On Comic Books

I read a lot of comic books. I make trips up to the Source Comics & Games to see the newest releases. And I've read a lot of good comics and a lot of bad comics. Here is my thoughts on three Marvel storylines and three DC storylines. And as a further note, I love both Marvel and DC, but they both have had their fair share of terrible crossover events.

Marvel Comics
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1. Marvel Zombies. The series that got me back into the Marvel Comic books (and introduced me to the Army of Darkness comics). And oh dear God how the mighty have fallen. 1, 2, Dead Days, and vs. Army of Darkness were the superior volumes, and 3 was incredible (Machine Man is now my favorite Marvel Character). 4 was meh, but it served its purpose, and that was to finish the Marvel Zombies 3 storyline (and bring back Garth the Zombie into the story. That was cool.).

Marvel Zombies Return. I consider this the "One More Day" of the Marvel Zombies comics. For one: all the original zombies, despite losing their hunger completely at the end of Marvel Zombies 2, have gained their hunger back and go on a rampage for a bit. And speaking of One More Day...

2. One More Day. I get that they wanted to revamp the Spider-Man mythos for a newer generation. BUT GODFUCKINGDAMNITSONOFABITCHCUNTFUCKERS!!!! Why sacrifice your marriage that could last for several years over your goddamn aunt that has been around since the original Spider-Man stories? Not to mention your aunt being shot was your own goddamn fault because you gave away your secret identity in front of the whole world! Furthermore, she was old, so she was going to die of old age eventually (unless during one of the many crossover events with DC, Aunt May fell into a Lazarus Pit or something).

And as Linkara so aptly put it: Spider-Man makes a deal with the devil.

3. Dark Reign. Giving the former Green Goblin a place of power, giving him complete control of a team of former supervillains, making Tony Stark into the most hated person in the Marvel Universe, and the overall lameness of the story.

DC Comics
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1. Amazons Attack. Terrible crossover event that serves as a prelude to another terrible crossover event (Countdown) that was another prelude to the crossover (Final Crisis) that only had one memorable event. That's it.

2. Final Crisis. Nothing "Final" about it (unless you count Bruce Wayne, which is where he dies). I tried to read it in the hardcover collector's edition and I honestly got lost in the story and I found myself turning back a few pages in order to try to find out what the fuck happened. And honestly, I found myself being bored with it. Batman's death was rather anticlimactic. Wonder Woman's transformation into an agent of Darkseid was rather stupid.

3. Blackest Night. The sole crossover event that made me love DC Comics again. Unlike their earlier crossovers (and unlike Dark Reign), it has an awesome premise: Black Lantern rings come down to Earth, ressurrect the dead, and the still-living are trying to find out why. I won't give away too much spoilers because it's still ongoing (nearing it's end), but it had the overall awesomeness of these events:
- The death and resurrection of Kyle Rayner
- The return of Parallax
- Black Lantern Batman
- The most twisted death scene I've ever seen (The death of Gehenna)
- The Blackest Night falls from the skies. The darkness grows as all light dies. We crave your hearts and your demise. By my Black Hand, the dead shall rise! (Coolest Lantern oath ever)
- The rings that came with various comics.
- Red Lantern Guy Gardner
- Mogo gets into the fray. The Green Lantern planet gets into the fray.

Basically, I love Blackest Night. Dark Reign can go and suck it. I'm looking forward to the end of Blackest Night and the setup for Brightest Day.