New Avengers #14

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New Avengers 14I’ve been lukewarm to the entire Fear Itself storyline, but this is the first tie-in that I’ve really liked. And it’s not only because it manages to summarize the entire summer event in a single panel (though it does, marvelously). It’s because this is simply a darn good story, even if it is tied to an event I care little or nothing about. And even more unlikely, it’s centered around a character I’ve never given two shits about.

The entire issue is centered around Mockingbird coming to grips with being alive, reuniting with her New Avenger teammates, and trying her new found abilities out on Nazi robots. Yeah, that’s right, Nazi robots!

It seems Mockingbird was saved from certain death by a combination of some leftover version of Super Soldier Serum (which made Steve Rogers into Captain America) mixed with the Infinity Formula (which made Nick Fury effectively immortal) transforming a throwaway character into a possible major player in the Marvel Universe. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m intrigued to see what will happen to the character next.

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Green Lantern #67

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Green Lantern #67War of the Green Lanterns, thankfully, comes to a conclusion with this issue as the united rainbow lanterns make their final stand against Krona in an attempt to free the various colored entities.

The main story itself, like most of this story are which began back in Blackest Night, is mostly forgettable. However, the issue does delivering a few startling events worthy of notice including Sinestro as a Green Lantern. The sequence which leads to this is as interesting as the panel where the ring chooses Sinestro is shocking. Hal Jordan‘s most hated enemy appears to come to terms with Jordan and in doing so earns back the position which was forcibly taken from him decades ago.

Although Sinestro seems to have earned his way back into the Corps, Hal Jordan’s ring is stripped from the Greatest Green Lantern (again!) when his uses it to commit to cardinal sin of saving the universe, I mean killing a former Guardian.

We’ll have to see how both of these events play out in the DC reboot, but I’m betting Jordan won’t be without a ring for very long. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Captain America #1

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Captain America #1Steve Rogers is back in action as Captain America as Marvel relaunches the title, again. It’s a good first issue getting Cap back in action and dealing with the death of an old friend (who honestly I thought had died decades ago), a dangerous mystery from his past, and appearances of both old friends and old enemies.

This first storyline focuses on a case from Captain America’s past in WWII and he’ll need the help of Nick Fury and Sharon Carter to help him track down an old associate of Cap’s (Codename: Bravo) who attempts to assassinate Dum Dum Dugan at Peggy Carter‘s funeral. But he’s only half the story, the other half involves an elderly man recently out of a coma who as a child help Cap’s covert team fight the Nazis.

We also get appearances from HYDRA and Baron Zemo who are in cahoots with Codename: Bravo. I understand where Brubaker is going here but every WWII hero that’s still alive and in top notch condition makes a Cap a little less special. It’s a good, though not great, first issue. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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