I. came. buckets.

BUCKETS!

let’s see..

Suitcase Armor: check
back-to-back bro-fight: check
AC/DC’s War Machine: check
Mark II vs MarkIV: check
Black Widow: super check
Nick Fury: MUTHAFUCKIN CHECK
Jizz in my pants: double check

Scratch that, triple check.

I really, really dug Messiah CompleX. I didn’t care much for Messiah War (heck, I don’t even know if it did anything to changed the status quo), so I don’t really know how I should feel about Second Coming. Although it’s going to be written by one of my favorite comic book writers of the moment, Christopher Yost, I feel like it’s going to be a bit meh. I expected a new mutant era post-Messiah CompleX. Where did we find Hope, the Mutant Messiah after that crossover? Stuck in the future, time-hopping with the motherfucking Cable, trying to escape Bishop. And the mutants stuck in the present suddenly ended up in San Francisco. I actually like this move, but it felt disjointed coming from the fact that the mutants are fucking facing extinction. Then we get aberrations such as the Bianchi-designed costumes, Dark X-Men, and Greg Land.

Billed as the final part of a trilogy starting with Messiah CompleX – and as the closing arc of everything that started with House of M – Second Coming is a crossover between four major X-books – Uncanny X-Men, X-Force, X-Men Legacy, and New Mutants. Like Messiah Complex, the storyline will weave between the four books for several months. In a nutshell, Second Coming sees the return of Cable and Hope to the present, just as Bastion launches his final, terrible campaign against the last of the mutants.

Needless to say, I’m not excited for this. Hope Summers was pushed to the sideline post-Messiah CompleX. I totally lost interest.

UPDATE: Ah fuck. They took down the clips. I’m looking for more clips for you guys. Oh well. Or you can check this out.

I kind of hate Mark Millar after pulling that little event called “Civil War” out of his ass and he shat on Iron Man. Okay, the status quo that came out of it was one of the best universe shakeups ever, but the main event book felt rushed and didn’t live up to its potential.

Anyway, my point is that even if I hated Civil War, I love what he’s done with The Ultimates and the Millarverse (yeah, even if he’s named an entire universe after himself, I’ll let it slide). Wanted is such an awesome book that I actually forgave Millar for Civil War after reading it. Let’s not talk about the stupid movie adaptation and its prophetic loom.

Another Millar book that I totally love is the superhero satire/deconstruction Kick-Ass. I love the very mundane origin story, the superhero parody, and the artwork. Oh, the art. John Romita Jr’s not my favorite artist, but he’s coming out with the best artwork he’s done since, well, the 90′s. (continue reading…)