PunisherMAX #6: Jason Aaron makes Garth Ennis look like Walt Disney. A+++
New Mutants #12: Second Coming Chapter 3, the weakest chapter so far, but also the most action packed. Zeb Wells has a harder task than Matt Fraction did last week, as his bit here is to choreograph two major fights and plant some seeds for the Hellbound mini series. Wells is a talented writer and hits all the beats, but from a reviewers note, this issue just doesn't have a lot of meat. We're still building some tension, but Second Coming needs to pick up the pace significantly. B
Ultimate Enemy #3: Ultimate Enemy is going to be hard to judge until we get all 3 pieces of the trilogy. Typical Bendis fare, but it is hard to guess at what comes next when we are getting absolutely no clues. Luckily Sandoval is rocking the art, plenty of great characters to work with and tons of action, he is certainly upping his game to the task. But as a fan, how are we suppose to chat and hypothesize for a month about a villain that literally says nothing? Good dialogue but poor pacing, only the standard Ultimate Spider-Man excellence is keeping me buying this. C+
The Flash #1: Regardless of your feelings about Geoff Johns, it feels fantastic to be buying The Flash again, especially with the absolutely gorgeous art of Fran Man and he just wrecks it. Tons of fabulous splashes, and fantastic panels, the WANTED layout was especially great. I could probably rant for awhile on that. Everything else is what you'd expect from Johns as he returns to the city that made him famous. Plenty of seeds being dropped from the upcoming Flashpoint story, I'm just glad the Speeders and back. A+
Siege: Loki: Kieron Gillen should have just become the new ongoing writer for Thor. The dude has such a grasp on the dialogue, the characters, the mythology, everything that JMS used to bring writers into the world of Asgard, KG continues to utilize the further extrapolate on the Siege story. Writing from Loki's perspective we get a glimpse at some of the motives into the God of Mischief and can begin to understand the real reasons behind the Siege of Asgard, as well as visiting some of the scenes from Siege: The Cabal and last weeks New Mutants tie-in. Joining KG on art is the always splendid Jamie McKelvie who continues to turn fantastic work. For those uninitiated to Phonogram, I would probably compare McKelvie's art to Steve Dillion, before Garth Ennis perverted those pencils into tools of violence. A
Deadpool Team-Up #894: Deadpool Team-Up has been hit and miss, with FVL turning out a pretty great Herc/Deadpool issue but the rest have been just alright. However Ivan Brandon drops in to give us a fun tale of Deadpool on a mission of revenge against Frank Castle, who is now Frankencastle. Brandon does a fantastic job with both characters, keeping the plot and dialogue 100% loyal to what Rick Remender has going on in the Punisher main book. Joined by Sanford Greene who turns in some excellent work that really jives with the book, this is probably my throw-ass, read in the bathroom issue of the week. If you like either one of these characters, check it out. B+
Siege: Young Avengers: I won't deny right off that this a filler issue, it is here to keep the Young Avengers fresh in people's minds and get them some exposure and I'm happy for it. We've been waiting forever for Heinberg and Cheung to come back to these kids and it really can't be soon enough. McKeever and Asrar do a splendid job of giving us a tale about what it is like to be a posse of kids just trying to do the right thing during an Adults' War. The writing of the Young Avengers is spot on and once Heinburg moves on, I really hope they maybe let McKeever take the team out for a joyride. The pencils are solid here, nothing fancy or out of the ordinary, just a strong, touching story. B+
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