#17: 27th August 2014

Last Wednesday of summer holidays has brought us some nice books. Check out two reviews below and wait for September with epic Thor: God of Thunder's finale, Death of Wolverine and much more!

Book of the Week: Avengers #34

Time Runs Out will soon begin and Jonathan Hickman builds an atmosphere around his Avengers titles to prepair readers to Marvel's new big event, Axis. And does he do it well. Each single issue of both Avengers and New Avengers is so epic, full of action and moments, that need contemplating. He's the only writer who could be capable of planning such a long, complex run. Even before Avengers #1 was published in 2012, he knew what to do up to this moment and probably much further.

In issue #34 Steve Rogers finally end his time travelling, determined to stop Tony Stark aka soon-to-be-superior Iron Man and his fellow companions from secret organisation called Illuminati. They are murderers. They triggered a genocide, that catalyzed all current terrible events and are now a target of Captain America and the rest of Avengers.

Steve Rogers is desperate to succeed and the void between him and Tony has become so immense, it may be impossible to overcome it. If you do not read Hickman's Avengers, do it. It's one of these runs, which will remembered for a very long time.

Legacy #18

That's it. End of an era. After a long 23-year period of ups and downs, Dark Horse has published its very last Star Wars comic book. There will be some more trades, but they will contain only reprinted material. It's amazing where Dark Horse has led its comic books. From Dawn of the Jedi, through Dark Times up to two volumes of bestselling Legacy. Thank you, Dark Horse.

But let's go back to Legacy #18, which is a fine installment to the series. I was curious how Corinna with Gabriel will end all parts of their plot. How did they do it? They mixed each single one of them in an epic final battle. It was the easiest way to end Ania's adventures and that's a little bit disappointing.  But come on, series ended quite unexpectedly, a creative team probably didn't know about license switching from Dark Horse to Marvel and had to end Legacy throwing into the bin lots of ideas for potential next arcs and stories. That's definietly a shame.

Issue no. 18 shows us the real face of Ania Solo - not a royal girl but a woman with a Han Solo-like temperament. She prefers friends to Empress and is incredibly loyal. All these things prove, Leia's and Han's heritage has not been lost during these 100 years and their genes still travel in a galaxy far far away heading for adventures.

Concluding, Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman are a true dream team. They know each other very well and know how to use each other's talent to the maximum. This whole run of Legacy has been very consistent. A gorgeous artwork combined with solid storytelling is a recipe for a success. Maybe Legacy will never be an acclaimed run like Snyder's Batman or Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder, but still is a series, I can easily recommend for nearly everyone. I'll miss this title. Good bye Legacy. Farewell Dark Horse.

Cover of the Week: Outcast #3

#16: 20th August 2014

Alright, I'm back to school and have so little time, it will be hard to keep posting new post regularly. But come on, challenge accepted!
New reviews with Jonathan Hickman on the trone. This guy is amazing. Even more than Peter Parker!

Book of the Week: New Avengers #23

New Avengers are getting more intense issue by issue, Illuminati are aware of what has been done. This single event from past issues has covered them with a menace of genocide and murder. They are no longer heroes, but fallen monsters. This is what Jonathan Hickman wants us to think. Is he right? In order to save our world they had to destroy another one during the incursion. They did it for the greater good. Killed millions to save billions, or even more. So should they be called monsters?

These are moral dilemmas, that have taken over New Avengers recently. It is no longer a book about good guys, but even villains. They did, what Harry Trueman did in 1945. People are divided if it was acceptable concidering moral reasons. I will not judge here Illuminati, but what could have they done? Wait till the Earth explodes incinerating another parallel universe? Nah, they may not like it, but what had to be done, has been done.

Basically, moral talks are almost everything, what we are served now with New Avengers, but that's enough for me. It's done in a way, we feel, something terrible happened. However, last panels has shown, the true sinisterness is yet to come. Pick this series, good stuff is aproaching at the horizon!

Cover of the Week: Elektra #5