Top 5 Comics (05-01-2013)

I was going to write up a top 5 review for this week, but due to me having to go out of town for a doctors appointment I just wasn't able to until now. So while I was trying to pick out comics for this week I could only see two title that I'm actually excited for, and one I'm interested in by its cover but have been really disappointed in reading the title so far. I'm getting more comics, but I'm just kinda blah about them. The creative teams are broken, or I'm just behind on them, or just something else. So for the three title I'm giving you this week are:

3. Age of Ultron #7 (Marvel Comics): This title has been so frustrating. I don't know, it just doesn't work for me, but I keep reading it for some reason. Hopes of Marvel Man showing up in the end, a tease of Infinity in the closing extra issue, or maybe I'm just a sucker for events? I'm sold to this right now. This cover was one that actually sold me on the title, and now I want to know how this come to be, or whats going on for this to be a thing. Hopefully this doesn't disappoint, but it probably will.

2. Iron Man #9 (Marvel Comics): With Iron Man 3 coming out in theaters this week, and here we get the start of a brand new story arc with Iron Man. We get his secret origin, what could this mean? I don't know? I'm burnt out on the idea of 'secret origins', whats the twist that his father ultimately had plans to make him rise to his potential the whole time? That Tony is the last son of an alien planet? Who cares? The title has been amazing so far since the Marvel now relaunch with Kieron Gillen took over the title. This has been the first time I've cared about the character so I'm pretty sold on seeing how this story plays out.

1. Thanos Rising #2 (Marvel Comics): I know I just gave a rant about secret origins, but holy hell did I ever love the first issue. Jason Aaron is just a writer that seems to do no wrong. He gives good dark and deep stories that also have humour and soul to them. The art too is just wonderful, and works so well with the story being told. This is a must read title for me, and I recommend it to everyone.

And just to give you guys a little more stuff to round out the blog this week. I spent the day reading the Adventure Time comics (Kaboom) and Prophet (Image) both of those are amazing and good reads. I highly recommend the pick up if can. Both titles have trades out now and are worth the grab.

Top 5 Marvel Bad Guys

Much like yesterdays today's post is brought to you by the Avengers dvd and bluray release. So we are looking at the other side of the mirror with today's post from yesterday, with that being the heroes, with a look at my top five favorite bad guys in the Marvel universe. So lets get this show on the road.

5. Galactus: The world eater. How cool of a character is that, with his dimensional form being that of a giant humanoid clad in purple and blue. But when it comes to him it really comes down to his crazy concept of being the world eater, it's a crazy over the top concept of natural destruction. What also is cool about Galactus is his Heralds, which for one brings us one of my top 10 heroic characters... the Silver Surfer! Galactus has always been one of those grand cosmic characters of Jack Kirby's that just always blew my mind as being the precursor to the grander stuff he would bring us with his Fourth World stories.

4. Magneto: The master of magnetism. Holocaust survivor, super terrorist, and mutant supremacist. It's quite the list of titles for a character. I do find it kind of ironic that a man who survived the Nazis and the Holocaust would eventually warp his point of view to the point to see all those who aren't the same species as him should be eliminated or ruled. That said he has always been that bad ass over the top super villain of the most classic standers, and stayed that way for many years.

3. Red Skull: HAIL HYDRA! The evilest of the Nazis, this originally supposed to only be a one and done bad guy with his iconic look and potential for evil became the star spangled Captain America's greatest foe.

2. Ultron: Created by an Avenger, and creator of an Avenger Ultron is just an awe inspiring force of evil. The super robot that will or could come to rule the world and eliminate almost all of the Avengers. With the Ant-Man movie on its way I have high hopes of seeing potential for Ultron being teased for a future Avengers film. Ultron is also has an extremely unique look to inspire fear and terror in those he faces off against.

1. Doctor Doom: And I bring you Death. To me the most iconic of all super villains is Doctor Doom, who's look is said to be inspired by Death (the Grime Reaper). Doom being the extreme egomaniacal super villain dictator, with him being a super genius,
sorcerer, and dictator of the country of Latveria. This Kirby character is the embodiment of super villainy to me.