Mighty Avengers #14 : Brian Bendis follows up on the least interesting plot thread involved with Secret Invasion, namely, what’s goin’ on with the Sentry? The scenes in this issue with the undercover Skrulls meeting covertly were kinda interesting but otherwise, no big reveals or anything particularly rewarding, just a whole lotta Sentry. Nice art by Koi Pahm though, and I liked the cover though it has absolutely nothing to do with the contents of the book. I swear this had better end with the Sentry getting killed or killing himself (as hinted here) because seriously, the Sentry sucks and this much focus on him is just unnecessary unless he’s going away soon. Every story about him past the original, entertaining-for-what-it-was mini-series is basically “The Sentry’s crazy powerful!” “No, he’s just crazy!” “Huh, turns out he’s both!” Repeat ad nauseum. We get it, he’s crazy and also pretty stupid and easily fooled. Now he needs to sacrifice his life to save the universe or bring Proty II back to life or something.
Iron Man #29: Coming in the wake of the excellent runs by Warren Ellis and the Knauf father & son team, and in the month of Iron Man’s widest commercial succes, this Stuart Moore-penned part 1 of 4 is a bit of a letdown. The nanotech plot is right out of something Grant Morrison or Ellis would have done ten years ago, and the out-of-synch-with-current-MU-events setting makes the whole thing smell a bit much like a fill-in.
Captain America #38: Okay, yes, it was fairly obvious who the red herring “Steve Rogers” was, but the execution is so good the real enjoyment is in Brubaker telling the story. His Captain America is really just a flat-out pleasure to read, and the art fits perfectly, as always. Consistently one of the best books on the stands, and one that will really be rewarding to those who stumble across the collected editions in their local Borders or Barnes & Nobles. Just pure rock.
Amazing Spider-Man #560 : So judging from interviews the creative team behind the thrice-monthly ASM had a mission not to fall back on the same old Spidey villains and instead come up with some new menaces for Parker to go up against. This they have done. Unfortunately, all the new villains kinda suck. This issue’s Paper Doll is the lamest yet, and Dan Slott’s script lays it on more than a bit thick — the last-page reveal really isn’t nearly as shocking or unexpected as they seem to think, and the rest is forgettable. Ultimately the writing here can’t be called anything but lame, which is a bit of a shame as Marcos Martin’s art is more-or-less fantastic throughout.
DC/WildStorm DreamWar #2: Man, I generally like Keith Giffen’s stuff and it’s cool to see him write the Legion of Super-Heroes again for a couple pages, but I have no damn idea at all what the hell’s happening in this book. I guess I’ll keep reading and hope it starts to make sense soon. I wouldn’t recommend you start this one now if you haven’t yet though.
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