Iron Fist: The Living Weapon: Redemption Review

Finished reading Iron Fist: The Living Weapon: Redemption, this concludes Marvel's series by writer/artist Kaare Kyle Andrews as Iron Fist makes his way back to New York after recuperating from the last battle with a cyborg version of his father. The book opens up with Iron Fist's reanimated father in a conference so that he can regain control of the his company, meanwhile in the Himalayas Danny Rand is recovering from the injuries he sustained from the battle he had with his father as he is training with is childhood friend Sparrow. Before Danny goes back to New York he heads to Diyu to see his mother for one last time before she has finished atoning for her sins. Overall this was a great book as series creator Kaare Kyle Andrews beings an end to the series with some great action and character moments while also being able to have some great comedic moments within the book that are blended throughout extremely well. There is great character moments between Danny and the supporting cast as Kaare Kyle Andrews writes some heart felt moments between Danny and his mother as well as Danny's interactions with Brenda. While the twist reveal of Brenda's origin is surprisingly jaw dropping and makes you feel for Danny. The artwork throughout the book is amazingly breathtaking form the amount of detail that Kaare Kyle Andrews puts into the fight scenes from Danny's fight with his father which gets quite emotional for Danny as the book makes his knockout punch feel as if it was in slow motion to allow more time for Danny's thought process. Additionally the big Kaare Kyle Andrews pice of the book with Danny using the Rand building as a gigantic mechsuit to fight the god, Zhu-Roug is drawn in incredible detail and doesn't skip a beat. 8.5/10. 

Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse, bringing together all of the different Spider-Men, women and animals of Marvels multiverse writer Dan Slott tells one of Marvel's biggest Spider-Man events that threaten the whole landscape of the multiverse. The book opens when the Spider-Man of Earth-449 is killed by Morlun when he goes to the Armstrong Park of New Lunar York. The book then jumps to the main Marvel universe as Silk wakes up Peter Parker in is apartment as the two  head out to the streets of New York when they meet Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl and Spider-Man 2099 as they stop a group of criminals when another group of Spider-Men from across the multiverse come to take everyone to the safe zone of Earth-13 as one of the dimensional vampires called the Inheritors has gone after Kaine over at the New Warriors' base in Europe only to be saved by a smaller group of Spider-Men. Once everyone is on Earth-13 the team of multiversal Spider-Men detect another team of Spider-Men in the year of 2099 led and gathered by Doctor Octopus, the Superior Spider-Man and once the two factions meet the inheritors decide to go on the attack as all of their prey are in one spot which leads to the large group splitting up into smaller teams. Overall this was a great book as it brings together elements of writer Dan Slott's work on Marvel's Superior and Amazing Spider-Man series along with multiple different takes on Spider-Man which is written extremely well as does not feel too crowded. There is some great amount of comedy throughout the book form the use of Spider-Ham being the comic relief of the book has some great laugh out loud moments. There are some brilliant character moments between Doc Ock Spider-Man and Peter Parker Spider-Man thanks to how the two react to each other and when the Uncle Ben of Earth-3145 needs motivation it's actually Otto who gives the speech which said a a lot about his character. Additionally the small character moments between characters like Spider UK and Spider-Man India as well as the interaction Spider-Ham has with Mayday Parker towards the end of the story are handled in spectacular fashion. The art in the book is great as artists Olivier Coipel designs some amazing action set pieces between the Spider-Men and the Inheritors while the different art style that artist Giuseppie Camuncoli has during the middle part of the book works amazingly well for the more character driven moments of the book. 8.5/10.

Bad Neighbours 2 Film Review

Finished watching Bad Neighbours 2, directed by Nicholas Stoller, and staring Seth Rogan, Rose Byrne, Chloë Graze Moretz, Zac Efron and Dave Franco. The film opens up a with parents Mac (Seth Rogan) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) expecting baby number two meaning that their house is up for sale due to the family needing to upsize. When the couple accept a buyers offer for the house a college sorority lead by Shelby (Chloë Graze Moretz) moves into the house next door threatening the sell especially when their former neighbour Teddy (Zac Efron) moves in with ten sorority after his best friend Pete (Dave Franco) got engaged with his boyfriend as the couple plan on starting a family together. Overall this was a good film as good comedic moments which are fairly hit and miss but when it hits it's mark the comedy works extremely well and brings with it some great laugh out loud moments. The journey that Teddy takes over the course of the film is great as his story feels very coming of age as his character has a lot of development over the course of the film which is extremely interesting. While the interactions and reactions the adult characters have towards the girls of the sorority is good as they try to deal with the predicament very early on which backfires in a spectacular fashion which leads to some great situations like the girls pranking Mac and Kelly by changing their contacts which leads to Mac finding himself in Australia while his colleagues believe that the building has airbags in it again which also make a return but in a different way. 7/10.

Captain Marvel: Alis Volat Propriis Review

Finished reading Captain Marvel: Alis Volat Propriis, this concludes writer Kelly Sue DeConnick's second Captain Marvel series as Carol Danvers adventures in space come to an end as she finally heads back to Earth. The book opens with Carol being teleported back on her ship after spending a day on Earth with mutant teleporter Lila Cheney only to find out that her ship has been raided by pirates who were after Carol's alien cat Chewie in how to use Chewie as a weapon while Tic is used as slave labour to keep the pirates shop running as Tic stays optimistic that Carol is on her way to save everyone. The next story is a part to Marvel's Black Vortex as Captain Marvel finds herself in possession of the Black Vortex artefact as she try's to keep it out of the hands of Mr Knife and Thanos' son Thane. The final story has Carol and Chewie returning to Earth only to find out that Carol's friend Tracy was unable to see her again as she had passed away a week prior however she was able to write a letter to Carol as a precaution. Overall this was a great book as it brings an end to the series in spectacular fashion as the book wraps up the stories of the supporting cast that have been prominent throughout the series from Tic getting her own ship and using it to find people in need along with the ending of Carol's friend Tracy's story that brings a tremendous amount of emotion that gives the series an amazing ending. There is some great comedic moments throughout the book the makes tension filled and sad moments help to keep the series lighter tone as the comedy doesn't feel forced as it comes incredibly natural to the story's. The artwork is amazing as artist David Lopez designs some amazing space battles and is also able to convey some great emotion within every page of the final story. While the addition of Lee Loughridge's colours helps to elevate the art work and helps the tone of the book with the brighter colour palette. What lets the book down is the fact that the Black Vortex story does not actually end in this book even though the beginning of it does a great job in catching the reader up with the event so far. 8.5/10.

Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: The Black Vortex

Finished reading Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: The Black Vortex, spinning out of the pages of Marvel's Legendary Star Lord, writer Sam Humphries carves a story that brings together the X-Men and the Guardians as a cosmic artefact threatens the future of the galaxy. The book opens up with a flashback to twelve billion years in the past showing the origins of the Black Vortex while back in the present Star Lord and Kitty Pryde bring together the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy after the two stole the Black Vortex from Peter's father after his group called the Slaughter Lords were cosmically empowered by the artefact. However this was before Thane, the son of Thanos leading to the group lead by Mr Knife to try to retrieve the Black Vortex from the heroes only for Gamora, Beast and Angel to submit to the vortex when both teams teleport away. Things turn for the worst when Ronan the Accuser takes the Black Vortex to the Kree home world of Hela, only for the cosmically powered heroes to get the Vortex back due to losing themselves within their new powers while the Guardians and X-Men try to help the Kree and deal with Mr Knife as well. Overall this was a good book as it continues the storyline from the Legendary Star Lord series very nicely as it wraps up the overarching story of the series on an amazing note. The book does a great job in giving some great character moments thanks to the multiple writers of the book as most of the characters prospects come from the fact that different writers use certain characters as the point of view in parts of the book. The art throughout the book also works similarly to the writing as it changes due to the different writer and the change of the point of view character in parts of the book feel a little inconsistent but overall works of the tone of each part of the book. Also the character interactions between the Guardians and the X-Men is great especially when the cosmic powered heroes have a moment of realisation of what they're doing. Additionally the ending moments of the book between Star Lord and Kitty Pryde are amazing as its a great pay of for the pair's story that has been one the main parts of the Legendary Star Lord series. 7.5/10.

Captain America: Civil War Film Review

Finished watching Captain America: Civil War, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and staring Sebastian Stan, Chris Evans, Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Holland and Chadwick Boseman. The film opens up to a mission that The Winter Solider (Sebastian Stan) was on in 1991. The film than flashes forward to the present where the Avengers led by Captain America (Chris Evans) are tracking down Crossbones (Frank Grillo) in Lagos. Only for things to go horribly wrong when Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) fails to get a bomb away in time causing it to go off on the side of a building were a group of humanitarian workers were located. This leads to the United Nations drawing up the Slokovia Accords that if passed would mean the Avengers would be overseen by a governing body. Later during the UN conference where the Accords are to be passed a bomb goes off with the culprit looking like Bucky. Captain America takes upon himself to bring his friend in leading to a divide in the Avengers in how to approach the situation. Overall this was an amazing film as it brings together the culmination of multiple plot points from previous Marvel Cinematic Universe films extremely well while also setting up the future of the franchise by introducing the new characters of Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) into this world very organically. The fighting choreography within the film is great as well as the multiple action scenes throughout which are stunning to watch and immensely breathtaking in most places thanks to the high amount of tension that fills each scene. There's a great amount of comedy throughout the film which always hits the mark as most of the comedic moments come the fact that the audience has spent enough time with each character over the last few films that has allowed the characters to make a relationship with one another. Additionally the films story is great as there are many plot twists that are unexpected which helps to give some characters some amazing development and making others very captivating with how events transpire. 9.5/10.

All-New Captain America: Hydra Ascendant Review

Finished reading All-New Captain America: Hydra Ascendant, this begins Sam Wilsons adventures as the all new Captain America as writer Rick Remender puts the new Captain America against Hydra and a who's who of his predecessors rogues. The book opens up with Sam Wilson and his falcon Redwing breaking into a Hydra base were he meets up with the former Captain America's son Ian, as the two find themselves up against a large group of Captain America's villains. As the two fight the villains they also try to prevent Hydra from using the blood of a young Inhuman named Lucas which Hydra have developed into a bomb using Lucas' blood as it makes humans sterile. Overall this was a good book as writer Rick Remender does a great job in making Sam the new Captain America as he fits into the role perfectly as he makes it his own which is partly helped by Steve Rogers career overshadowing Sam. The use of the flashbacks and internal monologues and thoughts of Sam throughout the book is great as it helps to give him some great character development and also helps to show how good Sam is for the role of Captain America thanks to his past and his mentality. The art is great as artist Stuart Immonen draws great action scenes that work perfectly in each different location characters find themselves in while the team of colourists do a great job in setting the tone of the book and differentiating between the flashbacks and the main story. 7.5/10.