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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 11/30/24
Happy American Thanksgiving, everyone! I had a lovely holiday with family, and then squeezed in a bunch of comics this week. Stuff like Absolute Wonder Woman and Mystique, even!
Comic Book of the Week goes to the first issue of Justice League Unlimited because I would say it lives up to the hype and excitement of what this comic could be.
Meanwhile, I’m on vacation for the week ahead and am loading up on video games to play. I’ve got another Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough in me. I’m finally gonna try Hades because it’s on sale. And the Sniper Elite 5 DLC I’d been waiting to go on sale is now on sale, so that too! All of this is to say I’ve convinced myself not to buy Dragon Age: The Veilguard at full price, which is what I had been planning.
Also, this is gonna sound weird…but both Marvel and DC have comics that feature a character named Tuatara this week. When I saw the names, I wasn’t sure what I was reading, but I Googled and both characters have existed in past comics. So they aren’t brand new. It’s just that…two very different writers on two very different comics for two different companies…both decided to use their company’s Tuatara for a brief cameo appearance in comics that came out on the same week?!
Also, a Tuatara is a lizard from New Zealand, if you didn’t know, which I didn’t.
Comic Reviews: Absolute Wonder Woman #2, Iron Man #2, Justice League Unlimited #1 and Mystique #2.
Read the rest of this entryOh Hey, Here’s a Marvel What If…? Trailer Too
This weekend delivered us some awesome Marvel movie trailers, and yesterday delivered the trailer for the third season of the What If…? cartoon show! I like What If…? It’s a fun show with neat animation. Sometimes they really have fun with it. Let’s hope they have fun with this season.
Yep, that was a really great trailer ending! They made the right choice with that inclusion. That’s what’s going to get people talking. The rest of the trailer looked fun…but I’ll be honest, heh…when it was just people’s faces and not costumes, I couldn’t tell who anybody was. I knew the cowboy was Shang-Chi because of a previous trailer with closed captions. Perhaps I should have turned closed captions on with this trailer, then I’d know who was talking.
Definitely didn’t need them for Storm talking!
The third and final season of What If…? arrives on Dec. 22 for another Christmastime marathon!
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Let’s Start This Week with Some Sweet Marvel Trailers
I’m not going to become a doom and gloom blog and I’m not going to let my newfound nihilism hamper my love of pop culture. I bought both the LEGO X-Mansion and Bumblebee sets this weekend, and have collected all of Chip Zdarsky’s critically acclaimed Daredevil run. So retail therapy has been helpful.
What’s also helpful is that a couple of new, awesome Marvel trailers came out this weekend from a Disney event in Brazil! I remain an ardent MCU fanboy and am very much looking forward to next year’s plethora of content.
First up is Captain America: Brave New World.
Looks awesome! After that first trailer and the positive response, Marvel clearly invested in some good trailer people. I like the political intrigue. Red Hulk looks fun. They do some good work with Sam Wilson flying everywhere. I have a lot of high hopes for this one.
Captain America 4: Brave New World comes out on Feb. 14.
Next up is Thunderbolts*, which I’m even more excited about.
Thunderbolts* is like the first Avengers film. We take all of these random characters from the past few movies and shows and then bring them together and let them banter and bounce off one another. They’re not as famous as the Avengers characters, but it’s going to work for me if they have fun with it. These are the grungy, grimy Avengers and these are some great characters to use.
Thunderbolts* comes to theaters on May 2.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 11/9/24
Hoo boy. What a god damned week. Thankfully, there were a ton of new and exciting comics this week, to help me deal with the near crippling depression and misanthropy. And if you’re reading this, I’m also probably on my way to the nearest LEGO store to buy the X-Mansion set. So I’m coping.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Absolute Superman #1 because it’s another banger. All of these Absolute books have knocked it out of the park!
Meanwhile, uh, I’m mostly holding on by a thread here. I’m playing through Baldur’s Gate 3 again these days. It’s still a fun game, and a lot of patches have come out in the past year to add more to the game that it didn’t have when I played on release. The new season of Arcane has started. The Penguin finale should be awesome. And I’m also collecting all of Chip Zdarsky’s Daredevil run into a big tpb pile to read one of these days. So I’m coping well in my usual ways.
Comic Reviews: Absolute Superman #1, Batgirl #1, Batman #154, The Ultimates #6, X-Factor #4 and X-Men #7.
Read the rest of this entryDid You See This Sweet Marvel Disney+ Trailer?
To coincide with the Agatha All Along finale, Marvel put out this sizzle reel of upcoming Disney+ releases. This teaser trailer delivers our first official looks at Daredevil: Born Again, Ironheart, Eyes of Wakanda, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and, especially, Wonder Man! Everything looks so good!
I remain a staunch fan of Marvel Studios content. Agatha All Along was very good and I really enjoyed the finale. And I can’t wait for these shows! I know people aren’t too excited for Ironheart, but I think it looks good! I prefer my Iron People to be nuts and bolts, not nanomachines. And Wonder Man could be a real sleeper hit. Daredevil: Born Again will hopefully live up to all the hype. And the various cartoons should be a hoot!
Granted, this means 2025 is going to be full of Marvel content, with three movies and now half a dozen shows. But I think Marvel just needs to burn off all these completed projects before they slow their releases. And I’m all for it!
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