“An Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman, and a Welshman meet at the end of the world.”
Technically 3.5 stars for this. Weird, I know. I wish I understo“An Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman, and a Welshman meet at the end of the world.”
Technically 3.5 stars for this. Weird, I know. I wish I understood more of contemporary British politics so I could have picked up on the satire Ennis was going for. Because boy howdy there were some jabs being made.
But this Crossed story is the least Crossed of all of them, pulling back on the shock factor of all the awful things these “not-zombies” will do to you if they get their hands on you. Acting as a prequel to “The Fatal Englishman” arc (one of the only Crossed stories I enjoyed), we see the world start to collapse as the “virus” starts to take shape in Great Britain. Is it supernatural? Evolutionary? The planet taking revenge on humans?
Who knows - because what makes answering the central mystery of this universe interesting? Well, a lot actually when every Crossed story is the same level of creative and depraved torture porn.
Dark humor, solid dread, and four characters I wanted way more time with - Ennis writing Ennis, minus the usual levels of bodily fluids. So not the worst, but not what I hoped for.
Absolute Superman grew on me as it went on. I feel like it’s hard to deviate too far from the usual Superman formula without becoming something compleAbsolute Superman grew on me as it went on. I feel like it’s hard to deviate too far from the usual Superman formula without becoming something completely lesser than the regular Boy Scout we all love. But Jason Aaron does a solid job of putting the Man of Steel into a pessimistic, corporation dominated world. Not sure how this will play out in the long run, but I’m intrigued enough to follow it. ...more
Scott Snyder’s Zero Year is one of my all-time, top three favorite Batman stories. The aggressive DIY Bruce is my jam. In the Absolute universe, BruceScott Snyder’s Zero Year is one of my all-time, top three favorite Batman stories. The aggressive DIY Bruce is my jam. In the Absolute universe, Bruce has nowhere near S much money and literally has to build the biggest, meanest, hardest Batman he can to knock the enemies down and put them down. The aggro Batman works so damn well, just continuously upping the ante on the villains as they try their best to taunt and break Bruce.
Man I LOVED this comic. Nick Dragotta’s art hits just as hard as Bruce does in some places and you can feel the bones break and the spikes punch holes into people. Like where the hell has this level of intensity been in the mainline Batman book?
Jed Mackay restored my faith in Moon Knight. Last I checked, Jason Aaron (a typically great writer) really messed up some stuff in his Age of Khonshu Jed Mackay restored my faith in Moon Knight. Last I checked, Jason Aaron (a typically great writer) really messed up some stuff in his Age of Khonshu arc in Avengers. I just thought every issue was dumb and out of character for Marc and where he had come from in Jeff Lenore’s Moon Knight series.
Lucky me, Jed’s Moon Knight is a great spin and take on many different aspects of the character. The Midnight Mission and the host of new characters working with Mr. knight to solve a variety of weird cases works so well.
And then what we do see of the lasting impression made by Khonshu on Marc and others is clearly building up to some big reveal.
Also, love Hunter’s Moon and his backstory. ...more