Welcome back to Marvel Compendium! This week we take a look at the finale of the latest Marvel summer event and recap Blood Hunt #5! This review contains spoilerso if this isn’t your style, jump to the quick list and get a quick overview Black Widow: Toxic #1 and X-Force #1.
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Blood Hunt #5
Blood Hunt #5
writer: Jed McKay artist: Pepe Larras Color Artist: Mars Grace & Fesci Fuentes-Sucho Writer: Corey Pettit, VC Cover artist: Pepe Larras & Mars Grace
Blood Hunt It’s such a joy to watch, and the final chapter is no exception. As one might have guessed, the story ends with a day of salvation, with Varnar and his vampire ilk defeated… but Doom makes sure everything never goes back to normal.
As Beat Crew discussed in our recent conversation Jed McKayOne of his greatest strengths in his books is his characterization. Whether it’s the odd couple of Spider-Man and Dracula, or Doctor Strange and Doom, there are tons of fun little moments that make this game feel right for me. The dialogue feels authentic and exciting, which is the way McKay has always excelled. Corey Pettit, VC Little details were added that made the book even better, these wispy weak balloons that follow the ghostly Stephen Strange throughout the issue.
While the Avengers are ostensibly the main characters here (and do help save the world to some extent), I’m more interested in the smaller character beats like Bloodline and Spider-Man. A lot of it has to do with McKay’s character work, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t highlight this excellent work Pepe Larras Already done on this series. I don’t know how he does it, but he just keeps improving his lines from book to book, making it increasingly difficult for him to look away from whatever book he chooses to write next Move up.
I’m not sure where the problem is Mars Grace and Fer Sifuentes-Sujo Turn on the shading task because the handoff here is seamless. While the entire book looks stunning, the pages featuring the newly created Sorcerer Supreme are incredible, and the painting style feels like a real upgrade from the entire art team. Laras’ lines disappear into swirls of color, appearing ethereal in nature. There’s a specific panel that looks like Esad RibicDescription of “Doom” secret warsalbeit filtered through Larazzi’s smooth pen.
My excitement for this issue was a little deflated when the last page was spoiled before publication, but within the context of the story, I enjoyed the ending. While Victor von Doom has been a constant presence in the story ever since, he’s felt a bit under the radar since The Terminator ended. Christopher Cantwell and Salvador LaRoccaof Dr. Doom series from a few years ago, so I’m curious to see how it goes this fall.
comprehensive, Blood Hunt It was a very interesting event and the impact will ultimately be felt on the 616 for a long time to come. There are a few options I didn’t mention that I was surprised to see were still there by the end of the campaign, which makes me excited for the stories that will eventually come out in the near future.
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Black Widow: Toxic #1
What was really difficult today was making a Black Widow solo book that was truly refreshing. A lot of Natasha Romanoff’s run revolves around returning to the Red Room that made her the spy/assassin she is today; constantly looking back to where she came from rather than exploring Nat as a person Places where the characters can go. Now, though Erica Schultz With just 30 pages to explore Black Widow, her insightful portrayal of the character is seamlessly integrated into a tie-in preview of the upcoming crossover event, venom war. similar Daredevil: The Fearless Woman The run is in progress, Black Widow: Toxic Let Nat take her into the spiritual red room and teach her about the new symbiote with whom she has formed an inseparable bond. Yes, Schultz couldn’t keep Black Widow out of the horrific KGB training facility, but by putting it inside Nat’s mind and giving her room to choose nurture over nature, Natasha showed a slight growth – this is already a lot to do. This would be impossible without Luciano Vecchio Use this opportunity to delve into Black Widow’s likeness and use it to guide his layout. Vecchio’s approach is a combination of stunning montages that serve as excellent shorthand for how Natasha’s found family intervenes in her life and how she sees them as the mission allows. The style is relatively similar Marco Rudy Compare JH Williams III, Vecchio places each moment of this training montage in its own conceptual illustration while maintaining a continuous storytelling rhythm. Of course, it’s not without its problems, but the result is a page that’s stunning and more than just immersive, it’s a completely viable way to entertain readers! Color artist uses flat reds and stark blacks David Currier and Rachel Rosenberg Take the time to create visual contrast with Vecchio’s unconventional layout. We’ve seen this approach of mixing flat colors with textured paint before to add to the graphic nature of an illustration, but it’s to Curiel and Rosenberg’s credit that they hide the seams. Ariana Maher, VC Committed to the basic lettering sin of using white or red text with a red pen on a black balloon. Sure, it looks different, but at the cost of alienating visually impaired readers who want to immerse themselves in their favorite spy/assassin adventures. All in all, pairing Black Widow with the symbiote, giving Natasha peak Widow bangs, and having the two fail in crossover events makes for exciting Marvel comics! Can’t wait to see what this team has in store for their mix because the flavor so far is worth every penny! — Beau Q.
X-Force #1
X-Force #1 is a perfect example of what a first issue must do, introduce the characters, set up the premise of the book, and entertain the reader. After the end of Krakoa’s time, from ashes In the new status quo, mutants must move from their island paradise to being once again treated as second-class citizens of Earth. For the new chapter of Mutant Black Ops, the author Jeffrey Thorne and artist Du Zhiqiang Give us a team led by mutant tech genius Forge, who uses an iteration of X-Force as a tool to “fix” Earth. Utilizing his latest invention, Forge assembles his standard team of X-Men Sage, Captain Britain and Askani, as well as new bloods Tank and Surge, and they travel to hotspots predicted to be critical danger points to intervene before the world collapses. Thorne through this bookEntertainment is delivered through a tight action-driven plot, the humor of guest star Deadpool, and the Forge’s obsessive obsession with completing his mission. It’s this obsession with darkness that gives Forge a semi-resemblance to the dark character arc of The Beast (Hold On Too Tight). To further sell the book, Johnnie To’s visual storytelling and clean lines are a solid foundation to draw readers into the next chapter of “The Mutants.” — George Carmona 3rd place
