Comments on: MONDOcomics #5: June 3, 2009

By: Caesar

Caesar — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:45:35 +0000

Miles, I agree about Long Halloween. Such a good build up, good mystery, and then a “SAY WHAT??” ending. I didn’t like the ending at all.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:13:30 +0000

As for Jeff Loeb being on the record as saying “Batman is dead inside”

well, he’s dead on the outside too!
(or at the dawn of pre-history)

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:50:36 +0000

Ugh. Long Halloween is terrible. I enjoyed the first two-thirds of it and then you get that nonsensical twist ending. It came out of no where and when you plug in that answer there are murders that become impossible. Ones that she couldn’t have possibly carried out.

And seriously — Harvey’s wife did it because he wasn’t paying enough attention to her? Wow. Female hysteria is the motive? Female hysteria is the motivation. That’s caveman writing.

You get similar bad deals with Dark Victory and Hush. The man’s writing is garbage salad with garbage juice as the dressing — chow down, Marvel readers.

By: Caesar

Caesar — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:17:22 +0000

You know, I wasn’t 100% sure about the Moira thing — I meant to put a question mark after her name to indicate that in my comment, but I forgot. Thanks for clearing that up.

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:03:47 +0000

Legion is actually the son of Xavier and a Holocaust survivor named Gabrielle Haller.

As for Loeb’s Bat-work being decent, he’s gone on record as believing that Batman is dead inside. That’s not someone I want anywhere near the character.

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:35:58 +0000

What I find really frustrating about Jeph Loeb is that he is capable of good work. “The Long Halloween” is great, “Spider-Man: Blue” is great, his Superman short story “Sam’s Story” is absolutely heartbreaking (for obvious reasons)…but lately it seems like he’s lost any interest in thinking about his stories. His Wolverine stuff, his Hulk stuff, Ultimatum…it’s all stupid. Beyond stupid, in fact.

There seem to be two different Jeph Loebs. Careful-plotting, beautiful-scene-writing, character-driven Loeb and poorly-thought-out-plot, doesn’t-care-about-the-characters, mindless-action Loeb. I miss that first guy.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:18:54 +0000

Not a diva fashion model? I beg to differ, have you seen how many different outfits that guy has sported over the years?
Whereas Mr. Fantastic fails at costume changes: I read this one issue of fantastic four where they all go change their costumes so they match Reed’s look and I’m just sitting there going “what changed? I really can’t tell between this panel and the last”

By: Caesar

Caesar — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:19:13 +0000

Miles, I could not agree with you more on Loeb. He is terrible. TERRIBLE. He used to be a decent writer, but his books lately have been so amazingly bad. Red Hulk, my ass.

I liked the first issue of Batman and Robin. But Morrison has a trend in his writing: namely, the first few issues are awesome, and then it turns into something horrible, confusing, and silly the longer he stays writing it. I literally think that this has happened in almost every series he’s written. New X-Men, JLA, Batman — I loved them all so much at first. And six months later I was weeping openly and shouting “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON” into the pages.

Legion, by the way, is Professor Xavier (and Moria)’s son. He is uber-powerful and totally insane and unstable. He’s been in the background a few years now. He used to live on Muir Island with Moira, in a big giant room designed to keep him docile and contained.

I’m loving New Mutants. The art is phenomenal. I also like this issue of Mighty Avengers way more than I’ve liked Slott’s previous issues, which I thought sucked. The only complaint I have about this one though, is that Hank Pym says “It’s on, bitch” to Reed Richards. It’s one of the worst pieces of dialogue ever. Pym is many things, but he is not a diva fashion model.

By: James

James — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:34:35 +0000

At least his contract with Marvel is keeping him away from Batman. Much as I dislike Morrison, it could be much, much worse if the two of them were to team up.

By: Miles

Miles — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:19:11 +0000

Sadly, they’re giving Loeb one of the three new Ultimate titles. However, because it’s clear he’s never read an single book in the line, it will read like his shitty 616 rather than his shitting Ultimate comics.

WHY THE FUCK TO PEOPLE KEEP BUYING HIS BOOKS?!?!!?!!?!

By: James

James — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:33:55 +0000

Dear Marvel,

Please stop trying to ruin my beloved Spider-Man 2099. First you let Claremont do whatever he wants with Miguel during his awful run on Exiles, and now this Timestorm garbage? With a single issue, you’ve managed to get rid of everything that was interesting and unique about the character. Gone is his abusive father and crazy mother. Gone is his addiction fueled origin. Gone are his talons. For shame, Brian Reed. For shame, Joe Quesada. Where are you when we need you, Peter David? Writing one of the best current X-books is no excuse for letting these monsters do what they’ve done.

P.S. Isaac, they’re relaunching Ultimate Spider-Man when they start up the “Ultimate Comics” imprint that’s getting started after this Ultimatum nonsense. Hopefully Jeph Loeb will be less involved with that imprint.