Reviews for 7/8/10

I often write reviews of the comics I'm reading, as I read them, and in an effort to use this blog more, I'll be posting them here when I write them. I cannot guarantee that they will have terrible amounts of substance, and they will all be full of spoilers, but if there is interest, they'll be here.

This week: Steve Rogers is EVERYWHERE, my favourite characters keep showing up, and I am never going to have any money ever again. But we knew that already. Reviews after the jump!

Featuring Spider-Man in "Best Served Cold"

(Not much to say about this one! I imagine a teammate or close friend (or perhaps Aunt May!) has been subject to slander or some other kind of non-violent attack. Spidey, frustrated by his inability to do much to help it, takes out his frustration how he can.)

Thought Balloons: "Best Served Cold"

Featuring Superman in "A Question of Superiority"

(One of my favourite aspects of large comic continuities like Marvel or DC is the endless capacity for crossover. So this takes place somewhere toward the beginning (though not at the very beginning) of a Superman/Question miniseries. And despite my great and abiding love for Renee Montoya -- this one's Vic Sage.

I rather wish I were continuing this, now that I've begun.)

Thought Balloons: "A Question of Superiority"

Featuring Doctor Doom in "The Fall of Doom"

(This is another end of an issue, or possibly even a series of issues. I love stories about Latveria, which we don't often see except from the perspective of Doom's castle -- but it is a nation of people who may not love Doom, but seem to respect him as their leader. This takes place after a battle between some superhero group and Doom, which the people living nearest Doom's castle have been observing.)

Thought Balloons: "The Fall of Doom"

Featuring Molecule Man in "Head Games"

(This is the end of an issue that takes place in the nebulous near future. Earlier in, vehicles have been disappearing off of roads somewhere in rural middle America, and someone (Avengers-associated, probably, though possibly also X-Factor) has gone looking into it. In the end they found a few survivors who described their vehicles simply disintegrating around them. Back at SHIELD, Steve Rogers had his people look into what known beings possessed that power, and Owen Reese the Molecule Man was first on that list.

Victoria Hand, on the page previous, said "But with powers like his...")

Thought Balloons: "Head Games"

Featuring Iron Man in "Life of the Party"

(For context -- earlier on in this imagined issue, Tony as Iron Man prevented a lone robot from destroying the home of a business acquaintance, who had invited him earlier to a party. Back at Stark Enterprises, a small group of them have attacked Tony's labs, and Pepper Potts is on the scene.)

Thought Balloons: "Life of the Party"

Marvel Started the Fire

To the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire":

Carl Burgos' Human Torch
Sub-Mariner hit the floor
Steve Rogers sucker-punches Hitler in the jaw
Invaders beat up Nazis
Cap and Bucky lost at sea
War's done, Allies won, Invaders fall apart.

Fantastic Four go to space
Namor now hates the human race
Bruce Banner hulks out and Doom cries for vengeance
Spidey's bitten on the hand
Thor and hammer, Iron Man
Doctor Strange, X-Men, assembling Avengers

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning
we didn't start the fire, no we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it

Hulk leaves the Avengers
Defrosted Cap's a member
Nick Fury, Daredevil, Kingpin rules NYC
Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver
Hawkeye, Silver Surfer
Captain Mar-Vell foils the Kree
And the rest is history

Rise of the Defenders
Ghost Rider's on a bender
Avengers in the interstellar Kree and Skrull War
Gwen Stacy takes a fall
Nixon is behind it all
Celestial Madonna draws the eyes of Kang the Conqueror!

We didn't start the fire...

Giant-Size X-Men
Magus in the Soul Gem
Jean Grey has the Phoenix Force
Destructive nature runs its course
Guardians of the Galaxy
Korvac's a tough enemy
Hellfire Club is out of luck
Dark Phoenix self-destructs!

Kitty Pryde goes to the past
All of Earth's heroes en masse
Captain Mar-vell finds that cancer is a deadly foe
Secret Wars and Doctor Doom
Hulk is banished to his room
Beyonder coming back again and Daredevil is alone.

we didn't start the fire...

Mutant Massacre
Kraven falls to Parker
Apocalypse and Adversary take down everyone
Iron Man goes AWOL
Herb Wyndham makes a bad call
Atlantis follows Set, attacking all under the sun.

Genoshan mutants win the day
Avengers in the cosmic fray
Stryfe is taken down but leaves his Legacy behind
Goddess fights a holy war
Wolverine at death's door
Spidey's clone is back again, Colossus switches sides

Age of Apocalypse
Onslaught kills off Earth's defense
Government hunts mutants down with Zero Tolerance
Franklin Richards saves the day
Apocalypse is back again
Thor gains the Odin Force and Legacy is over with.

we didn't start the fire...

Kang takes over globally
Justice League anomaly
Scarlet Witch goes crazy and Avengers all disband
Nick Fury's Secret War
Avengers coming back for more
Decimation depowers most mutants in the land.

Annihilation Wave goes by
SHRA starts a fight
Reed Richards makes a Hulk clone
Iron Man takes the SHIELD throne
Spidey shows the world his face
Skrulls are moving into place.
Captain A, blown away, what else do I have to say?

we didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning
we didn't start the fire, but when we are gone, will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...