#Comics Reveiws

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Chapter One

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The writer of the new OGN Navigating With You joins us once again this week to talk about Bojangles, tag teams, Bojangles' choice of tag teams, and, oh yeah, his comic. And a whole lot more, too!

The rundown:

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Chris' check and rec: Game books, The Fall Guy

Matt's check and rec: Impostor Syndicate update, Charli XCX's Brat

Comics reveiwed:

X-Men #1

Avengers #16

Barfly #1

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[quixoticrobotic]

from what ive gathered, at4w is about a found family (where one of them is a gun) who deals with alternate universe shenanigans?

thats not an inaccurate summary (the gun is technically kind of a ghost who's soul powers a magic gun)

atop the fourth wall is an internet review show thats kinda like mst3k for comic books

then sometimes after the reveiw they'll be a short that ties into a larger plotline. the plotlines and the characters in them basically have their own fandom, because the characters are charming, the plotlines are interesting and its fun to watch them unfold, and since theres a lot we DON'T see its fun to imagine the domestic lives of these characters given the bonkers setting the live in

plotlines draw a lot from comic books, which is where a lot of the multiverse stuff comes from.

and of course, being a fandom, people like to imagine the relationships between characters and more mundane aspects of these characters lives that don't get brought up in the show.

but yeah you aren't wrong at all.

[mzhydes-funtimes]

I wanna design a sonic level for each character thats been playable

I do wanna note tho: if my mario maker skills are anything to go off of, it wont be very good but like i wanna make a level for each character to shine

I would probably start with it being 2D make a stage for sonic, tails, knuckles, then shadow, rouge, then amy, each seperate chaotix member, mighty, ray then cream, blaze, silver, then the oddball character bc she hasnt been in a traditional sonic game but she is important enough to be mentioned in forces sticks amd lastly our newest character trip

The few i didnt mention (big, omega) i dont know because of a few reasons:

1. They havent been playable in 2d in any sonic game and 2. I really hate how shitty the sonic wikis are: fandom i found someone writing their fanfic in the wiki, sonic-city is unmanuverable, like its a pain to load and worse off it dpesnt source any abilities and sonic retro is not finished.

I accidently went on a tangent abojt how shitty the sonic wikis are and how i wanna make a better one below this so if you wanna read this uhh read below the cut

And also just people apparently hate documenting in the sonic community because i cant find any controls or actions anywhere like i wanna know what tails' moves are in lets say advance, too bad we dont know its not on any wiki. Well what about if blaze the cat is playable in 06, dont know that either boss all we know is sonic shadow and silver are playable, well i have seen omega playable so who else is playable, dont know boss ya gonna have to play yourself

Like. Why is it so hard. It shouldnt be this hard. If anyone wants to help document this stuff please let me know we could probably get controls and stuff documented and make a wiki closer to the quality of like smash wiki or the minecraft wiki, or hell even wikirby

Like the sonic fandom needs a good quality wiki with thorough information and not just general summeries of characters and games, hell i betcha we could even make the comic and book sections better. We'd need lots of peer reveiwers tho

Shit i got off topic... umm ill just put a warning and a cut before i started ranting

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Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Something Wicked #1

Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Something Wicked #1 Archie Comics 2020 Written by Kelly Thompson Illustrated by Veronica & Andy Fish Lettered by Jack Morelli    PREVIOUSLY IN THE TOWN OF GREENDALE…    Teen witch Sabrina Spellman’s start at her new school, Greendale High, was far from ordinary... we're talking budding romances, spells gone awry, and magical beasts running amok! After thinking the worst of it was discovering that resident mean girl Radka Ransom and her brother Ren were some sort of shape-shifting wendigo and the shy nerd, Allen, from her chemistry class was a demon dragon beast, Sabrina’s aunts Hilda and Zelda ventured into the woods to handle some unspoken magical business—and never returned! That is, until Sabrina and her former-warlock-turned-cat Salem came to their rescue, fighting off all the humans-turned-beasts and catching the eye of head witch Della in the process. Things are finally starting to settle down—but a few questions still remain: who does Sabrina truly like better: bad boy with a heart of gold Ren, or kind jock with the good hair Harvey Kinkle? And what is she going to do now that Radka knows her witch secret?    I have said this before but it bears repeating, the 4-6 issue arc runs instead of a full on monthly series if handled the way this is then that’s the better way to go.  We know further arcs will be on the horizon, there’s a smaller chance for delays and it gives us something to look forward to and I love that this picks up where the last left off and Sabrina is still trying to find a solution for Radka.  The continuity we’re looking for is here so what else do we need?  Also I very much like the opening here, not what happens that would be monstrous, but it immediately catches the readers’ eye, attention and engages them from the get-go.    I am a huge fan of the way that this is being told.  The way that we see the story & plot development through the sequence of events and how they unfold as well as how the reader learns information moves this forward beautifully.  The characterisation we see is brilliantly rendered throughout the issue and whether it’s in the woods, in school or at home we see how a normal teenage girl is going to react to feeling so overwhelmed.  The pacing here is excellent and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way we see how everything works together to create the books ebb & flow.    The interiors here are really rather well rendered.  I like how the mood, tone and feel changes depending on what part of the story we are in.  How we see the linework through its varying weights being utilised to bring out the attention to detail is beautifully done.  While we all know I am a huge proponent of seeing backgrounds being utilised and yes I would like to see more within these pages but I will admit that what we see is fabulous!  I like how we see the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope of the story.  The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show such a great eye for storytelling.  The colour work also is beautifully rendered.  I love the way the sky in the backgrounds with those colour choices and how we see the hues and tones have this almost calming effect.  How we see the colour work really is beautifully done and how they make the reader feel. ​    Sabrina is one of the most intriguing and versatile character to have come out of Archie and this is one the perfect examples why.  Her dual life has always been complicated though less so in the past so to see her having some problems melding the two is what makes her so relatable to, in the larger spectrum.  

[this-wandering-mind]

Avengers Disassembled by Brian Michael Bendis

rating: 4.5/5

A series of unexplained and extreme events lead to disaster and devastation for the avengers. Meanwhile having remembered her past, Wanda struggles to deal with the loss of her husband and children.

Avengers Disassembled is a fast paced and action packed story which spans over one very unfortunate day for the Avengers. To quote spiderman “With great power comes great responsibility”. This comic definitely explores and showcases that concept, as many of the films in the MCU have.  

Brian Michael Bendis shows a real grasp on the characters we know and love here and really showcases each unique ability and personality. However since I haven’t read the backstory of every single Marvel character as a Marvel fan I’m ashamed to say that there were a couple of less known characters that I couldn’t immediately identify. I would therefore say that this probably isn’t a comic you want to read when first getting into the Marvel Universe.

Much like in house of M the artwork is on point, penciled this time by David Finch with some rather dark but still striking inks by Danny Miki. That image with The vision’s almost zombified melting face is wonderfully creepy and particularly well drawn.  

‘Avengers Disassembled’ also continues the complex story arc of The Scarlet witch and the events that lead to her mental breakdown. Avengers Disassembled is a prequel to another of Bendis’s works ‘House of M’ and although you don’t necessarily have to, you should probably read this one first, as it does briefly sum up some earlier connecting events in the timeline.

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Do we technically have a canon human eliza design now? Also AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Review: ‘Nightwing’ #83 Is A Real Blockbuster Of An Issue

Review: ‘Nightwing’ #83 Is A Real Blockbuster Of An Issue

A lot has gone down in the first five issues of this new Nightwing run. Dick Grayson is back as Nightwing, back in Blüdhaven, and back as the heart and soul of the DC Universe as he should be. Blockbuster is back and has a firm grip on Blüdhaven which brings him into conflict with Nightwing. Melinda Zucco is not only the new mayor of Blüdhaven, chosen by Blockbuster after he murdered the last…

[full-time-nerd]

Me: *really really wants to read a decent book*

Me to Me: okay, just pick up that one over there and go for it...

Other Me to Me: *sits*

Me to Me: um, what about that one over there?

Other Me to Me: *sits*

Me to Me: okay okay, THIS one will definitely be good...

Other Me to Me: *sits*

——- confessions of a girl in a reading slump

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Dc universe app review!!!

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Weird Science Marvel Comics Ep 144: Marvel Comics, Star, Amazing Spider-Man and Podcast Edits

Weird Science Marvel Comics Ep 144: Marvel Comics, Star, Amazing Spider-Man and Podcast Edits

Ep 144: Marvel Comics, Star, Amazing Spider-Man and Podcast Edits

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Killswitch #4

Killswitch #4 Action Lab Danger Zone 2019 Written by Jeffrey & Susan Bridges Illustrated by Walter Geovani Coloured by Brittany Peer Lettered by Ed Dukeshire    It’s chaos on the comet exterior as Marcella and the Augurs make their final bid for freedom. Even if they succeed, they’ll have to deal with a society that hates and fears them, and that may be too much for them to bear… and not everyone makes it out alive.    Well the final chapter of the first arc is here at long last.  I have to say now that I have read the arc, my hat is off to the Bridges’ for creating a universe like this one.  The struggle against oppression isn’t anything new however the people and the setting do set it apart from other franchises we’ve seen.  Marcella is a very interesting character and as a protagonist she really does hold a very special place amidst all this.  We’ve been building up to this issue and now that’s it here I think everything has played out the way it should.  The first arc in a new franchise that’s packed with adventure, danger and so much more.    I like the way that this is being told very much.  The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is beautifully presented.  While I get why Action Lab does four issue arcs I do wish this would’ve been five because I would like to have seen more with Raymond.  This doesn’t diminish what we see in the slightest; it is just something that the fan in me wanted more of.  The character development is really rather interesting to me.  We have seen Marcella go through this amazing transformation while the Augur’s themselves have seemingly kept their original personalities intact.  Well maybe Spike changed a bit too.  The pacing here is great and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way we see how this and everything else works together to create the books ebb & flow.    I have watched this book grow and evolve just like the characters inside and I will say that this is so much better than you could possibly realise.  There is something in the way these Augur’s are treated and the characters we see that can be relatable to and empathise with.  I like that we see this self-discovery from Marcella and see her finally coming into her own as it makes a very strong statement.    Walter’s work on the interiors is really nice.  Granted the man needs to utilise backgrounds more because the inside of a ship, I don’t care what kind, should feel enclosed and near claustrophobic or at least show that it would be tight quarters to fight in.  I miss that kind of spatial feeling when all we see are blank backgrounds.  That having been said his characters are flawlessly executed.  Faces, facial structures and body language give off some emotion and attitude to the reader and in the armour or space suits the attention is phenomenal.  The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a strong eye for storytelling.  The colour work is really nice to see.  Brittany always impresses me with what she can and does do.  Whether they are in a cave in a comet in the dark or a brightly lit room the way we see the hues and tones within the colours utilised to create shading, highlights and shadow work is extremely well rendered. ​    If you haven't been reading this then may I suggest contacting your local shop and having them order a trade paperback for you.  Action Lab is the “Little Engine That Could” of the comics industry as they show the world that the quality of storytelling that comes from their house is as good as anything else on stands today.  So find Killswitch and see what kind thrilling adventures await.

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The Owl House Weekly Reviews: King’s Tide: Watcha Playin?

Happy pride alll you happy gay, bi, pan, trans, enby, and anyone on the beautiful techincolor people! I intended to start with more David Bowie’s crotch but with the week getting away from me and with a lot to do this weekend that’ll have to wait. Still we’re back to the gayest place on earth one last time this season and for some of the last of my weekly coverage. I might do it for season 3, we’ll see, but while doing episodes of a show every week has been fun with ya’ll, it’s also incredibly stressful at times as I wasn’t able to finalize my schedule till the week before the next month. I’ll still likely cover one off episodes or do quick thoughts on new shows down the pipe like Hamster and Gretel and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur or ones in progress I watch like Big City Greens or The Ghost and Molly McGee, but as for doing reviews of shows as they come out

I”ll still be here reveiwing all kinds of fun animation and comics stuff though, and it’s pride which means it’s time for superman, simpsons and one of the most baffling lines in the history of media

And time to say goodbye for now for the last time to one of the best shows in recent memory. I stand by that 100% and have said it plenty: Owl House is a masterpiece, with it’s pacing, characterization and plot movement both feeling effortless and moving at rapid pace. It’s especially apparent this half as it’s become clearer that they DID in fact know season 3 was getting cut sometime this season, likely during the second half... and somehow managed to compress plot lines that were likely meant to play out over far more episodes into only a few, Hunter’s relationship with willow (which still hasn’t upgraded but we got plenty of crumbs to keep us huntlows fed), Alador’s face turn, the resitance, steve’s face turn, king dealing with what he is. .it’s clear these were PROBABLY supposed to take longer, but still feel fully realized as is. Despite knowing they coudln’t do everything they still did the most with what they had and it makes the anticipation for the finale movies all the bigger. The season didn’t just stick the landing it fucking piroutted into it. So let’s discuss that under the cut with full spoilres, though it has been long enough thanks to those busy few days I could put my new faviorite little shit up there without fearing it was too much. 

So yeah while this is the only review without amphibia this season, supposed to be one of two but you know

I still don’t be doing the strict plot summary I often do. So let’s just go right up front and knock... the collector has finally fully been unleashed and we finally see who he is and it is both great and a lot. Prevoiusly while the collector spoke and acted like a child, it was hard to tell just HOW innocent he was. Was he just deeply immature and psychotic like Bill Cipher but gleefully aware how terrible his actions, like helping with genoicde are, or simply something more like Anthony Fremont, where due to being a child with the reality warping powers of a god, he dosen’t realize just how horrifying he is or his actoins are and there hasn’t been anyone powerful enough to properly teach him. To him humans, demons, witches and blob monster men that only one person in the entire world finds attractive, hello Bogs, are just people to play games with or toys to break. He dosen’t understand why say, splatting belos like a pile of gack on a wall is fucking horrifying or that possibly doing so to the hexasquad is wrong. It dosen’t entirely EXCUSE him from being terrible, but it explains it.  

He’s also pitable. Sure he’s terrifying, again he took the big bad of the story who no one else has been able to take on in a straight fight and who even as near mindless monster STILL nearly killed the hexasquad and only lost because King summoned a god he happend to piss off.. but he also seemed to GENINELY value Belos as a friend and given what we’ve seen of phillip, he’s a skilled manipulator. He prayed on a child with flexible morals and then tossed him down a ravine. It’s one of the MANY, MANY reasons seeing him become wall gunk was so fucking satisfying. He’s not innocent and if he is to be redeemed he needs to, much like say the diamonds, work to undo the massive damage he’s done and is probably about to do. But I still have hope for him: he’s still a child. A child who needs to be disiplinced and taught right from wrong. Granted he could easily cross the moral event horizion wayyyy too far in the specials, but he could also come back> It’s a coin flip. 

But the design, voice work and character theme are all top notcha nd the scene of him making belos into wall mold is fucking incredible from the little smile on him to just how fucking terrified belos is.. I mean everyone else too but again after having to put up with this prick for so long it’s just so NICE to see him terrified seconds before getting turned into abstract art. He sadly didn’t die but I doubt reforming as an alolan grimer in gravesfield will be much better for him.  The point is in just a few minutes of proper screentime the collector goes from a creepy engima to an even creepier but far more complex god being whose giving our heroes their greatest challenge yet. I have NO idea how they’ll beat him and odds are it’ll have to be with empathy and thought instead of a straight up fight because if so the cast is gonna shrink a LOTTTT. I mean we’re in the endgame so we’re at the point where if Dana’s gonna kill anyone, it’s now, but it’s clear they can’t beat him. 

So moving on to Phillip, we get more of a build to the fact his “grand victory” which is racist jerkhole terms for “mass genocide on a global scale”.. is really going to win him nothing. He’s dressed in period clothes planning to go back and not getting time has passed him by: puritan is a term for uptight asshole stuck in the past, with phillip convently the dictonary picture, witches are part of popular media, including this one, and are at worst cackling halloween decorations or tearing apart reality to find replacement kids, and society in general would see him as a crazy old man.. which he is but not for the reasons they think .He’s so deluded himself he never even considered things change till luz brings it up. With the collector it was clear he just didn’t want to hear it but with Luz he feels a kinship in species wanting to “save her”. But likely like it was for his brother since as it turns out puritans be fucking nuts, thanks Jess for that one, this world.. was her salvation. She fit in here. His nightmare is her daydream. It found her friends, love, a second mom, a brother, and made her better. It could’ve made Phillip better too but he clung so hard to his prejudices he made himself a monster as much outside as in. Luz learned who she was wasn’t perfect and changed.. phillip clung to the flawed person he was and the horrible idologies beaten into him and changed too.. becoming worse, giving into his worst tendencies.

It’s also what makes their fight satsifying: Luz does show she’s come a long way pulling off a sick fire combo and other great moves.. but ultimately she’s a fast learner, since the titan actually likes her, against a trained mastre whose had hundreds of years to pull of combos she can’t fathom and unlike her has a stick to fast track that shit. As such she looses... then wins again. See belos in a fight.. is near unbeastable with power both from his mutation and from sheer skill and mastery. It’s why the day of unity was so daunting, even if our heroes cleared the heads, the armies, the abomintons.. they still had to deal with Philip himself. And even as a group their odds weren’t great. But as a person while his scheming is near imptetnrible his ego isn’t. He thinks so little of anyone besides himself, that he’s very easy to manipulate. Luz played him the first time.. and does so again this time using a coven glove he left around to brand him, not only giving him the same death sentence he gladly gave everyone else, but with his own weapon. 

Sadly though.. this dosen’t work. The spell is already in motion thanks to Terra, and I found the fact she simply figured out Rahne wasn’t brainwashed anymore was clever. I thought spying through his eyes or having a literal spy, but nope the bats are guilt free... and in the case of steve and amber just plain free as their not in this episodes, which I feel will be importnat. Or they just couldn’t fit all of them in a goop ring

Either way their absence is noticable. As is bump and the younger witches which is either a chekovs gun or Dana finally forgot something admist having to speedrun everything which if that’s the case it’s still something we can live without for now and it’s impressive only NOW she’s forgotten anything.. and I still have faith she didn’t and this is all deliebrate as it always has been. We’ll see in the fall I suppose. 

Point is the rebellions failure is sad: it was ineveitble, especailly with Luz going directly to asshole do not pass go do not collect 20 dollars, and while it’s nice there was no traitor and VERY nice to FINALLY see the other coven heads scrap, even if we didn’t get personalities because fuck you disney, it was still sad to see everything fall apart to see our heroes loose.. and our villians realize instead of utopia.. they just get to die. There was no grand design.. just death and they caused their own. *IT’s a fitting defeat for terra.. her own manipualtions and selfishness nearly killed her. I doubt it’s the last we’ll see. And I hope so. I still want to know what creepy healing guy and potion scarf man’s deals are. What ARE THEY. 

But yes, Belos NEARLY wins. As while Luz’s gambit is clever it forgot one thing: Belos dosen’t CARE if he lives or dies. Sure he wanted to go home, but as he said to himself while summoning the collector he had to live long enough “to see this througH” so if long enough is “while everyone else dies” that’s fine. Even if he weren’t horribly mutated by the sigil, his inablity to control his wild magic turning him into a savage green monster hulk style... there wasn’t an off switch.L That was never a priority. Like Thanos, I get yet ANOTHER thanos comparison.. there was never any intent to let anyone walk this back. If he dies, he dies, but the mission comes first. He may not live to get the fancy witch hunter general hat, but he’ll have “saved” us from what he sees as a monsters. Luz underestimated just how much Belos belivied his own lies and it nearly cost her everything. While it was truly awesome seeing the hexasquad fight him even borderline feral.. belos is still ultimately too strong and nearly kills them all. 

So we get King’s deal with our feral child god, and it’s smart working on his part: he makes up a bs game, gets an agreement to help, and does so in a way that guarantees the collector NEEDS to do what King needs most, save everyone, even if King is rightfully afraid of him and it turns out it wasn’t belos but the collector his dad hid him from. And again given all of the above, King makes the hard choice.. replacing one problem with another but at least preventing genocide. Also I couldn’t help but be reminded of mr popo just casually restoring the sun when the collector just.. moved the moon. Great stuff

That also leads to our tearful climax... while everyone’s saved, though eda was earlier thanks to rahne.. their now at the mercy of a god and Willow cleverly suggests booking it to earth... and Luz intends to stay with king to make sure everyone’s safe from the grumpy child. But in the end King’s real growth comes in the sacrifice he makes: he knows the collector wants him and will probably be satsitifed with that much... and that at worst Luz won’t come back will be safe and at best it gives them a chance to plan and come save his mother later. His letting her go was utterly heartbreaking, but was the perfect capper of king’s development from wacky comic relief sidekick.. to a true hero willing to trap himself with child he does not want to play with if it means his sister and friends are safe. 

The ending is also just rife with possiblity: belos is still alive, camilla now not only gets to meet living proof the isles were good for her daughter but has to make the hard choice to let her go back for the greater good, hutner finally gets a mom and vee get smore friends.. and we ge tmore of that adorable mud fish thing. Seriously her just casually helping with dinner has only happened twice but it’s always adorable. We also got confromation of something vastly important that will likely have no impact whatsoever on the plot but every impact on fanfiction

I’m so fucking happy I could burst. This opens so many doors. Point is there’s a lot to question. I also noticed Gus was the one to break down... and it made it the most impactful. He finally gets his dream.. and it’s with his dad and everyone else he knows bar the hexasquad at The Collector’s horrifying whims. Everyone else has even more reason to break down: Luz’s entire boiling isles family is trapped there with king directly trapped with the insane 8 year old behind it all, Amity saw her parents divorce and dosen’t know if her dad was going to make it last time she saw him, Willow’s dads are trapped and Hunter.. well in the span of a week he’s had everything he knows been proven to be a lie, been nearly killed by the man who raised him multiple times, found out he was a clone of someone belos murdered, hid in a school, had to survivie hhis best friends mind labyrinth, nearly got used for a prisoner exchange, got swapped by his friend to save his ass without his consent and had his uncle gaslight him and growl CALEB at him, confrming the preson he killed once owned Flapjack. 

Point is Camilla needs to hug all of them and I need a paper bag after al lof that. This is going to be one hell of a wait and I can’t wait to see how it wraps up. I’ll be sad to see the show leave.. but this is how you pull off a cliffhanger :leave them begging for what’s next after throughly earning it. 

Overall season 2.. is a masterpiece. Season 1 was good.. but season 2, now free from executive mandates since Disney clearly was planning to axe the show, and frankly it’s a miracle we’re getting the season 3 we are, got to do whatever it wanted, giving us a dark, tense, if still funny as hell and heartfelt ride. We’ve had pirate adventures, karens who sell arms and try to profit off genocide, gooey murder butlers, a valid aseop against anti-vaxxers at exactly the right time, Gus metting a lady then finding out she’s terrible, The Season of Hunter, one of the best and most visable non-binary characters in animation, a hooty episode that ended up being one of the best and most important of the series, this

Camilla getting fully fleshed out and adopting an adorable mud lizard thing, Luz’s denail reaching criticla mass, time travel, HUNTLOW, a tournament arc, a flashback..

People wearing kingskin caps, MORE HUNTLOW, Soul Searching Steve Road Trips, a rescue arc with one of the greatest lesbian kisses in animation history, and finally 

It’s been a great pleasure covering this one. Thank you all for reading and thank you so much for enjoying my weird shit. Before you go please consider voting in my latest poll or joining my patreon

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Avengers: No Road Home

Avengers: No Road Home is an entertaining sequel to the successful weekly Avengers: No Surrender.

When every sun across the universe suddenly goes dark, the reformed Voyager gathers Hercules, Hulk, Vision, Hawkeye, Rocket Raccoon, Scarlet Witch and Spectrum to investigate. Spinning out of a family tragedy for Hercules, the Avengers face Nyx, the ancient goddess of night, driven mad by centuries of imprisonment. With her twisted children at her side, she’s bent on revenge and remaking the universe in her image. The Avengers race Nyx and her family to recover three talismans of power, traversing time and space, where the barbarian warrior Conan joins the struggle. In the heart of the creative spark of the universe, a rejuvenated Vision faces off with Nyx to determine the fate of the galaxy.

Much of the creative team behind No Surrender reunites for No Road Home, managing to pull off another weekly comic with a certain amount of style. Writers Al Ewing, Jim Zub and Mark Waid have wisely streamlined the sequel, not only reducing the issue count to 10 (from 16), but focusing on a smaller core group of characters. The writers waste little time; by the end of the first installment, the primary cast has been assembled and their respective status quos established, the major threat and prime villain have been introduced, and they’ve already uncorked a couple of shocking moments.

Focusing on a smaller cast allows the authors to dig into their characters a bit more, making good use of their various personal issues and challenges. They continue the recent characterization of Hercules in a smart and agreeable way and exploit the dramatic impact of other characters’ crises (Spectrum fearing for her humanity, Vision facing his possible mortality, Voyager’s desire to become a true hero). Hulk serves as an effective wild card; not only does he push events in unexpected ways, the simmering tension between him and Hawkeye creates an element of dangerous instability among the heroes. Conan makes for a wild addition to the heroes, teaming especially well with the Scarlet Witch in a compelling spotlight issue. While her children come across as standard-issue threats, Nyx herself is a fascinating villain, her motivation very relatable, leaving readers with the sense that maybe she’s not entirely in the wrong. By the story’s end, the characters have been shaken up and positioned for their next steps.

The climax could come across as a bit of a deus ex machina, as Vision and Nyx face off in the “House of Ideas” and Vision essentially out-imagines the villain. Aside from the meta-references to Marvel’s own self-mythology, the sequence works better than one might expect, with a nod to the climax of the “Kree/Skrull War” saga and what’s essentially a love letter to decades of Marvel stories and characters. If you can check your cynicism at the door, it’s a fun and entertaining wrap to the series.

Paco Medina and Sean Isaakse anchor the art team, with Carlo Barberi stepping in for one issue and a team of talented ink and color artists providing excellent support. The art has a clean and classic feel to it, but spiked with modern touches that make the visuals contemporary and relevant. It boasts strongly choreographed action storytelling, with opportunities for the artists to render some quiet character moments and then swing to outrageous action sequences. The artists get to produce some memorable moments, such as Hulk sitting astride Nightmare’s demon horse, Conan’s dramatic entrance to the action, various shots of the imposing Nyx from a variety of dramatic angles, and a series of two-page spreads that pay homage to decades of Marvel characters. All three artists have a similar approach and aesthetic, so there’s no significant lurches in the stylistic direction of the series. They all do expressive, dynamic character work and keep the action moving briskly and cogently, without sacrificing flair or whimsy. Given the logistical restraints of producing a weekly book, it’s really a best case scenario.

Fans needn’t have read No Surrender to pick up the action of No Road Home, though it can’t hurt. As a blast of fun, classic comic book storytelling, No Road Home is a winning bit of entertainment.