A little about me, I’m Ian I am a father to an adorable 1 year old daughter, husband of 5 years to 1 exasperated wife and I am OBSESSED with comics. I have been reading comics for around a year now. Was originally a huge Marvel fan, then big 2 now I will read anything with pictures and words I love everything to do with the art of comics . I’m still very much a newbie to this here review malarkey, so please all feedback is welcome love it hate it find it pointless? Got a recommendation…………Let me know on Twitter I’m always on and always up for chat/debate! Catch you all next week!

So this week, seeing as I missed last week is a 2-4-1 bonanza kids! I will be reviewing both IDW’s Doomsday.1 #2 and Indestructible Hulk #9 so buckle in….

The thrilling tale of seven adventurous astronauts, who watch in horror, aloft in the International Space Station, as most of Earth is annihilated by a titanic solar flare.

Let’s start with Doomsday.1,  here is a book I was seriously excited about #2 for. I went in blind, read the blurb on the net before picking up #1 and was seriously pleasantly surprised. Issue #1 sets up the story… the thrilling tale of seven adventurous astronauts, who watch in horror, aloft in the International Space Station, as most of Earth is annihilated by a titanic solar flare. They manage to dodge this solar flare but now they have to make their choices about how and when they can return to earth, the issue was fast paced and I could almost go as far as describing it as cinematic, I loved the art….bold lines and old school colouring! It is a 4 part mini series so issue #1 was all you would expect from it as such, no fuss no guss!

We find our protagonists now back on earth, which has descended into a Mad Max type post apocalyptic nightmare.

In these kind of stories the writer doesn’t have time to digress or pan out to slowly like in a 10 or even 6 parter. All this kept in mind issue #2 couldn’t have been in more of an opposite vain, although the pacing was as fast as issue #1 the story seemed to be drawn out, it felt as though it could have been half an issue in the series instead of a quarter of a whole overall  story. We find our protagonists now back on earth, which has descended into a Mad Max type post apocalyptic nightmare fighting to survive after being tricked into a prison by what used to be the prisoners who have over run the prison and are dressed as guards. They take Hikari to a separate room and strip her in order to take ‘turns’ as she is the first female they’ve seen for a while. She is saved by Yulia who was hidden in the back of the truck they were brought to the prison in, they then hatch a plan to escape with their other friends………thats pretty much the whole of issue #2, in a nutshell!

I think what most disappointed me about it was that issue #1 was so good and this just felt like a filler issue, which as discussed in a 4 part mini-series has no place, story – wham bam thank you ma’am!

So on the scale of river or life I give it …………life but on the condition that issue #3 is like issue #1 and not #2 please and thank you.

And so onto Indestructible Hulk by Mark Waid.

Waid is making Hulk look effortless to write and has a fan in me outright!

What a series so far Mr. Waid has put together here, starting with the Marvel Now! I started reading from issue #5 and was quickly reminded why The Hulk is in my top 2 super heroes. Waid has approached the series writing Banner as a similar character to that played (superbly in my opinion) by Mark Ruffalo in the Avengers movie. The guy who is always angry but can control it. Banner goes to S.H.I.E.L.D and offers them the use of The Hulk in exchange for their help. Throughout, Banner is always calling someone once a week just to check in, to make sure S.H.I.E.L.D aren’t mistreating him or plotting against him. Issue #9 is the perfect jumping on point for anyone not collecting Hulk but wanting to as that’s all the recap you need to be honest. Issue #9 reveals the shady character that Banner confides in as none other than everyones favourite lawyer Matt Murdoch aka Daredevil himself! This leads to them both running around Hells Kitchen causing much mayhem including Daredevil stepping into a packed bar full of bad asses!

Issue #9 reveals the shady character that Banner confides in as none other than everyones favourite lawyer Matt Murdoch aka Daredevil himself!

The new artist in the hot seat, Matteo Scalera has a style which is perfect for Daredevil’s New York, its a gorgeous issue and one I would actively encourage anyone and everyone to get. Waid is making Hulk look effortless to write and has a fan in me outright!

River or life……you need to ask, life all day!

Allllright I’m out, shout me on Twitter guys!

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Be honest, who hasn’t felt like eating a dead rat at some point?

A little about me, I’m Ian, I am a father to an adorable 1 yr old daughter, husband of 5 years to one exasperated wife and I am OBSESSED with comics. I have been reading comics for around a year now, was originally a huge Marvel fan, then big 2, now I will read anything with pictures and words. I love everything to do with the art of comics . This is my first ever attempt at a review so please all feedback is welcome whether you love it, hate it or find it pointless let me know on Twitter! Catch you all next week!

Gail Simone has been consistently knocking it out of the park with her writing, even overcoming being controversially sacked from Batgirl only to be reinstated 2 issues later! The second installment of her standalone title The Movement is a fast moving and well worked comic book. The first issue was an almost text book example of how to launch a new comic, there was no slow steady build up with too much time spent talking for page upon page. We got to know the characters sure, but the full back story for them can come through more issues organically and not be forced upon us in one issue which then becomes a chore to read and makes you never want to come back. The long and short is the world in which The Movement is set is a world where law and order are king but the police have become corrupt with the power. There is an exaggerated proportion of homeless and prostitutes, and praying on these vulnerable victims is the cornea killer, so called as he takes the eyes of his victims!

The second installment of Gail Simone’s standalone title The Movement is a fast moving and well worked comic book.

The Movement #2 opens with the cops who were captured in #1 being taken down an old sewer looking tunnel until they reach a factory room filled with women, young men and children. The people there look like the survivors of some sort of disaster, sleeping on camp beds and being taught basic English. The bigger and louder of the two cops remarks that it looks like a sweatshop. This allows Virtue (a member of The Movement who is leading them there) to fill us in on the back story of the factory. It was worked in by mostly women and children who were forced to work for little money and obscene hours, even being locked in to avoid breaks and thus the ‘mindless gossip and chatter women engage in’. She explains that one day an earthquake caused all inside to die but the owner swept that atrocity under the rug.

The two cops are now locked away and the team must decide about how to best make a statement with their new found prisoners. They all argue from a different stand point, making somewhat of a societal commentary of ‘how far do we go for liberty’? What makes one mans terrorist another’s freedom fighter….

We send ‘em back. But first….we mess them up!

This back and forth takes place before Katharsis claims she knows how to solve this once and for all by going to see the real head of the city, the Don Corleone if you will. The fear is built and battle ensues, one that lasts nearly half the book, but again it is well presented and keeps the reader engaged. The Movement talks to me personally as a book which challenges societies responsibilities to law and order, where do we draw the line? At what point do we lose our liberties in an attempt to secure them?

Another point to note is the use of predominately female characters. These are not women who are using (excuse the term) T&A to get their point across, these are women who you can belive in and relate to.

The Movement talks to me personally as a book which challenges societies responsibilities to law and order, where do we draw the line?

The Movement is very much a series already on my pull list and is in a special breed of it’s own, one which I would be proud to give my daughter to read!

Storytelling 9/10
Art 7/10

Overall, seriously can’t wait for issue #3!

I’m out!

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