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[Agent Orange]

Avengers vs. X-Men #5 was literally one of the worst things I’ve ever read in my history of reading comics. Absolutely terrible in every aspect. Story, writing, events and art. I am honestly glad I have never bought a single issue of this horrible event and I wouldn’t even grace it with a download if I wasn’t a terrible person who read bad things even though I know they’re bad.

I…I am physically ill from this. That is all.

[Rae]

(06-07-2012 07:30 AM)Agent Orange Wrote:  Avengers vs. X-Men #5 was literally one of the worst things I’ve ever read in my history of reading comics. Absolutely terrible in every aspect. Story, writing, events and art. I am honestly glad I have never bought a single issue of this horrible event and I wouldn’t even grace it with a download if I wasn’t a terrible person who read bad things even though I know they’re bad.

I…I am physically ill from this. That is all.

And yet, it all pales against the horror of the

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Phoenix-possessed

X-Men's new costumes. They are just breathtakingly awful. They are so awful that it might actually be a superpower.

On the upside, Uncanny #13 had this subtly lovely thing, which almost--not quite, but almost--made all the stupid worth it:

[BIGREDROBOT]

(06-07-2012 06:40 PM)Rae Wrote:  

(06-07-2012 07:30 AM)Agent Orange Wrote:  Avengers vs. X-Men #5 was literally one of the worst things I’ve ever read in my history of reading comics. Absolutely terrible in every aspect. Story, writing, events and art. I am honestly glad I have never bought a single issue of this horrible event and I wouldn’t even grace it with a download if I wasn’t a terrible person who read bad things even though I know they’re bad.

I…I am physically ill from this. That is all.

And yet, it all pales against the horror of the

Spoiler (Click to View)

Phoenix-possessed

X-Men's new costumes. They are just breathtakingly awful. They are so awful that it might actually be a superpower.

On the upside, Uncanny #13 had this subtly lovely thing, which almost--not quite, but almost--made all the stupid worth it:

If you all haven't been reading Andrew Wheeler's AvX reviews at ComicsAlliance, this week's installment was pretty hilarious.

For example: "Cyclops comes out of it worst because he's been dressed to look like Darkhawk. Not even the real Darkhawk; he looks like the Ben Reilly of Darkhawks."

[Rae]

(06-08-2012 04:17 AM)BIGREDROBOT Wrote:  If you all haven't been reading Andrew Wheeler's AvX reviews at ComicsAlliance, this week's installment was pretty hilarious.

For example: "Cyclops comes out of it worst because he's been dressed to look like Darkhawk. Not even the real Darkhawk; he looks like the Ben Reilly of Darkhawks."

I read the first one, enjoyed it immensely, and then sort of forgot about them. Going back and catching up now; much like the House recaps on Television Without Pity, these are way more fun than the actual series.

[MoustachePants]

(06-08-2012 04:35 AM)Rae Wrote:  

(06-08-2012 04:17 AM)BIGREDROBOT Wrote:  If you all haven't been reading Andrew Wheeler's AvX reviews at ComicsAlliance, this week's installment was pretty hilarious.

For example: "Cyclops comes out of it worst because he's been dressed to look like Darkhawk. Not even the real Darkhawk; he looks like the Ben Reilly of Darkhawks."

I read the first one, enjoyed it immensely, and then sort of forgot about them. Going back and catching up now; much like the House recaps on Television Without Pity, these are way more fun than the actual series.

Has anyone besides me actually used the AR on the most recent issue, or any of them for that matter? Besides being totally pointless, I did find some interesting tidbits.

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The first is the discussion of Iron Man's supersuit, in which an unnamed artist (I'm sorry I don't know who he is on sight) discusses how he came up with a really cool idea for a military design and shows a few sketches, only to state that no one liked them and they went with something he had designed a few years ago. Nice one.

Then following the big reveal Matt Fraction comes along and states, "Thank you for letting me ruin your comic in this exciting, new, digital way rather than the standard, old fashioned, analog ways." That is the best piece of dialoge in the series so far.

[jason1749]

This week:

Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1
Demon Knights #9*
Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE #10
Shade #9
Sixth Gun #23
Skullkickers #14*

Batwoman Vol. 1 HC

[BIGREDROBOT]

Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #5 (of 6)
Conan The Barbarian #5
Planetoid #1
The Shade #9 (of 12)

Might pick up The Massive if reactions are strong. Even then, I'll probably end up waiting for the trade. So far, the only thing that Wood's written that I've liked is his Conan series, which is work-for-hire on an established property, but maybe, MAYBE, this one is THE ONE?

[zebrazygotes]

It's just Shade and tracking down the first issue of Fury MAX for me this week.

[MoustachePants]

Hey, if I jump on Shade for these next three (final three?) issues am I going to be able to know what's going on, or should I wait for the trade. I've heard good things, but also am a complete sucker for Fraiser Irving. (PS I might just get the trade as well.)

[zebrazygotes]

(06-13-2012 09:00 AM)MoustachePants Wrote:  Hey, if I jump on Shade for these next three (final three?) issues am I going to be able to know what's going on, or should I wait for the trade. I've heard good things, but also am a complete sucker for Fraiser Irving. (PS I might just get the trade as well.)

It's been pretty slow paced/easy to follow so far. Irving does three issues then Gene Ha does the last one, which is a flashback issue.