The Back Stack: January 24, 2012

Greetings one and all and welcome back to The Back Stack.  Last week’s comics were generally very good, with a few choice exceptions.  There will be spoilers and I may be vague.  It was a very heavy week and I’ve decided to make a couple drops here and there to help myself out.  Since there are so many, let’s just get started.

Amazing Spider-Man #678 started a new arc in which Spider-Man receives a newspaper from the future and must prevent the destruction of New York City before a certain time during the day.  To add to the pressure, Spidey is told by the new Madame Web, Julia Carpenter, that he must go through his day just as he normally would have done.  It’s a generally fun issue, if not obscenely silly, but it ends on a decent cliffhanger.  I really think Dan Slott is the guy needed to carry Spider-Man forward post One More Day, for better or worse.  I still have an off relationship with this book because of One More Day (being someone who grew up with a MARIED Spider-Man, didn’t think of that one, did you Joe Quesada?), but it’s still good clean superhero fun.

Verdict – Recommended

Avengers #21… while Osborn’s war with the Avengers teams is a lot better handled here as opposed to New Avengers, it wasn’t as exciting an issue.  In this issue, I actually believed that Osborn’s new cabal of evil is a threat and could beat this team of Avengers.  Things were fairly dull, but the point got across.  One thing I distinctly didn’t like was the cover, which depicts Storm seemingly rising up to strike back at her assailants.  That didn’t happen.  I also didn’t like Spider-Woman’s attempts at weaseling out of danger by saying she was undercover for Hydra.  Granted, this may end up being true, but I don’t think so.  I did like the competency shown by The Protector that he was willing to call for help when Iron Man seemingly got compromised by Osborn’s tech, but I can’t tell if Iron Man was able to break free after taking Protector down, but knowing Osborn is going to want a new Iron Patriot armor, I’m saying it’s 50/50, unless I missed something.  So-so book, but it continues things well.

Verdict – Cautiously recommended

Avenging Spider-Man #3 was a complete disappointment.  Going into Avenging Spider-Man, the concept was team-ups with members of the Avengers and possibly other heroes.  In this first three-issue arc, Red Hulk got completely outshined by Spider-Man in virtually every way and the resolution was completely unsatisfying.  For as big of a threat that the usurper of Mole Man proved to be, a comedy resolution was truly disappointing.  I don’t think I’ll be going forward with this series from here.  I’ll pick it up again if there is a hero I’m interested in such as Spider-Girl, Gravity, Ms. Marvel, X-23, or others.  For now, no thanks.  Also, Marvel, why is your stinkin’ digital code only good for TWO DAYS following release?  What if you pick the book up on Saturday?  Then you’re screwed!  So, yeah, not the best book, but if you’re willing to take Spidey over any other hero, you might enjoy it, but it’s just not for me on a regular basis.

Verdict – Pass (personally dropping)

Batman #5 was a pretty darn good read, and a bit psychedelic.  As you experience Batman’s madness in traversing the Court of Owl’s catacombs under Gotham, the book turns on its side and even upside down.  It’s kind of a trip, actually, and ends appropriately.  For almost entirely focusing on Batman, it’s an engrossing read.  Batman has been one of the best books since the DC re-launch, but I’m still convinced that Aquaman has been the best.  Still, Batman isn’t a book you want to miss.

Verdict - Recommended

Blue Beetle #5 is a book I got into particularly because of Linkara’s video on the character Jaime Rayes.  I don’t think this book has quite captured what Blue Beetle once was, but I’m guessing things will become more leveled out as Jaime and the scarab understand one another.  I just hope this takes its happy turn sooner rather than later.

Verdict - Pass

Daredevil #8 is the second part of the “next great love triangle” between Daredevil, the Black Cat, and Spider-Man.  I absolutely love the Black Cat.  Some reasons are more obvious than others, but she’s always been a lot of fun to have around because when she gets serious, she gets serious in a good way.  Anyway, long story short, another great issue of Daredevil, Black Cat ends up in bed with Daredevil, and we learn she may betray him later on… which will probably end with her coming forward to him about it and these two having an actual relationship beyond the physical.  But the big cliffhanger?  Someone has stolen the corpse of Jack Murdock, Daredevil’s father.  More next issue and I definitely hope you’re buying.

Verdict - Recommended

Fear Itself:  The Fearless #7 is a continuation of Valkyrie’s quest to get the magic hammers of The Serpent back.  This issue focuses more on the battle between Wolverine and Crossbones, which proves to make for good superhero action.  It ends with Son of Satan supposedly betraying the heroes to join with Sin and the others, but I’m going to call another heroic double-cross here.  Son of the prince of lies, after all.  However, the only real reason I’m following it is because of the star of the book.  Marvel has a severely unrealized horde of female heroes that they could and should be using and Valkyrie is one of them.  If you weren’t a fan of Fear Itself and don’t care about woman superheroes, I can’t recommend this series.  Otherwise, if you’d like some good action and are willing to be in it for the long haul of the 12-issue maxiseries, I’d consider it.

Verdict – Cautiously recommended

Ghostbusters #5 continues the fun rebirth of the Ghostbusters.  You can really tell that these guys have a feel for who the Ghostbusters are and they nail the characters.  The scenarios have been fun and we even have a tribute to Extreme Ghostbusters, that considerably worse cartoon show following Real Ghostbusters, in the form of Kylie, who is working at Ray’s bookstore from the second movie, Ray’s Occult, and it’s got me hoping to see her put on the proton pack soon since she was generally a fun character.  The new situation shows the Ghostbusters jumping through Walter Peck’s loopholes and being sent upstate to take care of an amusement park being taken over by a swarm of seemingly hivemind ghosts that have encased it, much like the river of slime from said second movie, only sentient.  This book has been a lot of fun and this is a perfect jumping on point.

Verdict – Highly recommended

Green Lantern Corps #5 is another good book, but not great.  It’s a series that’s good enough to keep me interested, but hard for me to recommend otherwise.  The idea of them fighting a group of Lantern Keepers that can fight off the Corps’ green energy is very intriguing, but it looks like we’re heading for a bit of a dumb ending with Guy Gardner calling in a group of expert Green Lanterns.  Good book, not great, definitely the weakest of the three Green Lantern books… but still much better than Red Lanterns.

Verdict – Cautiously recommended

Invincible Iron Man #512… I’m half-tempted to drop this book.  Good premise with the Mandarin taking advantage of Iron Man’s getting drunk when faced with the onslaught of the Serpent from Fear Itself.  However, I can’t help but feel things have been incredibly dull since and I’m looking for my books to be entertaining without compromise.  I also feel we’re glossing over character potential with Iron Man and that his new secretary’s getting pimped too much at the expense of Pepper Potts, who went under incredible character development while Stark was being chased down by Norman Osborn prior to the Siege.  I don’t know.  Things are hitting the wrong notes with me, but I’ll give it a fair chance.

Verdict - Pass

Red Sonja #62.  The Red Sonja books are something I have a very questionable relationship with.  On one hand, I love the world of medieval wizards and warriors lore.  I wouldn’t call it a mythologically based book since she’s not typically fighting monsters and myths, but they do come around from time to time to keep things interesting.  On the other hand, she dresses in a chain mail bikini and expects to be taken seriously.  But, still… Red Sonja is a badass hero by the very definition.  She doesn’t always have to be bludgeoning and beheading in order to get her point across.  She’s compassionate too.  Plus, she doesn’t always make the best decisions.  This issue shows us her surrendering herself to an Egyptian pharaoh so her comrades can live and she can get closer to the source of the problems of this story arc.  I won’t give too much away, but if you can get past your hero looking more like she’d be at home on the cover of Maxim, I say check it out.

Verdict - Recommended

Red Sonja Raven doubled my Sonja fun by pitting Red Sonja against someone also blessed by the same goddess who blessed her after her trials in her beginnings, a woman named Raven.  Raven starts off by having soundly defeated Red Sonja in battle.  And, no, this doesn’t mean the two end up having lesbian sex (it’s one of the sillier aspects of Red Sonja, long story).  Instead, it shows Sonja in a decidedly non-combative situation, particularly when she is talking with a servant girl who is tending to her.  This shows the dynamics of Sonja’s character and if you’re going to pick one issue this week to see if she’s someone you’d be interested in, I’d pick this over Red Sonja #62.  This one gives you a complete extended story.  Yes, it’s more expensive than the other, but I think this one is the more satisfying read.

Verdict - Recommended

Sonic Universe #36… I’ve made it no mystery that I dislike Ian Flynn’s run on Sonic the Hedgehog.  What starts off with a good storyline typically ends in dull, drab, here comes the hero and all is well nonsense.  This arc in Sonic Universe focusing on the cast of Sonic Riders as part of the Bird Battalion has been handled by Tracey Yardley… a.k.a. Ian Flynn Light.  I’ll give her credit that she can at least make the ending fun, even if it is more of the same, but I think her biggest weakness is that she has no concept of character hierarchy.  In the last issue, she made the Bird Battalion responsible for most of the destruction of New Mobotropolis instead of Robotnik (as it was shown) in the main series, the new big bad Ixas Naugus getting sucker-punched and trumped by the Bird Battalion captain, and Bunnie, having just gone through an emotional realization that she’s not robotic anymore and realizing she could be of use (as quick and contrived as the subplot was), being CARRIED off by ANTOINE.  Are you freakin’ kidding me?!  Ian Flynn’s and Tracey Yardley’s run on Sonic has been an absolute insult to the long time fans.  They’ve reconstructed the status quo and not for the better in my book.  As big of an issue fans had with Ken Penders and Karl Bollers, at least they knew how to keep things focused and coherent.

My biggest issues with Sonic Universe are when they have a sub-story to the main story like this.  When it’s being it’s own unique story outside of what’s happening in the books, its quality varies.  When stuff like this happens, it’s a disaster and just unenjoyable.  Well, okay, this issue wasn’t bad.  It was a solid ending, but it left so many loose ends.  If they wanted to push the Bird Battalion, fine, but this was not the way to do it.  They still seem incompetent and we didn’t need to see them again so soon after Tails’ arc in Sonic Universe.  While Yardley’s not nearly as bad as Flynn, it’s really a case of pick your poison.

Verdict - Pass

Supergirl #5 was a significant step up from previous issues that seemed to drag on without answer.  We get a new villain who proves to be Supergirl’s superior and we learn of more of them being out there.  We get good emotion and a good start to the new story arc.  I just hope we can get Supergirl back down to earth (figuratively and literally), but that may be me missing the old DC talking.

Verdict – Recommended

Thunderbolts #169.  I was prepared to drop this book until I saw this one went back to the era of King Arthur.  Since it’s something I’ve wanted to get into, I gave this issue a chance.  Kind of glad I did because it was a generally enjoyable issue with decent hero bits.  I wish this series would get back to the main era and just start being a fun book with supervillains again and end this time travel nonsense that happened at the end of the Fear Itself tie ins.  Good issue, not great, but I’m willing to check out the next one.

Verdict - Recommended

And finally, there is Uncanny X-Men #5.  I’m loving the X-Men.  I did drop a few X-titles such as Astonishing X-Men, X-Men Legacy, and Uncanny X-Force (reluctantly on the latter), mostly because of cost concerns, but the ones I kept have been great and I think this one has been the best post-Schism.  They replaced Emma Frost with Psylocke temporarily after the fallout of the Mister Sinister arc (although I hope she’s sticking around even afterwards) and the new issues seem to be remnants of the fallout from the Dark Angel Saga and it seems as though that Psylocke’s time with X-force could come back to bite her.  We get some good moments including banter between Cyclops and Storm that emphasizes that Cyclops isn’t just some jackass but a leader who is thinking long term and Storm as his number two can actually bring him more levity than Emma Frost, his current lover.  Other good moments include Magik getting Colossus to keep in touch with his emotions following his union with the Juggernaut power and the tease conversation between Cyclops and Captain America that’ll lead up to Avengers vs. X-Men.  This is an absolutely enjoyable series and if you’re looking for a darker side of X-Men that’ll contrast to the lighter side that Wolverine and the X-Men is about and not a full-on violence-fest, this and X-Men are the books you want.

Verdict – Recommended

And so ends another week and what a heavy week it was.  It looks like a shorter pull this week so that’ll give me more time to get into a rhythm for my other two shows.  Just an update, the first Grave Issues will be Thursday/Friday and the next WWEekly Wrap-Up will be this Saturday/Sunday and it will include the ever-tricky Royal Rumble picks.  Until next time!

Cheers;

Graveheart

The Back Stack: January 18, 2012

Hello everyone!  Happy 2012!  I hope all is well for you.  I’m fine myself, if not a might busy, which explains my absence.  I’m a bit rushed, but I wanted to get out another Back Stack before the comic shops open tomorrow so you know what books from the previous week you might like to consider picking up.  I have dropped a lot of my old books for one reason or another, so these will be much shorter as well.  Incidentally, a shipping error meant I didn’t get Amazing Spider-Man #677, which featured the return of the Black Cat in a crossover with Daredevil, but I hope to rectify that error tomorrow.

Also, my first Grave Issues will be a Grave 13 (top 13 countdown) will cover 13 things that need to change about the WWE.  I was going to make it 13 comics I want to see make a comeback, but that one was considerably harder to fill out without cheating a lot.  Not to say I won’t do that eventually, though.

For now, let’s get to it…

Batman and Robin #5 was… okay.  I still like the dynamic of Batman trying to be a good father and not really getting it, Robin being his usual prick self about the whole thing, and Alfred hoping to do his best however he can to keep them together, but this issue begins to show some potential weakness.  Namely, I find Robin to be extremely one-note and boring as a character, not to mention a little bit of a dumbass in regards to certain matters.  One saving grace was Batman’s inner monologging about not being a good father in his mind.  Still, this one seemed to drag on at times.  Still good, but this wouldn’t be a good issue if you just want to get into it.

Verdict:  Cautiously recommended

Captain America #7.  This one had some good moments in it and it continues the mystery of why Cap is reverting back to his pre-Super Soldier form, being frail and vulnerable.  Good action scenes, decent cliffhanger, good character bits, especially from Sharon Carter, all in all a solid read.

Verdict:  Recommended

Deadpool #49 ended, supposedly, the Evil Deadool saga.  I think it was pretty anti-climatic, personally, but it was much better than the Deadpool in an Insane Asylum arc, and certainly much better than it’s horrid conclusion, but Ii still think that Deadpool just hasn’t been quite as funny as it was for so long before it.  Not its worst work, but there is much better.  Since this ended the current arc, consider the next one for a jumping on point.

Verdict:  Pass

Demon Knights #5 continues to perplex me.  It started off incredibly solid, but the last issue was kind of slow and just blah, and this one was more of the same.  We do get to see a traitor in the group, but really, nothing terribly much happens.  We get our explanation why Etrigan’s alter ego, Jason, allows his lover to be lovey dovey with Etrigan… and it doesn’t paint a good picture about either of them.  There was plot development, but it came across as more dull to me than anything else.  Still, I want this book to work out because in the times that it was good, it was damn good.  But right now, it’s not quite where it was in the first few issues.

Verdict:  Pass

Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #5, on the other hand, was very good.  In this issue, Frankie takes on O.M.A.C. and I couldn’t be happier to have seen that Liefeld-creation wannabe get smacked around a bit.  Although, to be honest, it seems a little early for a lot of these books to be doing crossovers.  We also get some hints that Frankenstein will be getting involved in some kind of relationship with Dr. Nina Mazursky, but I may be reading too much into it.  We also see some decent between Frankenstein and Father, which could become interesting down the line.  For a one and done story, it was better than most.

Verdict:  Recommended

Green Lantern #5 confirms what we’ve all been suspecting for ages.  The Guardians of the Universe are completely evil and will be the villains of the next mega-event crossover.  It’s all beginning to take shape here as now, Hal Jordan is out of the picture as a Lantern and the Guardians begin to make their move.  Sinestro is still a Green Lantern, which is something I think will either lead to him being the new overlord of the Green Lanterns or an elaborate plan of him on behalf of the Sinestro Corps.  Then again, we still have Green Lantern: The New Guardians around, suggesting that they may become the new Guardians of the Galaxy… which I’d like.  A representative of all seven Corps.  That is something I could get behind… but seeing Larfleeze in any kind of authoritative role just begs for disaster.  The ending of this book between Hal and Carol was sweet… but the jury is out on just how long this actually lasts.

Verdict:  Recommended

Incredible Hulk #4… I want to like this book.  I really do.  Greg Pak’s run on the last volume of The Incredible Hulk made me fall in love with the character and his mythos.  The war between man and monster, the war between misunderstood outcast and the rest of the world, Pak wrote it in a beautiful way.  However, this one completely eradicates the subtlety, undoes a lot of the work that went into the end of Greg Pak’s run, and bastardizes themes in the sake of literal interpretation.  While I do like the idea of Hulk and Banner waging war with one another, this one… just isn’t that fun.  I want to see where this goes and the fandom for The Hulk I built up during Pak’s run wants me to give this a chance.  I don’t like the way Banner just suddenly and quickly went nutzoid and ostracized his wife… and I’m even less of a fan that we got another Doom walking around, albeit she has no relation to Doctor Doom (seriously, can’t anyone else think up different last names anymore?).  I like to think that this split between Banner and Hulk isn’t permanent because neither character works without the other.  I’ll keep reading, but I’m not convinced it’s for anyone but honest Hulk fans.

Verdict:  Pass

Journey into Mystery #633 was a lot of fun… but not a lot of it is worth mentioning.  Not that it’s bad, but it just wasn’t entirely memorable.  It’s the start of a new ark that involves the Son of Satan hunting down Loki, but between the two, I think Thor is the better of the Asgard mythos books.  My biggest problem with the book, though, is that its impossibly wordy.  I like reading, but sometimes I think the exposition really slows down the book.  If this doesn’t bother you, I’d check it out.

Verdict:  Recommended

Mega Man #9 continues to remind me why I absolutely HATE Ian Flynn.  The man is absolutely married to the video games his comics are based off of, the hero is as close to an invincible Mary Sue that you can possibly get, the villains aren’t threatening, the story starts promising but quickly deteriorates, and it just generally becomes uninteresting.  We’re starting the Mega Man 2 arc, which is fine… but while he gets his clock cleaned by Quick Man, Mega Man is nearly effortless against Wood man and Bubble Man.  What bothers me more is that the Leaf Shield is used against Bubble Man.  The Leaf Blade ISN’T a weakness of Bubble Man!  Either Metal Blades, the Quick Boomerangs, or the Crash Bombs are!  Didn’t Flynn even PLAY Mega Man 2?  It’s like he just wanted these two out of the way for the sake of getting them out of the way.  While I do like the idea of Mega Man doubting his mission, leading to his potential abandoning of Dr. Light… I don’t think Flynn is smart enough to go through with an idea like that to lead up to the Mega Man 3 arc.  Then again, do we even WANT Ian Flynn working on more of… anything?

Verdict:  Pass

New Avengers #20.  We get our first taste the New Dark Avengers and… I’m not really impressed with them as villains.  At all.  Yeah, they have some neat tricks, but they’re really something that should be easily taken care of.  While it does leave a good mystery as to why Norman Osborn was suddenly superhuman, it did lead to a question… why did Wolverine put so much stock into Luke Cage being there?  The remainder of the team included Wolverine, Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ms. Marvel, Daredevil, a superpowered Mockingbird, and The Thing.  If they were worried about numbers, fine, but Ii actually think the New Avengers outnumbered the New Dark Avengers from the get go… initially.  If they mean a leadership role, you still had Ms. Marvel, who is second in command of the team.  My minor gripes aside, it wasn’t a bad issue and, alluding to my “initially” from earlier, it ends with the revelation of another member:  Ragnarok, the brainless robotic clone of Thor.  Certainly imposing, but not very impressive, if I’m being honest, especially since Hercules took him down essentially single-handedly and we have at least three people on this team who can do what Hercules did in Civil War (Cage, Thing, and Ms. Marvel).  A good book, but I honestly think the coming out party of the New Dark Avengers was a bit lackluster.

Verdict:  Cautiously recommended

We end with Wolverine and the X-Men #4.  This was another good issue of the series and added some new faces to the cast.  Genesis, the child of Apocalypse who is feared to become said mutant one day, and Angel, recently defunct member of the X-Force and now supposed actual Angel.  There are some funny bits with the faculty in regards to Kid Gladiator and a scene where Deathlok analyzes the students with the best one being from his analysis of Kid Omega and Broodling.

Deathlok:  “Quentin Quire.  38.9% chance you are expelled within the year.  67.3% chance you first burn this entire school to the ground.”

Quire:  “Sounds about right to me.”

Deathlok:  “Broodling, Son of Brood.  22.3% chance that in the next three years you will discover a cure for cancer.  34.7% chance that during that same time, you will murder and consume at least four of your classmates.”

Broodling:  “Well that is rather… fascinating.”

This book has been pretty fun and a nice counterpart to the more seriously toned Uncanny X-Men.  This ends with a cliffhanger that’ll probably not amount to much, but it’s still a fun ending.

Verdict:  Recommended

So, that’s all from me for this week.  Check in Thursday for my first Grave Issues, followed by the return of the WWEekly Wrap-Up on Saturday.

Cheers;

Graves

The Back Stack... Preview!

Well, it's Tuesday, and while I am going to make my first official blog this Saturday in the form of the WWEekly Wrap-Up for the week ending November 19, 2011, I wanted to touch base with you on what to expect on Tuesdays typically here on the blog.

Basically, I'll give you my thoughts on the comics I pull every Wednesday, as well as give you a preview of books that I am looking forward to tomorrow on New Comic Day.  The format will be similar to Linkara's "That's All I'm Saying," only in text format.  Why am I doing this for Tuesdays instead of ASAP after the release?  Well, I have other hobbies I like taking part in including video games, wrestling, sports on TV, movies, games, and other stuff I actively engage in... not to mention I can be just flat-out lazy sometimes... a lot of times... most of the time... and I probably can't read as fast as Linkara.  If you want to see the level of greatness I hope to aspire to with my weekly pull thoughts, check out his blog at "Atop The Fourth Wall" where That's All I'm Saying is exclusive to.

As for me?  What are my tastes in comic books?  Well, unlike Linkara, I tend to lean more towards Marvel when it comes to comics.  Now, that doesn't mean I don't like DC.  Far from it.  I love DC.  But Marvel was my first and I have more heroes there that I enjoy.  Expect to see a lot of X-Men books here too.  The X-Men were my intro to the wonderful world of the Big Two comic makers and are the stars of my all-time favorite comic, The Dark Phoenix Saga, which I still proudly own.  As for my first overall comic?  Well... it was Sonic the Hedgehog #2 of the Archie series.  And yes, I still read it.  Through the series' ups and downs, being the first comic I ever read, I still collect it.  Although, right now, I think we're going through it at its most two-faced.  I'll get more into my mixed feelings about Sonic the Hedgehog when we come down to it and I think the next issue of the main series will be a great example of it.

Now, I'll try to stick with the weekly pull, but sometimes I'll pick up a new trade too.  I'll TRY to review those too.

Also, after I've throught it out some more, I'll make a list of my comic recomendations for all to enjoy and laugh at.

I'll sum up the Thursday Grave Issues blogs on Thursday and let you know what exactly I'll be reviewing then.  Here's a hint though... I'm gonna take you back to the past... to play a game that kicked my ass...

See you then!

Introductions from the Grave

(This is a blog post that originated on the That Guy With The Glasses website, as such there is no editing to it to remove that refferences because, well, I'm a lazy joker.  I coudln't get it published for... some reason so I just threw it here to get my blog started.  Enjoy!)

Hello, everyone!

My name is Master Graveheart. I'm a bit of a hodge podge nerd whose been coming to thatguywiththeglasses.com for a couple years now. At least since the Team Brawl was first aired. I won't claim to watch everyone, mostly because I just can't, but I try to stay familiar with what just about everybody does. I have my favorite reviewers, of course, but that's another blog.

The point of this blog will primarily be my own reviews... primarily because, well, I'm a writer, but I'm no film student. I have ideas, but no acting appeal. Plus, have you heard my voice?! Oh, right, you haven't... good for you! :)

But, in all seriousness, I think for me, for now at least, I'd like to stick to text reviews. Eventually, I'll throw in images to make it nice and purdy, but for the most part, they'll just be my own thoughts. One thing I won't do is bring something down for not being like another. I'm going to do my darndest to judge it on it's own merits. Now, if there was something that worked better elsewhere that was tried with what I'm reviewing, I'll bring it up, but I won't expect it to be something else.
Also, I'll try to keep my blogs as "safe for work" as possible, primarily because I keep my language pretty clean in my personal life too. I won't guarantee that I won't swear at all, but it won't be unnecessary. Translation: If you don't have a problem with Linkara's videos in terms of language, we won't have an issue either. ^_^;

Now... what am I going to review? Well, as I said, I'm a bit of a hodge podge nerd. Jack of all trades, master of a few. Little bit of everything. A cluster of collective nerddom. I do have my plans, however. When Skyward Sword is released, I'm going to start my Legend of Zelda countdown, in which I'll review all the Legend of Zelda games briefly (NOT THE CDi GAMES! >.<;; ) in the order they were released, following with a more in-depth Skyward Sword review, capping it all off with my proposed Legend of Zelda timeline as I think it fits, which will most likely be entirely long, but dang it, I like puzzles!

On the comic front, I'm going to do a tribute to Spider-Girl. No, not that MC2 version, I mean the one that can't catch a break for being different! That's right, it's a retrospective and tribute to Anya Corazon's career, starting from her humble beginnings as Araña to her recent trek on Spider Island.

I'll also cover the Spider-Man Animated Series from the 90s and give you my opinions on it. It won't be pretty, but I think I'll generally be a bit more positive than others are about it, but that's not to say it'll be a positive review of it because, frankly, it had a LOT of problems with it.

I have other things in mind to review. I'll also be bringing out "Grave 13" lists. These lists can lean towards the positive, such as "Best Power Rangers of all time" or "Kick-Ass Women in Games, Comics, and Animation," but they can also lean towards the negative or detrimental... which as of now I have none in particular in mind.

Finally, there's my WWEekly Wrap-Up, in which I'll talk about all that happened this week in the world of the WWE. I'll give my thoughts as well as what I think will come of this. That's... all I really want to say about that. They'll go up every Saturday and take a look at all the shows they aired that week, save for Superstars which is just basically wrestling and recaps. If there was an exceptional match, I'll take note of it, but otherwise, I feel that it'll basically just be the same recap week-in and week-out. This match was good. This match was not so good. I hate this commentator. This commentator isn't so bad. Which... is sad because this is where the undercard Superstars and Divas can really shine. I dunno. You guys can tell me whether you think Superstars the show should be included.

So, that's all from me. I've kept you long enough. Hopefully you'll enjoy my blogs and I can update this better than I have my actual website! ...seriously, fingers crossed, people.

Cheers;
Master Graveheart; "Graves"
http://www.lloydandsheena.com (we'll talk about that website too...)

Note: No, I won't be referring to myself as "The Grave." It was just a play on words. ^^;