Scott Supplement!

My friend Scott reads the funnies, too, and gets far more books than I do. Sometimes I read em all, and when I do, I'll let you know what I thought of them right here. Punctuation and capitalization are over-rated.

Flash #227 - thumbs down. Boring! Joey Cavalieri was by all accounts a very good editor. Well, he's Peter Principled out here, as he's not a very good writer.

Wonder Woman #222 - Meh. Not much happens this issue. Cheetah attacks, is defeated. Honestly, this all could have been done in 5 pages. Not a bad story, just not much of one. An IC tie-in. I do love Richards' art, though. Pretty stuff.

Drax The Destroyer #2 of 4: thumbs down. Aliens fight, Drax seemingly dies. There are 2 more issues to the series named after him, so I doubt he stays dead. Though now that Bucky is back, someone in the Marvel U has to stay dead....

Captain America #11: thumbs up! I haven't read any of Brubaker's Cap until now, but have wanted to. This was good. Real good. Verbose, sure, but I'm tired of every $3 book taking 5 minutes to read. This was a welcome change from that trend. Pretty art by Epting, as usual, though every guy he draws has 90's long brooding hair.

Defenders #4 of 5: thumbs up. but wait for the trade. it gets a thumbs up for the humor, but not that much happens story wise. but that's fine, im entertained. would read better all at once.

Amazing Spider-Man #525: thumbs up their asses. What is this crap? 3 issues into the Other storyarc, all we know is Peter doubts himself. I thought we established that back in Amazing Fantasy #15. And I like Deodato's art, but don't think he's the right fit for Spidey. Guh-Gah, 9 more issues of this story? Kill me now and spare me the pain.

Usagi Yojimbo #88: This is such a good book, every issue. Thumbs up. Randy Lander at thefourthrail.com has sung the praises of this title for years. So do I. And you can pick up any issue and enjoy/understand it (Grasscutter excluded).

Ultimate Secret #4 of 4: Thumbs down. I just don't care about the Ultimate Galactus story. Maybe if it were done in 2-4 issues like the original Galactus story. And in those days, story's took some time to read! Get offa my lawn, ya danged kids! But this is a three series story that just didn't need to be so long. This issue Raney's art looked rushed, and I just couldn't bring myself to care about any of this.

New Avengers #12: Meh. I just don't care. The art is pretty but stiff. The characters are mysterious and of questionable moral character. Basically, the book is ten years past when it should have come out. It's competent stuff for what it is, it's just not for me. Bendis does write funny Spidey lines, though, so props for that.

Eat your young. (just checking)