Comments on: What I bought – 10 July 2008

By: Nick Evans

Nick Evans — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:40:39 +0000

The bit I don’t quite get about CB & MI13 is the depiction of Faiza. Leonard Kirk’s art is generally fine, but he seems to have used the standard “white girl superhero” face template, and simply plonked a hijab on top. Colouring issues aside, she doesn’t look Pakistani/Bangladeshi, which is what her name and background would indicate.

The “allahu akbar” bit worked nicely for me, mind.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:14:41 +0000

I think it’s still Larocca, johnny. Larocca used to draw, after all, and it looks similar enough to his style that I think he just picked up a pencil instead of using a computer or whatever he’s doing now. If it’s not, I wish Marvel had credited the artist.

By: johnny sorrow

johnny sorrow — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:58:34 +0000

So… regarding Invincible Iron Man #3, does anyone know who did the art for the retro-flashback section? Which I so preferred to Larocca’s style that I wished I could read a book that the mystery artist was drawing?

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:34:12 +0000

Greg, the key to understanding the Fury shard thing is the ongoing talk about symbols in the series. That the magic items were symbols of earth magic, and turned into a chain, as a symbol of Skrull magic. The whole bit with the sword in the stone/Excalibur. That the bridge needed to be held, even though the Skrulls were winning the war, the symbolism of the stand was what was important…

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:35:44 +0000

Young Liars sounds like one big mess.

Glad Brian is back, having someone else in the role of Capt. Britain would be a little redundant in lieu of what Brubaker is doing…

By: Thok

Thok — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:45:32 +0000

Huh, you didn’t like the Penguin one-shot as much as I did. I thought it did a fairly good job exploring the Penguin’s personality and motivations, and it seems like a good comic for somebody jumping on the bandwagon after seeing The Dark Knight. I could understand a veteran Batman reader having a been-there done-that feeling about it (although the two scenes you mentioned were by far the highlights of the issue.)

It’s weird: Batman probably has 3 of the top 7 or so moments of the week, each of which takes place in a different comic, and none of them take place in Detective Comics.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:36:03 +0000

Anyone who couldn’t figure out Captain Britain was coming back before the end of this story arc on their own hasn’t been reading superhero comics very long. You have nothing to apologize for, Greg.

Yeah, that scene where Magic-Skrull cold-cocks Dane, *then* flash-fries a random British soldier in quick succession was rather tough to parse. But I don’t really care, because the rest of the comic is solid gold.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:17:47 +0000

And I figured those lyrics were too easy, Filrouge. But that’s okay! That’s why they’re random!

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:07:36 +0000

Billy: I had a vague feeling I was wrong about Apollo pulling the sun, but I didn’t bother to look it up. But you’re right, Helios pulls the sun, not Apollo. Oh well.

By: Goinalon

Goinalon — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:46:47 +0000

As long as the cat’s out of the bag regarding CM’s rebirth, I just want to say that I love the costume revamp. Simple and iconic. I do think it would have been kinda cool to see the lion rampant incorporated into the design a bit with the slightly larger focus on red, but it’s still a solid design.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:46:05 +0000

Hmm. Whedon’s arc wasn’t as good as BKV’s past stuff on the title, but what is? I thought it read ok.

Terry Moore’s taking over? Jeez, talk about a downward spiral in terms of talent.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:45:45 +0000

I absolutely LOVE that cover on Shark-Man!

Young Liars is something, all right. I read it, scratch my head, wait 4 or 5 weeks, read a new issue, and scratch my head…

By: Billy F

Billy F — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:05:23 +0000

I think that Hellios, not Apollo pulling the sun.

Unless you consider Hellios to be the embodiment of the sun and not the Hellenic god of the sun. (Yes, Apollo is technically the Greek god of the sun). But I don’t believe Apollo pulled the sun on a chariot, only Hellios.

I could be completely wrong though. I’ve got to review my mythology.

By: layne

layne — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:46:54 +0000

You owe me a tasty treat, Burgas! Where’s my tasty treat?!?

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:37:23 +0000

Sorry, everyone. I wasn’t terribly surprised by Brian’s return – I just assumed he was coming back quickly, unlike the whole Captain America thing. It seems like Brian’s death was just a way to “re-invent” him for the title and would therefore be part of the first story arc. I apologize if I ruined it for anyone. I hadn’t heard any rumors about someone replacing him, so when he died, I just figured he’d be back very soon.

I have tried more than once to get into The Goon and I just can’t. It’s beautiful to look at, but I don’t find Powell’s writing good at all. And I was thinking about buying Whedon’s arc on Runaways, but I’ve read some pretty lousy reviews for it. I might have to page through it.

I figured that about the piece of the Fury, it just seemed kind of vague. I guess that’s right, because that’s what everyone thinks!

By: Guest_1001

Guest_1001 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:12:12 +0000

Saying Captain Britain comes back is definitely a spoiler; the fact that there has been more than one Captain Britain (not to mention the Captain Britain Corps) and the rumours that one of the other characters would become the new Cap should be enough to show this.

As for The Fury fragment piercing Merlin’s side, it’s pretty much what ZZZ said.

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:56:11 +0000

That figure (with the pouches) that your wondering about (in CAPTAIN BRITAIN # 3) is a soldier.
The hat looks weird on that back-tilted angle (is it a helmet that’s slipped backwards, or is it one of those cloth ranger caps?), but the pockets on his belt look like a mini canteen and armed forces utility belt.

He MIGHT be the dead guy seen lying at Faiza’s feet in the next panel.

That, or he was vaporized.

Dane was knocked out (off-panel) and can be seen lying on a heap of rubble at the end.

~P~
PTOR

By: Kirk Warren

Kirk Warren — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:10:56 +0000

It’s still kind of a spoiler saying Captain Britain is back. Captain America has been dead for about a year now and his name is still on his title. Saying “Steve Rogers came back, but that’s not a spoiler cuz his name is in the title” would still be a spoiler any way you look at it.

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By: Blair

Blair — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:23:30 +0000

SO – is Shark-Man any good???