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April 21, 2009 12:54 am @noto I'm predisposed to dislike anything with Elektra in it, and I thought the last issue was really great.

April 20, 2009 7:50 pm Still picking it up, still happy to pick it up.

April 20, 2009 7:50 pm Ivan Brandon did a hell of a job on his Kobra: Faces of Evil one shot. I'm excited about this not because of the hype, but because I think Brandon might just be really great. I can't wait for FC: Escape.

April 20, 2009 6:06 pm @kickAss I thought the dark reign tying in was done really well in that last issue. I almost forgot loki's role in the cabal. I think JMS made some really good choices about how to acknowledge that but still keep this book feeling like itself.

April 16, 2009 1:02 am didn't find this issue all that impressive until I realized that this issue was basically just a long fight scene, and it still felt very satisfying. I'm not sure if I've read anything else that's been able to do that.

April 16, 2009 12:52 am

@Next I'll really check out Ennis's punisher. I keep hearing great things about it. But it seems to me like it has kind of tainted your view on this book, which I thought was just a super fun, well plotted action book.

I think Punisher works well in and out of the marvel universe. I like a how this is managing to be a harboiled action book that can also use fun ridiculous props. I wouldn't call doing that kind of thing "campy". To me campiness is either something super cheesy without knowing it, or super cheesy, constantly winking at you, expecting you to enjoy the cheesiness for irony's sake. This is something different. Frank is wearing Antman's helmet, because as ridiculous as your logical mind will tell you that is, antman's helemt is completely and supremely awesome. Campiness is in it for the winking, this is in it for the awesome. Goons in bearsuits were cool to me when I was a kid, and they are still cool now.

April 15, 2009 6:59 pm

I liked it! And I liked how frank was decked out at the end of the book.

 

@Next What do you mean when you say Remender doesn't know how to write Frank Castle?

April 13, 2009 8:17 pm Rescued by vultures?

April 9, 2009 2:56 am I'd be perfectly happy if this book cut down on the action by half and replaced it with just hanging out stuff like in this issue.

April 9, 2009 12:19 am

SPOLIER-ISH OBSERVATION:

 

a lot of comics I've read recently have ended an issue with the antagonist bringing in some extra help, who, on the next page, turns out to be The Hood.