Showing posts with label Paul Cornell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Cornell. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Bless those damn Limeys!





Okay, let's admit it, Secret Invasion sucks. Personally, I stopped reading after issue 4. This is my first major 'event' and I gotta say it has ruined me for all future 'events'. Thanks Marvel. But, I have to say that the best thing to come out of this hodgepodge of crap called Secret Invasion is "Captain Britain and MI:13". Paul Cornell has done a great job at creating a neat cast of characters that mesh well together and his plotting has been excellent as well. And, unlike in Secret Invasions, shit actually happens in this comic. So far (Spoilers):
-Captain Britain has died and come back...with a new costume.
-John the Skrull dies.
-Faiza (who seemed to be an insignificant character at first) becomes the new wielder of Excalibur.
-Blade has joined the MI:13!! I didn't even know dude was British!

And that's just the first five issues!


The first story arc was a direct SI tie-in but it was pretty damn good on it's own merit. Besides fighting the Skrull army, the first arc was mainly about establishing the cast of characters as a cohesive unit, which Cornell does well.

For those of you not interested in magic, dragons, tea and all that kooky stuff those damn Limeys are into, I would still recommend this book just on the writing alone. Cornell has done a great job of combing traditional British-magic with superheroes in a really kick-ass way. So go out and but this book! Now!

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