Storyline: Viva Las Vegas Part 1 (of 4)
Date: May 7, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Jon Favreau
Artists: Adi Granov

Synopsis: A Marvel Knights series by the talents who brought you the IRON MAN movie! What’s a billionaire to do when he’s worn out from running a multi-national corporation? Well, if his name happens to be Tony Stark, it’s a situation that calls for some R & R in the casinos of sin city! Mix in a beautiful archaeologist and the fifty-foot dragon statue she discovered, and a plague of lizards descending on Las Vegas, and it’s a recipe for the sort of armored adventure that’s a perfect chaser after an evening at the movies!

Opinion: Iron Man’s newest series is taking a dip into archeology. Much like a page from Tomb Raider, Tony stark is playing with very old things that will certainly come back to bite him on his cute hiney. It’ll be really interesting to see how Tony Stark the carefree electronic genius handles an ancient artifact which is not electronic and easily understood.

The series is of course just in time for the new Ironman movie (which you all should have seen by now and if you haven’t you need to stop surfing the internet and see it!). The series is actually written by the director of the movie, which should help keep the Ironman/Tony Stark character pretty similar. Nothing is more confusing then a comic and a movie which reflects two different characters of a superhero.

The director, er… writer of the comic portray Tony as a devil-may-care playboy who occasionally saves a few lives. I’m really looking forward to some further character development and maybe some intelligence as Tony battles the ancient monster he accidentally woke up. You’ll have to read the comic since I don’t want to spoil anything I won’t go into more detail. My only complaint is that the comic was too short, I understand you can’t fit a whole story into one issue but maybe a little more character/story development would be nice.

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Storyline: Act Three of Three
Date: May 7, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian K. Vaughn
Artists: Eduardo Risso and Dean White

Synopsis: In the gut-wrenching conclusion to Vaughan and Risso’s epic story, Wolverine must make the single most difficult decision of his long and bloody career.

Opinion: Man this limited series has been a roller coaster for me. Don’t get me wrong, now; I love Vaughn’s storytelling abilities, but this one was BAD. I thought that Vaughn’s take on the Marvel Knights Wolverine had an extremely weak start on Logan #1, but in the middle I saw a glimmer of hope with Logan #2 as we saw the story reaching the potential to be a classic. I had high hopes for where this thing was going but after this third and final issue I am wishing I didn’t spend my money on this thing.

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Storyline: Act Two of Three
Date: April 2, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian K. Vaughn
Artist: Eduardo Risso and Dean White

Synopsis: Wolverine has returned to Japan, his memories intact, and has met with a familiar face from his past. But how is this supernatural creature tied to an untold story of Logan’s time in Japan during WW2? And just what was Logan doing in Hiroshima?

Opinion: Ok, I said I was going to do it - and here I am, eating my hat!  This issue was great!  I read up a bit about the actual point of the Marvel Knights imprint on Wikipedia, and the vein this story in makes a bit more sense.  I still think the first issue stunk, but this one redeems it for sure.  Read what I found out about Marvel Knights and my take on this book after the jump.

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Storyline: Act One of Three
Date: March 5, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian K. Vaughn
Artist: Eduardo Risso and Dean White

Synopsis: A unique take on the man who’s the best there is at what he does. Finally armed with long-lost memories from his past, Wolverine returns to one of his first battlefields to settle an old score in an all-new adventure with a shocking revelation about the man known as Logan.

Opinion: I am going to be brutally honest here. I, like everyone else on the planet earth think Wolverine is a badass, a great character with a lot of versatility. I also think Brian K. Vaughn is an excellent scribe, I really really enjoy Y: The Last Man (don’t spoil it for me! I am waiting on the last trade!) and I keep looking for his credits on LOST episodes.

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