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Today’s comics haul, all from BMV in the Annex, Toronto:
A Drifting Life - Yoshihiro Tatsumi ($34 $15)
Reinventing Comics - Scott McCloud ($30 $9.99)
Making Comics - Scott McCloud ($30 $9.99)
New Mutants (Vol 3 TPB #1), Return of Legion - Zeb Wells, Rogenes Venes, Zachary Baldus ($19.99 $9.99)
Second-hand bookstores = love.
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Comic pick of last week: New Mutants #33
So, taking a cue from my friend Anand, I’ve decided to start doing another comic review a week to keep my skills sharp. Usually I don’t get to review my favourite books at ComicVine (which, sadly, result in a lot of negativity), so I thought I would take the time to point out a book I really liked from last week’s batch.
New Mutants #33 (Marvel) is a great transition between the calamity of Fear Itself and the confusion of Schism; it actually fixes a complaint I had with the New Mutants in that they were becoming a strike force of some sorts and not actually retaining any individual character.
Earlier issues in this series spent as much time on inter-personal development as action, and since the team members are relatively interesting people with a long history together, I considered this a strength of the book. They’re transitioning into the heroes they were always meant to be, after what seems like decades of purgatory.
This panel illustrated the whole point of the issue, because we got a lot of “updates” as to what the individual characters are doing.The wonderful therapist that showed up a story arc ago is back, and he does a lot of talking with the New Mutants to see where they’re at. While it seems hokey, the implementation is good enough that it fleshes out characters that may have fallen by the wayside.
We also get to see how they’ve reacted to the split in the X-verse, and the little scenes like this:
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I’m a fan of this issue because it shifts in direction to something that the Birds should have under control easily, but presents them with complications that will challenge them. The reveal of Junior also did its job of presenting a threat that we know the team might legitimately have trouble with, and that makes for good stories. Good issue overall, but I’m curious as to where it goes.
I’m glad they’ve continued the Cannonball/Moonstar romance from an initial drunk kiss to something a little more permanent. I like Sam a lot as a character, so seeing good things come his way makes me happy. Seeing him get recognition as leader keeps with the theme of the series, which was something I thought they’d forget about.
Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #1
Boulder/Butterball is in a group shot, and I’m loving how they didn’t forget about him. He’s my favourite thing to come out of the Initiative; if you can’t read his issue, I implore you to do so.
