Remember Tim O’Neil’s hilarious rewrite of Identity Crisis #3 (click here and scroll down to find it)? He’s at it again with Avengers #500, over at PopCultureShock. I keep getting a “file not found” page when I click on the image, but I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Speaking of Identity Crisis, Dr. Scott politely asks issue #2 to turn its head and cough. Here’s his medical review.
Speaking of Avengers #500, The Fourth Rail’s Don MacPherson makes the following observation:
“I also find it unsettling that none of the female members are left for the emotionally charged meeting of minds that serves as this issue’s focal point.”
I’m guessing he should probably gird himself for message board threads dismissing him as an overly sensitive, politically correct minion of “the Women in Refrigerators crowd.” It’s still unclear whether his score of 5 (out of 10) is enough to warrant a diagnosis of insanity, but I’m trusting Fanboy Rampage to keep tabs on that.
Johanna Draper Carlson takes a look at Marvel’s spate of first issues for the week. There are five: two Daredevil spin-offs, two new ongoing series for X-characters, and a Hulk-Thing mini-series by the writer everyone got sick of on Incredible Hulk. None of these things scream “because YOU demanded it!” to me.
Wait a minute… five first issues? On one day? I think Marvel is looking to nature for its marketing techniques. This reminds me of those giant sea turtles who lay a bunch of eggs on a beach, leave them to develop on their own, and vaguely hope some of the hatchlings make it into the ocean before being eaten by gulls or dying of exposure.
This just in: James Schee, while a thoughtful fellow with great taste in manga, is evil. What else could explain his sadistic gloating, while others remain frogless? (Just kidding, James. Kind of.)
Last but hardly least, and triggered by no current event in particular, I can’t remember if I’ve ever mentioned how much I enjoy reading Greg McElhatton’s reviews at iComics.com. If I haven’t, consider it mentioned.
P.S. (Does Blogger’s spell checker have a smaller vocabulary than that ape in Congo, or what?)