And Conor, I love the fact that Eric is not sympathetic. It's very neat that he's a jerk, because it will be interesting to see how he remains a superhero.

:::stifles laughter:::

Also, as to Fantastic Four: The End, I think the problem with any of The End books is that the writers have to spend a lot of time setting them up, explaining "the past", using a lot of info dumping and exposition. I won't judge the series on the first issue, but if the second doesn't get better I'll be disappointed and won't finish it either.

Second... I don't know. I usually enjoy your reviews a lot, but this one feels weak. You said the biggest problem was that Starfox "messed up the romantic entanglements of the book’s real characters." Well, yeah. That's the point, making the character's lives difficult. No, Mallory would NOT have fallen in love with Andy. He is a big sexless robot, and she was hot for Two-Gun. And, if you think Jen and John were acting normally, such that all their actions could have been explained as just romance... well... I am surprised, because I thought they were acting crazy from day one. It seems pretty clear that that was always the point, to mess with them and jumble things.

You also said it "wasn't necessary"... and... I guess I have no idea what you mean, there. It seems just as necessary as any plotline would be... he had an idea for where the story would go, and this was the necessary route to get it there. You just don't seem to like where it went (so far), but that doesn't make it unnecessary. It WAS necessary, if the goal was to have Jen and John marry but her realize she never really loved him, have Pug go out of his mind with Jealousy and try to 'forget' Jen, have Andy get crushed by Mallory, etc. The story isn't over yet, romance-wise, but I bet this all will be very 'necessary' to that overall plotline.

You end hoping for interesting court cases that involve superheroes and nice interaction between the characters, and personally, I think that's what we've been getting (assuming that 'nice' means 'good quality interactions', and not 'pleasant interactions'). I think the fall out from this is going to be very interesting.

It crashed and went 'Boom'.

You should check those Millar issues out.
I'm not a big fan of him, or Wolverine - but I am a sucker for punishment so, - I brought the hardcover on a whim and it was a blast.
Good fun over the top summer action film with Wolverine.

It's like the DOCTOR WHO "School Reunion" episode that aired in the US recently. If you take out the business with the Doctor and Sarah Jane reuniting and confronting his "dumping" her almost thirty years back, yeah, the story is kinda goofy, but that stuff is the point.

I agree with Mr. Callahan. Antman is going to be the next Runaways if Marvel will get behind it. Maybe Slott can take over after Kirkman?

It will be everyone's favorite book before it hits issue 10, I can feel it.

I liked Ant-Man okay, and I'm willing to go along with it, I was just surprised by the direction it went in, because it seems like Kirkman had a ton of other ways he could have gone, and it was a strange choice.

The attack on the helicarrier was part of the Wolverine thing, but did it actually crash during that storyline? I didn't read it.

I mean, sure, you should treat your minor characters with respect- but this doesn't really ruin the guy. He didn't rape anyone- at worst his behavior ended up being Zatanna-esque- and so he's without his powers for the time being. Next time someone wants to use Starfox, that's easily changed. He's not dead or a villain or anything.

And I thought ANT-MAN #2 was a substantial improvement- more stuff happened and I've got a better sense of where this book is going. The juxtaposition of humor and violence doesn't bother me at all- it's a dark comedy. Rare for superhero books, but welcome.

Since the attack on the Helicarrier took place six months ago, I'm assuming it's part of the same event that involved Wolvering going berserk.