Sunday, May 6, 2018

Savage Wolverine, Secret Avengers


Finished Marvel Box 6!

Box Summary:

Time spent reading: 21 hours, 47 minutes
Issues read: 212
Issues cut: 10
Highlights (Good or better): Runaways v2 13, Pulse 7-9 and 11-14, Legend of Wonder Woman,

Project Summary:
Time spent reading: 148 hours, 44 minutes
Issues read: 1164
Issues cut: 134

Savage Wolverine 6-8
Zeb Wells is lucky to have Joe Madureira on his team.  I know from his work on Avenging Spider-Man that he’s a great writer, but there’s not much substance to this arc.  (Purchased entirely for the art.) This arc’s rating rests completely on some completely gorgeous art.  

I was going to crop this to just the first Elektra image, but it's all worth showing.
Not the biggest fan of the bone hands over the eyes and mouth, but that little girl is legit creepy.
Mmm!  Gets my blood pumping.
Classic pose, reminiscent of Jim Lee.
I don't know if Jim Lee was the first to draw him in this stance...
...But he's the best there is as doing it.
Okay, not all of it is Joe Mad.  Wells still writes a hilarious, everyman Spider-Man.

Regret buying? No

Would buy again? Yes

Would read again? Yes
Rating: Pretty good

Secret Avengers 1-12
Ales Kot writes and Michael Walsh draws this series.  It starts off as something Matt Fraction would write (which is good), then gradually increases in absurdity (still good) until it gets too weird for my tastes (no longer good).  Past me felt the same way, and stopped buying with 3 issues left in the run. (Not that I knew it at the time.)
Kot mimics Fraction’s descriptive captions and dry humor from the get go, and Walsh similarly mirrors Aja’s art, including my favorite censor bar ever.

Hawkeye's portrait returns!

The original by Aja.

Walsh also introduces a censor for Jessica's wardrobe malfunction.

Very Fraction-y.

Even Kot acknowledges the similarities.
Things start getting weird with the second issue as MODOK (!) starts asserting his authority and unleashing his laboratory of weapons on unsuspecting opponents. Primarily in mouse form.




A fair question.
Vladimir the Suicidal Sentient Bomb adds to the ridiculousness as Jessica Drew talks him down from self-detonating.

Deadpool enters as a complete waste of time.  Phil Coulson develops PTSD, making for a beautifully drawn standoff with Hawkeye.

Pretty.
The plot continues to make less and less sense to me, and the tone, as amusing as it is, stops being enough for me to care.  I think I would have loved this if Kot had stayed with a more conventional story, while still keeping the absurdist stylings.  

Two humans, a bomb, and MODOK chatting at dinner.  I'm a fan.
Tradd Moore deserves a nod for his unique covers.  I haven’t seen anything like his art elsewhere. I particularly liked his cover to issue 12.  All the curves, from the background vines to the lines on the two women, make for a visually compelling piece.  

Noice.
Regret buying? No
Would buy again? No
Would read again? Yes
Rating: Nice
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