This week had it's ups and downs. No I'm not really talking about Blackest Night #8 but I'll get back to that later. This week just had some pretty weak comics but there were some strong ones too.
The first comic I'm reviewing this week is X-Men : Second Coming. Before reading this it was pretty much one of the main things I wanted to read. I was just really excited about the big push and all the promo shots that x-men was getting. It's nice to see that especially since I grew up in the 90's and the X-men were huge back then. I'm not to sure if it was really what I expected. It almost felt like a prelude or prequel before the "gigantic" event of the x-men. Nothing really major happened except for Hope returning, sure there was a pretty major plot twist at the end which I won't say for spoiler sake but even that wasn't that surprising. I pretty much figured that was going to be involved in one way or another. All together it wasn't that bad and the art work was nice but it just didn't have that much story to it. Since it's only the first in the arc I'm hoping there's more to come but if it keeps going this way it won't be worth getting into. I gave X-Men : Second Coming a three out of five.
The second comic this week was Justice League of America #43. This is involving of coarse the whole rise and fall arc. Atleast that's what it was suppose to but it really didn't have too much in it about the whole subject. It felt a bit odd almost like they thought oh we should have a panel of barry and hal going after the green arrow so we can tie it in. Other than that though it was pretty well written. I liked the different dialogues of everyone. It's always interesting to read Dick Grayson as Batman because he's so different and he's trying so hard to fill Bruce Wayne's shoes. The issue was all about how everyone and everything has changed and it felt a little sad almost like the JLA is about to break up. That's the vibe I got from this comic. I have to admit before the whole rise and fall arc I haven't been to involved with the JLA but with it's flaws for the most part it's pretty solid writing and I'll keep coming back to see what's next. I gave JLA #43 a 3.5 out of 5.
The final review for this week was Blackest Night #08 and I couldn't wait to get into the house and start reading it. It's been so long since the first Blackest Night came out. The majority comic book fans have invested a huge amount of time in the whole Blackest Night Event. What I first have to point out is that I really think the art was spot on. I really think they gave it their all when they drew this and it was greatly appreciated by me. I was pretty disappointed with 8 as a whole mainly because what I expected to happen happened and there was no major twists. I know why they did this and it's easy to see that they wanted to almost start anew with DCU and let everyone be involved. I just felt like they did the easy route to the end result. I'm not saying that it was an awful issue because it wasn't but it definitely wasn't one of the stronger issues of Blackest Night. There has been some crazy stuff in Blackest night and I felt like the last issue was really really sugar coated. It just felt like one huge prelude/promotion for Brightest Day. All and all I hoped for more but it could have been much much worse. I gave Blackest Night #08 a three out of five. Geoff Johns is a solid writer and one of my favorites out there but he needs to stop the safe endings. It's getting a bit tired.
There are some books that came out this week that I just wanted to quickly point out as good reads.Justice Society of America #36. It has Nazi's and Green Lanterns being blown up what could be better? Amazing Spider-man #627 shows Spidey getting in tangled with a wrecked Juggernaut and trying to find out who could have done it. It's just another week of good writing from the Spider-man team. Last one was Teen Titans I have read them in years but it was actually a really fun book. With Brightest Day coming out and Heroic Age just around the corner I'm sure April will be a fun month for comics.
