So I wrote last month’s X-centric thinking, “Hey, why not?” and now I feel like I should just do this because I want to please. Is that so wrong? I love me some X-Men and there’s nothing more that I like to do outside of review the comics they are in.

Anyways, this month we’re missing an X-title from the last post: X-Force–it comes out THIS week (the 22nd)– but we still had four comics to read:

1. Uncanny X-Men #508
2. X-Men: Legacy #223
3. X-Factor #42
4. Wolverine Noir #1

Now, you may not consider that last one to be an X-title, but nevertheless, I’m throwing it in here.

Possible spoilers after the break.

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I haven’t had all that much time to review comics in the recent past. Schoolwork is piling up, graduation looms forebodingly over the horizon, and I’ve been looking for a place to sublet in NYC for the summer. But excuses aside, I want to review the two most recent issues of Street Fighter II Turbo because they are really really solid and a totally enjoyable read.

Read on after the break.

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I hesitated when this series first came out. I mean, I love Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman is pretty awesome too, but I wasn’t sure about it. We were coming out of Secret Invasion and I was mad at Marvel because Dark Reign sounded like another huge event–as far as I can tell, it doesn’t seem to be… yet–but after being into things a bit… I’m starting to like where things are heading. I don’t know about you guys, but I love seeing the good guys shake a little and sit and be scared every once and a while. Plus, it’s great to see everyone knowing there’s one main bad guy–Norman Osborn. But that’s all beside the point. Secret Warriors is developing a really cool story that is working behind the scenes of behind the scenes of the Marvel Universe, but what can you expect with Nick Fury heading the comic book?

Read on after the break.

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What happened? Wally West came back from the dead not too long ago. So did Bart Allen. Why not bring Barry Allen back too?

I have been waiting with nervous anticipation for this title ever since it was announced last summer. On the one hand, I have been a Flash fan for a long time, and Barry Allen was always my favorite Flash, possibly even my favorite superhero. On the other hand, Allen’s death in the pages of Crisis on Infinite Earths is one of the most poignant and heroic deaths in fiction, and to resurrect him would be to tarnish his legacy. Still, when I heard this series was going to be written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Ethan Van Sciver, I was obligated to give them the benefit of the doubt. Not only have Johns and Van Sciver proven that they can deliver great Flash comics, but they also oversaw the last great resurrection of a dead superhero.

So can lightning strike twice for Johns, Van Sciver, and DC?

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Review Secret Six #7

Secret Six 7 Cover

Writer:  Gail Simone
Pencilers: Nicola Scott
Inkers:  Doug Hazelwood

Issue #7 concludes the first arc in the Secret Six series.  Once again the writing is spot-on with liberal doses of humor and drama intermixed.  The issue draws you in from start to finish and leaves you wanting more.  In my opinion this is what comic books should strive to be.  Too often we are stuck between entertaining and thought provoking or deconstructing a long running character.  We are confronted with drawn out arcs with a quick single issue filler sandwiched in-between.  Ms. Simone has gone a long way in perfecting a balance in her story writing between giving us a complete story each month and adding to the overall narrative.  Furthermore Ms. Scott’s pencils are as beautiful as ever and her attention to detail is excellent.

Beyond here be spoilers.

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