My pull list was full this week, as Marvel continues its campaign to take all my money. Before you go below the cut, please bear in mind that these are my thoughts after I read my comics, so there will be SPOILERS. If you read anyway and get spoiled, it’s not my fault.
Pull list: New Avengers #61, X-Men Legacy #232, Captain America Reborn #6, X-Factor #201, Ms. Marvel #49, Iron Man vs. Whiplash #3, Avengers: The Initiative #32, Secret Warriors #12, and Thor #606.
I fell behind on reading this week, so I’m blogging late. These are my comments from after I’ve read everything, so SPOILERS are possible. If you haven’t read this week’s comics and don’t want to be spoiled, don’t look under the cut.
Pull list: Deadpool Merc with a Mouth #7, Uncanny X-Men #520, Captain America #602, Black Widow and the Marvel Girls #3, The Mighty Avengers #33, Avengers vs. ATLAS #1, and Spider-Woman #5.
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, so I decided to start back up slowly, focusing on one panel instead of a whole issue. And why this one panel?
Because it’s freaking creepy, that’s why.
After a month-long hiatus, I am back, People of the Internet, to share with you what I read this week. As always, there are SPOILERS, so don’t read if you’re sensitive about that.
Pull list for this week: Invincible Iron Man #22, Nation X #2, The Marvels Project #5, Strange #3, Black Widow:Deadly Origin #3, X-Men Origins: Cyclops, and S.W.O.R.D. #3.
This week was a bit more manageable than last week’s, and I was even able to read all my comics on the train ride home and everything. This week had six books: Invincible Iron Man #21, Deadpool #18, Black Widow Deadly Origin #2, New Avengers Annual, Nation X #1, and Wolverine: Under the Boardwalk.
There are SPOILERS in this post. Do not read if you don’t want them.
I know I’ve done more Iron Man comics than anything else (and this makes two in a row), but they tend to strike me as particularly hilarious, so here’s another one: Tales of Suspense #49, originally printed in January 1964. It’s written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko.
This comic is the first meeting between Iron Man and the X-Men, who originally appeared only a few months earlier. But is it a team-up, with Iron Man and the X-Men working together to stop some great evil? Er, not exactly. It’s more Angel beating the hell out of everyone. Why? Because a nuclear explosion made him angry, of course. (That’s how it works in the Marvel U, after all.)
Well, there were no comics on Wednesday, so I had to change my usual title. Also, I seemed to have had the plague yesterday, so I ended up getting my comics two days later than usual. (The withdrawals have not been fun…) However, I have more than enough to make up for the delay since my pull list jumped from its usual 3-5 to 12. (Marvel wants me broke for the holidays….)
What I read this week: Uncanny X-Men #518, Iron Man vs. Whiplash #1, Iron Man Requiem, Strange #2, The Marvels Project #4, Deadpool Team-Up #898, The Torch #4, Black Widow and the Marvel Girls #1, Captain America Theater of War: Prisoners of Duty, Psylocke #2, Siege: The Cabal, and Thor #604.
Reminder: There are SPOILERS below the cut.
This time I will be reading Iron Man #4, originally published in November 1968. Why this one? Simple: The Unicorn. Just the fact that Marvel actually has a villain who calls himself Unicorn is enough to make me giggle uncontrollably. Literally. I am, in fact, giggling as I type this. I mean it’s a VILLAIN who takes his identity from a mystical, prancing creature. And it’s not even (supposed to be) a joke! (I love you, Marvel.)
Despite most of the people I know having huge pull lists this week, mine was actually pretty small. Just five books: Invincible Iron Man #20, New Avengers #59, Uncanny X-Men #517, Ms. Marvel #47, and Giant-Size Thor.
Spoilers under the break. If you don’t want to know yet, don’t read.
Today I will be presenting for your enjoyment (mockery?) the story of how Professor Charles Xavier was confined to a wheelchair. The first time. You know, back when he didn’t have a clone body or anything. (Honestly, what are the odds that you get a new, non-paralyzed body only to lose your legs again? But I digress…)
The story of how Xavier loses the use of his legs first appears in X-Men #20, published in May of 1966. This is old school X-Men, folks, when Hank was not blue, Scott spent all his time moping over how he could never be with Jean, and Jean herself had never died. Also, everyone wore really nice suits and sweater vests. (Classy!)
