This week: Daredevil meets Foggy, Superman goes multidimensional, and Swamp Thing kicks butt.
Action Comics #9 – Grant Morrison's
run on Action Comics has taken some weird twists and turns, but issue
nine might take the cake. The thing is...I love it. Morrison is
notoriously hard to decipher mid-run, but I am entirely confident
that it will all come together in the end. For now I am just happy to
be along for the ride. Action number nine's glimpse into a world
where Superman's alter-ego has been elected president is an
opportunity to explore the character's abilities taken to a logical
conclusion. Just how much could the “real” Superman change the
world if he had the authority of government behind his actions? A
good issue with solid art by fan favorite Gene Ha.
Animal Man #9 – Though the vast
majority of Jeff Lemire's run has been consumed by the Baker family
on an extended journey to escape the powers of the Rot, each issue is
filled with intriguing new developments and creations. Issue nine is
no different. As Buddy Baker travels through the Red, we're
introduced to a guide that only Jeff Lemire could have come up with.
While I am sad to see Travel Foreman go, Steve Pugh's art is a solid
replacement.
Daredevil #12 – This issue is a
flashback tale that explains why Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson are
friends. While it's not exactly the most exciting story, Mark Waid
infuses it with character and style giving us a definitive origin of
one of the longest friendships in comics. Chris Samnee (of Thor: The
Mighty Avenger fame!) handles the art spectacularly.
The Defenders #6 – I increasingly
find myself having to apply the same tactics I use to read Morrison
comics to the comic books that I read by Matt Fraction. I need to sit
down and reread all six issues, but I feel like there has been a lack
of cohesion since the opening storyline. This might have to do with
frequent changes in artists or it might even be intentional.
Regardless, the last three issues of The Defenders have left me
scratching my head. I know they're all connected but I can't see
where they are going. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just
makes them hard to review. It was an enjoyable issue that I am sure
I will enjoy more once I have read deeper into Iron Fist's history.
Swamp Thing #9 – After eight issues,
ol Swampy finally throws his weight around. Alec Holland defeats
Lord Seethe pretty easily, saving Abigail Arcane in the process. Still
one of the best New 52 books, I feel like Swamp Thing is taking a
long time to unfold. Quite a bit happens in each issue, but none of
it is terribly memorable. Number nine is a perfectly solid issue
with a cliffhanger ending, but the ease with which Swamp Thing
dispatches one of the Rot's dukes kind of makes the issue
anticlimactic.
Wolverine and the X-men: Alpha and
Omega #5 – The miniseries is finally over, but I'm still not
certain why it was ever made in the first place. Don't get me wrong,
it wasn't bad. It just wasn't very good. However, the most
frustrating thing about it was that it seems to have very little
bearing on the main Wolverine and the X-men series. Wolverine and
Quinton Quire are essentially the focus of both books, but the
miniseries implies that they have formed a a trust that we don't see
in ongoing series. I guess I am just confused as to why they even
bothered with Alpha and Omega. It just doesn't seem to fit anywhere.
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