Geekscape Comics: Weekend Reads!

Welcome to Weekend Reads! It’s your little, weekly dose of comic book goodness that focuses on some aspect of my weekend reading!

I didn’t get a lot of reading done this weekend because I was in a curling bonspiel. That’s right, I curl, how awesome is that! No, we didn’t win. What? You don’t really care? Ok, ok, let’s discuss the c-word you were expecting.

The reads:

Power Man and Iron Fist is fricken fantastic! I’ll note right now, I haven’t read any of the runs from the late seventies/early eighties, but I think there is something here, for fans both old and new. If the first issue is any indication of things to come, we’re going to have a ton of fun coming our way. I love the comedic interactions between Luke and Danny sprinkled throughout the book. Greene’s art is great; perfectly blending cartoonishness and realism. It really shines during the fight scenes. This book doesn’t make you think too much; it’s just fun from start to finish. GET READING POWER MAN AND IRON FIRST! Plus, you can look totally cool when Luke Cage and the Iron Fist series come out on Netflix!

Now, I don’t have much to say about the current state of Amazing Spider-Man. It’s pretty boring and unrelatable. I take back what I said a couple of weeks ago about the potential to explore the interesting aspects of Mister Negatives’ character because his arc ends in anticlimactic fashion. I don’t want to discredit the creative team too much because I don’t think it’s their fault (in fact, Buffagni’s art is one of the books’ only redeeming characteristics). The character and series just feel stale right now. Hopefully returning state-side (this arc has taken place in Shanghai, China) will fix things but I remain sceptical.

Are you reading Power Man and Iron First? I’d love to hear from you.