New Comic Day June 29

Sorry for the delay folks.

Here are the comics I purchased on Wednesday:

I also got The Outsiders #25, the conclusion to the Teen Titans crossover thingy, but couldn't get a cover for it because DC wanted it to be a surprise by having Indigo on the cover standing over defeated comrades. This is what they had on the website:



Pretty dumb eh? Especially since the issue has been out for a week already.

Here's a little review for each (from left to right, top to bottom):

The OMAC Project #3

I expected a big fight between Batman, Sasha, and the OMACs, but all I got was a few page sequence of Batman being all mushy about his former chick. Boo to that. As well, Superman comes out of nowhere to save him when he was supposed to be off investigating something or other . Batman doesn't need to be saved. He could definately swim while being handcuffed. And surprise, surprise, the ending tells the reader to pick up no less than four issues (3 Superman and 1 Wonder Woman) to lead into OMAC #4. There is no reason that this title can not be self contained and it really annoys me.

The Outsiders #25
Speaking of annoyances, this issue was definately not well written. I really liked Judd Winnick on Barry Ween, Boy Genius, but writing superheroes is not his forte. Lines from Lex Luthor like "I guess this is falling on deaf ears." or some such while using a sonic disruptor are not characteristic of the Luthor I envision. The romance between Shift and Indigo was sappy ala Star Wars Episode 2 and 3. Not a book I would EVER get again.

Young Avengers #5

Man, what a week for shitty comics. This one made little to no sense, as do many time travel stories. Ant Girl macking with Iron Lad really came out of nowhere; there was no buildup at all to that. The Vision returned after being dead for like 3 months, only to be shunted to a hard-drive within Iron Lad's armour by Kang. The only thing good about this issue was the ending. Nothing like a good sword through the chest to get the blood pumping, out that is. I may not continue with this series after issue 6.

Wizard #166

This was a decent issue having such articles as "Does Death in Comics Really Matter", and a GL: Rebirth commentary. Some of the news they reported gets my goat though. Another Spider-man event destined to "change the web-slinger's life forever!" is coming up where the teaser is that he gives up being Spider-man. Haven't they done this story like a bajillion times already? God! And don't get me started on "The House of M" junk. This multi-series crossover event is just what comics DIDN'T need. Just because DC is coming out with Infinite Crisis, doesn't mean you have to have Bendis come up with some ridiculous What If...? story in order to sell comics. If the stories are consistent and well written, you shouldn't need this huge event, the fans will still be there. As well, nobody cares about consistency or continuity anymore. Does House of M take place outside of continuity? If so, how do they explain what happened with Wanda and if not, how do they explain all the other Marvel titles happily going about their business? Blarg...I should be E.I.C.