Renaldo's reviews: Alpha and Omega #3, Children's Crusade #9, Uncanny X-Men #7-8, Fury'sBig Week #5, Winter Soldier #3

Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega # 3 –

Brooks and Boschi split on art complete a great job as usual and Wood complies with a well-paced script that sets the finale nicely for Quire, who went from total control to a state of decrepit woe. He lunged Wolverine and Armor into the Construct, trapping their minds there, with Logan’s Berserker persona now adopting his bloodlust and enraged ire towards Quire, which QQ didn’t see coming. Wood does well to deconstruct QQ’s control to one where it’s such a bogged down mess, that he can’t even bring himself to alert Rachel to the quagmire at

Renaldo's Reviews: The Cape, Uncanny X-Men, Kick-Ass, Children's Crusade

The Cape - 
An ascension to villainy, depending on your perspective or stance, is one that makes for cliched reads, as per comics of the modern era with many writers trying to do this but lacking the deft skill, planning, tact and execution to pull it off. Marvel tried it with Osborn, and didn't mangle it as much, Waid strayed for from butcher this concept with his Irredeemable/Incorruptible books; but Joe Hill took it on his shoulders with a brilliant 2010 one-shot to show humanity and the evils of the heart within. It's a practical yet visceral foray into the human psyche as the mind of the book's star gets ravaged with jealousy, sin and paranoia amid a barrage of sins...where he felt a lack of acceptance into the world.

Issue in 5: Avengers: The Children's Crusade #8

Want to know what happens in Avengers: the Children's Crusade #8 but don't want to read the whole thing? Well here it is, summarised in just 5 of the comic's panels! The Young Avengers have been trying to clean up the mess the Scarlet Witch made and kinda screw up... Check it out after the jump, and click the pic for a super high-res version.