August Comic Reviews -Part 1

Lots of comics to review tonight. About half the ones that have been patiently waiting in my "to read" pile for the last month whilst I've been reading Annihilation.

First up is Wolverine #55 by Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi. A great retro cover and a good conclusion to the story. I actually was disappointed that the story does not continue next issue.

I particularly liked the fact that it ties in briefly with what has been going on in Wolverine Origins.

I will continue with this title to see if the next creative team can retain my interest.

Rating 8/10

I'm more unsure about this issue of Mighty Avengers. Read in isolation it's probably alright but when I read it I was having trouble seeing where it fitted in with current Marvel continuity (with Stark dead an' all....).

Still nice art by Frank Cho, but I think Bendis is better on titles like Daredevil and Powers than big team books. Not bad, but not great.

Rating 6/10

Iwas also disappointed with the latest installments with World War Hulk. Issues 108 and 109 of Hulk were generally poor. Issue 108 was a total waste of time and any comic, such as issue 109, which has Hercules saying "cute" when he gets a pager tends to lose me.

World War Hulk 3 was better, largely due to Romita Jr's art bringing the story to life.

I am, though, seriously considering dropping the ol' greenskin after WWH until a better writer than Greg Pak takes over.

Rating 5/10

I was disappointed after reading Fantastic Four 548 by McDuffie and Pelletier for different reasons. i.e. I know that they are leaving the book at the end of the year and I'm really enjoying their run. Typical.

At least the replacement creative team could be good.

This comic, however, is recommended. rating 8.5/10

I was looking forward to Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #23 because it promised a showdown between Pete and Johah. I don't know what I expected from Peter David but it certainly wasn't what I read.

I still can't decide if it was crap, clever or a cop-out.

I wanted Pete to let JJJ have it after all the times that he's saved him- not to allow JJJ to beat him up and take out his anger on him. Even if he would let JJJ have pictures to use ion the Front Page.

Rating 6.5/10