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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 8/17/13
This was a big week for comics. Positively huge! And I’m not just talking about my pull list, which was equally as massive. I mean we’ve got the first issue of Infinity, Marvel’s next Big Event comic. We all know that Age of Ultron stank like rotting socks. So might Jonathan Hickman save the day with a big space and Thanos-themed event? Maybe! But what about the Superior Spider-Man side of things? There’s a two-part Superior Team-Up/Scarlet Spider crossover that’s a real treat. That’s big news.
Not only that, but we’ve got the end of the first big storyline in Thor: God of Thunder, as well as the start of a new storyline in Fearless Defenders. Yep, I decided to pick up Fearless Defenders again! And all of these are just the comics I decided to review this week. There were a ton of good issues I had to leave off due to time and space.
There were a lot of good comics this week, though mostly average to good, I’m afraid. I still think I’m suffering from some kind of comic book burnout. Nothing has really captured my attention in a long while. Everything just seems generally good. Oh well. Maybe it’s just something I ate.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Infinity #1. It wasn’t the best comic I read this week, but it pulls off a successful first issue for a Big Event. Of course, that’s what I said about the first part of Trinity War, and we all know how that’s turning out…
I love the cat Skrull
Comic Reviews: Astro City #3, Fearless Defenders #8, Infinity #1, Justice League of American #7, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2, Scarlet Spider #20, Thor: God of Thunder #11 and Wolverine and the X-Men #34.
New Thor: The Dark World Trailer!
Hey gang, it’s a random Wednesday, so how about a new, full-length trailer for Thor: The Dark World?
I think the movie still looks pretty cool. I like the idea of Jane Foster being transported to Asgard, and it looked like Idris Elba gets to do more than just stand at the end of the Rainbow Bridge looking majestic.
And clearly the movie is playing up Loki as much as possible. People love Loki. When I went a panel for The Avengers movie at NYC Comic-Con before it came out, and a bunch of the actors were on stage taking questions, about 90% of the questions were for Tom HIddleston. People love Loki! So here’s hoping he has an awesome role to play in the new film.
No sign yet of Beta Ray Bill.
Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 7/20/13
Comic-Con International and Henchman-4-Hire have two things in common today: we’re both hard at work! Unfortunately, we’re not working together, at least not yet. Maybe someday I’ll have a booth at the comic book/pop culture Mecca of the world, but not yet. I’m still just a lonely nobody blogger plucking away at my keyboard here in Central New York. At least the comics were good this week.
I don’t know what it is, but comics have been on a roll for a few weeks now. I’m mostly reading some pretty awesome books anyway, but this week was especially good. What great, glorious world do I live in where Batwoman, FF, Thor: God of Thunder and Wonder Woman all come out in the same week? They’re some of my favorite comics! And this week, Wonder Woman is the clear winner of Comic Book of the Week. It’s spectacular. If you love the New Gods, I hope you’re reading Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman has got this team leader thing down cold!
Comic Reviews: Batman and Catwoman #22, Batwoman #22, FF #9, Justice League of America #6, Thor: God of Thunder #10, and Wonder Woman #22.
First Thor: The Dark World Trailer!
Just in time for Iron Man 3, here comes the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World! And by my account, it looks pretty awesome!
Smashing, darkness, romance, Loki; that’s a pretty awesome trailer. I’ve always been worried about Thor appealing to a larger audience, but I think everybody’s got this film well in hand. Thor: The Dark World comes out on Nov. 8, for some reason, and I think it looks pretty awesome so far.
Movie Posters: One Real, and One We All Wish Was Real
Hey hey folks, let’s start this week off with a couple of movie posters that popped onto the Internet late last week. First up is the first poster for Thor: The Dark World, which conveniently enough shows Thor!
Hammer? Check. Lightning? Check. Blonde hair? Check!
He’s looking mighty Thory. I suppose it’s just an early promotional poster, nothing that really says ‘Dark World’ to me. But I’m sure it’s just the beginning of the Thor promotional campaign. Hard to believe Thor’s sequel comes out later this year. There are so many other superhero movies to worry about first. I wonder why they didn’t want to release Thor 2 during the Summer?
I’m also hoping we get a Thor teaser trailer to go with Iron Man 3, which comes out next week!
Now here is a poster that represents the ultimate culmination of everything awesome about the Internet. It’s a fan-made poster for Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars Episode VII rant from Parks and Recreation!
I hope someone gave Patton Oswalt a framed copy
The actual Parks & Rec episode was nowhere near as cool as the unedited Patton rant. But the idea that someone out there in fan land, I believe working for Entertainment Weekly, went and photoshopped this awesome poster is just another reason why I love the Internet!
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