More new comic reviews

I've read a few of my new comics over the last couple of days.

Civil War: The Return #1 by Paul Jenkins (writer) and Tom Raney/ Scott Hanna (art) featured the return of the original Captain Marvel to the Marvel universe.

Although pleasantly surprised at his return I thought the overall issue was really poor. We only got 13 pages of "The Return". The rest was the Sentry. And I didn't really enjoy the story of CM's return as it didn't seemed to be much of a story. And what there was was full of holes. What had happened to the prison in the negative zone to create the situation? I thought the explanation of how he arrived at this moment in time or more importantly when he came from very poor - because it seems to me that he is still going to die at that same point in time in the past. Perhaps I was reading it too late at night.

The Sentry bit didn't seem to marry up with the New Avengers issues spotlighting the sentry on the moon and his return to Earth. All in all I wish I had read it in the shop! Not sure I'm pleased to see CM's return either - yet again this resurrection detracts from the previous stories.

Rating 4/10

Powers #22 by Bendis (writer) and Oeming (art) was a far more enjoyable read. It's part 4 of the six part "Secret Identity" storyline which is a whodunit with powers murdering other powers with a dose of high level conspiracy thrown in.

The unscrupulous trading card dealer was a lovely touch and an ingenious device to recap the story so far. All in all great - rating 8/10.

Wolverine Origins #9 and #10 by Daniel Way (writer) and Steve Dillon (art) concludes the second (bloody) story arc of this title. I confess that I buy this for Steve Dillon's art who does this sort of thing brilliantly. Wolvie finally gets to meet his son but not in the most ideal circumstances. The story's ok, the art great and it's good enough for me to continue buying.

Rating 7/10

Ms Marvel (2006) # 11 by Brian Reed (writer) and Roberto de la Torre and Jon Sibal (art) was an improvement in story terms from previous issues. This might be because it slowed down the pace a little, concentrated on both Carol and Ms M. and did not revolve around events in Civil War.

I'm still not a fan of de la Torre's art though (Mike Wieringo was a nice guest artist for the last couple of issues). It's just not to my taste.

Of all my titles this is the one that I'm closest to dropping. It's shame because I've been fan of Ms M since she appeared in 1976 and I've all the issues from the original run. There are a few new titles coming out soon and if this title doesn't continue to improve then it may have to go.

Rating 6/10.