Did Grant Morrison bang your mom or something
If you're not giving this issue a 10, you're:
- simply out of your mind
- unable to read
- drunk or intoxicated
- in possession of an incomplete copy
- not wearing your glasses
- recovering from a bad break up or recently fired
- not a true comic book fan
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
RATED T
Plot
This comic focuses on the origin of Gwen Stacy. She lost her mother at a young age and discovers that her father is part of a cult called MYSTERIO, which firmly believes there are two timelines: one they live in and the other they should live in, but which was altered with a time shift. In other words, they discovered the Maker's time illusion.
The leader of this cult is Quent more
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
RATED T
Plot
Rae's little bird, Kirby, takes the mysterious eye Roland has been analyzing. This eye is in the nest by Rae's window.
Rae mysteriously faints at breakfast and is taken to the hospital. Roland and Rachel painfully watch as she is analyzed there using such rudimentary technology.
The Rocketfellers' neighbor, Tony, is attacked by a team of mercenaries sent by brothers more
When the mysterious floating eyeball sends one of the Rocketfeller family members to the ER, a squad of heavily armed intruders converge upon their home. The only one left to defend it? The cute, little dog Rex. Pray for the invaders…
Plot
Doom sends the Ultimates to different moments in time to learn more about the changes The Maker made millions of years in the future or past, but they are intercepted by the Ultimate Guardians of The Galaxy, made up of Star-Lord who has the ability to alter realities and move the stars, Ultimate Nullifier with the power of mental blocking and Cosmo the dog who can read minds, who come to more
THE ULTIMATE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! America Chavez takes center stage in this issue as a group of galactic travelers from a far-flung, Maker-free future arrive in search of her!
Rated T+
Plot
This installment shows how the planet Shoboth is mysteriously Terraformed leaving no trace of life, Lord Xanus and his team of heroes arrive and are stunned.
In Parolax a mysterious being that is imprisoned, asks to be released, the lex finally explains the mystery behind the creation of different teams of superheroes on three different planets, Earth, Shoboth and Paralax. The more
The most stunning superhero comic book you will ever read as the mystery behind the series is revealed and we discover not only the secret of the island and where the superheroes came from, but the secret origin of the human race. This is a monumental issue you can't miss.
Plot
X-Factor's new mission is to find some scientists who were studying the center of the Earth. Since Xyber is on leave, they are going to attract a teleporter.
Havok, Frenzy, Pyro, Cecilia Reyes and the teleporter are the rescue team. Havok leaves Granny Smite at the base of operations because if the mission fails she will be trapped for life.
The teleporter is Oskar more
BENEATH THE SURFACE!
Havok and the team race to recover the crew of a subterranean expedition beneath Death Valley! But who or what is waiting beneath the desert sands? And what does all of this have to do with Cecilia Reyes?!
Rated T+
Venom
Volume: 4, Issue: 33
“Agents Venom”
Publisher: Marvel @marvel
Writer: Donny Cates @dcates
Artist: Iban Coello @coelloiban
Colors: Jesus Aburtov @aburtov
Letters: Clayton Cowles
Cover: Ryan Stegman @ryanstegman & Jason Keith @jasonraykeith
With his world crumbling to pieces all around him, Dylan chooses to rise up and face the chaos more
As the King in Black spreads his suffocating darkness across the Marvel Universe, Eddie Brock looks for a light, any light, that can pierce it - and comes up empty-handed...
Rated T+
Incoherent story at times. No seeming impact on the DCU. Morrison's run has been such a downgrade compared with what Vindetti did before. Dropping the title today.
Twelve parallel worlds! Twelve Green Lanterns! And one unstoppable menace! Hal Jordan joins the Green Lanterns of the Multiverse-including Bat-Lantern, Tangent Green Lantern and more-to save a dying Multiverse, defeat the relentless Anti-Man and embark upon their "Quest for the Cosmic Grail"! It's another Morrison/Sharp science fantasy epic!
Twelve parallel worlds! Twelve Green Lanterns! And one unstoppable menace! Hal Jordan joins the Green Lanterns of the Multiverse-including Bat-Lantern, Tangent Green Lantern and more-to save a dying Multiverse, defeat the relentless Anti-Man and embark upon their "Quest for the Cosmic Grail"! It's another Morrison/Sharp science fantasy epic!
Agreed. His writing is great if you’re a stoner. If not, it’s a bunch of bullshit.
Well, the art is nice. The story made me realize something — I need to cancel my GL subscription. This is absolute trash.
Mr. Morrison: stop it. We know you can write a good story. We have seen it before. Do you just hate Green Lantern?
Twelve parallel worlds! Twelve Green Lanterns! And one unstoppable menace! Hal Jordan joins the Green Lanterns of the Multiverse-including Bat-Lantern, Tangent Green Lantern and more-to save a dying Multiverse, defeat the relentless Anti-Man and embark upon their "Quest for the Cosmic Grail"! It's another Morrison/Sharp science fantasy epic!
“Have I told you about our Lord and Savior, Grant Morrison, who can do no wrong? We must go to all corners of the internet to defend him!” All-Star Superman: amazing. Batman run: Amazing. GL run: shit. Even John Lennon made bad songs, man.
I hate most of Morrison’s work. His Green Lantern is no different. I want him off or at least give me a another Green Lantern title written by a better writer who is stoned all the time.
I picked up Venus based on the previews solicit. I was pleasantly surprised. Great frantic action to start the series.
What's to Love: Surviving against all odds. Adventures on the frontier. Lying on the cusp of discovering something new. Rick Loverd (Berserker) and artist Huang Danlan brought us a story that evokes the history of great adventurers from the pilgrims to the Western pioneers, from deep-sea explorers to polar trailblazers, all of whom searched for a n...
A good start to this series. It will be intersting to see where it goes.
What's to Love: Surviving against all odds. Adventures on the frontier. Lying on the cusp of discovering something new. Rick Loverd (Berserker) and artist Huang Danlan brought us a story that evokes the history of great adventurers from the pilgrims to the Western pioneers, from deep-sea explorers to polar trailblazers, all of whom searched for a n...
Spinning directly out of AVX! Like AVX: VS., this book brings you two stories every month by the industry’s top creators! This issue features a Wolverine/Hulk story by Jeph Loeb (WOLVERINE) and Hulk-legend Dale Keown and a Captain America/Cable story by Dan Slott (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Ron Garney (WOLVERINE)!
The oversized kickoff to the year’s most anticipate Blockbuster summer event, chaning the way you view the Marvel Universe! The outbreak of war on two fronts: Earth and Space, with our heroes torn between them. The world-shattering return of Thanos! Includes material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: INFINITY
The true flagship book of the X-Men returns. In the wake of the Phoenix, the world has changed and is torn on exactly what Cyclops and his team of X-Men are - visionary revolutionaries or dangerous terrorists? Whatever the truth, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik are out in the world gathering up new mutants and redefining the name UNCANNY X-...
Marvel Now! begins for Marvel’s First Family! Four adults. Two kids. One “car.” The Fantastic Four take a journey through all of infinite time and space!
Boomerang and some of Spidey's deadliest baddies prove that with terrible powers come terrible responsibilities! Rising Star Nick Spencer teams with Eisner Award winning sensation Steve Lieber for a walk on the Spider-Verse's evil side!
This is Star Wars as you remember it . . . and as you have never seen it before! We're taking you back to those heady, adventure-filled days following the destruction of the Death Star-when the Empire ruled, the Rebels were on the run, and the galaxy was a dangerous place where anything might happen!
Cable is back! NOW! with a new X-Force at his side, he must tackle the threats that nobody else can know about. But just who are Cable's new recruits, and why is his team public enemy number one? Caught red-handed at the scene of a terrorist attack on a major American corporation whose CEO has expressed anti-mutant views, the X-Force is the run, wi...
"The Most Dangerous Secrets We Have... Are The Ones We Keep From Ourselves." The new Nick Fury leads a covert Avengers strike team including but not limited to Hawkeye, Black Widow, The Hulk, The Winter Soldier, Maria Hill and Phil Coulson on missions so dangerous, even the team members themselves can't know about them!
"FAMILY," Part One
In a dystopian near-future, government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and possession is 100% of the law. A handful of Families rule, jealously guarding what they have and exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains. Forever Carlyle defends her family's holdings through deception and force as thei...
Marvel Now! The five original X-Men have been plucked from yesteryear and sent to the present. How will they deal with the current state of Xavier’s dream, and how will today’s X-Men cope with facing their former selves?
Tony Stark—Iron Man: Technological visionary, wealthy playboy, unparalleled engineer, and armored Avenger. His greatest invention becomes his greatest mistake. Iron Man must act fast…and Tony Stark must build faster! The lethal techno virus Extremis is out in the wild and out for grabs to the highest bidder! It’s up to Tony Stark to contain i...
IT'S HUNTING SEASON!
The best there is at what he does gets an all-new on-going! Pay attention very closely: there's a mystery here that even Wolverine hasn't sniffed out yet. When Wolverine finds himself the bargaining chip in a hostage situation, he must make a decision to save a little boy that will follow him forever...literally! How can ...
Marvel Now! shows you the future, and it’s fantastic! In the Fantastic Four’s absence, a hand-picked substitute squad—Ant-Man, Medusa, She-Hulk and Miss Thing—must guard Earth and the fledgling Future Foundation for four minutes. What could go wrong?
Marvel Now! begins for the God of Thunder! The gods are vanishing, leading Thor on a bloody trail that threatens to consume his past, present and future. To save these worlds, Thor must unravel the gruesome mystery of the God Butcher!
In a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world, the environmental-action trawler Kapital scours the earths oceans for its mysteriously missing sistership, The Massive. Captain Callum Israel, a man who has dedicated his life to the ocean, now must ask himselfas our planet dieswhat it means to be an environmentalist aft...
Thrust into a bizarre, inhospitable world far from home, the all-new, high-adventure, mind-melting, tough-as-nails, sci-fi, pulp-fantasy era of Captain America is NOW! With no country and no allies, what's left for the Sentinel of Liberty to protect? The Saga of Dimension Z begins here!
THEN!…Peter Parker spent a lifetime living up to the responsibilities his powers foisted upon him but his Amazing story finally ended dramatically in the historic Spider-Man #700. NOW!…The new Amazing Spider-Man has arrived and he is better in every single way. Smarter, stronger…Superior.
The comic-book event of 2013 finally arrives as superstar creators MARK MILLAR and FRANK QUITELY give us the superhero epic that all future comics will be measured by. The world's greatest heroes have grown old and their legacy is a poisonous one to the children who will never live up to their remarkable parents. Unmissable.
Yeah true, are we here for the web-slinging action and the Spider-Man/MJ drama, or just tolerating Marvel’s boldest and most iconic universe experiment? Either way, for me this is a wild ride where the emotional explosions hit almost as hard as the Green Goblin’s Pumpkin Bombs!
I would add: "disliking the lack of focus on the titular character for half of the series" as one of the main reasons why one would not give this a 10. Another one being "missing crucial conversations between main characters".