Taskmaster, New comics

New comics!

Batman: The Detective 6

A total whiff by Tom Taylor.  The concept of the villain Equilibrium looking to kill everyone Batman’s ever saved is really neat, but nothing else about this series panned out.

Captain Marvel 34

There is zero about this arc (Last of the Marvels) that’s working for me.  I’m slogging through this and hoping that Kelly Thompson rounds back into form next time around.  Not to mention that this is a complete waste of time issue - Carol escapes, then gets captured again, putting her back right where she started.  I suppose she found a new manifestation of her powers, but I didn’t need 22 pages for that.

Taskmaster 1-5

Practically a repeat of my review for Strange Academy yesterday - definite elements of fun in this miniseries, and Jed MacKay writes some great humor, but it’s missing that little extra oomph to push this out of the Nice zone.  

I do love how Taskmaster is Black Widow’s bitch.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice

That’s it for Marvel Box 10!  (10!  That’s insane, and there’s still a ton of Marvel to go.  Daredevil, Thor, Punisher…)

Box summary

Time spent reading: 18 hours, 12 minutes

Issues read: 174

Issues cut: 6

Highlights (Good or better): Miracleman 1-16, Miracleman 2 (Gaiman), Runaways 1-12, 19-24, Silver Surfer 13-14, Mary Jane, Mary Jane: Homecoming, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane 1-15, Spider-Woman 1-7

Project Summary:

Time spent reading: 44 days, 17 hours, 18 minutes

Issues read: 9428

Issues cut: 1080