Beyond Belief
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #7
Monica Rambeau is heading after Jason Quantrell, CEO of Cortex and agent of the Beyond Corporation. Spider-Man, the Blue Marvel, and Dr. Positron are trying to work out a way to beat Quantrell on their own. And Captain America is on his own against a half-dozen monsterized superheroes and villains, including several of his teammates — and if he gets so much as a scratch from them, he’ll turn into a monster, too. Can Cap escape being shredded? Can Monica handle the hallucinations Quantrell throws at her? Can anything throw the Beyond Corporation back out beyond the beyond?
Verdict: Thumbs up — most especially for the “Kick ‘Splode” title of this issue. But I really, really do wish they’d figured out a way to get the rest of Nextwave into this issue.
Ghosted #19
Markus Schrecken is dragging Jackson Winters and Nina Bloodcrow into the Land of the Dead so he can take control of death itself. He’s left Oliver King and Edzia Rusnak as captives of the Maestro. Sschrecken’s plan is to lure Death in by murdering Winters and then have Bloodcrow read a spell to bind and control Death. Can Jackson survive long enough to stop Markus’s plans?
Verdict: Thumbs down. Even with the big shocker ending, I just didn’t think it was all that exciting or scary.
Today’s Cool Links:
- Ayn Rand reviews children’s books.
- North Carolina is trying to kill off their research universities.
- Connie Willis has decided not to be a presenter at this year’s Hugo Awards. Did you know the Sad Puppies have already declared that if their choices don’t win awards, they’ll do all they can to wreck the awards from now on? Can’t imagine why people wouldn’t trust them…