Wolverine and Jubilee #4 & Uncanny X-Force #8

Two Marvel reviews to get through here, including one that was so bad it was nearly Brightest Day bad! Hmm, then again, that's probably overstating things... NOTHING is Brightest Day bad...

Wolverine & Jubilee #4(of 4):

Summary: With Jubilee lost in... um, I don't know, a necklace, Wolverine is trying to figure out how to free her. Meanwhile, Rockslide meets a dragon and befriends it... Oh boy, this is going to be one of THOSE comics, isn't it... In necklace world, Jubilee runs into a mammoth dragon, that seems intent on killing her because she was trespassing or something. The dragon Rockslide was talking to sends him to help Jubilee, but he isn't exactly that excited to be fighting a giant dragon. Wolverine finds a magic ring inside the head of a zombie(yes, really), and the ring transports him to necklace world. He meets up with Jubes and Rockslide, which gives Jubes the courage to fight the giant dragon. Jubes meets with little success, so Wolvie and Rockslide distract the dragon, giving Jubilee enough time to climb up the dragon and spear it through the head, killing it. For some reason, killing the dragon sends Wolvie, Jubilee and Rockslide back to Earth, which is as good a place as any to end this review.

Thoughts: This was ALL sorts of bad! I skipped most of the end, with Wolvie talking to the Whore, and Rockslide talking to Jubilee, because it pretty much went nowhere... Kind of like this entire mini-series actually. There was no finality to anything. The vampire that framed Jubes and played Wolvie basically disappeared last issue and was little more than an after thought here. You know, the vampire who was the main antagonist for the majority of this mini-series! Now I remember why I hated Kathryn Immonen's Runaways run! This issue was simply terrible. If not for the art, I'd have happily given this comic an even lower score.

Score: 2 1/2 out of 10.A no-prize to the first person who can explain a)what the purpose of this mini-series was, and b)what the HELL was going on in this issue!


Uncanny X-Force #8:

Summary: Deathlok decides to watch over the World, since Weapon Infinity would sprout from the World if it fell into the wrong hands. While Fantomex isn't thrilled with that idea, he decides to let Deathlok stand guard over the shrunken city. While that is going on, Deadpool is on an X-Force mission at an army base after Psylocke reported sensing some unusual psychic activity emanating from there. Pool's devices don't pick up on any weird readings, but his transmission is cut off, leading Wolverine to believe that something was wrong there. Wolvie goes looking for the rest of the team, and discovers Archangel and Psylocke having one of their meditation sessions. Before Wolvie interrupts, Psylocke manages to lock away Warren's evil Archangel persona. The team is gathered, and they head to the army base, where Psylocke immediately senses the presence of the Shadow King(!). Psylocke meets the Shadow King on the astral plane and attacks, but is assaulted by the King's vast psionic abilities. The Shadow King takes control of all of the members of X-Force except for Fantomex(who is immune to psychic tampering due to his mask), and sends the mutants out to kill Psylocke's body and launch nuclear missiles at Crazy Mutie Island. Say what you will, but the Shadow King sure is ambitious! Fantomex protects Psylocke's body for as long as he can, but is overpowered by Deadpool and Wolverine. As for Psylocke, she realizes that she couldn't defeat the Shadow King on the astral plane, so she heads back to her body, rushing inside the base to stop Archangel from launching the nukes. Psylocke enters Archangel's mind to protect him from the Shadow King, but inadvertently draws the Shadow King into Archangel's mind, where he immediately senses evil Archangel. Shadow King releases evil Archangel, who repays him by slicing his astral projection to shreds. Before Psylocke can do anything, evil Archangel banishes her from his mind and forces her to forget what she had just witnessed. From there, Archangel wakes up and slaughters an innocent soldier. The rest of X-Force, now free of the Shadow King arrive on the scene and figure that killing the soldier was the only way Archangel could prevent him from launching the missiles.

Thoughts: I'll admit, I'm a sucker for old school X-Men villains, so seeing the Shadow King here made my day. Besides that though, there really isn't much else to say about this one. It focused heavily on Psylocke and Archangel, who are probably my two least favorite X-Forcers. Plus it made me remember that awful X-Men storyline from the 90's with Psylocke and the Shadow King... Ugh... As for this comic, it was okay. Not great, not awful, simply okay.

Score: 6 1/2 out of 10.Yes, I am a closet Shadow King fan...

10 Thoughts on... Invincible #71-78

Not that long ago I posted a 10 Thoughts post for a Y the Last Man trade and I admitted that I REALLY wasn't pleased with the way these 10 Thoughts posts were coming out. I mean I was basically reviewing the damn trades, just in bullet format, and I didn't want to do full reviews for those trades... It takes too much time, and I've always disliked the way I review trades... What can I say, that's just me. So I'm going to try to change the way I do these posts. First I'm going to do a QUICK little synopsis about what the trade/comics I'm looking at are about, then I'll list 10 random thoughts about them. As always, drop me comments about the post, what you like/didn't like, how smart/handsome I am, etc. Consider this 10 Thoughts version 1.5, not quite what I want yet, but getting closer...

Invincible #71, 73-78. Yeah, I could never get my hands on issue #72...

Synopsis: Invincible, his brother Kid/Young Omni-Man, his dad Omni-Man and Allen the Alien have collected several allies and are now ready to take the battle to the Viltrumites. However, the Viltrumites aren't going to go down without a fight. Can Invincible and the Coalition of Planets finally end the Viltrumite menace and free the universe? Well I know because I read the story, and if you read this post, you'll know as well!

-Man, Invincible's dad(who I'll be calling Nolan since that's easier to type than Omni-Man) has some set on him, no? I can't believe he decided to pay his ex(?)-wife a visit before leaving Earth with Invincible and Young Omni-Man(who will now be know as Oliver because, well, you know why!). Once you call a woman no better than a pet, it's going to be hard to win her back... Trust me...

-I've got to admit, once Nolan decided to take Oliver with him and Invincible, all sorts of warning bells were ringing in my head...

-I am SO pissed that I don't have issue #72, since that's the issue Invincible finally kills that pompous ass, Conquest! Dammit!!! If anybody wants to send that issue my way, I'll send you... um, my best wishes?

-Never trust a fat alien. Those are my key words to live by.The Viltrumite leader has one sweet cape...


-”Your balls are inferior”... Oliver is awesome!Jerk face!


-Which is why I was so pissed when I thought he was dead! Blast you and your mind games, Robert Kirkman!!! Seriously, if he wouldn't have been revealed as alive later on, I'd have been VERY angry!

-The Viltrumite leader “killing” Nolan had less of an impact on me. Sorry Nolan, but you were a jerk. AND you don't wear shoes!I don't know why Nolan's lack of shoes bothers me so much, but it does...


-I totally brought that the Viltrumites had headed to Earth and destroyed everything. When Cecil Stedman died, my heart... It almost didn't make it... Luckily though, Cecil's death was simply a figment of Invincible's overactive imagination. Because if it wasn't...No, not Cecil!!!


-The swerve with the Viltrumite's deciding to live on Earth and interbreed? GENIUS!!!

-Okay, so Atom Eve put on some pounds while Invincible was away. Now he was gone for 10 months, and we know she was preggers before he took off... Obviously(or at least I think it's obvious) that extra weight is baby weight. So, did she lose the baby, did she have the baby and give it up for adoption, or did she have the baby and hide it?

Score: 9 1/2 out of 10. The ONLY thing keeping this from a perfect score is the way almost EVERYBODY no-sold dying! Invincible, Nolan, Oliver, it's like, unless you see somebody's head fall off, they're almost definitely NOT dead!

Happy Days Are Here Again!

My new adapter arrived today for my laptop(a full day early, thank you Amazon!), meaning I am back online! Huzzah! With less time spent online thanks to my powerless laptop, I was able to read a whole slew of comics and trades, now it's just a matter of me getting the things I read reviewed... For tonight I'll be posting a 10 Thoughts post on the recent issues of Invincible(excluding the most recent issue, which will get a proper review), and hopefully tomorrow I'll be posting reviews for some of the books I picked up this past Wednesday. That's it, that's all, X out!

Red Robin #22 & Justice League of America: 80 Page Giant 2011 #1

Four DC reviews to go tonight(in two different posts), as I finish up last week's books in order to get to this week's comics. Once I get my new cord for my laptop, I should be busting out reviews like there's no tomorrow! But until then, it'll be in drips and drabs.

Red Robin #22:

Summary: This issue is a part of the Judgment of Gotham storyline. What's that you ask? Exactly... We get started with Tim Drake announcing that during Final Crisis he went to church to confess his sins in case it truly was the end of the world. However, little Timmy had nothing to confess... REALLY?! Wow... Anyway, it seems that Azrael has kidnapped the mayor of Gotham City and threatened to kill him unless Tim arrives at City Hall to be judged by Azrael's sword. Tim has an hour to reach City Hall before Azrael kills the mayor. Oh, and standing between Tim and City Hall? The Crusader, who has massive telekinetic and pyrokinetic powers. The Crusader continues to place obstacles in Tim's path(flying school buses, crashing blimps, etc) to see how Tim responds to these threats. Tim manages to save everybody and makes it to City Hall before Azrael's deadline had passed. Tim demands that Azrael lets the mayor go, so Azrael stabs Tim in the chest with his sin-sensing sword. Tim is unharmed by the sword, which means he was truly without sin... REALLY?!? Having finally found someone without sin, Azrael is ready to call off his attack on Gotham, but before he can, the Crusader enters the room and tells Azrael that Tim doesn't believe in God, and as such, wasn't worthy. Azrael asks Tim if this was true, and Tim replies affirmatively. With that, Azrael sadly announces that Tim had failed his test and he and the Crusader leave. This issue ends with the White Ghost telling Ra's Al Ghul that Tim had failed the test. Ra's is glad, since he knows that both Dick Grayson(Batman) and Selina Kyle(Catwoman) are sinners, meaning that once they failed their tests, Azrael and Crusader would raze Gotham.

Thoughts: I liked this issue, although I'm not exactly sure what I think about this storyline yet... Are Azrael and this Crusader feeb really that unstoppable that NONE of the heroes of Gotham can stop them? I can't buy that. Plus I'm not exactly sure what Ra's game is here. Now, before I ended this review I'd be remiss to not mention the fact that Tim Drake is apparently WITHOUT sin! I mean hell, EVERYTHING is a sin! You're going to tell me he's never sinned once, ever, at all?! I mean he once tried to boink his dead best friend's girlfriend, shouldn't that be a sin? I guess I should strip the Saint moniker from Barry Allen and pass it on to Timmy!

Score: 8 out of 10.All Hail Saint Timmy!!!


Justice League of America: 80 Page Giant 2011 #1:

Summary: This issue was literally 80 pages, so if you're expecting an in-depth review, you're out of luck! Basically 18 members of the JLA(yes 18!), find themselves stuck in one of the 9 areas of Hell, and have to face their fears and overcome the various ordeals that Hell offers. After a LONG trip through Hell, in which the team is split into 9 groups of 2, they all manage to retrieve a piece of a mask that was hidden in each ring of Hell. Once that is accomplished, the team is sent to purgatory, where they discover Lord Satanus trapped in a cage by his sister Blaze, the current ruler of Hell... Huh, and here I thought Chairman Johns was the current ruler of Hell... Anyway, Satanus reveals that the team had assembled the Hell Mask for him, which gives him the power to control any being, including God himself or the devil. Since Batman was suspicious of this whole situation, he had Plastic Man hide himself in one of the pieces of the mask, allowing Plastic Man the opportunity to get the Mask away from Satanus. However, Plastic Man puts the Mask on, since he wanted to try to undo things that went wrong in his life. The Mask turns out to be too powerful for a mere mortal to use, leading to Plastic Man going on a mini-rampage. Eventually Plastic Man regains his sanity long enough to force the team to kill him lest he kills them. So Plastic Man is dead... Or is he? Zauriel arrives on the scene with Plastic Man and tells the JLA that since it wasn't Plastic Man's time to die yet, he was bringing him back. With that, the JLA and Zauriel leave, with Blaze trying to figure out a way to further punish her brother.

Thoughts: My god was this comic LOOOOONG!!! Usually that's a good thing, especially for a comic that was $6, but after like the 6th tale of JLA member in Hell, I was definitely ready for this issue to end... And then it KEPT on going! Was the story horrible? No, but it just wasn't for me. One question I have was, when exactly does this story take place?!? We have Wonder Woman dressed in her Teenage Amazon attire but acting like regular Wonder Woman, Batman was Bruce Wayne dressed in his new Bat attire, so yeah, that really left me puzzled...

Score: 5 1/2 out of 10.But... But why does Teenage Amazon Wonder Woman have classic Wonder Woman's memories?!?!?

Titans #34 & Superman #710

Titans #34:

Summary: Drago predictably betrays Junkie Roy and Cheshire once this issue gets started. Drago has Junkie sent to his mad scientists so that the Junkie's eyes could be plucked out... Sure, why not. As for Cheshire, he wants to boink her so she'd provide him with an heir. While that “great” scene is playing out, Osiris is trying to deal with Isis, who was intent on destroying Philadelphia. When asked why she had gone loco, Isis complains that since Osiris brought her back to life using evil acts, she was tainted, and thus insane. Oookay then. During a moment of lucidity, Isis tells Osiris to kill her, since that would be the only way to halt her rampage. Osiris refuses, so Isis decides to commit suicide... Wait, if she was going to kill herself anyway, why ask Osiris to do it in the first place?! *sigh* Isis flies into the sky, says a prayer and is about to be struck by lightning when Osiris flies into her, getting them both struck by lightning. They land and Isis is suddenly sane, proclaiming that her gods had cured her... However, she is worried that Osiris is still evil.

Thoughts: Wow, this was horrible! Like shockingly bad. The stuff with the Junkie, Cheshire and Drago was bad, but the Osiris/Isis stuff was just mind blowing! I mean first she tells Osiris to kill her, he won't, so she prays, and then tries to kill herself. Osiris stops her, which SOMEHOW leads to her becoming sane! What?! Really?!? Why the HELL did the White Lantern ring want Osiris to bring Isis back if it was going to lead to her going crazy and trying to destroy the planet? God, the more time I spend thinking about this comic the worse it seems!

Score: 3 1/2 out of 10.I didn't even bother to mention this scene in my review... You know why? Because I DON'T CARE!!!!!


Superman #710:

Summary: Superman meets up with the second Batman on his tour of America, this time Bruce Wayne. The two reminisce about an early mission they shared from before they were Supes and Bats. Basically the mission involved the duo saving some town from Vandal Savage and the Chinese army. After the flashback is over, Bats tells Supes that he can see that Supes was still hurting over the death of Pa Kent as well as the loss of New Krypton. Bats tells Supes that while the pain of the loss won't get better, he needs to learn how to function with loss better. With that, the two shake hands and part ways.

Thoughts: This was actually one of the better, and possibly my favorite issue of Superman during this Grounded storyline. Now granted, that's not exactly saying much, but hey, by this point I'm frantically searching for ANY reason to like this storyline! I think the reason I enjoyed this issue was because the brunt of it was a flashback from before Supes began to aimlessly wander the country... If only ALL of the issues of Superman would step away from this horrible storyline, I'd be a happy camper!

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.Check Bats out striking a pose!

New Comic Day! April 20th Edition.

Hey X-Maniacs, it's time for a new edition of New Comic Day!!! I seriously didn't think I'd be posting this today, what with my laptop's power cord dying on me. Luckily for all of you though(yes I'm THAT arrogant!), my sister lent me her cord, which IS compatible with my laptop! So a huge thanks to my wonderful sister for getting me back online. The new cord finally shipped from Amazon, and is scheduled to arrive on Friday, so that's when things should get 100% back to normal around here. I was able to get enough reviews typed up in the few hours I've had my sister's cord that I have no reason not to get something posted every day this week.

So that's what's going on with me, but that's not what this post is about. It's about what comics I snagged at ye olde comic shop earlier today! As always, before we get to that, I'm forced to look back at last week to see how my predictions held up... We had TWO Pick of the Litter comics last week, REBELS #27 and Hawkeye: Blindspot #3. The penultimate issue of REBELS(I HATE you DC!!!!!!!!!!!!) received an excellent 9 1/2 out of 10, while Hawkeye came away with the perfect 10 out of 10! So yeah, I was ON with my top picks last week. On the other hand, Superboy #6 was my Runt of last week's Litter, and I ended up giving it a 9 out of 10... In other words, good ol' X was wrong on that one... Meh, I'd rather have my Runt exceed expectations than my Pick depress.

Okay, personal stuff out of the way, last week out of the way, on to this week! I'm expecting 4 subscription books this week, 2 Marvels and 2 DCs. They are: Batman #709, Green Lantern Corps #59(which I won't be reading), Wolverine #8 and X-Factor #218. Here's what I picked up at the comic shop earlier: Uncanny X-Force #8, Wolverine & Jubilee #4, Fables #104, Gotham City Sirens #22, Hellblazer #278, Justice League of America #56, Supergirl #63, Superman/Batman #83, Teen Titans #94, Zatanna #12, Invincible #79, Avengers #12, Avengers Academy #12, Generation Hope #8, Iron Man #503, Iron Man 2.0 #4, Fear Itself: Sin's Past #1, Super Dinosaur #1(the owner of the comic shop talked me into that one!), Silver Surfer #3 and Thunderbolts #156... Oh, and the Captain America vs The Red Skull trade. Whew, another full week for me! I also added Red Robin, Wonder Woman(although it's on a SHORT leash), Superman(same as Wonder Woman) and Batman and Robin to my pull list while dropping Booster Gold since I WILL NOT be picking up ANY comics that are connected to Flashpoint in any way, shape or form. And I'd urge anybody who's sick and tired of the Johnsification of the DCU to do likewise. This week's Pick of the Litter is easy, it's gotta be Invincible #79. I JUST finished reading Invincible #71-78 last night(I'll have a post on those issues up VERY soon), and can't wait to dig into this issue... Those of you not reading Invincible don't know what you're missing! Just ask JT! As for our Runt, I'm going to go with Supergirl #63, which is a comic that's slowly creeping towards me dropping it. And that's it. I'll leave you all with THE Random Scan of the Week and a hearty X out!

The Random Scan of the Week!Hows about a little Impulse to cheer everybody(except Chairman Johns)up!

Uncanny X-Force #7 & Captain America #616

Hey, X here, but just barely... My laptop's power cord finally crapped out all the way on me last night, meaning I have NO way of charging my computer until the new one gets here from Amazon. The new one that hasn't even been sent out yet... Luckily I was able to type up a few reviews yesterday when the cord was still holding on by a thread, so I should be able to throw a new review up for today and tomorrow. There IS some potential good news though. My sister is willing to bring her laptop cord to me tonight, and if that's compatible with my laptop, I'll at least be able to do a few more blog related things(respond to comments, type up a few more reviews, etc). Of course that's all dependent on her laptop being compatible, so I'll have my fingers crossed!

Uncanny X-Force #7:

Summary: Fantomex takes X-Force into the World, searching for the Father, who was behind the Deathlok program. The X-Forcers split up and as luck would have it, Deadpool is the member of the team who finds the Father first. The Father manages to get into Deadpool's head, and plays on his feelings that the rest of the team was against him, telling Pool that he was there for him. Pool seems content with this knowledge, and happily stays by the Father's side while his teammates are ravaged by the Deathlok versions of X-Force. Eventually two Deathlok X-Forcers confront Fantomex, who was trying to defend a certain room in the World. The Father lays it on thick with Pool, promising to feed him cake and tuck him into bed, at which point Pool begins to sour on the whole idea and decapitates the Father since he had become too creepy for Pool's tastes. With the Father dead, all of his evil Deathlok's vanish and X-Force leaves the World at Fantomex's urging. This issue ends with us learning that Fantomex was growing an Apocalypse of his own in a secret hidden room at the World.

Thoughts: So that's what the Deathlok's were looking for! I also guess this is how Rick Remender is going to try to fix the fact that Fantomex killed a child... By having Fantomex now inexplicably save Kid Apocalypse... I'm not sure how I feel about that revelation, I don't think I liked it, but it is still early on, so I'll give Remender a shot before I blast the idea too much. What I will blast is this storyline, which I didn't enjoy at all! I've never cared about Deathlok at all, so I am VERY glad that this storyline has concluded. Hopefully we'll be moving on to bigger and better things.

Score: 6 out of 10.Whoops! There goes your head!


Captain America #616:

Summary: Bucky's been shipped off to the gulag in Russia to serve time for his crimes as the Winter Soldier. Needless to say Steve Rogers is doing everything he can to get a release, but until then, Bucky'll be doing hard time... Russkie style. The warden let's Bucky know right off the bat that he doesn't like him, and while eating dinner one night Bucky meets up with the forth(?) Crimson Dynamo, who had been in prison for a over a decade thanks to Bucky(back during his Winter Soldier days). It turns out that Dynamo had pretty much taken over the prison, had his own posse, as well as most of the guards in his pocket, bad news for poor Bucky. The night after meeting Dynamo, a few guards come to Bucky's cell and tell him to follow them. With no real choice Bucky follows, and is led to a giant caged in area where a bunch of inmates and guards were standing around watching. Dynamo tells Bucky that since the guards couldn't kill Bucky, and he didn't want to dirty his hands with Bucky's blood, they had another inmate who was willing to take care of Bucky, the giant bear-like Ursa Major!

Thoughts: This was the 70th anniversary issue of Captain America(wow, SEVENTY years! Amazing...), so besides the Bucky story, there was like 6 or 7 other stories as well from writers other than Ed Brubaker. To be 100% honest, most of the non-Brubaker stories really weren't impressive, with a few being actively bad! Brubaker himself penned a back-up story about Steve Rogers and his conflicting feelings about retaking the Captain America mantle with Bucky currently in prison which was great(naturally!). The only other back-up story that I liked was written by Frank Tieri(who should be doing WAY more mainstream work!), and had to do with Steve Rogers running into one of the Hitler/Hatemonger clones. The rest though? Meh. I based my score for this issue solely on the main Brubaker story, so there you go.

Score: 8 1/2 out of 10.Bucky vs a giant bear... My money's on Bucky!

Journey Into Mystery #622 & Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier Annual #1

Hey all, X here on his buggy computer with two new Marvel reviews! My power cord is still on the fritz, so until the new cord comes from Amazon I'm still not sure if I'll be able to keep up my regular posting schedule. I'll try to keep posting new reviews daily, but as I said last night, if I miss a day here or there, blame the computer, not me!

Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier Annual 2011 #1:

Summary: Blastaar announces to the Earth that he had captured their “spies” meaning Lord Summers and Hope. Blastaar demands Reed Richards heads to the Negative Zone to grovel for their release or else he'd kill the two mutants. However, Reed isn't available, so Steve Rogers tells the President that he'd head to the Negative Zone and see if he could convince Blastaar to release the two. Steve heads to the Negative Zone, and when Blastaar sees that it wasn't Reed, he tells his forces to kill Steve. Steve manages to outsmart Blastaar's forces and disappears into the prison, in search of the two X-Men. By this point, Hope has freed herself(she IS perfect, you know) and frees Lord Summers. The two sneak into the ventilation system and try to figure out what to do. Steve manages to reach the prison area, and after hearing Lord Summers and Hope talking in the vents, hooks up with them. Lord Summers wants to search for Dr. Nemesis and Namor, but Steve thinks it would be prudent to just get out of the Negative Zone for now, and then come back later for the other two. Steve leads Hope and Lord Summers to the room with the portal back to Earth, and finds Blastaar waiting for them. Blastaar blasts Lord Summers and is prepared to do the same to Steve when a water deprived Namor crashes through the wall and trounces Blastaar. Hope rushes over to thank Namor and he smashes her in the face before turning to face Steve, ending this issue.

Thoughts: No problems here for me. This story moved along nicely, was pretty action packed, and I've slowly turned into a fan of Blastaar since his appearances in the old Nova comic. Plus it had Steve Rogers in it, and Lord Summers didn't really do anything, so I'll be looking forward to the final part of this story in the Namor annual, as crazy Namor tries to kill and(hopefully) drink everybody.

Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.You'd be surprised if you knew how often that same thing happens to me when I enter a room...


Journey Into Mystery #622:

Summary: Man, I've really missed a lot in the Thor comics... So apparently Loki's spirit is in the body of a 10 year old boy that Thor found, but doesn't have Loki's memories. Needless to say, the other Asgardians hate Kid Loki, as they recall how Loki directly caused the fall of Asgard during Siege. Being pretty isolated, Kid Loki runs into a bird that explodes, revealing a key... This key leads Kid Loki on an adventure where he continues to discover other clues, leading to a book telling the story of Asgard. Kid Loki studies the book and winds up falling into a pocket dimension where he meets an illusion of Loki himself. Older Loki tells Kid Loki why he needed to die during Siege(he had become too predictable) and pledges to assist his younger self in any way he can. Older Loki also reveals to his younger self that a great peril(the events of Fear Itself) was eminent, and that he could assist his younger self when things get their worst. Kid Loki decides to turn Older Loki into a bird named Ikol(Get it? Loki spelled backwards!), which would give him advice when he needed it. From there we head to the events at the end of Fear Itself #1 where Odin takes the Asgardians off Earth with Kid Loki feeling content in the knowledge that Ikol would feed him any knowledge he needed.

Thoughts: Hey, I actually enjoyed this comic a lot! First things first, I stopped reading the Thor comics after Siege. I've never really been a fan of Thor, but I've ALWAYS been a fan of Loki, which I why I decided to pick this comic up. Naturally, I was pretty shocked to see that Loki was a) alive, and b) a child. So initially I was turned off of this comic from the start. However, as the comic moved along, I found myself really liking Kid Loki and enjoying his adventure to discover what the mystery of the key held. The stuff when Kid Loki met Older Loki was a bit confusing, but I think I figured out what the main point of that was(Kid Loki getting Ikol the bird). All in all, good stuff, that will have me adding this comic to my monthly pull list.

Score: 8 out of 10.HA! Even Thor knows that Tony Stark talks too much!