AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #27 MARVEL COMICS
What Nick Spencer and Kev Walker have created here if a perfect issue of the 1970’s Marvel Team Up title! The humor here is well placed and the potential of the all girl group of the Sinister Six has endless possibilities. Electro’s admissions are magnificent and you can’t help but feel for the hapless Boomerang. He maybe a sexist idiot but you can’t help but love him. And with the ending cliffhanger, it’s almost like I’m back reading the multi issue storyline of MTU with Moondragon, Dr. Doom, Vision and the Scarlet Witch! This is an amazing little gem hidden away. I give it a 9 out of 10 Grahams.
STAR WARS ADVENTURES 2019 ANNUAL IDW COMICS
Back in 1977, Marvel Comics had a problem. After gaining the rights to publish Star Wars as a comic, they had reached the end of the movie and didn’t know where to go next. The dynamic team of Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykinand Frank Spinner came up with a new storyline featuring Han Solo and Chewy with a sort of Seven Samurai’s plot. Inadvertantly, they created the 1977 version of Jar-Jar Binks! Jaxxon the Green Bunny gunslinger quickly went into the history books as an utter disaster. Which was a shame because, honestly, the character wasn’t terrible. A smart aleck Bugs Bunny type but armed and brutal in a fight was quite the original concept. Jaxxon lasted from issue #7 to #16. So it’s great to see him in action once again. And while he is a bit more cartoony than he was (this is Star Wars Adventures) he still shows that he is a great smuggler and fighter. Yodi says, “Mmmmm, the nostalgia value is strong in this one!” Add in a bonus Amidala/Leia story and this makes for one fun filled issue. I give it an 8 out of 10 Grahams. 