This Week In Spandex
Written by Nicholas Yanes on November 16, 2009 – 7:08 pm -
S.W.O.R.D. #1- “No Time to Breathe”
- Writer: Kieron Gillen
- Pencils: Steven Sanders
- Company: Marvel Comics
Many years ago, Joss Whedon was hired by Marvel to write the Astonishing X-Men – the title which was supposed to become the X-Franchise’s flagship title, but didn’t. On this run Whedon introduced the organization S.W.O.R.D. (standing for Sentient World Observation and Response Department). S.W.O.R.D.’s mission was to protect the Earth from alien invasions, as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s was to keep the world safe from terrorist organizations.
As we all know from Secret Invasion, S.W.O.R.D. failed. S.W.O.R.D. #1 follows up on this idea by showing a re-built Peak (S.W.O.R.D.’s orbital headquarters) being co-command by both Agent Brand and Henry Gyrich – Gyrich being made co-commander by Norman Osborn.
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This Week in Spandex
Written by Nicholas Yanes on November 9, 2009 – 5:24 pm -All of this week’s books are in mid storyline, so instead of covering the middle of a plot I figure I’ll cover a book that I wanted to review last week.
X-Factor #50- Writer: Peter David
- Penciler: Valentine De Landro
- Company: Marvel Comics
Issue #50 of X-Factor numerically functions as a means to celebrate that this volume has run for 50 issues and as a means to prepare readers for the jump to #200 as the title will return to the original volume’s numbering. As a piece of narrative, this issue finishes a story that Peter David has been working on since this title began in 2006 (2005 if you include the Madrox miniseries).
For those of you who have forgotten how this title began and are too lazy to look it up on Wikipedia…don’t be lazy.
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This Week In Spandex
Written by Nicholas Yanes on October 26, 2009 – 4:00 pm -
X-Men Legacy #228- “Devil at the Crossroads” Part 2 of 4
- Writer: Mike Carey
- Artist: Daniel Acuna
- Company: Marvel Comics
This week was a surprisingly light week for me. Not only were there just two books in my file this week, but they were both Marvel titles. One was the not-so-concluding conclusion to the Iron Man “World’s Most Wanted” arc. The other was this title. It seems that everyone is reviewing The Invincible Iron Man so I figured I’d review this book instead.
Before I get into the review I should first state that I loved Generation X, so Emplate is villain that I am eager to see again.
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