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I have decided that every month, I will recap the month of what games I’ve played and eventually choose a Game of the Month. Not based solely on quality, my game of the month will pretty much be what I ended up playing the most and being hooked on. Since it’d be nice to recap the year, I thought I’d go through what I played in January for the first of these articles.

I only really played one game consistently in January. I played Dance Central 2 a couple of times and even bought ALL THE DLC for it. The game really stepped it’s game presentation-wise and made it seem like more than just a list of songs you can dance to and put some story and heart into it. I haven’t played it two players still because my friends aren’t begging to play Kinect. I put Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in the disc drive and was immediately reminded of how lacking the original was and this still even underwhelmed me. One game though took the month completely.

Almost as if it was an addiction, Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer took over my entire month. A ton of my friends got it for Christmas so it was pretty much re-invigorated because of my friends list doubling in size for the game. Every night, we would sign on and begin shooting people we never met. I originally intended to stay away from MW3 after the Infinity Ward scandal and was planning to get Battlefield 3 but the “BETA” DEMO that was released for it was horrendous and scared me away. So I broke my word, and went back to the teet that I long since forgotten. There isn’t much difference between this and MW2 but it’s still and addictive game with a beautifully fun engine. During the month, I played and played and played. I even got my first 2 prestiges done, something I never accomplished in the first 2 games.

The game was very fun but there is one thing wrong with the Modern Warfare series and it’s not really the game’s fault. The more months that go on, the less fun it becomes and the more aggravating it becomes. You’ve dedicated so much time into this game and you never truly get better. The first few months are fun because you are a bouncy baby in a playpen but then you get older and you no longer fit in the playpen. So for January, it was my Game of the Month but who knows when the madness will set in and I realize I’m getting too angry over a game.

February will be a much better month for this as it will talk about my descent into madness, Uncharted 3, Gotham City Imposters healing my MW3 insanity, Twisted Metal, the MASS EFFECT 3 DEMO and WHO KNOWS WHAT I’LL GET HOOKED ON!!! So sit back and enjoy!

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#1 Pick of the Week: The Walking Dead: A Larger World Part One. This is such a good book. I absolutely adore Rick Grimes and I think a lot of it has to do with the decisions he makes are based on the experiences that he’s gone through in the past. It’s nice to have a main character who learns as the story progresses. The last time we saw our heroes they ran into a man who told them there were other communities out there that wanted to barter and trade supplies with the group that Rick leads. Rick, of course, after being down this road before with strangers, doesn’t believe him and takes it upon himself to knock the man out and tie him up for questioning. While the man sits in solitary; Rick, Abraham, and Michonne go out into the world to see if the stranger is telling the truth about other settlements. Upon venturing out into the world, they of course run into a couple of walking corpses and decapitate them. After viewing the dead bodies on the ground, Rick asks both Abraham and Michonne why they are still doing this? Killing the dead at this point seems tedious compared to the threats that Rick and his group have had to deal with. The biggest threats that Rick’s group has had to face has always been other humans. I like the idea that there might be a number of different settlements out in the world, but if these other people had gone through the same thing that Rick has, then they wouldn’t be so quick to become friendly with another group. The hard truth in the comic is that people are going to start to run out of supplies if they don’t start producing things. Rick’s group has been mostly nomadic and when they attempt to settle anywhere it always ends in catastrophe. So far because we’ve only been following Rick’s story the environment has always seemed claustrophobic. That being said the world that was once Rick and a couple of people trying to survive opens up. It does feel like there is hope that things will get better, but whenever that hope shows up something story-changing happens.

Deadpool: The Musical. To someone who is not as internet savvy as the next I found the musical issue of #49.1 a little hard to follow, but still a fun comic. Way writes the comic as a 49.1 so it’s a recap of what Deadpool has gone through in the past other issues to get to this point. It features a musical background of songs, some of which I didn’t know, but listened to anyway while I read the comic. It’s fun and a nice recap of past issues.

The Ultimates: Issues 1-6: I really enjoyed Mark Millar’s Ultimates run. I read it when the first Iron Man movie came out and Marvel started getting these crazy ideas to start making all of these superhero movies that would coexist in the same universe. The hopeful final result to this crazy idea would be an Avengers film starring all of the heroes together. At the time, I had to admit I didn’t think that they were capable or would be able to pull it off; See you all May 4th. Jonathan Hickman’s The Ultimates I couldn’t put down. The comic is gorgeous. When Hickman writes about the utopia society that exists within the confines of the Dome, the art looks great. The villain of the comic seems completely unstoppable, especially when they attack Asgard. A defeated Thor who feels broken after witnessing and not being able to stop the destruction of his world and family is heartbreaking. Then there’s a desperate Nick Fury who is launching nukes, followed by a rational Tony Stark. The big reveal is that the creator of the unstoppable foe is Reed Richards. So while Nick Fury is visiting the President, Tony Stark is upset with the results of his stock, Spiderwoman finds out about the new Spiderman that recently has shown up in New York, and Thor is seeing some ghosts of all of the dead people from Asgard, there’s now only one thing we can hope for. We hope Captain America shows up. We know it and Hickman knows it so Nick goes out into the desert and finds him, but Cap isn’t interested in coming back. We’ll see. So far I am very interested in what happens next.

JLA: Tower of Babel: In 1998 Mark Waid, recent writer of Marvel’s Daredevil, wrote a JLA story. Ra’s Al Ghul raised the question: how do you take out the members of the Justice League? The answer: Talia Al Ghul should break into the Batcave. But we’ll get to that in a minute. The opening of Tower of Babel actually has an amazing mini story about the Atom. The Atom, whose power consists of becoming as small as he needs to be, is inside a little boy’s head where a tumor is growing. The Atom goes inside to check out the tumor and finds that the tumor is actually an alien colony that has settled inside the boy’s body. The Atom enlists the help of the Justice League members. The members who come to The Atom’s aid; Wonder Woman, Superman, The Flash (Wally West), and Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner). While inside the boy’s head, their task is to try and convince the colony to remove themselves from the boy since their existence here is harming him. The aliens do not believe that the Justice League is telling the truth and decides to keep them captive and torture them for the real information. Eventually help from a rebel alien leads to their escape, but the doctors who have given the League a time schedule to retrieve the alien colony are ready to fire their laser in order to destroy the civilization. The League tries to evacuate as much of the aliens as possible before their world is destroyed. This all leads to a familiar story where two alien parents decide to place their children within a vessel so they may have hope of continuing their species. Superman reflects upon his own planet of Krypton as he watches the laser destroy the city. It’s a pretty cool side story and one that has multiple layers. The real meat of the book is the question of how do you take out the Justice League? Well, you have to keep Batman distracted so why don’t we take his parents out of the ground and hide them somewhere, that ought to do it. Then you attack the other members based upon their weaknesses; Wonder Woman, Superman, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Plastic Man, and the Martian Manhunter. I don’t want to give away too much of the plot of the book because if you haven’t read it, the twist ending is really great. For the most part Ra’s Al Ghul finds out how to attack each member of the League based on their specific fears and vices rendering them powerless. This causes the League to count on one another to help them get through their terrible states. One of the members betrays them in a really interesting way and in a way where I completely understood why he would. There’s even a cool moment in the book where Ra’s manages to take away all language and speech, making it even more difficult for the League to communicate. If you like Justice League stories this is a really good one. Especially if you like Justice League stories that center around Batman.

That’s it for now! But I will be doing a second review this week for this week’s comics and I have a pretty healthy stake coming as well as a possible review of Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force.

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#1 PICK OF THE WEEK!: BATMAN #5: Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and Jonathan Glapion have been putting together an amazing Batman story. Batman is without a doubt my favorite hero and it is rewarding when your hero is in an awesome story. In “Face the Court” the title for #5, Batman is up against a foe who supposedly has been around and lurking in the city of Gotham for ages. The Court of the Owls has Batman trapped in a maze where desperation and dehydration play a pivotal role in his captivity. There is nothing better than a desperate Batman, or one with a tired bloodshot eye and ripped costume. Even though he has gone without sleep for days and may or may not find himself being subjected to hallucinogens, he still plays the role of detective, as he wields himself through a collage of portraits of Gotham’s ancestry. The design of the comic also plays a role in the story where at some point you are reading the comic sideways and then upside down. I even tried to read the comic backwards and found that the story could possibly be read that way as well.
While Batman is also fighting his way through lunacy as well as a dangerous maze, Jim Gordon is trying to rally together hope that Batman is still alive by continuing to light the way with the Batman symbol. The Batman symbol hanging high in the beginning creates a feeling of desperation but keeps the momentum for Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, and Alfred to continue fighting the good fight. After the bulb goes out at the end of the comic, a police officer asks “what should we do with it?” At this point Damian Wayne walks to Gordon and says, “Get a new one. Now. I said now! Now……please.”

SUPERGIRL #5: To continue along with DC comics I have been reading; Michael Green, Mike Johnson, and Mahmud Asrar’s Supergirl #5 “In the Ruins of Argo” is a pretty good Supergirl story. In the comic Supergirl finds herself returning to her home city to find out what exactly happen to Krypton. Supergirl’s father leaves her a message that hopefully he will be able to save Argo City, but we all know how that story ends. The city left in ruins with an angry Supergirl, who is attacked by a creature known as a Worldkiller named Reign. She arrives in the ruins of the city to recruit Supergirl to conquer and learn more about what happened to their planets. I like that it’s a Supergirl comic and not a Superman comic guest starring Supergirl, which is how Supergirl’s origin story is normally written. This particular run doesn’t have a bunch of superheroes coming to her aid, instead it isolates Supergirl and makes her a lonely character. The fight sequences in the issues that come out including this one have been pretty awesome. I like where the story is headed.

RESURRECTION MAN #5: If you’re not reading this comic, I really recommend it. Along the lines of Animal Man and Swamp Thing, this comic seems to fall more under the horror genre than superhero. Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Fernando Blanco are creating a story around a man named Mitch Shelley who is killed several times, but after dying comes back to life with a different super power. He suffers from amnesia which of course is a great plot devise in reintroducing his character to the new 52. This way readers will be able to read a new comic with an ongoing plot but are also reading a mystery story of where the character came from. The book is well written and the plot moves quickly.

DAREDEVIL #8 (ALSO KNOWN LOVINGLY AS DURRDEVIL TO THE ANTIFANBOYS): Marvel comic Daredevil is a close second to Batman. Mark Waid, Kano, and Javier Rodriguez are creating a comic book that not only has great art but also has a great leading man. I read some of Waid’s FLASH comics over the summer which were great as well as tearing into Waid’s KINGDOM COME. I really like Waid as a writer and I really like the way he writes Daredevil. He does small things with Daredevil that I really appreciate; Daredevil covering the mouths of both Spiderman and Black Cat while he’s trying to concentrate on listening, when he’s not trying to concentrate he is constantly an acrobat, and he uses what is around him to create better weapons. I really like the witty Matt Murdock and his struggle to continue to remain positive.

DEADPOOL #49: There is a couple of Deadpool comics out there but the one worth reading is definitely the Daniel Way one. Deadpool is on a constant search for death considering that his power is a high healing factor that makes death impossible. The artist and writer pull no punches when it comes to Deadpool’s entrails exploding over a two page spread. In the recent run his dead limbs that he left behind come together to create an evil Deadpool whose only reason for pushing forward is utter chaos. Deadpool versus Deadpool causes four sets of narration. Given that Deadpool is a bit crazy and relies a lot on his inner voices to deduct what his next plan should be. His comic is also filled with cameos from superheros like Captain America who Deadpool looks up too. The book is one of those comics that I get excited about during the week because it’s lighthearted, fun, and also fast paced.

ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN #6: Bendis, Chris Samnee, and Justin Ponsor are creating a brand new Spiderman in the character of Miles Morales. Miles has a few similarities to Peter Parker; he is witty, learning how to use his powers as he’s using them, and one day he’s fighting on a S.H.I.E.L.D. hovercraft while the next day he’s helping a woman who just got her purse snatched. He also deals with an inner conflict. Although, his parents are alive, his father was once a criminal, and this concept makes Miles believe that a part of that is inside him. I like Miles as a character and I fully endorse comics where the leading hero has to deal with both being a superhero and doing homework. The only problem I’m having with the comic is that Miles has yet to lose. For someone who had no idea how to fight yesterday and now knows how to fight today just because they have built in agility and strength. Although sometimes it’s a little tedious, I like seeing my new heroes train. Just because he’s been shot up with spider super strength doesn’t necessarily mean he knows how to use it. They address this issue at the end of the comic showing that Miles’ friend Ganke offers a video of a live fight with Peter Parker versus Doctor Octopus. Ganke suggests that Miles needs to start studying Peter Parker’s moves.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #1: This is actually my first introduction to Jason Aaron’s writing which makes me sad because I know that he’s written great stuff in the past. I have to admit that I wasn’t exactly sold on the concept of Wolverine being a headmaster of a school for mutants. I know that this is only the first issue and there have been a couple more out that I will hunt down. I will keep reading because I am assured that the comic gets better but as of right now issue #1 reads as I thought it would, a little cheesy. I am a big fan of Kitty Pryde, and have always enjoyed her dynamic with Wolverine. My attention span for a #1 issue in a new comic book series is always a little tentative. I always hope that the first issue drags me in and pulls me under. I felt myself being distracted while reading this, the formula is a little obvious. We get a tour of the school and the introduction to the faculty and students. I haven’t read an X-Men comic in a long time but it takes a lot to convince me on reading a book with a neutered Wolverine. Not that I’m not willing to give the comic a try but my favorite Wolverine stories have been the ones where Wolverine is on his own.

WOLVERINE AND THE XMEN ‘ALPHA AND OMEGA’ #1: With that being said Brian Wood’s first issue in this five part series is promising. Again I haven’t read an X-Men comic in a long time so the character of Quentin is new to me, but I did do research into why he is so angry. If this is a promise of what academy life is going to be like than I fully endorse it. I like the idea of getting into Wolverine’s brain and having it be a time jump. Wolverine’s brain has been tampered with a lot over the years and it’s one of those things that he can’t fight.

FABLES #113: The only reason that I continue to read this comic book is because it was so good for so long so there is still that hope that Bill Willingham will knock it off and start writing a decent comic again. The comic has gotten so lopsided that he is now messing up his own continuity. Willingham suggests that the cause for the Adversary not invading Fabletown for years was due to a magician named Kadabra. Kadabra caused the Adversary to become blinded wherever Kadabra went. When Kadabra settles into Fabletown it is with his murder that the Adversary becomes aware of Fabletown. This causes a bit of nail in the continuity of the comic since it is Sheriff Beast who finds the body when Sheriff Bigby is still in charge during the March of the Wooden Soldiers where the Adversary clearly attacks Fabletown. The comic has been off the rails ever since the Dark Man run. Really it’s just ‘good story blue balls’ where Willingham constantly has been giving readers a good idea for a story and then takes it away.

HACK/SLASH #12: I definitely recommend this Tim Seeley comic if you’re not reading it. Especially if you are looking for a comic that stars a female protagonist who is fun, tough, and not afraid of her sexuality. Cassie Hack is a hunter of Slashers, pretty much defined as supernatural creatures mostly in human form who have a vendetta and are hard to kill. Recently Cassie’s partner Vlad a muscular, green creature with a heart of gold has come down with an ailment. Until Vlad is better Cassie enlists the help of a man named Samhaim who is gifted with a form of excelled healing. This power is causing him to go a wee bit evil, but he owes Cassie and now he, her, and Cat Curio are off to an island filled with monsters in order to find Samhaim a cure. The characters of HACK/SLASH are fun and full of life. The character of Pooch, an interdimensional dog, is full of heartwarming life, and I defy you to not fall in love with this character.

This is my first comic book post and I am excited to see what you all think. I will definitely try and improve and look forward to recommendations on new comics. That’s it for now! Thanks for reading!

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After the debacle with the woman who wore the Stephanie Brown Batgirl costume at the Comic Con last year, asking the question of “where are the women?” in response to the JLA comic book cover for the new 52, I created the blog http://www.tumblr.com/blog/femaleprotagonists in order to help educate and celebrate female pop culture figures. I also wanted to let readers know, who are sullen and discontented with female superheroes and how they are being written, that there are other female protagonists in comics.

I am very excited to be able to be a part of the ANTiFanboy page and to be able to blog about weekly comic books as well as series that I have read in the past. Hope you enjoy!

Just to give an idea of the comics that I do read from week to week:
Swamp Thing
Animal Man
Batman
Fables
Hack/Slash
Powers
Ultimate Spiderman
Atomic Robo
Supergirl
The Walking Dead
House of Mystery
Resurrection Man
Deadpool
Daredevil
Action Comics
And I am totally open to suggestions for trying new books.

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