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Avengers World #6

Writer: Nick Spencer
Artist: Marco Checchetto
Color Artist: Andrea Mossa
Reviewer: Ray Willis

With Manifold in control of his powers, The Avengers send a rescue team of consisting of Thor, Hyperion, and Captain Marvel to find the missing Avengers on the A.I.M. island of Barbuda. The story is really good focusing on Hyperion and his moral dilemma of coming from a different universe that has been destroyed and saving the current one he’s in. With Hyperion returning to the place that pulled from between two universes he once protected. Feeling that the world he is in right now is going to repeat in a cycle. Hyperion battles his way though the A.I.M. soldiers and finds himself in the same room where he came through the portal. Scientist Supreme Andre Ferguson was the one that brought Hyperion through the portal and he didn’t need his strength or him to being a weapon but him seeing his universe die before his eyes. He teases him with going back and tells him he will eventually be in the way of the Avengers but Hyperion destroys the machine. We are also shown flashbacks from days ago with Hyperion and Thor discussing Hyperion’s thoughts on the passing days and seen Hyperion as a caretaker to small animal like children. One of the missing Avengers Smasher has now become Messenger which she arrives and sends Hyperion flying before long Captain Marvel and Thor are done the same way. Hyperion laments that he failed once but not anymore.
This is a really good issue of Avengers World with the dilemma of a universe that repeats on a cycle of destruction. Hyperion seeing his universe die and trying to prevent that from happening in this universe. There is still hope but must be protected from evil . The story is really good and the art is really top notch with some really good colors. Hyperion is one of my favorites heroes and seeing him brought back to the place he was plucked from was nice. I recently only jumped on the titles with issue 3 featuring a fight between Shang Chi and Gorgon and I’ve been following Avengers world after that. Its been a really good title with only a few issue out right now.
5 out of 5 stars

Sinestro #2

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Dale Eaglesham
Colorsit: Jason Wright
Reviewer: Ray Willis

After rescuing his people from being tributes for the Pale Vicars Sinestro has come face to face with his own corps and his captured daughter. This is a really good issue with Sinestro reclaiming his corps and showing why he is the one true leader. With knowing his daughter is a there and many new members of the Sinestro corp, Sinestro battles them. As Sinestro faces the yellow lanterns and recognize many of the lanterns and many he doesn’t know but have potential to grow. Sinestro question’s Arkillo’s motives to move against the Green lanterns as it is pointless. Sinestro built the Sinestro Corp to bring justice by instilling fear to their enemies. Sinestro bests Arkillo with the latter yielding but not before getting thrown into the wall and floor a few times. Sinestro immediately takes control like he never even left and also dealing with a few lanterns that oppose him through other means. Even a simple rescue seems to be more that what it seems with Sinestro. His daughter Soranik questions him on why he captured her but that wasn’t his plan but shows her the people from Korugar that he saved. She is a doctor and may save them as well as Arkillo who is in the med bay. Cullen Bunn crafts a good story with Sinestro from giving up his power of Parallax and redefining him. Sinestro is a complex figure with many traits for making him a good villain and an amazing character to read.
I didn’t really have any complaints about this issue at all. The art was really good and the story was really engaging. Sinestro returning to the lanterns he help build after so much time has past and still being able to best them is really nice but a bit brief. His love for the people of Korugar that he couldn’t save is deep. He would go to the ends of the universe to save his people. This is a really good title to read if you’re a fan of Sinestro or Green Lantern. Having a title with a prominent villain of Green Lantern but at the same time one of the greatest Green Lanterns is really awesome. I can’t wait for the next issue of Sinestro and look forward to reading more.
5 out of 5 stars

The Last Broadcast

Writer: André Sirangelo
Artist: Gabriel Lumazark
Reviewer: Lee Gordon

I scoured the wall for new books and found one title that I missed on my Comixology pull list. The title of this book is The Last Broadcast.

The characters are introduced together, but in separate scenes, sometimes on the same page causing a bit of confusion. We are introduced to Ivan first in a hospital before the story unfolds in a flashback.

Ivan is an old time struggling magician in a modern world. His idol, Blackhall, who is long dead, could have possibly staged his death in one of his deadliest tricks, and now an envelope delivered under a friends door has Ivan searching for more.

Harumi and Niko are shown scouring the sewers of San Francisco, where they find a secret lair, possibly once owned by the same magician Ivan idolized. We are also presented with a mysterious shroud, who gives us our first victim. This comic book looks to be the mystery that Marvel’s Original Sin wishes to be. Only issue two will help dispel some of the intrigue already building, an issue I will be there to read.

A few months ago I bought Hacktivist. I only did this because I saw Alyssa Milano’s name attached to it, that’s what a childhood crush will do to you. The reason I bought The Last Broadcast was because my first foray into the company was good. Hacktivist was solid through and through, so how could I expect any less from this title?

The artwork is dark and gritty, reminiscent of issues 18 through 31 of The New Mutants, the eighties Uncanny X-Men spinoff. Bill Sienkiewicz had a way with his art and so does Gabriel Lumazark. It was one of the reasons I decided to give it a chance. The secondary reason is that it is 1 of 7 issues, clearly in my budget for the short term. The writer, André Sirangelo, previously unknown to me, scripted a kaleidoscope of scenes that tries to push the story along.
3.5 out of five stars.

Daredevil #3

Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: Chris Samnee
Reviewer: Oz Longworth Jr. or Who Was That Masked Writer?

Not beating around the bush about it at all. Daredevil is still one of Marvel’s best books. This is a title that has maintained a pretty constant standard of quiet-as-kept excellence for the character even with a few bumps in the road (definitely looking at YOU, Shadowland). Mark Waid has done a great job carrying the torch and this run is pretty indicative of why.

Issue #3 picks right up with Z-list hero, Shroud, getting the drop on Daredevil and revealing more about his questionable methods and motivations. It’s not much of a spoiler to say this results in an obligatory team-up. The thing is Waid makes the team-up feel fresh and fun. He does a great job of conveying that Shroud has obviously bottomed out and is trying to reclaim glory (if he ever had any….I mean, it’s the Shroud) on Daredevil’s shoulders. Meanwhile, the Owl has set up shop in San Francisco and he’s apparently taken his villainy to the next level. Here’s the thing with the Owl. He’s pulled this “I’m back and better and badder and I should be taken seriously today” thing before during Brian Bendis’ run. At this rate, he’s going to start becoming a throwaway bad guy like the Scarecrow in the Dark Knight Trilogy. Still, Waid’s take on him is so well paced and scripted, it ends up being something you don’t mind so much. My only real complaint about this issue is the reveal of a certain mainstay character in Daredevil’s life. It should be a huge revelation, but it’s just sort of dropped in our lap with no real flash. The art kicks ass as usual. Chris Samnee’s character designs are top notch. No faces look the same and no character posture or movements are alike.

Bottom Line: Despite the “big surprise” falling flat and an old enemy showing up singing the same song, nothing about this book feels “done before.” Still one of Marvel’s strongest offerings.

4 out of 5 stars