She-Hulk #29

What's cool about She-Hulk #29?



Name art!


I simply adore that sort of thing. I can just imagine people introducing themselves in a deep, resonating booming voice. "Hello, my name is TERRY SMITH!" for example, would result in laughter and derision, I would assume - so it only really works with made-up names...

What else is cool? Court room scenes.

Of course these are no longer a fixture in She-Hulk, after her disbarring back between new guy Peter David and old guy Dan Slott's runs. But it's nice to see Peter David referring back if only in flashback to explain why She-Hulk is a bounty hunter.

What else can She-Hulk offer that's cool? Internal monologue:

That leads on to outright violence.



And threats.



And the coolest thing about She-Hulk #29?

A very clear-cut picture of how Jennifer Walters wears a super-stretchy bra.


I've not known the artist to cheesecake-up his issues of She-Hulk, but let's be honest, there's no bra on Earth - or Marvel Earth - that can stretch to contain THAT much difference. In this case, he could have cheesecaked away!

Wolverine Origins #25

What's cool about Wolverine Origins #25?



Drowning Wolverine.


Of course that's not the only thing. But to kill Wolverine, as Deadpool has been heading towards since this arc started, it would make sense that you either drown him, or dump him in space. Without air, it doesn't matter how good your healing factor is, it can't create oxygen. Skin, bones and muscle - sure! But not a gases that requires plant-life.

For those who haven't read the other 4 parts, I'll bring you up to speed. Deadpool has been hired by someone to kill Wolverine. Deadpool went through a huge rigmarole of shooting, stabbing, blowing up and killing Wolverine, all in the hopes of getting Wolvy into this trap which would drown him. Which obviously succeeded.

Despite the violence starting a few pages later, it shows some nice close-ups of Daken's (Wolverine's son) claws along with some painful scenes. Only problem I have with Daken's claws is that they look like they were put in acid, or are made of rusted metal. Or he has a black skeleton...



I know I cut it off there by not posting the next page, but Deadpool loses his other hand. That leads up to the next cool part - Wolverine versus Daken - something that's been brewing since Wolverine Origin #10!



I'll let you read for yourselves what happens and how that ends - but the issue doesn't end there! It goes on to reprint Deadpool's first appearence! 17 years old!


I'm not going to comment on the quality of art from the artist for this particular reprint (there's enough Liefeld bashing out there to fill several sites), but I will touch on a subject that will be the topic of a future Pint Of Cool. Costumes.

Now you see swords:




Now (4 panels later) you don't!


That's something that's not cool about comics. But at the same time, if it's intentional, it IS cool. Like I said, future posting.

Now, the last thing that's cool about this issue of Wolverine Origins?



Deadpool on sale in September! Yeah! He's been stuck with Cable in the title of his book for the last 4 years, so he deserves a break. And I'm totally bias, but that one little graphic is the coolest thing about this comic.

Captain Britain and MI 13 #01

What's cool about Captain Britain and MI 13 issue 1? Captain Britain fighting Skrulls.
Just look at that splash page! I'm not going to go on and on about every artist I like, but just check out that image. Captain Britain's up in the air over London (always the capital cities with these aliens...) ON HIS OWN. Skrull ships, Super Skrulls... Despite the odds, he's kicking arse. Just like the old Captain America would have done - except with more magically-enhanced powers...

What else is cool about this issue?

John Lennon has been a Skrull. Always.

Yeah, not the best artists rendering, but it IS supposed to be Lennon. And it's also 'hinted' that the rest of The Beatles were Skrulls. What with them starting up in '63.

Black Knight, long forgotten by almost everyone, makes a great comeback. It's just very lucky that Skrull decided to arch his back upwards at that precise moment to get that angle...


Spitfire, a character I don't even remember much of, makes a very awesome contribution to the War effort.
Her back story is that she got her powers after a blood transfusion from the android called Human Torch. Yeah, blood from an android, I know...

But seems the side effects of spending 60 years with fake blood in your system kinda makes you a vampire... Maybe she should contact the Galactus-powered Zombies and compare notes on how Skrull blood tastes.

The final thing that makes this comic cool?



A Goodbye To Heads.