Ok, maybe you didn’t read World War Hulk #1, but the return of the green goliath is going to rip through the Marvel U this summer and will have huge impact on everything to come. Already Hulk took the beat down to Black Bolt and Iron Man, now the war spills over into Ghost Rider and Avengers: The Initiative #4.
Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek at both issues that arrive July 18.
Or - “What Happens When The Smartest Heroes Are Neither Smart Nor Heroic…”
The first two issues of The Illuminati miniseries can be boiled down pretty succinctly by saying this: Overconfidence and arrogance nearly costs them all their lives. In the first issue, it’s a miscalculation as to the competence of the Skrull Empire, in the second, they overestimate their own ability to resist the phenomenal cosmic power of the Infinity Gems. Every time we see this grouping, they have done something incredibly stupid because they presume to be smarter than everyone else on the planet, and that hubris will, apparently, continue forever…
Or - “This Is The Greatest And Best Retcon In The World… Tribute.”
I’ll admit it: I’ve been extremely hesitant to review this issue, simply because I don’t want to have it come across as bashing Bendis, Marvel, or the Civil War in general. I’ve been skeptical (heck, some might even say negative) in my reactions to CW as a whole, and this book contains many of the same characters, by one of the key writers of CW, detailing the retconned backstory that sorta-kinda led to the events in question. To be honest, I’ve never been a fan of Professor X or Reed Richards, and while I used to be a huge Iron Man buff, his recent characterization has put him in the category of “used to like that guy.” As much as I dig Namor and Black Bolt, I don’t know if the two of them and Dr. Strange can carry a five issue story for me. We shall see… So, now that Marvel has assembled it’s supergroup, what will the first Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Black Bolt album sound like?
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