Monday, October 5, 2015

Throne of Atlantis Review

So it's no new fact that I'm a huge Aquaman nerd. He's a pretty great character. Having the strength of Superman and Wonder Woman, not to mention the abilities he has under the surface of the ocean. Dude is a straight up power house. Beard or no beard (I'm more of the no beard type), the man is great in all facilities. The stories are great weather they're geared toward eco-terrorism or Black Manta just being a dick and wanting to scuttle illegal treasures from the deep to would be buyers of the surface. I have to address the elephant in the room that came out last year. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis. Things I liked and things I didn't like sort of situation.
That scene I swear I saw in WAR

So, Aquaman is a dude named Arthur Curry. I figured that out quite some time ago. Why do you have to do this bullshit origin story. I don't remember liking Justice League: War, but I swear I remember the scene from the comic with Aquaman summoning a great white to kill one of Darkseid's minions. You know the ones that remind you of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, and his flying monkies. Regardless of the fact that they're his minions [OZ], I really for the life of me while writing this can not remember the name of those bastards. Push it off! My mind has too much junk in it about comic book shit to begin with, and this probably gives you ample time to write in the comments how much of a dithering twat I am. Like I said fuck that, let's move on.

It's no surprise that I don't remember much from subtitle WAR, it was a shitty direct to DVD animated movie. Oh wait all of these are. However Throne of Atlantis seems to take the proverbial cake with this one, and I wouldn't have minded seeing this in theaters. If I had the cash for it that is. Jesus I'm rambling again, aren't I? Fuck this, let's get to the review!

So let's talk about the plot holes, or the parts of movie as an AM (AquaMan) nerd I didn't really get. First of all we have Orm, he's the young son of Atlanna, and the former king, also Arthur's half brother. He should be a lock-in for the next to throne right? Nah Arthur is older and a bastard, and if we know anything from 'Song of Ice and Fire' books, bastards go a long way in legitimacy. Look at that Roose Bolton asshole! Point aside, why is this guy hanging out with Black Manta? I mean he's a known surface dweller and dick. But Atlanna's like, "it's cool you're making friends Orm, none of which will be there for my downfall as a queen". Are you fucking kidding me?! This guy is a surface dweller, the same problem you have with and thus want diplomacy with. Fuck your son ask this guy questions! Atlanna is an idiot, and trust me this isn't her first fuck up.

So on the other side of the dais we have Arthur and his dad with plot holes. Oh son, don't get to close to the waters on that there rocks. I know you're half-atlantean, but for fucks sake don't drown. OH, wait you saw someone who looked like your mother requesting you to the waters? She kissed you on the forehead and gave you knowledge that she was your mother?! BALDERDASH! Seriously it's one of the dumbest moments in the movie, and inconsequential aside the fact of we see Arthur's dad doing dad things. Almost unnecessary, if it weren't the fact that we needed reaffirmation that Arthur is Atlanna's son for stupid people.

Moving right along with the plot holes, I'm tempted to say wholes, because it really makes up the back story for Aquaman. No wonder people hate this asshole without knowing his true story. Let's tell it in a sort of way where it feels shoved down our throats, right? So there is a scene halfway through the movie where Orm just straight up kills his mother. Why?, Because plot, and he's unhappy with her idea of peace with the surface. Which is to meet up with the bros and broettes of the Justice League. Seriously, she doesn't want to go to the UN, she rather preach to the the Justice League. I mean I get it, they're the strongest people on the planet and after their garbage in WAR, they're capital. It's a somewhat strong plan. This pushes a subplot that should've been picked up on by the writers, but fuck it right? Hey, this world leader of supposedly 75% of the globe, and wants to talk with those 7 billion people, where the JL at?

Fuck all that though this asshole shanks his mother in the back with a weirdly crooked knife. Which goes into my next plot hole, but stays with my last. I mean I really want to talk about matricide for a bit, but I can't when you got it blaring from the enemy across the battlefield. This somehow stops the warriors of Atlantis from fighting and dropping the most important gear they have, their helmets. Seriously we're given scenes with tanks and National Guard rolling around, and these dumbasses take their helmets off. Literally after Wonder Womans chops to the head with her swords. It's all because Cyborg decides to broadcast the event where Orm goes full crazy and says he killed his mother because he wanted war with the surface, and anyone who was against him was crazy.

Let's talk about the differences between the comic and the movie! Seriously I may be confused about Arthur's involvement with WAR, but regardless it is hilarious to look at this from the actual comic it was birthed from. For one, that tidal wave heading for the East coast, Metropolis and Gotham involved... well it actually hit. It wasn't just a front and then Moses Spread attack by Orm. I really don't know what the director of the movie was going for, It's not like you're going to world build better than a monthly comic! Let that shit hit the coast, you've got heroes like Batman submerged... OH, that's why, isn't it? Batman can't really fight underwater unless he had some combat ready sub, oh you guys missed out on the toy opportunities!

Let's go back to the focal point with Arthur. So this guy in the comics was already an established member of the Justice League. Not to mention he was incumbent king of Atlantis. So it was kind of fucked up his brother launched an attack against the East coast like he did. It was a back and forth between the the JL and AM. Was he on their side or was he on the new Atlantean's side? That's good story-telling right there, and I have to applaud Geoff Johns, who was writing both on-goings at the time. He knew what he wanted and ran with it, damn the consequences. Seriously when I was reading the books I loved Throne of Atlantis by Johns and Ivan Reis. Shit was good. Art was amazing, but this doesn't hold a candle to it.

So, Kyle what is good about this fucking movie? Why would to buy a ticket with your low-income to see it? Simple; it felt like a Justice League movie. Maybe better than what WB is trying to pump out with their live-action shit. I love Man of Steel, and I'll probably love Batman vs. Superman. But when it comes down to it, It really is hard to portray the characters of the DC universe in live action. I've become aware of that and most people have to. And I think it's only going to get more apparent as we move along in live-action film. I could be wrong, I love practical effects in my films, but that's slowly dying off with these big blockbusters such as the Avengers. CG is the norm, and it looks so good too. I'm sad but I'm finding acceptance towards those developments. But, and it's a big BUTT. Holy shit is the animation quality present with Throne of Atlantis. I mean It's near good budget levels of Young Justice! I really feel like this is the core of the the film. It gets some new ideas weather they're right or wrong in the grand scheme of things, they make a whole. A whole and great movie I enjoyed watching. Much more than WAR, seriously that movie was dumb all around. I understand it was to set up for this movie, but at least they got one thing right. Nathan Fillion for Hal Jordan, all day fucking long! Seriously cast him in the live action movie!

In general I give the movie a 7 out of 10. It's not great because of the plot holes, but I understand what they're attempting. Overall it was fun, and I love fun movies!

Friday, August 14, 2015

30 For 30 #30

So what can I say to start off this series. 30 days, 30 comics. The best of the best. At least according to me. Main reasoning behind doing something like this is not just because the internet loves lists and top "10's". It's mostly because my comic life has been shaped by much in the last 30 years of my life. I'm fast approaching 32. I'll be 32 before the end of this list(HAH Edits: I'm now 32). And with that, a good chunk of this will surpass my 30's and go beyond that in my own heart. This isn't just a list that fits with the times, but a few decades for most. It's not to say that I was privy to the greatest of eras in comics, that goes to those who were born in the golden and silver era. I must say though, that I was born in the era of comics in the modern era, that which would be placed into movies and video games. 

     At the posting of this, we can see comics from the last 30 years being inserted into movies such as Batman vs. Superman, or ideas shaped from Fraction's Hawkeye in Age of Ultron, or rather Avengers 2. Or Mark Millar going full storm into film with Kick-Ass and The Kingsmen. So not only does it shape me, but those around me in my generation, and those effected by my generation's comics and era via the media. You don't even have to read a comic these days to be carded as a comic book nerd(which kind of saddens me, but that's a post for another time).

     Movies aren't the only venue to take away from this genre, but comics themselves. As of this posting Secret Wars, the biggest event of all events for Marvel(in the last year) is now kicking around ideas based on the biggest event of events in comics from the 80's from DC comics side. I'm not trying to say that Hickman's Secret Wars is the new Crisis on Infinite Earths, which it really is, but to say it's an homage done in the Marvel style. Which it obviously is, and Marvel is fine with that. Hickman doesn't make this list at all, but he should. He's probably the finest writer to grace the Marvel Comics office, his Fantastic Four and FF is FANTASTIC. He turns heads with his writing style. And he is probably one of the finest writers to hit the big two since the great author who shall not be named, because he is the true number one of this list. If you can guess who that is, good for you. Let's talk about number 30.

Number 30
The weirdest romance ever
     Kieron Gillen, who cares?! I do dammit, I care about one book this late in the entry list that he wrote. Mostly because a friend of mine cares so much about Thor. But not just Thor he cares about Loki, the bastard brother. Have you ever wanted Loki to be mischievous? Maybe erratic, and in a story-telling role of his own downfall? Maybe you wished for him to be the prince who shaped an entire lineage based on his "mother". He has fucked up constantly as a villain, but has he ever been wrong to try and be the hero of the story? No because he literally wrote it in the book of fables that he did it "write". He even damned his own daughter and best friend to be damned, figuratively and unfortunately. He knew what was up before his own time was up. But somehow Gillen knew best how the write those interchanges. Thor was angry with his now younger brother. He never doubted him, because Loki had the answer, even if it fucked over the rest of Asgard royalty. It saved their people from stupid robot giant steam engines, because of the industrial revolution. I shit you not.

     Then still, the guy goes somewhat strong with his run on Young Avengers. He takes Loki and moves him onto a team with a small contingent of left-overs of Young Avengers. He forms them, he shapes them, and he twitterfies them. He brings them into the new age, and much like Mignola's Hellboy, he shows them the way of the pancakes. And never does he objectify them(he may pander occasionally to the tumblr core though), never does he persecute them. He shows that Loki loves his brother, which is what Loki always wanted from his own brother, but Loki makes new friends and honors them, in to his teenagedom. Kieron Gillen Crafted this character for a new age, and after he left this character, I couldn't care less.

     He did what he did, and while Young Avengers was never as strong as Journey into mystery, he was able to take what he learned from those titles of young delinquents and godhood in the new era of modern screen-lookers and form a new book of his own. With his creation on Image comics of Wicked + Divine there was nothing left to say with Marvel comics and gods of the old pantheon. Poor Loki: Agent of Asgard. Actually some people like that comic, I didn't I thought it was a bit trite.

Good first volume, check it out
     Kieron Gillen through all of his hang-ups to most people with his regard to popular social media inclusions and swank late 80's styling, was re-invigorated by a market that suited him in this day and age. It got me to look to other outlets by younger conventions on twitter and other sources. He drastically leveled the playing field for integrating old with new. Something most comic authors still strive to do, Dan Slott.

Suggested Listening: Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Moon Knight is the New Black and White of Comics


Brian Michael Bendis wrote a volume of Moon Knight a few years back to coincide with his Secret Avengers team which included the hero. I recently read through this 12 issue run. I have to say that the reasons for me reading this was due to All New Marvel Now's(Yeah that is a mouth full) run coming out in the new year of 2014. Also I've always known of the character, but I've never felt the need to read anything with him in it until now. The reason other than his new series is that Warren Ellis is going to be the main storyteller on this upcoming book. Ellis has written stories including MK within the same volume of Secret Avengers, Issues #16-21 for the curious. I will be reading that before the new series comes out as well, just to feed my fix on the character. Also, Valkyrie is in the series, and she's one of my favorite female super-heroines in Marvel.
So why am I blogging about Moon Knight? Let's just say whilst reading the 12 issue series I was enthralled. I haven't read a series this fervently in quite some time. Which would be the reason why I'm writing a blog after taking quite a substantial hiatus. I genuinely enjoyed this series. Some might say it may have to do with how short it was. It was only a year long run by comic standards. I honestly don't think that's the only reason though. It was more to my liking, with the street based hero work Marvel has given in the present with Mark Waid's excellent Daredevil.
Growing up I mostly enjoyed reading Marvel's X-men. They were a strange bunch with super powers that dipped into the unfathomable. I still enjoyed Detective Comics for it's hard hitting stories and gritty, yet realistic approach to life as a man dressed in his pajamas fighting thugs. So let's add some elements of fantastical to a gritty individual. Who really in all seriousness, is just a guy trying to get a Xena like TV show of his past glory spread onto your local tube. Let us then have him face off against a guy that killed one of the founding members of the second bunch of mutants to stake claim to the name X-men. Thunderbird if you're wondering and Count Nefaria as the villain.
So we have this poor fellow Marc Spector dressing up as a super-hero in all white with a crescent on his chest. He falls in love with a temporary(full-time during Marvel's Civil War) Avenger, Echo. Who is a deaf super-heroine. MK faces both Hollywood and a guy who can level a street with his sheer audacity. Everyone says he should call the Avengers. He really should, he doesn't have any powers like Spider-man, Wolverine, or Captain America. All people who he obviously looks up to. He just emulates them.
Spector doesn't have powers, but he does have the power of being super crazy. He is suffering from Multiple Personality disorders on levels that would have him committed, if not for the fact he utilizes them in ways most people can't. Honestly the crazy super-hero thing has been explored in multiple ways, and truly I haven't read any of the old Moon Knight books to know that Bendis has changed anything. But, Bendis does make a character with a serious issue into something likable. Everyone likes the heroes listed above, they have powers and responsibilities and issues that make them likable for a reason. This may be the reason Bendis chose them specifically, but later on in the series you find an almost Star Wars representation of ghosts for Marc.
Brilliantly done in the writing department, only if you enjoy a story about a guy just trying to do the right thing with the right capabilities. The art is standard for Alex Maleev, who is a personal favorite of mine. His work is just so stark and harsh for these kinds of stories involving the Marvel street fighters. He's done work on Daredevil in the past and Spider-Woman. 
This like Taskmaster's Unthinkable, made me look at a character in a new light. It helped me to understand that people like Batman and Spider-man aren't the only heroes that deserve our attention when we read books about fantastic stories. Comics are much more than our social conscience saying Iron Man is the best, or Superman for that matter. It's about what really makes us enjoy good stories and good characters.

Suggested listening: Beach House - Myth
I listened to a lot of their music for while I read the issues, it somehow fit.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Age of Ultron 5-9 Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love the Paradox

Defenders, Assemble!
OH BOY! I'm finally writing this. Which is funny since issue 10 is coming out next week. Ah well, I think it's long overdue, so let's get right out of the gate. By the by, kind of big spoilers for these issues. Now onto my ramblings!

Wolverine goes back in time against most peoples wishes to kill Hank Pym. Which will mean that Ultron never existed. Sue Storm stealths along for the ride, and Wolverine has to deal with her "Maybe you shouldn't do this" speeches. He kills Pym, and oh look Sue never tried to actually stop him. She just stood outside next to Nick Fury's flying car. Here is where the interesting element of reprecussions and paradoxissessesesesss... come in. See Hank Pym is kind of a big deal in the Marvel Universe, and I'm amazed that it took Bendis, who never seemed to show much love for the guy, to prove it.
By Pym's creation of Ultron we get the Vision, because the Vision was created by Ultron. AI begat AI. This means that Vision exists to marry the Scarlet Witch, who has kids and eventually breaks down when they're not real and kills almost all the mutants off. That's just one thing Hank Pym did. Another is that Thor ditched Earth and Asgard didn't back it, because Hank Pym is important to science, which Asgard revered at one point(The joy of the 70's folks, Space Science Magic God Vikings(That should be the name of a band(PARENTHESES!))). This means Morganna le Faye takes over in an alternate universe where Cyclops is called Cable, and Captain America is Nick Fury. The Avengers are called the Defenders and everything else is whack. During that alternate timeline we get a tie-in with Uncanny Avengers, which is by far my favorite issue of that book. Havok and Rogue lead the Morlocks and Kang brings in the children of Apocalypse-Archangel. 
Now I know this all sounds wonky, and you might be asking why I haven't talked about the original plan to go into the future with the big group led by Captain America and Nick Fury to stop Ultron? Because it fails and they all die.
Now if you're still with me, Wolverine realizes what he did was stupid, so he goes back and stops himself from killing Pym. Which works out... Pym decides "OKAY I'LL PUT A FAIL-SAFE INTO ULTRON". Sue Storm finally comes in and says that Pym probably should make himself forget any of this happened so that the world can run it's course like it had.

Is this confusing to you? Did anything I just wrote make a bit of sense to you? If it did, cool. If it didn't, yeah that's pretty much the entirety of this event. It's overly complicated, it has a lot of time hopping, and at one point I swear I read that Tony Stark from Morganna le Faye world mention that paradoxes are made up. Why make a story like this? Why have all this over-reaching to stop Ultron. Ultron is considered one of the Avengers greatest enemies, and he even screwed over the Kree home world Hala at one point. Why not just have a simple slug'em out battle royale like always.
One reason, Marvel is planning something big involving time. The timeline in the 616 Marvel universe is so screwed up with people going back to the past and forward to the future that it has created so many different universes. In the comic New Avengers the alternate earths and their universes are crashing into each other. X-men has an upcoming event called Battle of the Atom which is about a future group of X-men(gee we haven't seen enough of those). I think Marvel is about to do a Crisis on Infinite Earths level event, and time manipulation is the central catalyst.
Oh did I mention Wolverine kills his future self. And it's done off camera. I wonder how he did it? Decapitation probably.
Pym, after someone said he beat his wife
Next and last issue of this event will be co-written by Neil Gaiman. I wonder if she comes down and essentially tells them how bad they're screwed. Hopefully she says she will send a great champion to the land. Then a Miracle Man/Marvel Man monthly series starts next month Whoo! Alan Moore returns to big two(Marvel and DC(HAHA)) comics and writes a few issues double Whoo! God I wish this would happen.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Man of Steel: Unchained

So I just got back from seeing Man of Steel. It was good, showed what Supes could really do if he ever had too. I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible. I also read Superman: Unchained this week, and I'll be talking about that too.

Probably the best thing about Man of Steel was the fight scenes. The only characters that recieved decent development through the movie were Zod, and well... Superman. Lois was your base go-getter "I wear a flak jacket" reporter that instantly fell in love with the man in the red and blue. Perry White was lacking his normal trademark "Great Ceasar's ghost!", but Laurence Fishburne did a good job. Jimmy Olsen wasn't even in the film. The military guys were cool, if not a little refreshing on the way they handled trust with Supes. Jor-El was pretty good, but they could've explored a little with him and a possible Brainiac for future movies. It was nice though to see Jor-El kicking some ass.
This doesn't mean that the acting or casting choices were bad, just maybe the pacing of the movie. almost 3 hours of movie, and they still had a hard time squeezing everything in. Instead of just showing us Superboy, we get flashbacks that seemed to show up throughout the movie. Kevin Costner really did an amazing job as Pa Kent. I think he and the writing really did a superb job to show how he raised Clark to be a good person. Ma Kent did an alright job, and I hope to see her have more of a hand in future movies with being Clark's guiding light, but she didn't seem to carry the same torch as Clark's father.
The only real detractor for the film however came with a scene where Lois and Superman kissed. Yeah if you've ever heard of Superman, this isn't a spoiler. It just felt so forced and I didn't see any reason to necessitate it other than Lois was just overwhelmed at how awesome Supes was. I mean he did just save her from death(again), and I could see it just being the heat of the moment. It just took me out of the movie, but only briefly before we got one of the best fight scenes in a movie I've probably ever seen. Seriously, this movie just raised the bar for Super-powered fighting. Faora who was Zod's second in command proved to me that a Flash movie could be possible.
So why did this movie get bad reviews from some "top" critics? I'm not exactly sure, but I have a feeling they were expecting a Man For All Seasons Superman, and not a Red Son or All-Star Superman. I repeat this movie did not have Christopher Reeves in it, it's not your father's Superman. And that's okay. There are plenty of ways you can re-interpret a character. This Superman has the same amount of heart and cheerfulness that all the rest have. He just knows when to get his hands dirty, because sometimes you have to. He's okay with doing it because no one else should have to when he can do it for them. He carries your burdens, and that's what makes a Superman super. 
I would give it a solid 7/10, but I don't really like to give out grades because that makes my opinion of it solid. I don't want to convey my thoughts of this movie onto you. If you like Superman, then go see it. Make up your own mind.

Now for Superman UNCHAINED. While it probably is the best Superman book that DC is currently publishing since Grant Morrison's departure from Action Comics. It's not that good. It has potential and I'm curious as to where Scott Snyder is going to go with this idea that the bomb dropped on Nagasaki wasn't a bomb, but another super-being. An alternate Earth Superman from the 30's would be a neat idea, but I doubt it. Superman's inner-monologues were kind of annoying, but yet again this is a first issue, and if they continue with them they possibly could form to be something better. I'm holding out hope for this book, and with Superman/Batman coming out at the end of this month Superman might be readable again. Don't screw this up DC.


Suggested Listening: The Man of Steel OST, really great and powerful music that lended to the movie very well. I got tingles during some scenes because of it.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Aquaman is cool you guys, I swear!

Damn right he's cool. He's king of Atlantis and has his own team of adventuring heroes! They're called the Others, and I'm quite a fan of them and this issue. We continue with Atlantean weapons being spread across the globe thanks to Scavenger and other people selling them to land-dwellers and ocean poachers. While Aquaman is only in the first few pages the rest of the book does well without him and is more of a "let's get to reacquaint ourselves with the Others" issue. I assume they will play a part in the upcoming story arc which is being called the Death of a King. Which could allude to Arthur or his brother Orm. Probably Orm since he's sitting on death-row after what he did to the eastern seaboard.

Anyway the real fun stems from these characters called the Others, and there possible new member. She's a young girl who is half in the world of the living and half in the waking world of ghosts. A shaman by her Native American ancestry. I really liked how quickly they integrated her into the team to help take down the baddie with the item that Aquaman wanted to retrieve(It's in Arizona which is dry as all get out). It felt natural the way she slid in and worked well with them, especially Prisoner of War who can control a few ghostly soldiers. Even the villain Skinwalker's motive and characterization felt right. All in all a good book I recommend it, and it's a great jumping on point.

he didn't come back
Also this passing week we saw the release of Superior Spider-man, and his love for midgets and the rise of Jareth the Goblin King(Green Goblin is calling himself the Goblin King now). Also, don't leave a midget on a counter-top it could be trouble for them to get down, stupid Spidey-Ock... Avengers was good, even had some moral lessons all kids should know, like how to ride a stegosaurus. It also taught us a little bit more about this particular Hyperion. I liked the reveal at the end, and Iron Man phoning it in, literally. Other then that Daredevil continues with where it left off the last time I talked about him. Ikari is one hell of a villain, and when you find out who he's working for it only gets better.

That's it for this week in reviews. And yes the Age of Ultron 5-8 is coming soon. Have a great Memorial Day!

Friday, May 17, 2013

X-Factor, what the Hell

HUR, NOT THAT X-FACTOR
So, I've recently caught up with X-Factor. The Hell on Earth War just ended this week. It's one of their story-arcs where the multiple lords of Hell in the Marvel Universe clash in an attempt to kill Rhaine Sinclaire's(Wolfsbane) son, Tier. He was the 7 billionth child born in the world, and essentially was the trophy for whoever wanted to rule Hell. Of course he's quite over-powered against the Hell Lords, and slays Pluto quite handedly early on. This sets the tone for what he can do. By the way, yeah he ages pretty fast, and is nearly a "teenager" when this story starts. I guess being half demon dog has some benefits?

Some background about X-Factor; It's a cadre of mutants not dissimilar from the X-men. The original X-Factor was actually the original X-men team of Cyclops, Marvel Girl(Jean Grey), Beast, Angel, and Ice Man. They were government sanctioned and then of course replaced by Cyclop's brother, Havok's team; Strong Guy, Polaris, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, and Quicksilver...You know what screw it, Here is the Wikipedia entry. X-factor's history is hard. I don't want to really spoil anything for the issue either.

Spoilers...

Also, this week FF came out. I liked it very much so. My love for Matt Fraction's Marvel work currently does not waiver. Bentley 23 was a class act, and of course good old Scott Lang's face from this issue now takes the place of Clint Barton(Hawkeye) on my Blog. Why do I like this series? The art is fun, the stories are fun, and I've always had a sweet spot for the Fantastic Four. Albeit the Fantastic Four book is not really doing it for me. Fraction also writes that book, but it's just not up there like this book. I really suggest getting into his FF though. A new Dr. Doom story is about to start! Also, Blackbolt was in this issue, I love me some Inhumans.

God I hope that's Parker
Ontop of all of this, I think the new Nova finally has moved from a guilty pleasure, to a great read. I hope Jeph Loeb (who is still one of my favorite writers on Batman) continues with his good work on the series. Yeah, I'm singing a new tune, I loved Richard Rider, but Sam Alexander is slowly becoming a favorite. He still has the option of joining the Avengers in the future, as was hinted by Ed McGuinesses' Cover for issue 7.

Suggested listening. LOLOLOL SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!

Don't hate me...