Between last week's books and one leftover book from October, I had four books to look for last weekend. Found three of them. Spy Island is still apparently very popular in central Missouri. Weird how that works sometimes.
Wade, Elsa, and Jeff were captured. Great rescue attempt. 0 out of 10. Would not hire them to rescue me from monsters in another dimension. Elsa admits she was allowed to escape last time to return with another host for the Bone Beast Queen. The Bone Beasts underestimated how many weapons Wade carries, so he gets them loose, arms the children, and they try to escape. But Elsa's infection catches up with her, so Wade turns back and in an attempt to halt the infection, pulls out her Bloodstone and puts it in himself. Well, I guess his healing factor will compensate. it better, because now that she hasn't got the Bloodstone, Elsa is just food to the Queen. So Wade's got to hold the line.
I'm not really excited about the Bloodstone having an infection with it. I know this is the Marvel Universe, and everything is always shit, but wasn't being drawn into an endless war against the monsters curse enough?
The pacing on this is. . . not great. There are two double-page splashes, one for Wade freeing everyone, and another for him trying to defend Elsa. But Sandoval doesn't really do anything with the pages that requires them to be double-page splashes. Could have done either one in a single page or less, and had more, you know, actual story progression.
I am curious to learn more about this Deo Monstri Cult that is possibly roaming the woods of Staten Island. So the sooner we can wrap this story up, the better. At this point, it's a book where I think Thompson nails the small character bits and some of the humor, and I like the "Monster King" as a starting point, but the larger plots aren't working. Not really loving Sandoval as an artist, either.
So the group's latest attempt in trusting adults went horribly. I've only bought the first trade, so I'm about 20 issues away from fully grasping that. You know, the book says they should know to never trust adults in spandex, but Spider-Man did right by them. He bought Chase and Gert dinner, and then Nico just attacked him. And it wasn't Cloak and Dagger's fault they got mind-wiped by the Pride.
Anyway, they're feeling a bit adrift. No one is talking. A fantastically dressed Doombot is moving in because of their poor judgment. Gert wants to go to actual high school. Vic wants to go with her, and so does Gib, who can make himself into an extremely large, generally Caucasian-looking dude. So he's immediately popular with the football coach. Molly is looking at websites for Krakoa on her phone. Don't do it, Molly! You're too young for creepy sex cults, and even with two dead former team members, your survival rate is still a lot higher than the X-Men!
That's pretty much the issue. An issue for the characters to deal with the immediate fallout and set the next direction of the book. Whatever that's going to be. I like Bustos' art. It's expressive without being too exaggerated. I don't necessarily mind exaggerated, but it doesn't seem like it would fit in an issue that's got such a subdued tone. The body language is excellent, Gert's nervous, hunched over look in school, Gib's constantly straight-backed stance. He's just at ease, no reason to be defensive or aggressive.
I don't know if this is necessarily a great issue to jump on with, but it isn't a terrible issue, and I want to see where it goes.
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