Weekly Comic Review time! Not a big stack of comics this week. I'll do this in the order I read them:
Avengers vs X-Men: Round 3:
This issue starts with Wolverine recovering from being burned alive by Hope, who used her Phoenix powers on him. Its funny how things like this (horrible burns no one else would survive) only happen to Wolverine. Spiderman was right next to him and he was unscathed. Maybe Hope knew Logan could survive with his healing factor so she only attacked him. (Also, he was about to gut her like a fish, but that doesn't help my point) My point is, things only Wolvie can survive convienently only happen to Wolvie. I wonder if the other X-men take advantage of his healing powers for practical jokes: "Ha, ha, Logan! We replaced your beer with battery acid! It's okay, you'll heal." or "Hey, lets cut off Logan's fingertips while he sleeps and watch them grow back!" Going along with that, for someone whose pirmary weapon is having lethal knives coming out of his knuckles, he doesn't do that much stabbing. Case in point, the face off between him and Captain America. In issue three, Hope is on the run and the Avengrs and X-Men each want to find her first. The high point of the issue is when Cap questions Wolvie's loyalty, tells him to sit this one out and Logan says make me. The two have a throw down inside the Quinjet. Wolverine instantly stabs Captain America in the chest and watches him bleed to death. Just kidding. Thats what we'd think would happen if it was just a cage match. But Cap chooses his environment carefully, plus he uses his ability to phone in a friend. Overall, its a fun fight. For some reason watching heroes fight each other is more fun than them fighting villians. The fight was cool, but the issue was mostly build up for the next battle. I rate it with 7 exclamation points: !!!!!!!
Invincible Iron Man #526: Kicking off the Long Way Down story, the issue is mostly set up for future issues, but Larroca's art has visibly improved. He does a good job with the mecha and giving every character a different look and not just the same face wth different hair. 6 points !!!!!!
X-O Manowar #1: I had no idea this was coming. Valiant Comics is back and they've rebooted XO Manowar. Its a story about a barbarian who stumbles into an advanced alien armored suit. Its like Conan meets Iron Man. With great art by Cary Nord, I'm hoping this comic will last. 8 exclamation points !!!!!!!!
Ultimate Spider-man #10: Spidey faces the Prowler. Its mostly them talking and setting up for him facing the Scorpion. Looking forward to that. I really liked the art by David Marquez, but it was another filler issue setting up other issues. 6 points!!!!!!
