like I have in this review because as a writer myself(I can't draw for the life of me), I understand how much work and how much love and passion you put into each and every script. And ultimately I usually love every book I read because I LOVE COMICS. I definitely don't plan on picking up any more issues of the "All New Marvel Now" Ms. Marvel title and really don't see Marvel keeping the book around for that long. When reading it, it really doesn't feel like a Marvel-esque book and really doesn't give you anything to attach to and feel connected to.

WHY TO BUY & RATING!

WHY TO BUY!

In all honesty, save the three dollars you would spend on this book and buy something else. The writing is very "try hard", and the art is terrible. Sorry but this book is definitely a  pass.

RATING!

3/10(F)

Written by Matt Skajem

Marvel Comics: Comic Book Buy List - Week of February 5th!

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From one side of the comic spectrum, we switch over to the other with Marvel's comic book buy list for this week! There are A LOT of Marvel books coming out this week, so obviously everything couldn't make a list, but if it didn't make the Top 3 be sure to look in the notable section at the end to see if your favorite book made it! 

#3

Title: The Punisher #1

Price: $3.99

Writer: Nathan Henry Edmondson

Artist: Mitch Gerads

Premise: For years, The Punisher has waged a war on crime in New York City with an array of very large guns, but a lead on a major source of drugs, weapons, and more has set his many sights due west. NOW! Frank Castle's in the City of Angels, looking to give the devil his due. Things aren't all they appear, though, with a highly trained military hit squad hot on Frank's tail. Caught between a posse of Punisher predators and targets of his own one-man-war, Frank's manifest destiny may be a shallow grave!

#2

Title: Star Lord: Annihilation Conquest #1

Price: $7.99!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!

Writer: Keith Giffen

Artist: Timothy Green

Premise: Peter Quill is Star-Lord once more, but will he embrace his legacy?The techno-organic Phalanx have overrun the galaxy, and it's time for Star-Lord and his ragtag team of cosmic cult favorites — including Bug, Captain Universe, Deathcry, Mantis, Groot and Rocket Raccoon — to suit up and become legends!But this no-win, no-tech suicide mission starts off bad and rapidly gets worse.As hordes of the Phalanx close in, one team member might have to make the supreme sacrifice!Relive the birth of the motley crew that became the Guardians of the Galaxy!Collecting ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST — STARLORD #1-4.

#1

Title: Loki: Agent of Asgard #1

Price: $2.99

Writer: Al Ewing

Artist: Lee Garbett

Premise: Old God - New Trickster! Kid Loki's all grown up - and the God of Mischief is stronger, smarter, sexier and just plain sneakier than ever before. As Asgardia's one-man secret service, he's ready to lie, cheat, steal, bluff and snog his way through the twistiest, turniest and most treacherous missions the All-Mother can throw at him... starting with a heart-stopping heist on Avengers Tower - and the death of Thor! And that's just the beginning! Would we lie to you? This is LOKI, true believer - we're lying to you RIGHT NOW!

What do you think of the Marvel buy list this week? This was probably the hardest Marvel list for me to make with all the titles hitting the shelves this week! Do you think this list is correct? Is there one book you think deserved to be on this list that didn't make it? Sound off below in the comment section and tweet us at @4theFan with your opinion! 

Other Notable Marvel Books out:

Ms Marvel #1

Superior Carnage Annual #1

New Avengers #14

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Comic Review: Nova #012

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title: Nova #012

price: $3.99

publisher: Marvel Comics

writer: Gerry Duggan

artist: Paco Medina

Story/Premise

Hot on the trail of the missing Nova Corps, Nova and manages to save the lives of some new friends in deep space.

Review of the Book

I started reading Nova back on issue #07 because of the Superior Spider-Man appearance but ended up loving the character of Sam Alexander, and loved the way the book was structured. I then picked up the book during Infinity because two of the issues were tie ins so I wanted to see exactly how much it would actually tie into the story. THEN I found out that Gerry Duggan(current Deadpool writer) was going to be taking over the series so I decided to read it monthly as it would come out. I have to say, I believe that Gerry Duggan does a great job, especially in this issue, of characterizing Sam and further developing him as a young hero, and just a person in the Marvel Universe. Issue #012 was a fun ride that takes place completely in space and to me, felt heavily like Sam had entered the Star Wars universe. There were tons of aliens, a large space battle, and that perfect amount of sci-fi and super hero realism. One of the issues I had with this issue though was in the very beginning when Sam encounters the Nova hunter, Cadivan. Based on issue #11 I expecting Cadivan to play a large role and there to be some crazy battle between Sam and Cadivan. Instead, we got, what I felt was portrayal of what could have been something epic. In issue #11 Cadivan was shown to be almost as a Kraven the Hunter type of character, but in this issue, he seemed very timid and weak. It could quite possibly be that way because Duggan wants us to feel like Cadivan doesn't  care about Sam, but when Sam proves himself sometime down the line, the hunter realizes that Sam's helmet is an applicable and good trophy to have. Or, it just might have been mis-representation, or me expecting to much. The major part about this book that I really enjoyed was the scene where Sam finds the old broken down Nova ship, that turns out to be *spoiler warning* a space pirate ship *spoiler over* and ends up helping them escape from the good guys. I felt like it was a great twist and sets up the encounter with Beta Ray Bill, which is set to happen next issue. The art in this book has consistently been good and has a total Marvel-esque feel to it. Nothing special, but definitely not bad and fits in with the universe.  As I said earlier in the review, Gerry Duggan has really brought a new charm to the character of Sam Alexander and I can't wait to see how much Sam learns, when he comes face to face with Beta Ray Bill!

Why to Buy & Rating:

WHY TO BUY!

Fun story, great space/sci-fi adventure, great characterization/development, good writing

RATING: 8/10 (B+)