An Indepth Look Into A Geek's Soul

So, I've been reading a lot of comics lately.  I would like to say that I have been reading a well versed and varied assortment of them, but truth be told it has been mostly X Men stuff, which is fine by me.  I feel like the X Men series is what originally brought me into comics, so it deserves to get the most attention out of me as I continue down this line of geekdom.  Plus, the last story arc of Uncanny X Men wasn't too terrible, which is nice seeing as how I jumped right into the middle of the story.  There was some catching up to do, but I think I have a pretty good grasp of what is happening in that universe now.

The big thing that I've been reading besides X Men is another Marvel production, Fear Itself.  Fear Itself is the big crossover even of the year that Marvel has put together to make people read a little bit of everything and sell some more issues.  It basically focuses (at least right now) on the Thor and Avenger's side of the Marvel universe.  Right now Sin has revived/released this old god that has opposed Odin for years and who's return heralds the destruction of Earth.  Odin, knowing that he can't win this fight, retreats back the Asgard, forcibly taking Thor with im and leaving the Avengers (minus Thor) and the rest of the super heroes back on Earth to fend for themselves.  Pretty interesting stuff.  A lot of characters, both good and bad, are being turned into basically possessed henchmen for this old god (who's name I can't remember right now), which will lead to some pretty interesting match ups down the round.  Basically, its scarying the crap out of everyone, hence the name Fear Itself.

The last issue that I read was a stand alone issue named Fear Itself:  Sin's Past.  I was expecting a whole new issue talking mostly about Sin and who she was (seeing as how she's a Captain America villian, and I don't read any Captain myself) and how she got to be the way she is today.  The issue did it, too, but by means that I wasn't expecting.  They essentially reprinted three issues of Captain America from 1989 detailing her past, while adding in a few extra pages at the beginning and end to tie it into the Fear Itself storyline.  It was interesting to see how much comics have evolved since the late 80's.  For one reason or another, I thought that they had gotten away from describing so much of the action in words and focused more on pictures.  I was a bit wrong in that regard.  Yes, they have stopped doing as much narration, but there is still a ton of it.  I was surprised at just how long it took me to get through three issues of old Captain America.  It was interesting to see how much everything has changed, most of all the art of telling the story.  By throwing together both the old comics and the new ones, it makes it all that much more obvious.  Definitely worth checking out if you are interested in the evolution of stuff like that.

Anyways, I've ranted long enough.  Thank you for listening.

Peace Out.