Comic Book Moments of the Week for 05/12/10

Friday means it's time for the Comic Book Moments of the Week.  Lots of great stuff here this week.  We've got hints at a Butterball led team, a new Slingers, gore porn up the wazoo, time travel hijinx, TPS reports and more to review from the past week in comics.  Hit the jump for all the momenty goodness!

Amazing Spider-Man #631

Lizard kills son part one.

And part two.  I really liked how the Lizard's tail broke Curt Connor's inner monologue and the way the panels are shattering. 

Avengers: The Initiative #35

Nice, Komodo's back in action.  With how Marvel's pushing the Avengers Academy, I hope Cloud 9, Komodo and the other Initiative members don't get kicked to the curb.  

Oh god, the furries have learned how to breed.  Kill it with fire!

Damn you Marvel!  Don't tease both a Slingers revival AND a Butterball led team when you damn well know neither have a chance in hell of ever happening!

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1

The word Joker is universal in all languages and Cave Batman does not like it.

Cave Batman proving his godhood above the fallen Vandal Savage.

This is not how time travel works.  Go back in time another two minutes or so and you'll find him!



Birds of Prey #1

White Canary? Black Canary was talking about how she was as good as or better than Shiva (when she was in shadows and they couldn't see who it really was that was kicking their asses), but it definitely doesn't look like Shiva to me.  Is it supposed to be Sin all grown up?  Marque?  Cassandra Cain/Batgirl?

Dark Avengers #16

Wow, they're actually going to keep Victoria Hand around.  Guess Maria Hill isn't getting her job back any time soon. 

Flash #2

 I thought this was a cute scene. 


Heroic Age: Prince of Power #1

We're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!

Hulk #22

It took two years to reveal the identity of the Red Hulk.  It turns out to be the person everyone predicted the minute the character was announced.  To further this mystery over the years, they've both shown General Ross with the Red Hulk on the same panel talking to each other and even had the Red Hulk kill Ross. 

Incredible Hulk #609

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why Reed Richards is the smartest man in the world.

And if you missed it in the Red Hulk identity reveal moment, Red She-Hulk is actually Betty Ross back from the dead. She's killed by Skaar here. 

You might remember this old What If... tale.  Notice how Ross Hulk has a mustache.  They sure fooled us by not making Red Hulk have his mustache... 

Justice League: Generation Lost #1

Couldn't find a decent scan that explains it, but if you recall from Brightest Day, Maxwell Lord was having a major nosebleed and fell into a tub of ice trying to mind control someone.  Turns out he was trying and succeeds to mindwipe the entire planet from remembering who he was.  Except the old JLI team. 

Siege #4

Loki's death was better in the tie-ins that spoiled it a week before Siege #4 came out.  I'm still not sure why Thor gave a damn after everything Loki did recently, like getting him exiled, making him kill his grandfather, Bor, trapping Sif in an old woman's body, stealing her body, causing the death of Bill, selling his people out to Dr Doom and causing the destruction of Asgard.  But aside from that, I guess Loki's been pretty good to Thor, so I can see the cause for concern.

No, this isn't a repeat of the Loki death, though it's strikingly similar in layout and colours.  This is actually what it looks like when a helicarrier blows up.  Yeah, those things that fly overhead of major cities and fall out of the sky every other Wednesday.  This is also what defeated the Sentry/Void and ended Siege. 

Anyone else immediately think of Gargoyles? 

Norman Osborn is at least as strong as Spider-Man.  He could take Captain America's head off without even trying, especially from behind and with a big hunk of rock.  Yet, in this issue, he was manhandled by the Olympic level athlete and taken into custody with ease. 

Superman: War of the Supermen #2

They turned the Sun red back when Zod (different one with red armour during the whole Imperiex stuff) was in charge.  Instead of reusing the technology from that, they had Luthor create some missile to do it this time.  I know physics and comics never work, but the thing that really bothers me about this is that the Sun changed to red immediately, despite light requiring about 8 or 9 minutes to reach Earth.  Kryptonians move at light speed or close to it as well.  This makes it even more improbable that none would have made it to Earth in the time it took that sunlight to reach them.  Other than that, General Lane needs to be tried for some kind of war crime.  I believe destroying planets or killing off endangered species or some form of genocide will work here.

The Sentry: Fallen Sun #1

Sentry confirmed for return?  Or evil robot building doomsday device?

Wow, that's, uh, some really funny dialogue for a funeral...

Some more awkward dialogue.  So, basically, Rogue's been screwing around with the Sentry, whose been married all these years?  And this adds what to the character post-mortum?

Titans: Villains For Hire #1

They spent an entire issue showing off this evil Titans team by having them take turns trying to kill Ryan Choi, the would-be Atom who found himself out in the cold when Ray "I'll tap dance on your brain if you don't talk!" Palmer came back.  Why does this not surprise me anymore? 

Oh, you've got to be $%&#ing kidding me now.  Who the hell approved this?  They shrunk the dead body down and stuck it in a matchbox so they could give it to one of the Atom's enemies?  This is seriously messed up shit here.  I heard they'd killed him off and was disappointed in DC for doing it since I enjoyed Choi's ongoing, but this is just messed up.  Thought I was reading Cry for Justice for a second seeing this.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #10

Principal quits over the stuff that happened with Kitty Pryde.  Aunt May confirmed as next Charles Xavier for Peter's high school?  I can see it becoming the super hero high school it already is under her rule.

D'awww, now that you're back together, dress him properly again.  He looks ridiculous like that.

Huh, Magneto was right, eh?  Somehow I can see this straining your newly reformed relationship....

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