BT09 – Hey, Kids! Comics! (#Blogathon)

Now that we’ve finished what I’ve read in the past, how about what I’m reading now?

I’d do something a little different — but, honestly, I’m not firing on a couple of cylinders here.

Action #878 (DC) Rucka/Olmos: Alas, Rucka’s gritty outlook doesn’t fit in with the Superman world, even during the “World without Superman” arc. Plus, multiple Kryptonians running around and soldiers running after them — not all that interesting.

Agents of ATLAS #8 (Marvel) Parker/Pagulayan: This has turned out to be a pretty darned interesting title, with some fun protagonists and the interesting world setting (the erstwhile machinations of the Yellow Claw).

Anna Mercury 2 #1 (Avatar) Ellis/Percio: Giant powered leaps through space to other nearby inhabited planets! And that’s not even the cool part! Ellis on imagination overload.

Astonishing X-Men #30 (Marvel) Ellis/Bianchi: But here Ellis is trying to be really clever and imaginative and pushing the characters around in directions they don’t want to go. Not so much. I specifically subscribed to this title for his joining. My mistake.

Avengers: The Initiative #26 (Marvel) Gage/Sandoval: I am marginally enjoying some marginally interesting characters. Not sure that’s worth the price.

Avengers / Invaders #12 (of 12) (Marvel/Dynamite) Ross+Krueger / Sadowski+Herbert: Final end to a cross-over time-travel cosmic-cube even that should probably should have been shorter.

To be continued …