Reading from Week 26 of 2019

Seventeen comics this week and a couple of chapters of The Rook…I think I put a decent dent into my current reading list but I’m still falling behind. At this point I’m not sure I’ll ever get through my backlog. Oh well. This week saw god fighting it out as Asgard fell and Red fighting Green fighing Yellow lanterns as Oa was destroyed and a Hell Tower rose on Earth. It was a pretty good week of reading. Oh, and Peter Parker told Gwen Stacy that he’s Spider-Man.

• Thor #175
  The Fall of Asgard As Odin enters his scheduled Odinsleep, Loki schemes to steal the throne and lord over Asgard. Thor tries to prevent his mischievous brother but arrives too late as Loki has stolen the Ring Imperial and his reign of evil begins.
• Thor #176
  Inferno Loki has taken over Asgard while Odin sleeps and even as he forces Thor to bow down to him, beings as powerful as the gods awaken to attack the realm. With Odin’s powerful magic gone, Surtur rises from the depths to destroy Asgard.
• Thor #177
  To End in Flames! As Loki runs away from Asgard to escape the fury of Surtur, Thor charges into battle. The fight is momentous and victory is only assured when Baldur and Sif rescue Odin from the Sea of Eternal Night.
• Amazing Spider-Man #68
  Crisis on the Campus! An ancient tablet goes on display and Kingpin decides he needs to steal it. Unfortunately Peter’s friends at college pick that exhibit as the one they’re gonna stage their protest in front of.
• Amazing Spider-Man #69
  Mission: Crush the Kingpin! After the Kingpin stole an ancient artifact in the last issue, Spidey chases him to his headquarters where they have an explosive fight. The Kingpin ends up in police custody but the cops are also looking for Spidey since Fisk implicated him as an accomplice.
• Amazing Spider-Man #86
  Beware…The Black Widow! The Black Widow gets a new look and she’s out to see what makes Spider-Man tick.
• Amazing Spider-Man #87
  Unmasked at Last! Spider-Man fights a foe he’s hard pressed to defeat…the flu…and while delirium causes him to think he’s losing his powers it also prompts him to reveal his secret to his friends.
• X-Men #64
  The Coming of Sunfire! The X-Men take on Sunfire as he tries to get revenge for the Japanese defeat during WWII. Will he be able to destroy Washington in response for the bombing of Hiroshima?
• X-Men #65
  Before I’d Be Slave… Professor Xavier returns from the dead and leads the X-Men in a battle for the planet itself as they take on the Z’Nox with the help of Lorna, Alex Summers, and the whole of humanity.
• Invincible #3
  Going on patrol with his superhero father is a great privilege for Invincible but he soon realizes he’s still got a lot to learn…particularly when aliens kidnap his dad to another dimension.
• Invincible #4
  Mark finds out what’s been going on with the missing students from his school, they’re being made into human bombs, and fortunately Invincible is able to take care of the mastermind behind the plot.
• Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Rebirth #1
  Forged Oa is destroyed, the Sinestro Corps have won but somehow Hal Jordan survived. As Sinestro asks Parallax one last request, Hal struggles to forge a new power ring.
• Green Lanterns Rebirth #1
  Hal Jordan forces the two new Lanterns, Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, to cooperate by fusing their batteries into one. Will they be able to protect Earth while Hal deals with stuff out in the cosmos? The Red Dawn wants to have something to say about that…I’m sure we’ll see what their role is soon.
• Green Lanterns #1
  Rage Planet Part 1 Simon and Jessica try to outdo each other as they’re forced to team up on their first mission and while things initially seem straight forward for them to handle they soon learn that there’s more to being a Green Lantern than taking down a stressed out junkie…The Red Dawn is here and their raising a Hell Tower.
• Green Lanterns #2
  Rage Planet Part 2 Jessica’s sister gets caught in the crossfire as the Red Dawn starts causing Rage to flourish in the local grocery store. Fortunately Simon is around to help Jessica see the bigger picture since it’s a lot more than her sister at stake.
• Mister Miracle #1
  This first issue of Mister Miracle was definitely interesting. It was pretty much unlike any comic I’ve read but I’m intrigued…Darkseid’s son and foster son in one issue and they’re on the same side looking to take on Darkseid himself. Pretty cool.
• Mister Miracle #2
  Scott Free and his wife Big Barda head to Apokolips to help Orion take on Darkseid but when Orion takes over for the Highfather, Scott starts to wonder what the fight is really about.
• The Rook Chapter 3 here’s my chronicle that highlights Myfanwy’s first day at work.
• The Rook Chapter 4 here’s my chronicle that highlights Myfanwy’s meeting with her counterpart, Gestalt.