From now on, I'll give my short reviews on twitter, but I will also give full reviews of everything I read. Like on twitter, some will be late as I have subscriptions through the mail. Here are the first of the full reviews:
Avengers #7: Wow, Marvel wasn't kidding when they said ever arc of this series was going to matter. Nothing like the Hood getting his hands on two Infinity Gems. I would have liked to know how he got out of jail and one billion dollars, but I'll let it slide for now. Bendis cuts down on his usual dialogue of pop culture things, but Thor's dialogue seems a little to Norse for it's own good. Fraction is doing fine without it in "Thor." The Red Hulk doesn't really join the Avengers in this issue though. He just so happens to be thrown into Avengers tower. I can see Spidey making a joke about how everything seems to fall in their lap eventually.
John Romita JR. has been doing a stand up job on "Avengers," while a different person on colors and inks might be needed. His pencils are great as usual, but need to accented like they were back during his run on "Amazing Spider-Man" with JMS. They popped off the page and were beautiful. I wish Klaus Janson and Dean White would finish an issue as well.
Avengers #7 gets a 4/5
Deadpool #29: Yeah, there are a lot of Deadpool books, but that doesn't mean you should read one. The main book, "Deadpool," is easily the best and funniest of the bunch. While "Deadpool" was a tad sub par while in Las Vegas, Daniel Way seems to be back on track with the recent arc. Way is getting a run for his money as best writer for Deadpool with Rick Remender over on "Uncanny X-Force," but issues like this show he is still the king of Deadpool. It was nice to see Deadpool's past come back in the form of Doctor Bong. While having Deadpool fight vampires next seems a little unoriginal considering the "Curse of the Mutants" mini-event is about to finish, I'll give it a shot. The Merc with a Mouth will no doubt make numerous "Twilight" jokes.
Carlos Barberi does his usual this month. Nothing spectacular, but nothing wrong either. The only complaint I have, and this is more of a style choice, is how Barberi draws women. He has his moments where they look great, but then they look suddenly misshapen. He has gotten a lot better at being consistent for male figures though
Deadpool #29 gets a 5/5.
Fantastic Four #585: Jonathan Hickman is writing his heart out with his run on "Fantastic Four." I'm sad that it's over half way over. With #585, we continue with the saga that will kill off one of the family members. While at the present time, it looks like Ben or Reed will be getting killed, it is really up in the air. Namor makes a bold move that I hope will reverberate into "Uncanny X-Men" and "Namor: The First Mutant." The quick emotional scene between Johnny and Ben was perfectly written and I see that conversation to come up again or be an intricate plot latter on in the arc or the book itself. Did need a bit of knowledge of back history with the Fantastic Four that I did not have. Had to wikipedia what Reed was talking about, but not that big of a deal. Would have appreciated an editors note so I could have found the info faster, but I'm not going to go nuts about that.
Steve Epting is one of those artists who can draw whatever you tell him too. His pencils aren't as good as they were when he was on "Captain America," but they are still damn good. His style fits the mood of the book, although a different penciler with brighter atmosphere should take over after "Three." Or he could stay around with the family while they grieve.
Fantastic Four #585 gets a 4/5
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