Montréal Geek: All things MARVEL

Ahhhh, it feels right.
This is why i started writing blogs in the first place...
Back in 2006, i was reading comic book reviews on the internet, and i thought... hey, i can do that.

Write comic book reviews.

But first! HULK VS

Does it look, sounds, feel right or WHAT?
The voices sound really cool, except maybe Deadpool's one. I heard he's supposed to sound like a hangover Demie Moore. Or is it Demee?
The animation looks slick too, and there's evidence great supporting cast looks to boot. Awesome.

Do want.

LORD i love lolcats.
Aaaaand that's enough moving pictures and images for now.

Let's get back to our first topic of discussion, comics. And mainly, Marvel comics.

Big fan here, ever since i bought a Spider-Man comic at the local grocery store for $2. It was in french too. I still have it. It's bagged and boarded in one of my 8 quintessential x-large carton boxes.

I have been following Marvel titles pretty regularly since around 2004 now, and there's a few titles that have grabbed my attention. Mind you, i went crazy during Civil War, i bought EVERY title that had the banner on it for the whole event. Now i'm not as rich as then, what with being out of the elders' den and owning a car and whatnot. So i have to be more selective in my readings.

Here's a bunch of series i like to read:

First and foremost: NOVA

I was never a big fan of the human rocket, to be honest. I always liked his looks, even with the mullet, but i never payed much attention to him.

During Civil War, there was also the cosmic event Annihilation. Great series, i highly recommend it. There i got to know Nova a little bit more, and a huge change in his power settings made him way more interesting.
***Spoiler alert***
To read spoilers, simply click, hold, and roll over with mouse over covered text. It concerns the Annihilation storyline.
Basically, the entire Nova Corps got decimated by the Annihilus forces, and Richard Rider was the only survivor. Previously, the Nova Force was divided amongst all the Nova members, but now that R.R is the onlyrecipient for that power, he is exponentially more powerful. Think... slightly under SilverSurfer's class.

Anyways. His solo series has been AMAZING, the art is always cool, the writing is quite good too. It shows the usual series slow-downs when it gets around issue 20, but i'm still hooked.
A good pick-up for marvel fans, cosmic adventure fans, and people into comics just looking for a good read. Look for the TPBs for back issues, simpler to find.

P.S. while looking for pictures of Nova, i stumbled upon this website, where they explain Marvel classics with playmobile dudes! In french yes, but still cool to see hahaha!

Second series: Thunderbolts.

Aaaah... Thunderbolts. This series REALLY got a nice boost right around Civil War. This is where i started reading it. I got some back issues before CW but didn't like 'em. No, you really need Norman Osbourn at the head of that team to make it interesting. That and an amazing writer. I highly recommend the CW run and issues up until now. The rosters have just been heavily turned around, so i don't know what is going to happen.

Also, you might want to check out Zemo: Born Better. A mini-series focusing on Zemo, who is being thrown into the past to visit each of his ancestors.

That being said, enjoy the reads!

Other good series would include Captain America, who has been simply amazing from #1 of his latest run, Avengers: Initiative, who played a good part in Civil War and a huge part in Secret Invasion and always had good art. For Deadpool fans like me, the new series is alright, but not up to par with the delicious Cable/Deadpool series and its 50 amazing (and some not-so amazing) issues. Incredible Hercules replaced Incredible Hulk's title after World War Hulk (more like New York War Hulk) and is really different from other Marvel titles, with a huge emphasis on Greek Mythology still being present in the modern age. Wolverine: Old Man Logan is a great What If? run and fans should pick up the tpb when it comes out. Another cool mini-series i found is called X-Men and Spider-Man. It's a 4-part mini-series (with the last issue still to come) that takes places around a different time period in each book, and really uses and connects past stories well, even if sometimes they are more than 20 years apart.

And to be a little fair to the Distinguished Competition, a great, great run of Green Lantern just came to an end: Synestro Corps.

I HIGHLY recommand the 2-volume tpb that just came out. Even if you are not a Green Lantern fan, if you like cosmic chaos, you should pick up this book.

Simply EPIC.
Art: amazing.
Scenario: really cool.
Colors: out of this world.
Pick it up, folks!