Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for November 5, 2008
DC Comics: Superman/Supergirl - Maelstrom #1 ( of 5 )
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Phil Noto, issue 1 of this 5 issue mini starts off with a Female Fury named Maelstrom who wants to become the queen of the evil ruler Darkseid and plans to do it by killing Superman. When she shows up on Earth she first encounters Supergirl and the aftermath of the battle takes a tragic turn. Pick this up. It apparently takes place before all of the Final Crisis crap, is devoid of excess continuity and has great art. Grade: A
Marvel Comics: Avengers - The Initiative ( one-shot )
I’ve stated before that the ongoing Avengers: The Initiative is one of the best titles that Marvel publishes and this one-shot is up to par. But I don’t really get why they just didn’t have this as part of the ongoing title. Written by Christos Gage with art by Steve Uy, this is a tale that concentrates on the romance between Initiative member, Hardball, and Komodo. Action, romance, origins and betrayal ensue. A good read. Grade: B
DC Comics: Trinity #23
This weekly series has been good most weeks and really good on some. This week’s issue….bleh! The cover’s cool though. Grade: D
Cover of the Week: A Tribute to Michael Turner (Aspen Comics)
RIP Mike…you are missed.
Until next time — Peace…
Popularity: 5% [?]
So far I haven't cared much for this series. This is DC's big event book for 2008 and the big completion to their "Crisis Trilogy" started with Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986 and continued with Infinite Crisis in 2006. This one has been a little hard to follow and frankly, a bit boring, but thankfully this issue kicks it up several notches.
Here's more goodness from writer Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener, delving out good sci-fi World War II action in their own fantastic way.
Written by Joe Pokaski with art by Tom Raney (and a brutally beautiful cover by Stjepan Sejic), the third issue of this mini involves the strange royal family of the Inhumans as they deal with the Skrull invasion that is currently sweeping through the Marvel books.
As comic book companies like to do with their "milestone" issues, issue 25 here is double-sized....and contains a story that has many elements that we've seen in other titles that have been executed better. But there are some good things here and that cover is pretty kick-ass, huh?
Now this was a great read! Written by Matt Wagner with ethereally beautiful art by Amy Reeder Hadley, issue 4 is the continuation of the medieval adventures of the magical fortune teller Nimue as she tries to prevent the explorer, Marco Polo, from being framed for rape in the kingdom of Xanadu, under the rule of Kublai Khan.
Damn, I love this book and I love the hell out of the cover above!
Well, Marvel Comics had such a hit with Stephen King's The Dark Tower series they are going to see if they can do it again (and I'm sure they will) with his apocalyptic epic, The Stand.
Writer Peter Milligan and artist Esad Ribic bring us an interesting tale that I'm assuming takes place sometime in the recent past concerning the existence of Atlantis and Namor, the Sub-Mariner.
Writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr. just keep the "kick-assery" coming with the fourth issue of this highly entertaining and gloriously violent book.
Captain America #41
Still one of the best Marvel books for your money!