All right, it is time for The Revolution’s Weekly Awards. Here are the nominees for The Che for the best read of the week:
Booster Gold #5
Green Lantern #25
X-Factor #26
The Winner: Green Lantern #25.
Yeah, like there was ever any doubt about which issue was going to win The Che this week. There were some nice reads this week. X-Factor #26 kept the ball rolling on the Messiah Complex story arc. Marvel should be proud of the excellent effort that the writers on the X-titles have cranked out during the Messiah Complex story arc. Messiah Complex is one of the best big events to come out of the House of Ideas in a long time. It just has the unfortunate timing of coming out during the end of the best big event from Marvel and DC in the Sinestro War.
Booster Gold #5 was another wonderfully done issue. And if it weren’t for the white hot Sinestro War, this title could have certainly nabbed its first Che. But, the fact is that Green Lantern #25 was the beast of the week. This issue by far and away dominated every other title this week. As a matter of fact, Green Lantern #25 is definitely in the running for The Revolution’s award for the best issue of the year. I already praised Green Lantern #25 in my review and there isn’t much more I can add here.
And now the nominees for the Sequential Methadone Award for the worst issue of the week are:
Countdown to Final Crisis #20
New Avengers #37
Ghost Rider #18
The Winner: New Avengers #37
Oh, c’mon, I can’t just hand the Sequential Methadone Award to Countdown to Final Crisis each and every week! Well, yeah, I guess I could, but where is the excitement in that? As usual, Countdown to Final Crisis offered up another pedestrian read in issue #20. There is no reason to read this wretched title and certainly no hope that we are going to get a sudden turnaround on this title for the remaining issues.
Ghost Rider #18 was another dud of a read. And that is to be expected as Daniel Way’s run on this title has been horrid from the very start. I can’t say that I liked Way’s retcon of Ghost Rider’s origin. The big bad rider is now an angel? Uggh. No thanks. I’ll pass. In my mind, The Rider is still a demon. And that is how he should be.
However, the winner of the Sequential Methadone Award has got to be the stinker of the week known New Avengers #37. It is mindboggling how dreadfully slow and dull this title is each and every month. The Hood is the most unworthy villain you could possibly pick for Marvel’s premier super team in the Avengers. I continue to be completely bored by the Hood and Bendis continues to creep along at a snail’s pace without any particular purpose to his story.
So, congrats to Green Lantern #25 for winning The Che and congrats to New Avengers #37 for winning the Sequential Methadone Award!
3 thoughts on “Weekly Awards for Comic Books From December 12, 2007”
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I still say Countdown was robbed.
“Oh, c’mon, I can’t just hand the Sequential Methadone Award to Countdown to Final Crisis each and every week! Well, yeah, I guess I could”
I read this blog daily practically for several reasons.
One is to keep up with important series that I don’t get.
One is to see what new and little known titles I should pick up/ stay away from at all costs.
But really the best part of the Revolution is the reviews, as can be seen from the quote above, are more entertaining than the books themselves.
Congrats New Avengers. Don’t worry Countdown, I’m sure you have an extremely good chance at a comeback.
I actually found the Hood to be an interesting character with lots of potential on his initial appearance in Brian K. Vaughan’s mini.
Bendis seems to have seen this as well, but he’s messed up badly while building on it with an extremely weak plan, characterization and no motivations… pity.