snikts: Dark Wolverine #86 & Wolverine: Origins #48

... where we're kinda sick of all the posturing, ADD-addled, obsessive-compulsive behavior being exhibited by Logan and his extended family. i mean, fine, you all hate each other, just kill the guy next to you and be done with it!!! geez.



y'all have claws. y'all don't know what to do with them.


man, this thing is so gay its not happy anymore.


oh, look, who's upset because Crystal Bowersox didn't win this season's American Idol:


and he has more spit than the winner!!!


and when he asks his father why the most talented people don't win:



now back to Logan; it took you this long to do this???


oh, wait, that was just what Logan wanted to do! what he actually does is imprison Romulus in the Darkforce Dimension inside Cloak. ooooooo-kay. but it took you this long to do that too??

by the way, if its dark in there, how come there's light?


oh, look we got a cutter!!



huh. look, Tyrone's the voice of reason. by the way, dude? you're responsible for the X-Men being trapped in Utopia. if you didn't leave, THEY. STILL. WOULD. HAVE. A. GODDAMNED. TELEPORTER. selfish prick.

snaps: Black Panther #12

... where Wakandan nationalists and Dr. Doom reveal their hand(s). and they are dirty! and the real villain of Civil War is in the mix. why is this guy not dead yet? we can blame two guys - Tony Stark for not doing his job as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Wolverine, for only being useful in killing non-powered individuals. back to Wakanda, T'Challa (as usual) risks every single thing (including Ororo) to bait his enemies. current Black Panther Shuri wants to take credit too for the smart play. ahh, girls.

no way!! really?? oh, that's right, you're not devious like Tony Stark. or T'Challa.


dude - you can get two of those in Miami Beach.


but ... but current events ARE on Twitter and Facebook!


no joke ... they see a Mandroid and they start laughing. no respect.


Porcupine? they send the Porcupine??

drive-by readings: Dark Avengers #6

Dark Avengers #6 (Marvel) Brian Michael Bendis Mike Deodato Jr Will Conrad Rain Beredo Cory Petit Rafa Sandoval/Roger Martinez/John Rauch (variant cover)

the more i read Dark Reign, the better it gets, but that's just me. Norman Osborn looks more and more like Tommy Lee Jones, if they make a movie out of this, you'd better get him to play the role. i probably could watch a whole two hours of the Cabal and the Dark Avengers arguing and rattling sabers and exchanging punches with Osborn. that's a compliment, Mr. Bendis. well, it works because readers have a sense of history of these characters, and you know the underlying tension and where they're coming from.

Osborn is on the verge of a breakdown, putting out fires and trying to keep his array of strong-willed associates in line. despite his advantage of being a psychopath who can deal with other crazies, i expect his Green Goblin persona to pop out anytime (i bet it will be on national TV). good thing he has the increasingly-looking-like-the-Baroness Victoria Hand (Osborn's Maria Hill) to keep things under control. he gets into a tiff with Namor over some Atlantean terrorists, and the latter's refusal to do anything with it drives Osborn to send the Sentry to "kill 'em all but one". this will have ramifications down the line because Bob realizes Osborn has been stringing him along for his own ends, and not sincere about helping him deal with the Void, as Osborn promised.

although the cover seems to have nothing to do with the meat of the issue (Noh-Varr is technically missing after knocking boots with Moonstone/Karla Sofen/"Ms. Marvel"), Dark Avengers is the best among the Dark Reign titles (as it should), and should really bring back the fans who left at the end of Secret Invasion.