Amazing Spider-Man #18: OMG, this issue is really one of the worst comics I've ever read. I just don't know what I can say at this point.
Instead of Madelyne suggesting to Jean that she facilitate Peter sharing his memories with Ben in a way that won't compromise said memories (like Jean did for Madelyne in "Dark Web: X-Men" #3), Madelyne just cuts Ben loose and sides with the X-Men. Oof.
Of course, that said, I *think* Peter's objection to sharing his memories with Ben was that it would cause him to loose said memories, but I don't actually know at this point.
It all just sucks. Honestly, I can't believe I'm going to say what I'm going to say, but I'm considering not reading this series anymore.
Dragon Age: The Missing #1: This series finally puts aside the increasingly confusing Wraith-related stories and brings back Varic as he and Harding search for Solas.
Following rumors that Solas is hiding in the Deep Roads, Varic and Harding bump into a pair of Grey Wardens investigating disappearances that started after excavations broke into the Roads.
After helping the Wardens take out the Darkspawn behind the abductions, Varic and Harding find Solas' lair and an invitation to "call upon the Lady Crysanthus" in Vyrantium, where they head next.
I don't have much else to say at this point, other than I'm interested to see where we go.
Justice Society of America #2: This series isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, and given all the time travel I'd normally put myself in that camp. But something about Helena leaving the infirmary and walking into the spectacular hotness (and chest hair) of the assembled Society is thrilling to me. Of course, as I said, it involves time travel, so it's hard to follow at the best of times.
Helena awakens in 1940 and tells the Society that she's from a future where someone murders her Society. Helena exposits that she recognized the someone as "a man I've seen on the edges of my perisperhal visions since I was ten." Dr. Fate attempts to peer into her timeline to share her experiences with the group but the same "someone" transports his consciousness into his future 1941 where he and his protégée, Salem the Witch Girl, are trying to find Mister Miracle to free her from her curse. Instead, they find him fighting Solomon Grundy, though Fate's consciousness is snapped back to 1940 again.
In the present, Catwoman fights the "someone" whom she recognizes as "Degaton," who Wikipedia tells me is an old-school Society enemy. He refers to "Snow Globe" turning Helena into a "blind spot," which makes no particular sense now but likely will later. He also exposits that he needs to kill all the Society members for "the ritual" to work, so he clearly needs to track down Helena.
Anyway, he kills Selina, which Helena can somehow see. But she's again somehow transfered through time again (with Dr. Fate's symbols in her eyes) and awakens in another alley, this time at Khalid's feet though he doesn't recognize her. He's joined by Deadman and Detective Chimp.
In other words, it's a lot. But I'm down with seeing where we go from here if we get more shots of Jay Garrick's eyes.
Sins of Sinister #1: I stopped reading "Immortal X-Men" with issue #6, but this issue recaps the relevant developments that I assume happened in issues #7-#10: namely, Sinister compromises the Krakoan DNA database so that every resurrected mutant is secretly subservient to him. He begins with Charles, Emma, Exodus, and Hope.
Sinister isn't an idiot, though, so he has the Council put him in the Pit while his pawns carry out his plan: namely, Krakoa offers humans an X-Gene to get them in the resurrection queue. Of course, it's a Trojan Horse that will enable Sinister to take over the planet. Clever, that Sinister.
Thanks to an interstitial page, we learn his ultimate plan is to use Earth's population and the Moira Engine to achieve Dominion status before "hyper-A.I.s" take over the planet.
As he takes over the mutants, he has Sinister-Forge launch an attack from space that fries Krakoa's brain, allowing the mutants to claim to the public that all non-mutant backups were lost. It therefore encourages more humans to get the X-Gene, accelerating Sinister's takeover.
We then get a series of splash pages that details the next ten years of Sinister taking out his enemies, like corrupting the Avengers through the X-Gene. Storm is the only person who eludes capture after she guess something was amiss in the Council and worked out a deal with Lactuca to make sure Sinister couldn't control her.
But it all goes to hell when Sinister discovers someone has stolen his lab and his Moiras. Ruh-roh.
Over all, it's a solid introduction to this event. Gillen expertly weaves his story through the X-Men recent status quo, making for a story that feels like it was Hickman's intent from the start. We'll see where we go from here.
Star Wars: Yoda #3: My issue with Yoda has always been that he's so wise yet missed the fact that he was sitting next to Darth Sidious for years. He also oversaw a system that treated young children as little more than soldiers for present and future wars. This issue underscores that he didn't just treat Force-sensitive children that way. Equal opportunity assholery!
Although Bree's murder of Riak last issue ensures the Scalvi's safety for years, Yoda's abrupt departure leaves Bree a broken shell of a person. As an adult, Bree has never gotten over Yoda's abandonment despite the Scalvi treating him as a hero. Yoda returns just in time for Bree's nephew to kidnap the Crulkon leader's daughter. Bree listens to the girl as she informs him that Turrak's oceans are devoid of life, and he realizes that the Crulkon are, and always have been, starving. He opens the Scalvis' gates to the Crulkon, which is obviously the outcome Yoda wanted.
But you have to wonder if it had to happen this way. Yoda admits that he allowed the Crulkon to kidnap him to test Bree, and Bree of course failed when he killed Riak. But Yoda simply abandoned him to his failure. It seems possible that Bree could've become the sort of man to see the Crulkon's suffering without taking a life or spending years wondering why he failed Yoda.
A hero, I'm not sure Yoda is.
Also Read: X-Terminators #5
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