Comic Book Moments of the Week for 06/23/10

Holy crap, this took me forever to get done.  There were just way too many moments this week and I fear I probably missed out on a lot as well.  I've spent too many hours putting this together already, so I'll just cut it short and let you have at it.  Hit the jump for your Moments of the Week!




Amazing Spider-Man #635

Really enjoyed this scene.  Caught me off guard and it's still great even after re-reading it.  Makes complete sense and just plain worked for me.

The problem with reviewing comics the minute you finish reading it is you don't get much of a chance to re-read or digest it.  It's pretty obvious they are going to somehow make this be Kaine in the costume and Spidey will wake up in the grave he fell just before the fight.  It's just kind of dumb coming to the conclusion after a review is posted, though I did speculate on it.  I still really like the issue and think agree with my assessment on it, but this sequence loses a lot of impact.  I still can't see how Kaine knew to take a Spider-Man costume with him or stripped Spidey of his, put it on and had it fit properly when he is practically the equivilent of Eddie Brock's Venom in body shape compared to Peter. 

And he died so that Kraven could return.  Not sure if it's because he's "Peter" or just a worthy sacrifice or what, but Kraven is human and looks normal enough.  At least, for a guy dressed like that. 

Avengers #2

Wonder Man is confirmed for bad guy status after destroying the Avengers's time machine thing and attacking them.  I imagine he'll be a key member by the end of the arc and help them stop whatever's going on.  Or Bendis can destroy the character.  Whatever works.

Time is broken!  That means we get crossover madness with random timelines and this is Apocalypse and his new Horsemen, which look like Wolverine, Hulk, Spider-Man and Scarlet Witch. 

Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #3

Batman will be hard to stop?  Ya think?  This has to be the understatement of the year.

I like how Red Robin was worked into the story.  He was the only one that believed Bruce was alive and it seemed like Morrison was ignoring everything that Yost was doing with the character in his title.  Nice to see it being used.  

Oh, and is Huntress a JLA member?  I don't remember seeing her on the roster's that were announced, but haven't been reading the series either. 

Batman requests Jack Valor write everything Bruce remembers down in a book for him to find in his next quantum leap adventure.  Prep time times a billion here.  He's taking it to a whole new level.

Next time on a very special Return of Bruce Wayne - the Bat Ranger.  He's gonna take on Jonah Hex, too.  Not sure if that's because of the movie or originally intended by Morrison.  Only thing I'm disappointed about is that Cameron Stewart won't be doing the art on the next issue anymore.

Detective Comics #866

Joker's expression is what makes this scene work for me.  It's like even he didn't expect the gun to go off like that. 

Nothing else needs to be said other than that this is the funniest scene this week. 

Fantastic Four #580

I'm not sure where Hickman is going with his Nu-Earth interludes, but I really enjoy them.

Why must every writer do a "Thing gets to be human" story?  It will never stick.  It will go wrong or be reverted the instant a new writer comes on the title or just will not last.  Yet it's the only Thing story creatiors seem to want to tell. 

Franken-Castle #18

Franken-Castle is knocking off some people on his list and next in line is a rematch with the man that killed him - Daken. 

Green Arrow #1

Green Lantern enters the Star City forest created by the White Lantern ring wielding Deadman and his ring is immediately disabled.  There's a tree with a glowing White Lantern logo as well, though I'm not sure if that's visible to him or just something for the reader to draw conclusions from...

Not really up on my Green Arrow, so can't really say if these are new people or old favourites joining as his Merry Men.  I imagine Speedy could be the girl with the bow in the back, but draw blanks for anyone else.

Green Lantern Corps #49

Cyborg Superman returns and has taken over the Alpha Lanterns...

...and looks to have set up a new Warworld on Green Lantern Stel's homeworld (he's the robot Green Lantern and the planet is, obviously, a robot one).

Better be stealthy with a bright green glowing combat uniform.  She's also got a giant, glowing lantern in her chest.  Stealth++.  Oh, and did I mention John was a sniper?  He was a sniper.  He likes to snipe. And when he's nervous and going into battle, he uses his magic wishing ring to make a siper rifle for close combat so you know he was a sniper at one point.

Hulk #23

Sigh, how does Jeph Loeb get away with making General Ross a power hungry pyschopath from his earliest days?

And why does the supposedly incredibly powerful cosmic Hulk, which was created by the Eternals, get destroyed in one page by the Red Hulk?

Red Hulk drains all of Leader's gamma radiation off, which turns him back into a normal human being. 


Joker's Asylum II: Killer Croc #1

Damn, Croc makes that suit look good.

Context time!  Croc escaped from Arkham (shocking, I know) and was helped by this couple.  They were bottom of the barrel thugs for a random mafia wannabe.  They help him out, feed him, keep him safe from the cops and they get him to help them take over the territory and eventually they all become top dogs in this part of Gotham.  They treat him like a human and part of their family and all that jazz.  As time goes on, they start getting more and more power hungry and start abusing Croc, treating him like a monster and only really using him for his muscle to kill enemies and, eventually, the two turn on each other and use Croc to try and kill the other so they can have more money and power.  In the end, Croc realizes what they are doing and it ends in this scene, which features Croc's only spoken lines in the comic. 

Justice League: Generation Lost #4

Maxwell Lord's powers are on the fritz and killing people instead of mind controlling them.  I get that.  It's like Aquaman's dead sealife power.  What I don't get is why they turn into Black Lanterns...

Justice League: Rise of Arsenal #4

I have no words to describe this.  He knocks a guy out with his stub (is that politically correct? I have no idea what to call it that doesn't sound bad...), manages to unlock his restraints and then throws a guy bigger than him through the air and into a wall with one arm and his legs in restraints, thus unable to gain any leverage or momentum with which to throw the man.  I blame drugs. 

Hypocrite much Ollie?  You killed Prometheus in cold blood just like this.

This is kind of creepy looking.  Arsenal appears to be looking at the reader instead of the man he is killing (Executioner, the guy that helped blow up Star City).

Some beautiful symbology of Arsenal burning his old house down with his daughter still inside.  It's a drug or withdrawal induced hallucination of her though, so it's alright to burn her alive.

Secret Warriors #17

I really enjoyed this page.  It's one of my favourites from this series so far.  Not sure why it made me smile so much. 

We've seen the Secret Warriors and know about the other two caterpillar teams, but this is the first we've seen of Alexander Pierce's team.  I don't recognize anyone, though.  Not sure if they are all new or obscure characters I can't place.

Not the helicarriers!!! NOOOOOOO!!! At least they weren't the same model as the one the Avengers used to end Siege with.  Imagine two carriers blowing up like that? China wouldn't exist anymore if these carriers did that. 

Supergirl #53

We can't even spell Hell in a comic book?  Let's assume this dream is where you can't read the writing and they are trying to be accurate.

That dream caused Supergirl to have some night terrors.  Instead of wetting the bed, she fires off her heat vision.  Uh, she could have killed a lot of people with that.  In fact, Lana Lang lives with her and could have easily be killed.  Shouldn't she, you know, not sleep near people anymore if there's a risk she'll melt them without knowing it?

Bizarro Supergirl.  Er, ah, Bizarro-Girl I guess based on the bottom of the page.


Superman #700

This is what makes Superman start walking for the upcoming storyline.  A woman blames him for not saving her husband while he was off SAVING ALL HUMANITY FROM TOTAL ANNIHILATION.  So now he thinks he's lost touch with the little people and and is going on a walk about to get in touch with himself again.

The worst part about the walking storyline, or at least the reason for it, is other stories have shown how Superman deals with this already and did it better. 

Thunderbolts #135

NERD RAGGGGEEEE!!!  Okay, it's not that bad and I was kind of expecting it, but it still sucks that Baron Zemo turned out to be a fake.  Still digging this new direction for Thunderbolts, too, even with the Baron Zemo cop out. 

For those wondering how they were containing the Juggernaut, seems something can stop him and it has to do with the Captain Universe story Roger Stern recently did in Amazing Spider-Man. 

New warden for the Thunderbolts is the recently de-armed US Agent.  I was wondering what happened to him after seeing what Nuke did to him.  Good to see he wasn't forgotten in the shuffle.

Speaking of Nuke, I loved Fixer's reaction at the end.


Ultimate Avengers 2 #4

Uh...these are pages 1 and 2 of this issue.  Anyone see any, well, similarities?

Sadly, I, too, am not sure if Millar is being serious about the Spider being the love child of Spider-Man and Charles Xavier back from the future.

Dude, that's cold Nick.  I see why she busts your balls every chance she gets.

This is the origin of the Ultimate Ghost Rider.  I'm guessing that's Ultimate Mephisto playing the part of the "devil". 


X-Men Legacy #237

Uh, where are her legs?  I can get the idea of blending the two timeline images together across the Sentinel's eye beam, but shouldn't Hope have some hips and legs extending down into the beam?

Laura tried to go through the time portal and and turns out it burns up any organic material trying to pass through.

So Cable let's his TO virus overtake his body and passes through no problem.

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