![]() ![]() This series is very difficult to follow because of its time travel plot, and because it contains multiple, different-looking versions of the same characters. #3 (Ahoy, 2022) – untitled, Alisa Kwitney, Mauricet. Even before reading issue 2, I decided to drop this series. His stories are always structured in a deliberately confusing way, and I don’t think it’s worth the effort to untangle them. Sometime after reading this issue, I realized that I don’t really like Priest’s writing. The two focal characters in this issue are Black Adam, the ruler of Kahndaq, and Malik Adam White, a young doctor who’s Black Adam’s descendant and heir. ![]() I think Immortal X-Men is the best of the X-Men comics I’m currently following.īLACK ADAM #1 (DC, 2022) – “Theogony Book One: The Sandbox,” (Christopher) Priest, Rafa Sandoval. This issue also includes a funny reference to the classic first page of Uncanny X-Men #168. Kieron makes us feel the bitter irony of Destiny’s powers: she can see the future, but she can’t change it. This issue’s POV character is Destiny, and it may well be the best story about this character ever. IMMORTAL X-MEN #3 (Marvel, 2022) – “The New Testament of Irene Adler,” Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck. ![]() And for the same reason I also feel obliged to read the new Sabretooth and the Exiles series that was just announced. This series is vastly inferior to Destroyer or Eve, yet I still feel obliged to read it because it’s Victor LaValle. ![]() I think the only interesting thing in this issue is Nekra talking about eating Hoppin’ John with her grandparents. SABRETOOTH #4 (Marvel, 2022) – “There and Back Again,” Victor LaValle, Leonard Kirk. This issue is a gruesome but effective piece of horror. The original customer returns and reclaims the coin. What unsurprisingly happens is that the restaurant is mobbed by crazy people who can’t stop eating, and in the end the customers and the staff all kill and eat each other. She wishes for her restaurant to be full of customers. An aging, disgruntled waitress is given the coin by a customer. THE SILVER COIN #11 (Image, 2022) – “The Diner,” James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh. The Werehawk story has now been released online, and it’s better than any of the stories that did appear in the issue it was commissioned for. Amusingly, Marvel commissioned a story for Marvel Voices: Heritage #1 that had to be pulled because it starred Werehawk, a character who Marvel never owned – he’s from Dave Cockrum’s creator-owned Futurians. As usual with these Marvel Voices specials, the other stories are a mixed bag. “Permanent Sleepover” also connects to the story in this issue by Grace Freud, “Scott” and “Henderson,” about a support group for trans superheroes. This story makes me sort of want to read the upcoming New Mutants run by this same creative team. The best story in this issue is “Permanent Sleepover” by Charlie Jane Anders, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, starring two new LGBTQ characters. MARVEL VOICES: PRIDE #1 (Marvel, 2022) – Sarah Brunstad. I don’t remember much of anything about this issue. Isca debates Magneto, Storm attends a space council where she learns of Xandra’s death, and Sunspot and Rockslide discuss Santo’s death. X-MEN RED #4 (Marvel, 2022) – “Three Short Stories About Death,” Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli. A precognitive man places too much trust in his own visions, and dies as a result. Future Shocks: “Mind How You Go!”, Oleh Stepaniuk, Geoff Senior. A sports-themed story that’s hampered by Belardinelli’s limited ability to draw people. Mean Team: untitled, John Wagner & Alan Grant, Massimo Belardinelli. Bella lives in “Erich Segal Block,” named after the author. A woman named Bella Bagley falls in love with Dredd, but of course he’s incapable of returning her feelings, and the story ends with Bella being sent to prison. Dredd: “Love Story,” John Wagner & Alan Grant, Ian Gibson. But in the last panel, we see that a common enemy is targeting both the Norts and the Southers. Rogue is led before a firing squad, but the execution is called off because the Norts have surrendered, ending the war. Rogue Trooper: untitled, Gerry Finley-Day, José Ortiz. A crossover story that guest-stars the ABC Warriors and Satanus the dinosaur. The scene at the end, where the crowd chants Rick’s name, is disturbing because it suggests that Rick is becoming some kind of fascist leader.Ģ000 AD #444 (IPC, 1985) – Nemesis: “Book Five,” Pat Mills, Bryan Talbot. Some people try to assassinate Rick Grimes, but he survives, and then uses the incident to create support for his proposed anti-zombie army. THE WALKING DEAD #150 (Image, 2016) – “Betrayed,” Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard. I need to start writing reviews because I’m running out of room to store comics waiting to be reviewed. ![]()
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