#i just read clone wars gambit: siege and damn

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[templarhalo]

templarhalo talks comics

For those who don’t know I am an avid comic collector.  Mostly Marvel stuff, but I good chunk of my collection is Gijoe comics from the image/Devils Due era and Transformers comics from the Dreamwave era and they’re some my most prized possessions.

Anyway here’s my opinions on some of the currently ongoing Marvel series, just for the sake of doing it

Weapon Hex

  Part of the “Infinity Warps” mini  series which has fused two marvel hereoes together.  Weapon Hex chornicles the fusion of Laura Kinney and Wanda Maximoff providing a more literal magical take on Laura’s origin story.  An interesting concept, especially since I had a “what if Laura was a clone of both Logan and Jean created by Mister Sinsister and has Jean’s powers in addition to her own?” floating around myself.   Unfortunately Weapon Hex lacks the emotional depth of Laura’s origin story and feels rushed with poor pacing and not much beyond the usual action scenes to generate excitement

8.5 out of 10- wait for your local  comic store to  discount it

Infinity Wars -  Infinty Countdown was kind of interesting,  with  a tie in issue having Black Widow finding out Wolverine is back from the dead(Something never addressed in the Hunt for Wolverine) and two damn good issues involving the Champions the main series itself was kind of meh but laid the groundwork for something interesting.   Unfortunately Infinity Wars just kind of peters out.  It starts out strong in its first issue but by issue 3 I had lost interest. Like Weapon Hex Infinity Wars lack emotional depth and feels poorly paced.   It is constantly rushing from one scene to next making it hard to follow and lacks the kind of  epic feel that  you can sink your teeth into that previous big events like Siege, Avengers Standoff and even the poorly received Secret Empire had.

5 out of 10   Don’t bother unless you like having Gamora as a villain,  Adam Warlock or wanted to follow up after Infinity Countdown  If you like the superhero mashups focus on those but otherwise spend your hard earned cash on something else. 

Avengers -  truth be told I’m  a bit disappointed with the current Avengers line up,  with the exception of She-Hulk and Robbie Reyes the current line up is all  A listers with really no attempt to  diversify the roster or try something fresh like the All new All Different Avengers did.  But with  the disaster that was Secret Empire,and the abrupt end of the promising Marvel Legacy and its replacment with the utter trash that was “Fresh Start”  a solid line up of Marvel’s biggest names was probably a smart movie in the long run.    The series utterly outshines the previous “No Surrender” Arc  with a focus on the Celestials, the proto-avengers under a much younger Odin(and a red Sonja looking Phoenix force)  and Loki the series ropes you in and doesn’t let you go .   

9 out of 10,  A good jumping on place for new fans and old,  definitely recommend starting before the series hits double digits.

X-Men:Red   

I’m going to  be honest, except for Cable and Laura I never really got into  X-Men,   X-Men Gold failed to  catch my eye, and apart from Teen Jean Grey, X-Men Blue never caught my eye. 

X-Men Red not only caught my eye, like the current Avengers it ropes you in doesn't let you go.  Each issue  is like a good dom in  BDSM, keeping you bound and leaving you begging for more.   X-Men:Red captures the spirit of what makes the X-Men so popular, keeping its focus on the classic “Fighting for a world that hates and fears them.”   With a solid and diverse line up of classic character like Jean Grey Gambit and Nightcrawler, alongside newer faces like the amazing Trinary I highly recommend this book and I pray to  God it is not canceled when the Uncanny X-Men relaunches in November. My only complaint is that we did not see Jean interacting with Cable in the Annual issue especially since we saw her meet up with Rachel.  In the light of Cable’s untimely, poorly thought out death in the ongoing Extermination, this really stings. 

100/10   Especially if you’ve been wanting to see Jean go all out with out having to  worry about the Phoenix, or if you still miss Laura as Wolverine, in addition Nightcrawler has grown a beard and it looks pretty cool.

X-23

The current X-23 series was facing an uphill battle the second it was announced.  coming off the heels of the incredibly popular All-New Wolverine,   With Laura being forced back into  a sexualized outfit  and  acodenmae that she utterly refused to use in ANW and the embarrassing unprofessionalism of Mike Choi in his response to  constructive criticism regarding the series- lets just say at best I were expecting a solid, but average series that ignored Laura’s character development and at worst expecting utter garbage-that made the worst Percy Jackson fan fiction I’ve read look like Hemingway.

Needless to say, i was not expecting the first issue to be so good.   While Laura’s outift could be much better and Daken’s absences is sorely felt, X-23 is off to  a surprisingly good start,  witha solid footing layed down by the first arc, i’m pretty excited for what happens next

9 out of 10 Like the current Avengers run, I highly recommend this as a jumping on point for new fans of Laura.   While i doubt it will outshine the original run of Laura’s series under her creators, or All New Wolverine, its off to  a surprisingly good start. 

Ms.Marvel   

Ms. Marvel holds a special place in my heart because  it and Captain America: Sam Wilson were the first two series that got me back into  Marvel.   With the current arc involving the Shocker finished up,  Ms.Marvel has kept chugging for some 35 issues with no decline.  Truth be told the only thing I could say I want for this  series  is Kamala teaming up with Laura or Hope Summers for an issue.

Embiggin/10  This is one of Marvel’s best series and has managed to avoid  cancellation or shitty character arcs.  In fact this series has been going since 2014 and with no signs of slowing down.   Highly recommend, but catching up could be daunting for newer fans.