There was a week where nothing shipped, there was the New Year's Sale, I don't know what else prevented me from doing some comic reviews. Most likely there was nothing exciting to talk about during those weeks. Let's not worry about those weeks. What happened this week?
The Marvels Project #5 came out this week. The art is still great, the story is still great, and, perhaps most interesting, this issue looks back on an early adventure of the original Captain America. Very exciting. Good reading.
Invincible Iron Man #22 features the next step in the process to revive Tony Stark: bring in Doctor Strange. There's a great two page spread near the end of the issue showing Doc Strange using his abilities to dip into Tony's head. It's this great mix of motion and hand gestures and energy. Loved it.
Amazing Spider-Man #517 brings us a new Rhino. We also get to see the old Rhino working to move on with his life. The art's a little dark and grimy at times, not always in a good way. The original Rhino trying to be a gentleman of sorts is an interesting twist. I'm liking it so far.
My copy of Transformers #3 has a badly printed cover, one that has a hint of Doctor Who #7 to it. I'm really wondering what the point of the humans collecting Transformers will be. I can't see the storyline going on forever but I think I've said something similar about Dark Avengers more than once and that book's still coming out so what do I know? Seeing some of the Autobots and Decepticons working together is interesting.
Speaking of Doctor Who #7, we get a new artist for the interiors of the book, or the old artist back again. It looks better but he has a habit of posing the characters in weird ways, ways that do look very 'snap shot' but are the sort of poses that you might delete from your digital camera and try again.
The Muppet Show Comic Book #1 is a great rebound from the #0 issue that I didn't care for much. The Muppets take the show on the road for awhile as the Theatre is rebuilt. The structure of the book remains similar to an episode of the Show, with the occasional song and familiar skits but with the added complication of the various temporary sites where the show will be presented. Thankfully Statler and Waldorf have cousins in this town that show up to heckle. In an almost frightening development, when the Muppets hit the road, one member remains behind in the city. Fozzie decides he needs to stand on his own for awhile. The issue makes it clear we'll be following him until he rejoins the group but Kermit's understanding sadness as Fozzie explain this to him is heartbreaking. I'm back on board with this book.
Good stuff.
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