Amazing Spider-Man #25

Written by Dan Slott

Penciled by Stuart Immonen
Cover by Alex Ross
Published Mar 15, 2017

   In Delvadia, Spider-Man's team takes out a drug cartel while a mysterious invisible woman curses them for interfering. Keeping her cover, Tarantula asks to take over the mission but Nick Fury tells them Spidey stays in charge. Between him, Mockingbird, Tarantula and Devil Spider, they know they're in the right place by seeing the goblins. Kingpin's information was correct - this is where Norman Osborne has been hiding.
   Back on the streets, the translucent stranger sets bombs in the road but is forced to create a diversion once their spotted by the residents. Meanwhile, Spider-Man's team is growing weary of their team leader. He reminds them where the spiderpods if they wanna bail out and Mockingbird tries to convince Spidey he needs backup. He tells them he needs a win and their target is actually the Goblin. Meanwhile, the bombs detonate topside. He tells the team to take the baddies and head out, but Bobbi is sticking with him.
   They spot the target, but as they capture him, he insists he isn't Norman Osborne. He drags the perp into the pool and detonating a pumpkin bomb at the bottom, they escape. Later tests reveal the disguised man is not Osborne much to the chagrin of a disappointed Spider-Man. Discovering that the true identity of the stolen face was captured, the real Norman Osborne prepares to switch up his face once again while back stateside, Peter Parker heads to the cemetery to reflect on the past events of the Jackal encounter.
   Pete goes to Aunt May's apartment and inside, enjoys a reunion with her, Betty Brandt, Harry and young Stanley Osborne. Harry asks Peter to discuss some things with Betty, who tells him she recently received a voicemail from her dead ex-husband, Ned. Once again a clone from the Jackal, Peter is more disturbed by his actions affecting others. He boards a commercial flight with Bobbi to continue the search for the Goblin as well as attend an event for the Uncle Ben Foundation in Hong Kong and after weirdly asking her out, is surprised on the flight by Aunt May and Harry. They land and Pete plans for their immediate return as soon as the gala is over.
   Spidey and Mockingbird go to work busting heads. In one of the oddest white guilt moments I've seen in comics recently, Spider-Man is conflicted about beating up Asian people... in Hong Kong for some reason, which I guess is just Dan Slott's attempt to out-social justice warrior Brian Michael Bendis. Either way they eventually track down one of the perps who knows the plan, using the Uncle Ben Foundation as cover. There, a disquised Norman Osborne sees Aunt May and plans a face to face when suddenly he hears someone address a "Mr Osborne...". Seeing they meant his son Harry, as well as learning he changed his name out of shame, he tells himself that he has one final lesson to teach him.
  That lesson is interrupted by a sniper rifle, and the person aiming it is this mysterious invisible woman. As luck would have it, Spider-Man and Mockingbird have gotten there just in time. As they knock the gun from her hands and Spider-Man electrifies her stealth frying it and revealing it to be Silver Sable. She says she isn't dead and that what Spider-Man just did is save Norman Osborn's life... and with that we're left to be continued.
   Dan Slott is a good writer, but like so many fans who've criticized him in the past, I'm slowly being counted among them. Why this story has to be so complicated, I won't ever know. The fact that he made Peter Parker awkwardly ask Mockingbird out and then the weird crack about beating up Asians in an Asian country makes zero sense other than trying to use up pages. He's been writing this book forever and it wouldn't break my heart for Marvel to shake the tree a little bit. I give it a 6/10 with hope it gets better in time.

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Justice League #17

Written by Bryan Hitch
Penciled by Fernando Pasarin
Cover by Fernando Pasarin
Published Mar 15, 2017

   Superman flies out to face Tempus, the Timeless Mind and demands to know where his family is. The massive being can't figure out Superman's existence, as there are other timeline he sees but the conversation between them quickly turns tense. Tempus filters the solar radiation and forces Superman to cooperate. Meanwhile in Ancient Greece, Zeus feels the supernatural power dwarfing Olympus and Wonder Woman explains to them that's what she came here to stop. They agree to help her get inside it in return for her helping their family escape. In Central City, Flash runs towards the Timeless machine to engage it while in Ancient Atlantis, Aquaman holds the citizens back while the gigantic Timeless ship tries to connect to the Earth Stone.
   In 26th century DC, the Lanterns feel the gigantic battery pulling their rings towards it, building power. While in 30th century Metropolis, Cyborg questions the young boy who found him when he arrived in the future. The child senses a cross temporal vortex fueled by speed, green energy, and mythological magic. He hands Cyborg a special bracelet that allows him to fly up towards it. That brings us back to Superman, who tells the timeless mind that all he wanted was a normal existence. He asks about Lois and Jon again and Tempus tells him they're safe in their original timeline. He seeks to move the earth however, to keep a dangerous force from spilling out and destroying the universe. Superman explains to him that Molly, the timekeeper, sent the Justice League through time to destroy each of the power sources. Tempus moves to stop each one of them, but they all still make their ways towards the power sources... Cyborg, the Lanterns, Aquaman by way of Atlantean magic, and Wonder Woman with the help of the Olympians. 
   Made to choose between his family and the future, Superman tells the Tempus that he and his friends will defeat this attempt to change the present, that they always do. Batman sees his queue, and by gathering the hands in the Infinity Corporation to battle, the final page reveals Alexis Luthor's Warsuit which once belonged to her father. Battle will ensue but it will have to wait, as we're left to be continued.
   I know what I'm getting into every time I sit down with this book: An absurd amount of dialogue and about 15 different things going on that Hitch literally spends one page (and in some instances, 2 or 3 panels) updating. It's tough to keep up with and even tougher to write a review of. Still, it's not like it's any surprise. It would be nice to get a little downtime with our favorite super friends but duty across the universe calls - and takes as many words as necessary to relay that fact.

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Daredevil #18

Written by Charles Soule

Penciled by Ron Garney
Cover by Ron Garney
Published Mar 15, 2017

   Matt Murdock meets with Father Jordan in the confessional. There's a lot on Daredevil's mind but it all starts with the Purple Children who showed up at the end of the previous issue. To tell that story begins with the Purple Man - Zebediah Kilgrave. He has the power to make anyone within the sound of his voice do exactly as he says. His skin releases a special pheromone, and given what he's managed to do with this power, he's pure evil.
   Daredevil last saw him in prison. He escaped by conning a guard into bringing an unmasked woman into the cell's vicinity. The woman is able to overpower the guard by way of the Purple Man and kill him. Later using the keycard on the guard's uniform, she frees him and he presumably kills anyone who gets in the way of his escape. Matt Murdock is once again pulled into the Purple Man's life when 2 of his children show up at his door seeking help. It seems that hordes of people were sent to retrieve them, and completely hypnotized, break bones in their hands to pull Daredevil's door down.
   He hurriedly brings his girlfriend Kirsten and the 2 purple children into the panic room and shuts the door behind them although Matt stays on the outside. Quickly changing into his costume, he fights the brainwashed people in ways to avoid hurting them. After incapacitating them all, he questions the 2 boys. They've recently been cut off from communicating with their brothers. And seeing as the more children the Purple Man has at his disposal, the more powerful he becomes. Daredevil agrees to accompany the children to save their siblings.
   Once they get in range, Daredevil sees the machine Zebediah has built with empty pods for his remaining escaped children. He pulls the children to the level below but he's powerless to stop them. Completely under his control, Daredevil walks the children to the machine. The Purple Man asks "Shall we play a game?" and with that - the issue is left to be continued.
   I've been reading a good bit of this series lately and this issue is just another amazing chapter in this man's life. While this book doesn't seem to get the accolades it's brethren series Are often rewarded, it's probably par for the course and what this title should always be remanded to: A good under-the-radar read and a classic in it's own time. I give it a 9/10. 

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Daredevil #10

Written by Charles Soule
Penciled by Ron Garney
Cover by Ron Garney
Published Aug 10, 2016

   Enjoying being back home in New York, Daredevil takes the opportunity to chase down a criminal just to enjoy Manhattan's Upper East Side. Being constantly reacquainted with a place, even something as new as a flagpole, could one day save his life. He follows him into an apartment and the fight suddenly becomes 1 on 4. And Daredevil couldn't be happier.
   Back at the DA office, Samuel Chung AKA Blindspot walks in to ask Matt Murdock if there's anything else he needs. He has a big night planned, and Matt can tell he's planning on going back out as Blindspot even though he's still nursing a healing broken arm. Matt lets him go, and even offers him his temp job on a permanant basis. Sam is beyond grateful. Matt's night however is just beginning, as he's got night court. Before the other attorneys leave for the night, they offer Matt a little hazing in return for his quick rise through the DA's office. Back in his defense attorney days, he'd be knocking back a few cocktails already at Del Frisco's. Now he spends his evenings as a servant of the lower courts.
   In Chinatown, Blindspot dons his costume for the first time in awhile. He picks up a card with his name on it at the shrine, and when he walks into the destination, he finds something horrifying. Freaking out, he calls Daredevil telling him he's found a body. Matt asks his paralegal to horse trade with the other attorneys in exchange for an emergency night off, and he runs to Sam's aid. When he gets there, a massive mural painted in blood on the wall gets his attention. A body, holding a paintbrush and buckets full of blood, awaits the duo. Blindspot asks if they should call the cops and Daredevil tells him they should, offering to call it in as an anonymous tip if it would keep Blindspot's cover from being blown. Not to mention get some undeserved attention to his illegal immigrant status.
   Daredevil runs his fingers on the wall. He tells Blindspot it's not just the blood of one person. By his count, which could admittingly be off by one or two, he senses it's the blood of at least 113 people. And with that, we're left to be continued.
   Charles Soule is still crushing this series and it's getting better and better. Ron Garney's artwork pops off the page, incredibly using few colors and doing more with what it takes some penciler/inker teams using a whole palette. Another chapter in the life of the man without fear, and again it doesn't disappoint. I give it an 8/10.

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Spider-Man #14

Written by Brian Michael Bendis

Penciled by Sara Pichelli
Cover by Sara Pichelli
Published Mar 15, 2017

   Ganke, Fabio, and Miles sit in the dormroom at Brooklyn Visions still recapping his story - all of which transpired in the time it took Ganke to do a geometry assignment. Sitting in a Tree Part 5 finds Spider-Gwen back in her home world but now with no Miles.Talking to the watch, she tells whomever is on the other end of it that she needs help or else they're all in trouble. Finally it dings, pinpointing his coordinates in a less than informative conversation.
   Four minutes prior, he'd thrown the transporter watch to Gwen, grabbing one of the members of SILK and leaving her and Ms Marvel guessing. He jumps through a portal and lands right in front of his dad/Scorpion in hopes of just simply talking. Not even considering that, he charges Miles and Gwen suddenly teleports in, kicking Scorpion in the face. As his goons keep shooting, one of them hits the vortex, pulling Gwen through it and eventually as he loses his grip - Spider-Man as well. Luckily he lands on his back on a rooftop, reuniting with her. Embracing happily because they're still alive, they eventually notice they're in a dark Midtown, and who should be staring at them but 1930's Spider-Man Noir. Gwen taps the watch and this time, the city they land in stinks. Noticing the Daily Planet logo behind them, Bendis takes a quick and hilarious dig at DC. Next up they land in a post apocalyptic Walking Dead version of Spidey's greatest rivals. Just before the walkers get their hands on them, they teleport again but this time, become interdimensionally separated.
   Gwen is suddenly falling. She lands on a rooftop in front of a gigantic sign congratulating Spider-Man and Woman on 20 years of wedded bliss. Clearly freaked out, her watch dings. Spider-Man finds himself alone as well and not knowing what to do. His spider-sense buzzes and he sees Scorpion hiding behind some tiles. Leaping into action, he slugs him... but this time, a confused Jefferson tells his son to stop. Miles looks at his father, puzzled, and with that we're left to be continued.
   Fantastic issue. I love the references only a purist like Brian Michael Bendis can throw in. It's been years since I've seen Spider-Man Noir in anything and it was good to catch a glimpse. not to mention a red streak across the Metropolis sky could only be only one Kryptonian we know and love. I'm enjoying this series and the saga of Miles Morales only gets better and better. I give this one a 9/10.

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Deadpool #16

Written by Gerry Duggan
Penciled by Mike Hawthrone
Cover by Rafael Albuquerque
Published Aug 3, 2017

   The Mercs are pissed. Just as Deadpool discovers them in his bank looking through the safety deposit box, he asks why he shouldn't blow them all to bits when he's attacked from behind. Unfortunately for all of them, the hotwire on the vault door trips and slams shut, trapping them all there until morning. Once inside, they all let him have it - airing all their grievences. He said he never asked for any of his fame, not to mention that they all knew the terms of the deal. Solo says it's all his fault. He put on Deadpool's mask and things just sort of fell into place. He was hired by a man who told him his wife had been kidnapped. Only problem is that once he had his rifle trained on the guy, he noticed snipers on a nearby roof and a dignitary motorcade who pulled up. Deadpool was being set up as a patsy.
   Instead of running from the fight, he teleports down and saves the ambassador. Once he finds out the guys detail is also compromised, he steals a puppy shaped mobile pet wash unit to drive the ambassador out of the danger zone. Teleporting from car after car chasing them, he eventually saves him while later being mistaken for Spider-Man. Later he's given a free coupon to Outback, enjoying the notoriety for saving someone but let down because he did it in another mercs uniform.
   As he spins his tale, Deadpool puts it together that clearly this was yet another opportunity Madcap had to inject himself into Wade's life. He meant to frame him but since Solo intervened, it didn't work out. Angry, Deadpool punches Solo for lying - saying the government said it was a telepathic attack when it was clear that Madcap intervened. Solo says who cares about Madcap... he erased himself. Deadpool tells the rest of the mercs that no, he didn't erase himself. He just hit the reset button.
   The issue ends with a cameo page. A silhouetted figure walks amount the woods saying that he knows what he wants him to do but he won't do it. The distinctive Madcap font reveals that we know exactly who he's talking to. A freaky, torso emerging Madcap tells him he WILL do whatever Madcap wants him to do or else he'll make things unpleasant. And with that, we're left to be continued.
   Like I've said before, Gerry Duggan writes back to back issues that are good and then embarrassingly bad. Maybe he's broken the mold and given us two good ones in a row, because this one was a winner. I enjoy being able to get more of Solo's backstory without having to read the mercs book or whatever other spinoff books that Deadpool generates. Great artwork too. I give it an 8/10.

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Old Man Logan #10

Written by Jeff Lemire

Penciled by Andrea Sorrentino
Cover by Andrea Sorrentino
Published Aug 10, 2016

   Logan hears Maureen's voice, telling him to wake up..Telling him he's in trouble. Only fair warning - he's not gonna like what he finds when he wakes up. Run through with arrows, he's at the bottom of a well. He withdraws his claws and scales the walls until he reaches the top. When he gets there, he sees a face telling him that while impressive, his efforts are futile. With the draw and firing of an arrow, he sends Logan back to the bottom of the well. Telling him that he's been trying to kill Logan for the last 4 days, he'll keep trying until he finds a way. Logan tells him that isn't likely. He already knows who he is and he's already killed him once.
   A flashback reminds us how Logan got there. During he and Maureen's travels through the wastelands, the couple ended up in Japan and by decree, became property of the Silent Order. Refraining from using his claws, Maureen sees Logan murdered and then unexplainably healed. General Sohei remands them to the Master and on the way, Logan has quite a lot to explain. Back in the present, Sohei asks Logan how he knows who he is - and that the prophecy must be true. Logan asks about Deathstrike and Sohei tells him she's still alive - the perfect bait to draw the Wolverine out of Kilhorn Falls. Logan climbs the walls again, taking arrow after arrow and telling the general that eventually he's going to run out of arrows. Back to the wastelands, Maureen asks why Logan never told her he had powers and he explains he never wanted her to know about that life. The things he did, he can never ever do again. She asks him if her thinks she never had to do things she regretted and the man once known as Wolverine tells her "Not like me you didn't..."
   In the present, Logan pulls himself out to the well but Sohei tells him he'll likely crawl back in there when it's over. Deathstrike, alone and locked in a birdcage tells him it's no use, but Logan tells her that well, we'll just see about that.." He prepares against Sohei but he laughingly tells him that the Wolverine won't just have to fight. To fight him is to fight the entire Silent Order. To kill him, he will have to kill them all and with that, the issue is left to be continued.
   I recently started reading the new Avengers series, which admittingly came out months after this but I see traces of Sorrentino's influence rubbing off. The only problem is that it doesn't come close to matching this. I don't know if it's the artwork in association with the story or whether the art comes off as rushed and crappy but this book may have ruined me. Drawing similarities from the Wolverine and Havok Meltdown series from nearly 30 years ago, nobody can replicate what this book is doing. Amazing and continuing to be, I give it a 10/10 as usual and can't wait for the next one.

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Avengers #5

Written by Mark Waid

Penciled by Mike Del Mundo
Cover by Mike Del Mundo
Published Mar 1, 2017

   Desperate to stop Kang, Vision shows the team his new device: a time tether. Part of Captain America's plan, it could help them win the battle for good. When Captain Falcon...America tells them he doesn't have a plan, Vision from the future steps out of thin air to explain. Though it's been millennia, Cap's plan revolved around making surgical strikes through time on Kang's supply line. Showing them the end of time and the time relative to where they are now, they can go into the past and future creating bombs simultaneously, destroying his fortress and giving him nowhere to run.
   Realizing he'll have to divide the team and running out of Avengers, Cap conveniently remembers the time machine in the basement of the former Baxter Building. He goes back in time to get the first Avengers, joining forces with Giant Man, original Thor, Hulk, She-Hulk, Namor, original Captain Marvel, original pre-evil Captain America, and the original Wasp. Also giving a proud "Avengers Assemble", Vision informs him he also just taught the original Avengers their battle cry. Half of them go back to ancient Egypt, disrupting Kang's slaves from making their high tech weaponry. Spider-Man places the time bomb in the fusion reactor. The other half of the team goes to a future alien planet, and after some awkward exchanges between the Thors, discover a team of miners. They mine time, stealing the future from primates and keeping them from evolving. The Avengers fight back until getting caught in the time stealing rays themselves. Beginning to erase the original Avengers, the current team also begins to disappear from existence.
   The issue wraps when we see the third team split off roughly 2000 years into the future. Being dropped pretty much right into Kang's lair, he doesn't recognize them but is systematically interrogating each Avenger. Will they crack under pressure? Will they stop the miners? Will they blow up the fusion reactor? We'll have to wait until next issue to find out.
   I've always been a fan of abstract comic art but getting into this is a stretch. If this is gonna be the flagship Avengers book, they have to do better than this. It literally looks like watercolors meets half-assed penciling and then they turned the contrast up to like a thousand percent. To be perfectly honest, it distracts from the story and if there isn't a change somewhere on the horizon, I could see myself not being able to stick with this title. The story is ok but after so much time travel in the X-Books, this shtick is getting about as watered down as Mike Del Mundo's artwork. I give it a 5/10.

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Invincible Iron Man #12

Written by Brian Michael Bendis

Penciled by Mike Deodato
Cover by Mike Deodato
Published Aug 3, 2016

   As the rubble of what was formerly Stark Tower steams, Tony sits atop of it eating a burger while the firemen stand around asking each other what he's doing. He asks Maria Hill and Mary Jane, who are now among the staring crowd for some ketchup. It was just 3 weeks ago that he met members of the Stark Industries board apologizing for faking his own death to infiltrate a Japanese techno mafia. Of the members looking for answers, Tony personally rails against Mr Lynch for hiring a known criminal to break into the building. Although it seemed perfectly normal once he found out Tony left his AI in charge of running things while he was gone, Tony still takes a personal dig that Friday ran things better than Lynch could. He threatens a vote to remove Tony from the board to which Tony votes that Lynch is a dick. After the meeting, Tony notices that MJ is still apparently an employee of his. He asks Friday who's still the most mad at him which leads him to MIT to meet with Dr. Amara Perara.
   Once he gets there, he finds out that Amara is apparently in Europe. He gives another scientist the flowers he'd brought for her and meets with the Dean who is also not helpful in tracking her down. He does mention something else that piques Tony's interest. Former student Riri Williams argues with her mother about leaving MIT on the grounds of testing a new invention she's made. She asks to see this invention to which Riri refuses until her idol Tony Stark walks in. There she displays the Mark 41 suit she reverse engineered. Impressed, Tony inspects it until Riri finally asks him for an AI to help control the suit. Tony offers to sell her one for $45 million dollars. Her mother, clearly freaked out by all this, continues to protest until Tony orders everyone out to dinner.
   Back in the present, Maria questions Tony's mindset to whom he tells he's fine. He knows Carol Danvers is no doubt watching them from some satellite image and wondering what he's planning to do next. Tony tells them that what the Inhumans have done is either an act or terror or a declaration of war, and threatens that it wouldn't take much to remove them from the planet if he so chose to do it, though it wouldn't bring Rhodey back. Suddenly a voice comes out of nowhere that agrees with him. Doctor Victor Von Doom walks up and tells him he has to show him something. Maria Hill quickly threatens arrest and with that, Doom and Stark teleport into a flash of green light and we're left to be continued.
   There's only a few issues left until the Riri era kicks off, and this book is winding down probably about as excitingly as it can. Tony's time in the Marvel Universe grows short. And although I'm excited to find out just how the Dr. Doom version of our favorite hero came to be, it's gonna be tough not to miss Stark. Pretty good issue nonetheless and I'm looking forward to the next one. I give it a 9/10.

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Batman #18

Written by Tom King

Penciled by David Finch
Cover by David Finch
Published Mar 1, 2017

   Batman stands on the roof of Arkham and hears Bane's offer. The Psycho Pirate for Duke, Gordon, Catwoman, and Bronze Tiger. Not wasting a second's thought, Batman tells him no. Interlaced with panels showing similarities between their upbringing: Bruce holding his mortally wounded mother next to one of Bane next to his in a jail cell. Commissioner Gordon walking the boy away and an inmate walking Bane away. Young Bruce being introduced to Alfred and young Bane being introduced to the random prisoners... Back to the present, an enraged Bane grabs Batman and starts beating him. Bloodying him and screaming how dare he tell him no, we see young versions of them begging for their mothers back. Bruce studying various textbooks and doing pushups, and Bane sitting in an empty cell and doing his own calisthenics.
   At Arkham, Bane continues the fight. Does Batman think he's some kind joke. Some kind of riddle. He's not a madman howling at the moon, and he's not a rich boy playing dress up. Back in the past we see the two of them training. Walking tightropes, handstands in their cell, mountain climbing, swimming, punching walls and kicking over trees. At the fight, he yells "I AM BANE". Enraged, he demands he give him the pirate and again Batman tells him no. One last look at their upbringings reveals their fights against the Joker, formation of the Bat family, the doctor's experiments, Gordon telling him about Bane and Bane learning of the Bat.
   Bane readies for another punch and tells Batman that this is it - this is how he dies...but this time Batman tells him to shut up. He tells Bird to kill the hostages and to join him at the entrance to Arkham. The only problem is that Bird doesn't answer the phone. Catwoman does. She tells him that all of the hostages are now free and his men are waiting for him at the safe house. Bane instead goes to Arkham on his own. He kicks the door in and with that, we're left to be continued.
   Tom King is an expert on pitting Bane against their Bat as he's obviously done so before. This time he sheds some light on their similar background, showing that the two of them have more in common than they may know. Focusing mostly on that in this book, the story really didn't advance more than the hostages getting free while Batman distracted him. Not that it's a bad thing. Art is stellar and though we're not too much further along than before we read it, it's still a great read. I give it a 9/10.

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Justice League #16

Written by Bryan Hitch

Penciled by Fernando Pasarin
Cover by Fernando Pasarin
Published Mar 1, 2017

   15 minutes before the events unfolded from the previous issue, Batman arrives at the Infinity Corporation. They tell him he has about 15 minutes to exist and he asks if he's the only one left. They tell him Superman is still in the current timeline but the rest of the league is unreachable. Apparently the stones have been talking to them, but Supes is a required part of the equation. Batman tells them he'll do what he can. After he leaves, the employees wonder if they should "tell him the truth" but they decide the time isn't right.
   In Atlantis about 47,000 years ago, Aquaman tells the Atlantians that he'll one day be their king. For now though, they await the queen's childbirth and have carved some signs into the earth stone. He tells them he JUST used the Zodia crystal to save the earth which is apparently not very important to them at this time anyway. In DC about 500 years from now, the Lanterns battle the um, Lantern police and demand they bring them to whomever is in charge, which is apparently inside a gigantic battery. Simon asks them if the Guardians know and they tell him they don't care. The world had fallen into chaos but one Green Lantern chose to stay behind. Suddenly their story is interrupted by Molly transmitting on their watches. Back at Infinity Corp. they show Batman and Supes the message from Molly to each member of the league. She tells them that they need to put their devices in the temporal cores of each machine in their time periods... Ancient Atlantis, Ancient Greece, Barry Allen's Flash creation period, future Washington DC and the 30th Century. The magnitude of their missions begins to sink in. Batman asks if they can use the stones to help the League but they tell him that it isn't possible while Superman keeps asking about his wife and son. Batman asks the people at Infinity why they're helping but they won't say.
   They link the group Molly mentions called "The Timeless" to the events and Superman asks if there's a control center in the floating ship outside their building. They tell him that there is a point of higher temporal energy. He tells them that he's going to go and discus things. Flying towards them, he says that he's come to talk and that looking for a fight is a bad choice. Suddenly a huge being tells him he is always, everywhere, and has been waiting for Superman. The next page reveals a massive embryonic being tethered by cables and tubes. It ominously says it's "time to save history" and with that, we're left to be continued.
   You know, the writing in this series has been and continues to be stellar. The art is where it takes a step back however. Superman looks like a confused Rob Riggle and Aquaman kinda looks like Sylvester Stallone does now, in the new Rocky and Rambo movies with the fat muscley face. It's not noticeable enough to screw up the story for me and probably won't be but if I had to find something to complain about, I guess it would be that. Overall however I still give it an 8/10, and if there's one book you need to keep you sort of caught up on the DC universe, this is still definitely it.

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Uncanny Inhumans #12

Written by Charles Soule

Penciled by Carlos PachecoCover by Ryan Stegman Published Aug 3, 2016

   Stark Tower has fallen. Who is responsible remains to be seen but Medusa is well aware who is going to be blamed. She gives the order to Karnak to seal the city of New Attilan. He's afraid it may signal guilt. She's more afraid of the human casualties that could be on Inhuman hands and a revenge attack from Iron Man. With former NYPD detective Frank McGee's help, she, Lockjaw and Karnak set out to find out who knocked this building down.   Meanwhile in Switzerland, the Inhuman terrorist Lash works with some other separatist villains to begin working on an avalanche on Stark Properties in the region. whom scrambles drones to mount a defense. Back stateside, Medusa meets with her ex-husband and former Inhuman king Blackbolt to see if he had anything to do with it. Frank deduces it must have been a powerful Inhuman with an axe to grind, and in his mind, it points to the prince - Medusa and Blackbolt's son Ahura. Back in Switzerland. Lash attacks while in Venice, Medusa's team walks into the Ennilux Corporation. Once inside, Medusa compliments her son on getting better with his powers. Cutting the chitchat, the conversation focuses on the ruins of Stark Tower. Ahura denies any wrongdoing and claims he had nothing to do with it. Just then, the television in his office flickers with breaking news on Lash's terrorist dealings on Tony's properties. One of his lackeys raises a gigantic piece of rock above one of his factories, and after a rather unhelpful diatribe he gives about it being in Medusa's name, he drops it and it explodes. In an instant, Medusa teleports to the scene. While the rest of her squad holds the terrorists at bay, she demands of Lash why he did this and suddenly a flashback reveals his motives.   In Greenland and much earlier on, Maximus meets with Lash and tells him the plan. To take down Medusa, he needs some firepower. It seems his sister in law has made some errors lately, and by committing these atrocities in her name it just  might just put her over the tipping point. Back in the present, Lash stares into her eyes and says that he didn't do anything... she did. Captain Marvel flies in with the Ultimates asking her just what it was she did and with that, we're left to be continued.   One of the greatest things about Marvel Unlimited is being able to read what is going to one day become a classic crossover and this is just another wonderful chapter of it. I think we're going to be seeing a lot of Medusa over the next few years so this gives us a peek of what just developed her character. If this is just another brick in that wall between her, the Inhumans and the Mutants, how they scale it will be amazing. I give it a 9/10.

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Deadpool #28

Written by Gerry Duggan

Penciled by Salva Espin
Cover by Reilly Brown
Published Mar 1, 2017

   One of Shiklah's monsters has gotten out of the underworld and wandered into the New York City Subway. As that's not really the safest place for a monster, pretty much every human nearby pulls out handguns and blows the thing away. Once Deadpool's wife hears about it and comes running, she discovers the beast dead and then things really get out of hand. She transforms into a super demon and prepares to avenge the monster when Deadpool, fresh off of stealing a police horse, comes running up to calm her down.
   He tells her that this is the kind of stuff that happens in New York. He himself had once killed a guy just for playing the bagpipes. She accuses him of taking the humans side and he somehow convinces her to take the humans to court over it. Once there, the judge rules all of them released as there's no laws on the books for non-humans and Shiklah vows her revenge.
   When they return to the underworld, Shiklah walks Deadpool down a staircase and into a room where a squad of her apparent boyfriends plan to cut him up and store him in jars until the war with the humans is over. He takes exception to this, decapitates one of them and escapes. They chase him and he uses the Subway system to pretty much run them over. Later he texts his friends for help but Captain America, Domino, Spiderman, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and even Mister Sinister fake having any time to help him out. Back in Shiklah's lair, she reveals to one of her henchmen the scepter of manticore, a legendary ancient relic that can unite the underworld. She projects her image over the city and tells the humans they have until dawn the next morning to leave Manhattan.
  Back topside, Werewolf, Frankenstein, Living Mummy, and a group of other legendary monsters discuss the unwillingness to join the fight. In Mexico, some vampires discuss going to New York to help with the humans eviction until one of them is run through the back with a wooden stake. The last page reveals Blade, the vampire hunter extraordinaire announcing his plan to return to stop the city from paying the price for Deadpool's stupidity - and with that we're left to be continued across a painful myriad of crossover books I have no desire to read.
   This comic isn't very good, which in keeping with swapping from decent to bad every other issue still obviously rings true. The only good thing about it is that when we get to the next issue, the "Till Death Do Us" storyline will be almost over. This is one that i'll likely be switching to a new title for once it runs out so I guess I'll do what I have to for now and finish this review. The art is ok. The writing is poor. The lame jokes are even worse. I give it a 4/10.

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Star Wars 29

Written by Jason Aaron

Penciled by Salvador Larroca
Cover by Stuart Immonen
Published March 1, 2017

   Yoda and Garro near the heart of the mountain and Yoda confirms that it indeed is alive, although barely. The jedi and his young master meditate and commune with the mountain for days and eventually hear it's voice. It was once a giant amongst others of it's kind until people butchered them all out of greed for power. Now only one remains. As it heals, Yoda and Garro make there way back to the rockhawkers with the mountain's secret.
   When they near, the group of children ask what that secret is. Yoda won't tell them as they've not shown themselves worthy, but Garro foolishly blurts it out disobeying the jedi. Promising to tell them more if they let Yoda go, the group frees him and walks away as he "so ends" Yoda's training. Yoda returns to the others and prepares them for war - a war like none of them have ever known. While he trains them to commune peacefully, the Rockhawkers feed the mountain with the dark side. Yoda sets out to speak with the now hulking beast. He tells it that they've only made it's suffering worse.
Standing in front of it, he tells the mountain it shall not pass.
   Back where the Rockhawkers kneel in meditation, they speak the words that are coming out of the mountain but they can't overpower Yoda. They all ask each other who taught him their ways and Garro sheepishly replies "A coward most likely. A coward and a fool..." Back onboard his X-Wing, Luke puts down Obi Wan's journal and sees the Vagadarr system. Piloting through the asteroid field and flies low over the planet's surface. Seeing a gigantic stone hand, he lands. Realizing he should have read all of Yoda's tale, a small figure walks up telling the young jedi he always knew there would be another. Standing there before him is a very aged Garro, the last of the rockhawkers. He tells Luke that he's going to help him finish this war and with that, we're left to be continued.
   I always get kind of annoyed when a book like Deadpool jumps around in time for no real reason, but when it comes to Star Wars, we're kind of accustomed to it. The middle trilogy coming out decades before the first one and so on, this is almost how the story is supposed to be told. They pop in and out of Obi-Wan's journals and it's always interesting. Jason Aaron does another good job here and I'm glad he's still going at full speed. I give this one a 10/10.

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