Angela #1
Captain America #2
Howling Commandos #1
New Avengers #2
Spider-Man 2099 #2
Squirrel Girl #1
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Angela #1
Captain America #2
Howling Commandos #1
New Avengers #2
Spider-Man 2099 #2
Squirrel Girl #1
Thanks, but how come Captain America #2, New Avengers #2, and Spider-Man 2099 #2 aren't available for pre-order on the Comixology or Marvel website?
Not everything goes up for pre-order for whatever reason.
Yesss, Squirrel Girl's back! Also fixed that for you.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Dunno when it comes out but it's definitely not this week
Any thoughts on Howling Commandos? The monster fighting looks cool, but the preview was pretty lacking and I know nothing about Barbiere and only a bit about the Howling Commando team.
Kinda interested in that International Iron Man and the Worst X-Men thing? But my list keeps getting longer and longer, haha. Good thing I only care about Black Canary with DC.
Kinda interested in that International Iron Man and the Worst X-Men thing? But my list keeps getting longer and longer, haha. Good thing I only care about Black Canary with DC.
Just get all #1s and choose which books you want to continue reading.
Not really digging the art; I was hoping for something more like the style of the cover, I guess. I'm sure it'll be serviceable enough though.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Forget Iron Man and read Amazing Spider-Man instead.
The only bad book so far is Guardians, and the only mediocre books so far is Spidey 2099.
Doctor Strange seems to be the most widely praised book so far. New Avengers is my personal favorite.
Your opinions are way different from mine lol. That's nice to see.
I was really looking forward to Dr Strange but was a bit disappointed. It was good, but I'm not a fan of how they've de-aged him and just turned him into magic Tony Stark. Maybe it's because I'm just so used to Hickman's version of him over the past few years or so.
Everyone needs to pick up Squirrel Girl today. It's amazing, especially for the jokes:
so many computer science jokes 
Palette Swap
Member
This gave me a good chuckle.
Just a couple pages in and I'm already in love with Howling Commandos. Let's just hope it doesn't end up in as bad a shape as the last time I fell in love with a team book with a bunch of c-list no ones that was secretly one of the best books Marvel was publishing at the time.
RIP New Warriors. I'm sure Yost will find a way to bring you back... someday.
is it not the same artist from the pew-Secret Wars book? because that art was fucking dope
But compared to the art in the middle of the book, it was leagues behind. Also New Avengers was a lot better this week so I might continue reading the book.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I really enjoyed Howling Commandos #1this week.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
What's the tone of the book? Humorous?
If you don't mind.
One day, the New Warriors will be back, sans Nova.
Sam Cap is solid, like why Sam and Steve are butting heads and Spidey 2099 is a worthy follow up.
But the winner this week was of course...Squirrel Girl.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
well they are pretty well regulated, lol
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
There is humor in this book, but also very fun. I think it's a good start to this series with Dungan being at the center of it and dealing with his current condition.
Kinda interested in some of these characters who i don't know about!
If someone can help me out: who is the green caped lady with the sword in Contest of Champions #1?
Also, who is the juicer in the front on All-New X men?
Finally, the gum chewer with the staff on the A-Force cover?
Love all three, and thanks for the help.
If someone can help me out: who is the green caped lady with the sword in Contest of Champions #1?
Also, who is the juicer in the front on All-New X men?
Finally, the gum chewer with the staff on the A-Force cover?
Love all three, and thanks for the help.
Gamora, Teen Beast, Nico Minoru from Runaways
Everyone needs to pick up Squirrel Girl today. It's amazing, especially for the jokes:so many computer science jokes
I don't know, stuff rubbed me the wrong way in that new #1. I loved the first run from this year, both the storytelling and the art. People criticised the art, I felt it was very good and on point. But it seems Henderson changed her style a bit? Maybe to try to appease the critics? I felt it was less good, I even thought at first the artist changed and was trying to imitate her. I also felt the story and the dialogues were less inspired. I thought the Narrator was the author, but he said he was Squirrel Girl in a bottom note? The bottom notes became much chattier too, all but five were on two lines.
But yeah, nitpicking. This issue is above everything else this week.
I haven't read anything else yet.
[edit] Oh, and dat
mutant
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Conkersbadfurday
Member
Squirrel Girl #1 was my first ever Marvel comic.
I think I should have started with something else. Cute but strange.
I think I should have started with something else. Cute but strange.
Go get Sam Wilson Captain America 1 and 2 and then in a few weeks the All New All Different Avengers.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Squirrel Girl continues to be the best Marvel comic of the year
It amazes me how much cleverness is jammed into each and every issue of that comic.
Alright, late night haul thoughts post:
Howling Commandos #1
Great start to this one; art was solid, but most importantly, the characters are given enough room to endear themselves and feel charming for how big and obscure the cast is. Excellent use of Man-Thing (which is a sentence I will never get tired of writing), it's great seeing Hit Monkey again, and everything seems very promising. It's weird that they went with a new Warwolf instead of the one that already existed, and he seems like a real piece of shit. Looking forward to future issues- I just hope that they do more to develop and focus on each character. This was an effective start, but they're going to be fighting uphill to cancellation if they can't make more people care about this cast.
Spider-Man 2099 #2
I thought #1 was a really disappointingly mediocre book because it was a whole lot of nothing until the last page, but I stuck with it because I do love Peter David, Miggy and his supporting cast, and I knew they'd pick up the pace. I really like seeing more of
, and am happy that she survived Secret Wars- there's a lot of unanswered questions with that, but until both that event and this book are further along, I'm sure we're not going to get much in the way of answers- but I'm certainly looking forward to it. I'm a little disappointed still that
Captain America #2
Last issue was great. This issue made me a genuine believer that Nick Spencer is the right man to write a great Captain America run. When the solicits and covers were coming out, and it was clear that the conflict was going to come between Sam and Steve, I was extremely worried about how Steve's characterization was going to go. It would have been really easy to fall into the mistake of turning Steve into a straw conservative to fight All-New, All-Liberal(er) Cap, or make him feel super out of character, but the way that Spencer developed their conflict here felt very true to the spirit of both of these characters, and felt like a natural turn that didn't make either of them seem like petty shits, like most superhero disagreements and conflicts have since Civil War. I'm now fully on this book, Spencer has proven multiple times over in Ant-Man and Superior Foes to be an incredible writer for more light-hearted, jokey stuff, and now he's proven that he's just as skilled when it comes to writing more serious work. Looking forward to next month's issue, and can't wait to see that Cap-focused event later next year.
New Avengers #2
I've made no secrets in that New Avengers #1 was my favorite book from ANAD so far, as seemingly unusual as that opinion is, and this issue does nothing to change that. Art is still gorgeous, Al Ewing is still the best writer at Marvel right now, the team dynamics are still fantastic and I continue to love Ewing's masterful use of continuity. I don't even know how to talk about this book without gushing, so I won't even try to not. I love that Maker is still around and that he's making yet another crazy sociopath utopia city, I love the Squirrel Girl redesign, I love the style of jokey captions that Ewing is still doing every time a new character comes into frame and they make me smile pretty much every time, I love that not only do we have an explanation of some kind of the name Universe-8, but it actually contextualizes it in the continuity of past Marvel cosmic stuff (
), I love the way Hickman and Ewing's developments of Sunspot as a character have played out, and the way that AIM is working for him now but they're still mad scientist as shit and he has to call on his Time-Travel department for scientific consultation on superhero field work and fuck that's a really neat way to use AIM as good guys, and holy shit guys I just really love this book a whole lot.
Angela: Queen of Hel #1
I don't like Spawn. I didn't like Angela coming into the Marvel Universe. Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy is the most awful car wreck of a book that Marvel's published in years. Angela's Original Sin mini was easily the one I was least interested in of all those tie-ins. Angela: Witch Hunter looked gorgeous, but I got bored of it and dropped it after one issue. In summary? I have really not enjoyed Angela's run in the Marvel Universe so far. But hey, new creative teams, new chances to change things right? But this didn't really sell me on it. I didn't dislike it, outside of how incredibly Mary Sueish it made Angela feel, especially for the first few pages, and her new costume is awful, but it didn't really do anything to endear it to me either. I'll probably check out #2, and if it doesn't get me then, I'll drop it. Art is pretty, though.
The only ANAD book I didn't try so far is Unbeatable Squirrel Girl- the last volume didn't do anything for me, and I imagine it's just more of the same now. Maybe if they get a new artist, I'd jump back in, but that's not going to happen, so I don't see myself enjoying it any more this time around.
Howling Commandos #1
Great start to this one; art was solid, but most importantly, the characters are given enough room to endear themselves and feel charming for how big and obscure the cast is. Excellent use of Man-Thing (which is a sentence I will never get tired of writing), it's great seeing Hit Monkey again, and everything seems very promising. It's weird that they went with a new Warwolf instead of the one that already existed, and he seems like a real piece of shit. Looking forward to future issues- I just hope that they do more to develop and focus on each character. This was an effective start, but they're going to be fighting uphill to cancellation if they can't make more people care about this cast.
Spider-Man 2099 #2
I thought #1 was a really disappointingly mediocre book because it was a whole lot of nothing until the last page, but I stuck with it because I do love Peter David, Miggy and his supporting cast, and I knew they'd pick up the pace. I really like seeing more of
Captain America 2099
his relationship with Tempest is being swept under the rug immediately. I really wanted to see them interact and bond more- we saw the starting of their interaction, and then it got interrupted by Spider-Verse, then there was a neat story that would have had major impacts on their interactions, but then Secret Wars happened, and then ANAD comes back, and they've skipped all of that and they're already in a relationship, and they immediately write her out. It's worth noting that she's almost assuredly not actually dead, and when she comes back I hope we see some more of the two of them, but this relationship's handling has been a bummer.
Captain America #2
Last issue was great. This issue made me a genuine believer that Nick Spencer is the right man to write a great Captain America run. When the solicits and covers were coming out, and it was clear that the conflict was going to come between Sam and Steve, I was extremely worried about how Steve's characterization was going to go. It would have been really easy to fall into the mistake of turning Steve into a straw conservative to fight All-New, All-Liberal(er) Cap, or make him feel super out of character, but the way that Spencer developed their conflict here felt very true to the spirit of both of these characters, and felt like a natural turn that didn't make either of them seem like petty shits, like most superhero disagreements and conflicts have since Civil War. I'm now fully on this book, Spencer has proven multiple times over in Ant-Man and Superior Foes to be an incredible writer for more light-hearted, jokey stuff, and now he's proven that he's just as skilled when it comes to writing more serious work. Looking forward to next month's issue, and can't wait to see that Cap-focused event later next year.
New Avengers #2
I've made no secrets in that New Avengers #1 was my favorite book from ANAD so far, as seemingly unusual as that opinion is, and this issue does nothing to change that. Art is still gorgeous, Al Ewing is still the best writer at Marvel right now, the team dynamics are still fantastic and I continue to love Ewing's masterful use of continuity. I don't even know how to talk about this book without gushing, so I won't even try to not. I love that Maker is still around and that he's making yet another crazy sociopath utopia city, I love the Squirrel Girl redesign, I love the style of jokey captions that Ewing is still doing every time a new character comes into frame and they make me smile pretty much every time, I love that not only do we have an explanation of some kind of the name Universe-8, but it actually contextualizes it in the continuity of past Marvel cosmic stuff (
this being the eighth time the cosmos rebooted, Earth-616 was the seventh, the universe Galan lived in before he became Galactus was six, the earth Moridun came from five, ect- that's a really neat twist, and something I'm not sure a sub-Ewing tier writer would touch on.
Angela: Queen of Hel #1
I don't like Spawn. I didn't like Angela coming into the Marvel Universe. Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy is the most awful car wreck of a book that Marvel's published in years. Angela's Original Sin mini was easily the one I was least interested in of all those tie-ins. Angela: Witch Hunter looked gorgeous, but I got bored of it and dropped it after one issue. In summary? I have really not enjoyed Angela's run in the Marvel Universe so far. But hey, new creative teams, new chances to change things right? But this didn't really sell me on it. I didn't dislike it, outside of how incredibly Mary Sueish it made Angela feel, especially for the first few pages, and her new costume is awful, but it didn't really do anything to endear it to me either. I'll probably check out #2, and if it doesn't get me then, I'll drop it. Art is pretty, though.
The only ANAD book I didn't try so far is Unbeatable Squirrel Girl- the last volume didn't do anything for me, and I imagine it's just more of the same now. Maybe if they get a new artist, I'd jump back in, but that's not going to happen, so I don't see myself enjoying it any more this time around.
Same. I'm dropping it. Too bad since I like the maker
Could anyone give me a quick summary of Angela prior to Queen of Hel? Thought the issue did a poor job of welcoming new readers. It felt like I jumped in a middle of an arc.
The optimist in me wants to believe that it's a callback to X-Factor where having powers manifest during puberty is a defining characteristic of mutants. Those born with it are actually a different offshoot.
The optimist in me wants to believe that it's a callback to X-Factor where having powers manifest during puberty is a defining characteristic of mutants. Those born with it are actually a different offshoot.
I'm guessing its so they don't have to deal with the Terrigen Mist when writing her.
Me too. It astounds me that he's being wasted in this. He's been reduced to a cackling mad scientist on par with The Wizard.
I'm honestly feeling like I might check out from Marvel for a while once Secret Wars finally wraps up. I haven't really been impressed by much. Karnak was pretty good, Cap's solid but I felt like I've read a similar incarnation of it, and Uncanny Inhumans is handling Kang in a cool way, but everything else has just seemed... boring and way too familiar too me. Maybe I'm just expecting too much out of the words "new" and "different.
Is anyone else feeling the same way? I'm going to keep checking things out until the end of the year to see if anything catches my eye, but I don't feel that optimistic about things.
Is anyone else feeling the same way? I'm going to keep checking things out until the end of the year to see if anything catches my eye, but I don't feel that optimistic about things.
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