Bought/Thought 9.15.10-Back to School Edition

[BJLG]

Thor First Thunder #1 -

Spoiler:

This one is a retelling/ updating of Thor's arrival in the Marvel universe via Don Blake. Truth be told, I have never really been clear on Donald Blake/ Thor. And I still, perhaps mistakenly, go by the story that Donal Blake was never a real guy. It was Thor also. With doesn't seem to work with what JMS set up that we go by now. Donald (who also has father issues) and some new Scandinavian friends run afoul of the Stone Men (see Korg from World War Hulk) which leads him to a cave and a stick to replace his missing one. When Thor arrives he knows who he is and what's happened to him. Not like in the original Stan Lee material where it was still Donald Blake using Thor's body and then over time it became that the two changed places and Thor was himself when he was on Earth. The way that worked has always been unclear to me. I was looking forward to Tan Eng Huat's art here, but it looked a little pixelated to me. Maybe it's just my eyes. Either way, the arrival of Thor was a great looking page, pixels or no. Looking forward to the next issue. Thor is still very wild and unruly here so I'm not sure what will happen to change that.

I agree with the pixelated look of the printing.
I got to see the pages in all stages of production, and Tan's work was nothing short of amazing. Jose's coloring was spectacular as well. But when I cracked open the book it just looked...off.
As for Blake/Thor...by issue #5 you'll get an answer that's official for his origin, until it's contradicted later!

[artimoff]

The newest Unwriten was fantastic. A 60+ page comic done in 33 pages. AND a choose your own adventure book to boot.

[Lord Jermaine Retail]

I agree with the pixelated look of the printing.
I got to see the pages in all stages of production, and Tan's work was nothing short of amazing. Jose's coloring was spectacular as well. But when I cracked open the book it just looked...off.
As for Blake/Thor...by issue #5 you'll get an answer that's official for his origin, until it's contradicted later!

I'm sure you read the Journey into Mystery stuff for this project or before. Donald did something similar to Captain Marvel (Shazam) in that his appearance changed and he was able to use Thor's body, but then Thor himself began to overlay that to the point where they switched places like Captain Marvel and Rick Jones. I don't recall any explanation for that either. And the way Thor is at this stage in the story, if Cobra and Mr Hyde approached him as he is now he would probably kill them immediately for their effrontery. So I'm thinking that part of this will be Thor smoothing out a little. I don't remember what it was that Thor was being punished for that he had to be stuck inside a walking stick where no one would find it (let alone think to hit it against something) in the first place.

Like I said, I thought it was my eyes being weird but hopefully it'll be resolved next issue and for the collection.

[Liquid]

The newest Unwriten was fantastic. A 60+ page comic done in 33 pages. AND a choose your own adventure book to boot.

Yeah, it was great!

[artimoff]

True Blood #3 - Dropped.

[Zac Goyette]

Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine 3 was fucking fantastic! One of my favorite comics out right now.

[Jono]

I bought it on a whim, but Captain America: Patriot #1 was damn solid. I honestly don't think I've read anything by these creators before, but the art and coloring were amazing. I'm very interested to see where this goes...

[Slewo.O]

Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine 3 was fucking fantastic! One of my favorite comics out right now.

That unfolding spread was sexy.

[AndrewG]

Went through some more in the almighty stack

Deadpool- I was never a huge Deadpool fan but I've really enjoyed this run although lately it's been hit or miss. The past few issues in Vegas had an interesting concept but it went on way too long. This issue was sort of back to basics for me as it fit into that formula with Deadpool that I enjoyed...him just being ridiculously stupid and dense and everyone around him realizing this. There were a few laugh out loud moments including the whole 'is he or isn't he a terrorist' and the Secret Avengers cameo was just great.
8.5

Morning Glories- Excellent second issue. This is a book that feels like it's been planned out years in advance with different layers being revealed slowly but surely. I'm loving the characters. I'm loving the school. And I'm loving that feeling of 'something just aint right' with just about everything involved in the academy. The art is stellar. These aren't capes and tights and monsters holding a readers attention, just regular people and Eisma does a great job with his panels and drawing to keep it as engaging to look at as a superhero/monster slugfest would be. Another strong effort and cool cliffhanger to boot.
9.5

Amazing Spider-Man- I liked this issue only slightly better than the first. The art didn't bother me quite as much because Spider-Man was in costume the whole time and the costumed characters looked a lot better than the 'real' people. Still gotta question Spider-Man's judgement in carrying/swinging a newborn through the streets of New York as a variety of super villains and cops chase after him. Not the most responsible course of action. Eh, I'll ride this out till 'Big Time'
5

Rank so far

1. Brightest Day- 9.5
2. Morning Glories- 9.5
3. Rawhide Kid- 9
4. DCU Legacies-9
5. Deadpool- 8.5
6. GI Joe Cobra- 8.5
7. Amazing Spider-Man- 5

[RebootedCorpse]

I agree with the pixelated look of the printing.
I got to see the pages in all stages of production, and Tan's work was nothing short of amazing. Jose's coloring was spectacular as well. But when I cracked open the book it just looked...off.
As for Blake/Thor...by issue #5 you'll get an answer that's official for his origin, until it's contradicted later!

I'm glad to see they have fixed Thor's speech. All-in-all, a great series so far.