I had a pretty long hiatus from the funny books last year (who could blame me?) but I've been eager to see what I've missed. Doesn't really look like I've missed too many good things.
I'm really late to the party when it comes to Ultimatum and now it feels like all of those Ultimate comics taking up my shelf space are trash. I'll admit that I thought Ultimates 3 was pretty bad but it could at least be seen as a guilty pleasure type occurrence. Ultimatum on the other hand seems to be Battle Royale with superpowers. No heroic ends or last hurrahs, just gory kills and cannibalism. It reminds me of why I avoided Image like the plague back in the 90s. This was the kind of stuff my prepubescent mind thought took place in those books back then so it's just dandy knowing that this is what's coming out of the Big 2 these days. On the other hand, I am a little sad that I missed Eddie Bloomberg's last heroic deed. I really liked the character but Teen Titans, as done by McKeever (who I usually liked), was one of those books that had me kicking the habit. Well, now that I'm getting back into regular reading, it looks like I can drop a few characters and pick up much fewer books than I used to before I was burned out. It's a far cry from the days when I would spend at least $30 at the LCS every Wednesday. I just have to be really careful about what I invest my time and money into. It does suck that there are so few comics that I can with my cousins in the same way that my uncles and older cousins shared comics with me as a kid.
One little moment that I thought was pretty funny was how little Pixie, who was once this adorable little character and as underaged as it gets, is allowed to get drunk off her keister in a Marvel U where cigarettes are the ultimate sin, and alongside my Dazzler of all people. WTH, Ali ?
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