I spend a lot of time and money buying and reading comics. Most of the time I'm happy with my choices, sometimes not. I'm hoping,that with my reviews on what I've read, I might spare someone else dissapointment. I'll read anything, but I can't afford everything. If there's something you'd like for me to read, let me know. If you take the time to read this, please, take the time to let me know what you think. I may not agree with you, or you may not agree with me. But, so what. That's life.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Astonishing X-Men #25 - Marvel
What an amazing issue. First of all Simone Bianchi's artwork is simply incredible. As fabulous as the cover looks . . the inside is even better. Then . . Warren Ellis takes over as the writer with this issue . . and in usual fashion, he's brought a boat-load of ideas on board already. I know some people won't agree with me, but . . as much as I loved the first 24 issues . . I'm afraid this run, with Warren and Simone, for as long as it may last . . may be even better. I think the things they have in store for this team . . and with it's new, current, direction . . we may just surpass what this book has already achieved. And the best part of the whole thing? This is just the beginning. I like that I picked up the sketchbook because it prepared me more for the changes that take place here. You wouldn't necessarily need it, to enjoy the story, but . . I think it helped with the set-up, so then . . I could just enjoy the new direction . . soak it all in. This issue also introduced us to a new threat. Well . . actually two of them. The first is Chaparanga Beach. It's kind of like our airplane graveyard in Arizona, except it's a graveyard for spaceships. The problem is . . at any one time, people figure there's probably 3 to 5 of them that are actually functional. But that pales compared to the evidence that the X-Men have found that there may be a new form of mutant out there . . . triploids. Or, a mutant with 3 sets of chromosomes. However, the third is artificial, so that means . . they're man-made mutants . . as being a triploid doesn't occur naturally in human nature. For the first issue of this new direction, they really gave us a lot to thing about and swallow. I frikkin' love it! If you had any reservations about the continuation of this series, you can toss them to the wind. Buckle in and get ready for a hell of a ride!
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