An Incredibly Biased Review of Mimic and the X-Men #2
And lo, the skies parted and the light shone down upon us as the world was gifted with the greatest comic book of all time this week. An event nearly 50 years in the making rode into our lives on a tsunami of awesome and fansanity! For here is an issue that has made my years of being a comic book geek and scouring the back issue bins worth it. Your favorite superhero and mine, the Mimic, has thrown down the gauntlet of mediocrity and declared in one voice that he would not go quiet into the night!
How did Mimic not even make the cover?
The X-Men will never be the same. And we are all blessed for it.
Comic rating: INFINITY/5: Scrumtrulescent!!
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a perfect issue. We spend an inordinate amount of time focused on characters who aren’t Mimic. I don’t know what writer Christos Gage was thinking, but considering the badassery of his treatment of Mimic in this issue, he’s easily forgiven. But there’s a lot to slog through. The comic is called Mimic and the X-Men, after all. I suppose he had to squeeze a few other X-Men in there. Otherwise, what would Mimic have to joi…oop! I don’t want to spoil anything in this opening blurb. That would take away everyone’s fun!
And there is nothing more fun than reading the greatest comic book ever published starring the coolest, most underused superhero to ever grace our eyeballs!
Join me for the glory of the word after the jump, if you can contain your excitement. We’re in for one hell of a ride!
Because Super Best Friends Forever Continues to Be Awesome
Here is another teaser of the next mini-sode of Super Best Friends Forever, the amazingly adorable cartoon by Lauren Faust starring the cutest ever versions of Batgirl, Supergirl and Wonder Girl. This episode will air on Saturday, and no doubt I will post the full cartoon a few days later. But until then, enjoy this little tease!
There’s a Black Nick Fury?
Well there is now!
In what has to be one of the silliest, most ham-fisted attempts to force the Marvel comics universe to look like the Marvel movie universe, the company is doing away with the classic Nick Fury and has invented, out of the ether, a brand new Nick Fury that looks exactly like the one appearing in next week’s The Avengers movie. He’s got the eye patch, he’s got the goatee, and most importantly, he’s black. They even came up with an insane, soap opera-esque way that he can be called ‘Nick Fury’.
Meet Nick Fury Jr., the long lost son of the normal Nick Fury, who just happens to bear a striking resemblance to Samuel L. Jackson.
He’s also wearing Captain America’s hand-me-downs
It boggles the mind that Marvel would be this desperate to try and get fans of the movies to pick up the comics. Haven’t sales shown that this doesn’t work? There is no huge increase in comic sales correlating with big budget movie releases. The crossover in sales just doesn’t happen!
But Marvel doesn’t seem to care. They’re more than willing to throw continuity and common sense in the garbage if it means even a tiny bit more brand awareness. I hate when executives get their hands on the creative properties.
Join me after the jump for a bit more explanation.
The Answer to Whether or Not Mimic Died Today
Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Today is an exciting day to be a comic book geek. If you saw my blog on Sunday, you no doubt read the article wondering whether or not one of my favorite comic book characters, the Mimic, was due to die today in X-Men: Legacy #265.
Well this is my reaction after reading the issue:
Spoilers after the jump!
Continuing My Pre-Avengers Coverage
Because when the Internet loves something, the creativity dial is turned up to 11. Here is another comedy/parody trailer made for the upcoming The Avengers movie. This one takes footage from all the old TV movies about the superheroes, splicing them together to make a 70s-era movie trailer. It’s just neatorific!
