Blood Hunt Wears Out Welcome Fast & Comic Recommendations
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2024
- Marvel Comics Blood Hunt kicks into full gear this week with 6-issues dedicated to superheroes fight vampires. While there are some high moments in Spider-Man, the gimmick wears out its welcome fast. It's clear reading 5 or 6 horror themed Marvel Comics a week for 3 months straight is unsustainable. Not to mention the stories are already not matching up. Thankfully Image Comics step up in a huge way and deliver 5 great comics to review this week. And DC Comics Kneel Before Zod finally becomes the comic fans were hoping for. Wes and Drew explain why Blood Hunt is already a mess and recommend 6 awesome comics to read. Blood HUnt wears out welcome fast and comic book recommendations.
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0:00 Intro
4:16 Energon Universe #1
6:02 Transformers #8
7:47 Geiger #2
9:16 The Sacrificers #8
11:24 The Last Mermaid #3
13:46 Kneel Before Zod #5
That page you showed us, of what Thundercracker did, of letting the Humans go is actually in character for his G1 depiction. He never wanted to be a 'Decepticon'. He just liked flying.
I have feeling this version of Thundercracker will join the Autobots. At least I hope so.
@@zemox2534 I need to pick these series up.
Marvel wants your $350 for the blood hunt complete series. 😄
They will find out quickly, that wanting is not the same as having.
Better luck ice skating up hill.
@@vernonhampton5863 They count on the completists to be loyal buyers.
They are planning to do Dr Strange 3 after the second movie was a failure wouldn't be suprised it would be about Clea being mary sue while Strange gets sidelined
It made 955 million, 45 mil away from a billion
Actually it wasn’t… it made most money post. No way home… don’t lie my friend
It made around 1 billion $ stop it
@@JosephRockford oh please stop lying nowdays Marvel hasn't got any money above 500 or 400$ milion
@@she-venom9842 what it did 955.8 million $ at the box office
The Megatron story was great. His brief battle with Optimus was awesome. I am already looking forward to the rematch.
This version of Soundwave is far more ruthless than past incarnations. I mean seriously I know he cam be cold but his actions in this issue was very shocking.
Marvel & DC are literally out of ideas. I like Vampires but this kind of event is so fucking overdone.
you can only go so far with Vampires in comics
Vampires storylines work better separated from superhero comics.
The only decent Vampire storyline event was in the Midnight Suns game.
All their best ideas are already used up. There might be more with indie creators
why would the editors at Marvel THINK WE WANT 60 ISSUES of gawdamn vampires?
I appreciate your efforts Wes and Drew-my favorite video of the week. 💯with you on “Sacrificers”, respectively pass on “Mermaid”, need to check out “Zod”. Looking forward to the next video.✌️
Blood Hunt was the perfect dropping off point for me. Thank you Marvel! I just ripped the bandaid clean off. 😉
Honestly a simple fix for this event would be to introduce the bad guys one by one in their own self contained issues instead of appearing all at once
I like these reviews. Thanks.
I really liked Geiger #2, more than I thought. Sacrificers is great still. Image is doing good.
Good vid. (Let’s hope my Stars don’t blow another 4 goal lead tonight.)
There just trying to do dc vampires before the sequel from what it looks like. Weird to do a horror event like this in the spring
I did not pick up comics that I regularly regret buying because of bloodhunt. I think it might be why I stop reading several marvel comics.
Is it just me or is Image KILLING IT these days? Amazing, I never cared about much Image content here or there a title but man almost all the stuff I'm reading, NEW stuff, and looking forward to, is Image stuff.
Good video Wes
The only thing I can’t get into is the Zod book but otherwise I might check out the other books
If the jet is blue its Thundercracker, if its black its Skywarp.
I can't sink my teeth into all these Marvel Vampire books
I can't recall Jeff Lemire ever being mentioned on this channel. 😢 Best writer out there.
We have mentioned his comics in the past including Robin & Batman and Maze book.
@Dolan_waddick23 Thank you 😊 I am reading Bone Orchard:Tenement at the moment and he was on my mind.
What current books or trades by him do you recommend?
@joeschmoe32electricboogalo99 Phantom Road and Tenement are both quite out there. The Underwater Welder is not new but it was emotional. The Black Hammer series was classic. I am a huge Lemire fan. 😀
Lemire is the Stanley Kubrick of comics.
Blade is big up with the likes of Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Doctor Strange and the fact Marvel isn't publish ongoing volumes of Blade shows incompetence. The Transformers book is killing it best thing to come out of the rights switch.
AAAHHH! I can't take the positive reviews because they're all on Energon books and I haven't read them all yet, heheheheheheh!
It sounds strange that Duke would want someone who questions him, especially since Baroness' flaw in Energon is that she gets bored of things quickly and digs herself deeper and deeper into depravity. I can see the value that someone as versatile as Baroness brings, but it sounds like Duke is a better influence on her than vice versa, especially since he can already question orders and think outside the box. I'm less conflicted on Carly, though. I understand she's so mad about Cliffjumper not killing Starscream but, even back when I was a teen, I would have understood that Cliffjumper has been through it all and also lost family, so I'll have to see this issue before I decide how I feel about Carly.
For me, something that makes the Energon books a blast besides the stories are the letters columns. It's so fun seeing so many people who never liked G.I. Joe or only followed Kirkman's stuff gush about how Energon won them over and the writers and editors of the books enjoying their questions and comments. It'd be nice if more comics were good enough to generate this kind of discussion, but at least Energon is a beacon of positivity.
Pretty much the top three tier writers did the Energon Universe ,I kind of wish they would do more together with Image Comics
I relate to Drew when he said, "I see Mermaid, I figure the book is not for me." I feel the same way, so had no idea this book was actually good. May check it out now! Thanks.
Blade is not a full vampire, therefore he can’t turn anyone. But let’s say he could, the dead would have to take some of his blood 🩸 which Strange would not have. This is a mess of a cross over. How many times has Stephen Strange had his mortal coil damaged? From losing his eye to death, rebirth, etc. The stake thru Thor’s skull in Bloodhunt #1 was so ridiculous that it lost me
This happened before in Strange's second series, with Dracula turning him. It took him three days to rise. Some people think original vampire Varnae has taken over Blade.
I like the energon universe transformers run it’s like a retelling of the g1 marvel comics.
I'm not event touching this one. Maybe I'll borrow the trade from my local library. Didn't we have a vampire event tied to the Victor Gischlet X-Men book back in 2010-12?
Were there recommendations last week? I think we might’ve skipped one!
There weren’t any recommendations last week.
We had timing and personal issues come up.
We started recording last week and there was some maintenance going on. The noise was far too loud. So we didn't get to finish it.
Image comics are killing it ❤ I got my comic shop reading image comics now.
From someone used to work New England Comics...and is again pt working for New England Comics, thanks for wearing The Tick shirt Drew. It's a classic that during its hay day we sold alot of them. WTF20.
Thanks, man! I have been a fan of the tick since I was in middle school when I was reading the Ben Edlund and Eli Stone comics and enjoying the cartoon. Now as an adult, I can say Eli Stone is a good friend of mine. The Tick Will always hold a special place in my heart.
@@Dolan_waddick23 You are welcome. Glad you like that original and early stuff. Sadly don't see anything coming down the pike with the character in the future.
Marvel vs Vampires!
Awesome work guys
Fantastic recommendations guys
Those eBay sales are one thousand percent flippers selling to each other to inflate the value of the book. There is absolutely zero hype in the actual sales pages from IG and that is always a good measure of what’s truly moving amongst collectors.
I made a bold statement on my channel back in late winter. I seriously believe Image is going to be the #1 seller of comics in 2024. Based on the success of the Energon U and the hype around Ghostmachine Image is really going in the right direction. Not to mention the success of Feral. I think people are also very excited for the return of Department of Truth in June. Also, big thumbs up to Drew for the Tick Tee!
I agree & have been saying this for awhile now. I have 23 titles on my pull & 18 of them are Image, great books.
@@bwnunley27 also...big sleepers are Boom! And Dynamite. Dynamite has been utilizing big classic franchises like Image. Thundercats has been a very good read and I am looking forward to Jonny Quest by Joe Casey. Despite the big two the indie books can not be hotter right now.
Last Mermaid is SOOO GOOD! I honestly feel like DKK is undercoating putting it at only $3.99
For Shazam, the great things about this comic are Billy (and Captain Marvel), Mary (and Mary Marvel), Freddy, Pedro, Eugene, Darla, Hoppy, Tawky Tawny, and the Vasquezes doing whatever it takes to make sure that they can pass their home inspection in order for the Vasquezes to adopt the kids (except Mary because she’s 18 years old, which is weird because she’s the same age as Billy and Freddy in the pre-Crisis and pre-Flashpoint continuities). Something that shocked and surprised me is Billy dreaming about him and his mother (who died in a car accident along with her husband in the pre-Crisis Earth-S continuity six months after he and Mary were born in 1927 and died by Theo Adam along with her husband in the Power of Shazam series in the pre-Flashpoint continuity) and that his mother arrived so that she can adopt him, continuing the Geoff Johns Shazam run (aka the Magiclands storyline that involves different rooms for the Rock of Eternity and the return of Superboy-Prime and the Monster Society of Evil that took 14 issues and TWO YEARS to complete). I wonder if Captain Marvel will tell Billy that he burned the letter that are from his mom because (with the wisdom of Solomon) he knew that he’s going to get hurt and heartbroken by his mom, just like he knew that he’ll get heartbroken by his father on the Geoff Johns run. Josie Campbell has done an interesting job continuing what Geoff Johns wanted to do, as well as making Mary and the rest of the foster kids do something and altering Billy’s post-Flashpoint backstory to make sure that he was raised by his mom instead of staying in foster houses for several years. Overall, this is a great comic! Hope the final issue of this arc result in Billy choosing the Vasquezes because they’re his real family.
For Birds of Prey, I like that the Birds of Prey were able to work together to try and escape from a realm before they encountered a mysterious person who pretended to be Barbara. It’s one of the good things from this comic, including Meridian recruiting Zealot to save the Birds of Prey (with a Grifer cameo) because she (and other Wildstorm characters) don’t have anything else to do aside from appearing in cameos, backups, and anthology series. Let’s hope that the Birds of Prey will save Barbara and will learn who the mysterious person is and why they want to kill her.
For The Boy Wonder, I like that the writing shows that we’re reading a fairytale and that it shows Damian’s backstory and origins on how he became Robin in this universe. Also, Damian meeting a married Dick and Barbara and Dick’s backstory and origins involved him losing his parents to Tony Zucco, being taken in by Bruce and Clark to form the World’s Finest and having adventures with them, and Dick leaving Bruce to become Nightwing and forge his own path. I think that Damian’s encounter with Dick shows that he can be cheerful and optimistic in his own way. The are is nice and family friendly, and the writing is interesting and unique. Hope the next issue shows him interacting with Jason Todd and that he can learn from his rebellious and snarky attitude. The one thing I can criticize is that it is a Black Label comic instead of a comic that is appealing to kids, since it doesn’t have any mature elements. Overall, this comic is great!
For Batman, the good things about this comic are Vandal Savage becoming the new commissioner after Renee Montoya (in which Savage would stay in Gotham to make sure that he can maintain his immortality, continuing his plans after Gotham War because he was bored after his death in Scott Snyder’s Justice League and resurrection in Death Metal, while Renee continues as the second Question in Ram V’s Detective Comics run), Damian fining out that Zur pretended to be his father, showing a flashback (set in 1964) of Barry (in his original suit, which I like) telling Bruce (wearing his black and blue suit with the yellow oval) that he doesn’t have to be alone and another flashback (set in 1989) of Bruce telling Tim Drake that he doesn’t have to be like Dick Grayson and that he came to Bruce for help, and Tim telling Bruce thar he has family and that they’ll always be together no matter what. The one thing I can criticize is Waller being in this comic because of her plans in Absolute Power. At least Zur told her to leave him alone or else she’s going to be trapped on his prison. Also, Bruce gettin a new suit in the final page of the main storyline, which is okay, and Zur creating his own Robin. Overall, this is an interesting and good comic.
For Poison Ivy, the only good thing about this comic is Ivy getting unlimited power after tapping into the Green so that she can defeat Jason Woodrue and save the world. The one thing I can criticize is Janet-From-HR being here because… reasons.
For Kneel Before Zod, I’m impressed that Zod had to free himself from the Kaffarians before he freed the prisoners as a way to form the Legion of Zod after dreaming about his father casting him out and meeting a younger Jor-El, who is in his pre-Crisis Earth-One incarnation. I wonder if later issues include him using the Legion of Zod to take back what’s his and that he doesn’t want anyone else to suffer.
For ASM, aside from being a Blood Hunt tie-in, the good things about this comic are Peter fighting vampires, teaming up with Kareem to save the White Rabbit from harm, and telling a civilian that everything is going to be okay and that he’s going to get help before he was sadly killed by Kareem.
For Shadow of the Green Goblin, I like that we get to see Peter narrate about his life in 1963, such as Emily Osborn telling the Proto-Goblin to kidnap her son Harry so that she can cure him, Peter having a talk with Flint Marko Sandman before he was captured by Johnny Storm Human Torch, and Gwen and Captain Stacy visiting Helen Stacy at the hospital. I feel bad that the Proto-Goblin had to stay in his form and that he can’t meet his family because he’s afraid of what they’ll think of him if he arrive. Let’s hope that Peter will convince him not to do this and that he’ll be loved and accepted by his family or be cured by his goblin app in the next few issues.
For Strange Academy: Blood Hunt, it’s interesting that the Strange Academy students had to find the Darkhold and use it to try and save the world. Also, back up of Agatha Harkness going to Madripoor with the Darkhold and another backup of the origins of one of the students (whose name is Pia and how she joined Strange Academy). I wonder if Pia would tell her friends the truth in the next two issues.
For Blood Hunters, here is what I have to say.
For the Hawkeye backup, I like that Clint was able to defeat the evil vampires. Also, he looks great with a mustache. If he added the goatee, then he’ll be a dead ringer for Oliver Queen because archery since childhood and teens, joining one the greatest superhero teams of all time (i.e. JLA for Oliver and Avengers for Clint), and creating a legacy that will lay a lifetime (i.e. Roy, Conner, Cissie, Mia, and Emiko for Oliver; and Kate for Clint).
For the J. Jonah Jameson backup, I like that J. and his son John (as Man-Wolf) worked together to defeat the evil vampires and save the civilians. Also, J. loving his son more that he loves Spider-Man, because he’s J. Jonah Jameson and that his son is a hero and an astronaut.
For the Dagger backup, I like that Tandy was able to save a barista before it ends with her teaming up with Elsa Moonstone to save the world.
For Fantastic Four, I find it hilarious and impressive that Ben and Johnny had to get part-time jobs so that they can provide financial support for their family. It’s wholesome and sweet! Also, Ben and Johnny competing for cashier of the month, Johnny being interviewed by a reporter and seeing lies on a newspaper magazine, and Ben and Johnny (along with Reed and Sue) fighting a monster after being forced to let go by their manager because of publicity reasons.
For Deadpool, I like that Wade and Princess are able to spend some father-daughter time before they decided on go to a local convention with Taskmaster. Also, Ellie using her phone to locate where Wade is so that she could spend time with him instead of waiting for him to come visit her and this comic referencing Spider-Man ‘s Beyond storyline and Miles Morales’ adventures involving him defeating the Cape Killers.
For Giant Size X-Men, it’s interesting that Warren learned how to cope with what he’s done and that Maze helped him deal with it to overcome his fears and problems.
For Last Mermaid, I find it interesting that the last mermaid and Lottie had to find a way to escape before they encountered a mysterious person.
For I Hate Fairyland, it’s hilarious that Gert and Larry have to defeat and destroy the Gertlins after seeing one of them kill or eat Larry’s cousin.
As for Strange Academy, how did the students escape Weird World? Weren’t half of them trapped there?
I don’t know any plot points of Blood Hunt, but based on the page did Blade turn heel, turn Dr. Strange Vampire and set him off against Clea? Or is that part of the red-bagged issues that “don’t count”?
0:55 my comic shop that was the topic as I walked in. Too many tie ins for a kinda meh title.
At least ASM isn’t a multiverse storyline and free from Ben Reily or moron I mean Miles Morales 😮
Blades purple haired daughrer. I showed this to people in my lcs. I said CRAP! And then I THREW IT ON THE GROUND!
The only thing I read was Transformers 8 and yes Carly annoyed the heck out of me. But I’m hoping that it’s just a character building moment where she will grow and change. I’m also still not a fan of the art.
Marvel Comics has Blood Hunt. DC Comics has DC Vampires.
Then there is also zombies with Marvel Zombies and DCeased.
Then there was demons with Marvel in the Inferno stories and with DC in the Dark Knights: Metal stories.
Then there are aliens with Batman being on another planet in DC and the Yautja fighting Wolverine in Marvel.
Then there were mutants with the X-Men at Krakoa Island, and with, well, you know. You can recognize the pattern.
What's next? Werewolves? Can DC and Marvel both stop trying to make big events with monsters become a thing? They're never gonna to be a thing! 🤦♂️🤷♂️
I like werewolves.
@@EvandroACruz (facepalm) 🤦♂️ smh 😑
For 60 books I’m not surprised but I just saw Hulk will also be apart of Blood Hunt….. nooooooo!
“Can’t “ wait for the Blood Onmibus…I mean blood hunt collection…said no one
Dude…. Jetfire. 😞
I don't know if this is true or false but I wonder why does it feel that the big 2 seem to do a lot of events about zombies or vampires? Is that true comic book fans?
No not really, marvel zombies and DCeased and DC Vs vampires weren’t events.
Blood hunt is an event. As it’s a crossover between other titles.
Just announced is a sequel to DC vs vampires.
The dark energy twist was cool but the rest of Blood Hunt has been generic, bland and boring especially the art.
Glad I skipped Blood Hunt and didn’t waste my money
You guys didn’t enjoy Ain’t no grave ?
Can someone send me the link to the video where Wes acknowledges that XMen '97 is actually great?
Wes does not review TV shows or movies but him and other youtubers did talk about it in a few live streams.
@@spinningtornado4543Thanks for the heads up!
I saw that an Avengers tie-in issue mentioned the Cap-Wolf storyline. I was tickled pink because once again Marvel spits in the face of that tabloid comic book website years ago that claimed, “Marvel is so embarrassed by the Cap-Wolf storyline it’s doing everything it can to bury it and make fans forget it.” It was ridiculous even back then because Marvel released a Cap-Wolf trade paperback around that time, but it gets more and more ridiculous with each passing year. Let’s review the list! Marvel has…
…published a trade paperback of the storyline
…released a Cap-Wolf Funko Pop! (I have one on my collectibles shelf)
…included a Cap-Wolf skin in two different video games (Marvel’s Avengers and Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2)
…released other Cap-Wolf merch
…published a Captain America issue in which Sam Wilson briefly became a new Cap-Wolf
…published a limited series in which an alternative timeline version of Steve Rogers became Cap-Wolf during World War 2
…mentioned the Cap-Wolf storyline in an Avengers comic tying into Blood Hunt
Does that sound like Marvel is actively trying to bury the storyline to you?
Don't forget the Secret Wars Spider-Island apperence
Marvel and DC copy each other's terrible ideas and keep making them worse. It's just so sad. Why would Blade pull a heel turn?
“Blood hunt”? I’m NOT buying a single issue. GTFO 🤡 Everything Ghost Machine is on my pull list.
I'm skipping Blood Hunt and I just read the ASM tie-in. This is just another cash-grab event that are don't worth of my time.
Why are you reading Well's ASM in the first place?
@@clonegeek3317 Because I read Spider-man since 1994.
@@EvandroACruz Read Ultimate because its better. Stop giving your money to crap
@@clonegeek3317 I read Ultimate Spider-man too. I'm almost giving up of 616 line.
Vampires are overated. Overkill. Looks like crap. Not a fan of some of these people and the story sucks. Blade is zzzz
Events are bad
I thought Spider-Man: Shadow of the Green Goblin was the best book from the big 2 this week and I'm surprised it didn't show up on here. Fantastic Four was good too although it didn't have any action. I haven't managed to get into Zod.
I haven't checked out those Indy comics but I'll definitely give some a try. Especially Geiger.
Agree with everything you say about Blood Hunt. I'll not be buying any tie-ins.
Damn! I think folks are going really hard on poor Carly (Archer: "Phrasing!") I mean she's a teenage girl whose dad got killed. She's got a serious grudge against giant robots... even those trying to help her. I actually think she's being written quite well as a flawed character which is a refreshing change from girl-boss or mary sue. shrug.
You guys are 100% wrong about Carly. She is upset that Cliffjumper didn't kill Starscream and she's right to be upset about it.
Ridiculous that they draw Blade to look like Wesley Snipes. He was in blade movies 15 years ago. Blade was around 20 years before that. Snipes even make movies anymore?
You guys have clearly never met a 12 year old before. Carly is exactly what they are like. Transformers, Geiger and most of all, Sacrificers. Image is killing it these days.
Eww, wtf is that art work?
If you think mermaids are for t year old girls, you know nothing about actual mermaid lore
Negative nancy RUclips channel. Outrage gets more views sadly
Right?! These guys are jerks!
Blood hunt has been well received so far and Wes looks for anything to dog it.
These guys are just giving their honest opinions and trying to recommend GOOD comics! If you ungrateful #%^&&&& do not like it stop bloody watching and leaving disrespectful comments!
@@zemox2534they hardly EVER talk about positive news. It's constantly the woke mob taking over marvel and DC. They focus on the trash can books and don't talk about content that is actually good.
It’s called being real and honest. I don’t know if you have been paying attention the last few years but there isn’t much to get excited about at Marvel and DC, and there non existent fan base reflects that.