Battling Boy! One of last year's best graphic novels with sharp, dynamic art and a story that will appeal to any kid raised on Harry Potter.

The all-M.O.D.O.K. issue of that was incredible. I remember that also came at a time when making weird M.O.D.O.K.s (like in the entire ending of Nextwave) was popular.

How are you liking Black Science? i read the first issue. While the art is incredible, it seemed like it could easily become more of the patented Remender "Throwing lots of cool ideas out there with no actual development or follow-up."

Understood, brother. I'll include some type of tag in the future!

She is literally Wolverine with tits. Same genetic material and everything. That's ALL fucked up.

Sorry about that. It was from last month's issue, though. Isn't the rule of thumb that you're in the clear to spoil after 1 month?

Yeah, I gave up on All-New X-Men after 9 issues. When it essentially became "people in old costumes have understanding with people in new costumes, fight, go their separate ways" in every fucking issue, I couldn't stand it anymore.

What did everyone read?

Lapham's Daredevil/Punisher mini was pretty great too. He draws a terrifying Jackal.

RAMONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNE

His Iron Man is great up for his Mandarin story. After that, I believe his illness kept him from investing too much in the book and Roger Stern gradually took over scripting duties.

When was the last time you felt good about it?

A lot of that just seemed like it was in preparation for AVX. That way popular characters like the Thing and Daredevil—for instance—could be involved without anyone batting an eye.

I stopped reading Johns after the shitfest that was Blackest Night. Man only knows how to write fight comics with villain praise and heavy-handed continuity nods to keep fanboys happy. I've heard nothing of his New 52 output that could change my mind.

GOD YES.

But, yeah, don't let Bendis hate affect your Daredevil purchases. Like me, you should hate the shit out of anything else (especially team books) that he touches; love his Matt Murdock.

I read it in the Ultimate collection and it was just fine.

If you want to read Iron Man, start with Layton/Michelinie's Demon in a Bottle or Armor Wars. These men understood Tony Stark like no other creators, and many stories for the past few decades have just been aping their style.

The Creeper stories are weird when you read about the ideological conflicts between O'Neil and Ditko. Ditko would draw a warehouse fire or fall that the villain could obviously not survive; being an objectivist, he believed in strictly enforcing the "Evil is evil and should be punished edict." After-the-fact, dialogue…

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