Amazing Spider-Man #71 (July 28): This issue doesn't really advance the plot running in the "Sinister War" title; it mostly just fills in some off-panel action. Most importantly, Spencer shows how MJ came under the influence of Mysterio a while ago. We learn that she went to see a therapist after Gwen died and went again after Harry died, but Mysterio had replaced her therapist then. I think that it was part of the deal that he made with Kindred in Hell, though I'm not sure. Anyway, Carlie and Harry leave their cell, and, as part of Mendel Stromm's will, Norman is shown a key to...something. Again, it isn't much, but it isn't terrible so I'll take it.
Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #5 (July 28): Ugh, I'm Team Mordred. Dane's whining made me want to disconnect. The thing is, Spurrier develops a pretty solid way for Dane to remain the Black Knight while not going insane: with the revelation that Jacks is his daughter, she can share the burden. But, every issue of this series was way too wordy, with the characters simply spouting exposition regardless of whether what they were saying matched their personalities. At this point, I think the best outcome for us Black Knight fans is for him to join the Avengers again. Given how disappointing his solo series have been, it'll at least keep him active without me hoping that he ends my misery like he does Mordred's here.
S.W.O.R.D. #7 (July 28): Ewing and Caselli do a great job showing why this event is called "The Last Annihilation."
The issue begins with bravado and ends with hopelessness. The Mindless Ones slowly but surely overwhelm Teddy and the Kree defenders. As Brand's team arrives and evacuates a dying Teddy, it's hard to see how Throneworld II stands. To make matters worse, Brand admits to preventing Alpha Flight (which Henry Peter Gyrich apparently now runs) from getting Teddy's distress message, leading him to believe that Earth ignored his pleas for help. Brand continues playing an aggressive game that shows pretty serious disregard for anyone else's needs other than her own, and it isn't hard to see her becoming a villain soon.
I'm intrigued where the mysterium story is going. Doom reveals to Storm that he knows the mutants have condensed "primal kirbons," which are cosmic particles at the heart of our Universe, to make it. He warns Storm that they're playing a dangerous game and reiterates his line that something is coming. Now, though, it's clear that he might not mean Dormammu but something even worse.
Also, Doom and Storm's interactions at dinner are, if you'll forgive the pun, electric. It's hard to write flirting in a comic, but, man, Ewing nails it here.
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