Week-In-Review: Army of Darkness #2 / Batman #7 / Kick Ass 2 #7 / Rebel Blood #1

Army of Darkness #2 (Dynamite)

Story : Elliot R. Serrano

Art : Marat Mychaels

(Reviewed by Akshay Dhar)

He's baaaaack!!!

Sweet!

For those who haven't guessed already, Ash Williams a.k.a. the most hard-a** demonite killer and one of the most awesome movie characters of all time finally makes his entrance into the story in this new issue – and what an entrance it is indeed!

We saw the new 'chosen one' last issue getting herself a massive overdose of what she can expect in that role and then some more and still more to follow. That continues this issue as she is looking for the man himself, but thankfully that takes a backseat/cameo sort of role as we get to see the character made famous by the legendary Bruce Campbell (under Sam Raimi's direction...) drive right into our minds again, boom-stick in hand and a whoooole mess of wicked new weaponry to play with and give company to the trusty old chainsaw!

Week-in-Review: Avengers - Childrens Crusade #8 / Kick-Ass v2 #6 / Teen Titans #4 / Extinction Seed #1

Welcome back folks to another round of picks from the releases in the week starting 29^th December, from us here at Comic Addicts! We're sure you're all excited to see whats on the menu so lets just dig right in!

Avengers : Children's Crusade #8 (of 9) (Marvel Comics)

Story: Allan Heinberg

Art: Jim Cheung, Mark Morales

Hold no doubt, this is probably the most important book in the Marvel Universe right now. Leading into Avengers vs. X-Men, and more importantly, dealing with three or four different ongoing plot points in Universe-616 (the main Marvel-U). It also contains Allan Heinberg’s and Jim Cheung’s much awaited return to the fan-favourite Young Avengers and this series has so far failed to disappoint. With this issue, we see the collective power of the Avengers, X-Men, X-Factor and the Young Avengers take on an omnipresent Doctor Doom. The individual motivations and agendas of every character who gets even a line in the book are well explored. Particularly well written is the Scarlet Witch, with the pain and guilt of her earlier actions (Disassembled, House of M, Decimation, etc...) reflected well in pretty much everything she says. Jim Cheung’s work is excellent as usual, with some big, bold widescreen action working in tandem with some beautiful visuals. There is also the possible death of one character, which is handled beautifully and will leave you surprised.

SCORE : 8.8/10