Monday, July 11, 2022

Marvel Comics Presents #126

The She-Hulk story ends in this issue. The ending wasn't as dynamic as the rest of the story. It wasn't bad. But it was more psychological and the ending was sad as opposed to being a humorous romp in previous 3 parts.

The Wolverine story seems to be a reunion as a bunch of characters from previous stories are popping up left and right. This time it's a trio of protoplasmic villains called the Flesh Tones. They had appeared in some story a while back. I can't remember which Wolverine story. But I do remember them and I'm not a fan.

With the Ghost Rider/Typhoid Mary story things have done a sort of 180 degree turn. At first Mary was going after a bunch of terrorists that had invaded a shopping mall in which she's visiting. But now after being sexually assaulted by some security guards, she's resorted to her deadly type of revenge on them. That has caused Ghost Rider's internal vengeance meter to go on full alert against Mary. But shouldn't the Spirit of Vengeance realize that something's off and that Mary is only fulfilling her skewed internal sense of duty and justice? 

Lastly, we've got the Iron Fist story. After apprehending a Hydra backed meta-human that infiltrated his research facility, Danny Rand has sought out the assistance of one of the Daughters of the Dragon, Misty Knight. But instead of using Misty and her detective skills, Iron Fist has decided to take on Hydra alone and put Misty in charge of his company!

After a nearly flawless issue, this issue of MCP seems to go spastic. All 4 chapters seemed to shack off the shackles of reason and went off into odd tangents. Wolverine's villains turned spineless- literally. The She-Hulk story went from comedy to drama. Ghost Rider went all misogynist and victim blaming against Typhoid Mary. And Iron Fist isn't using his allies to their fullest extent. 

Disappointing.

Rating: 5 out of 10 stars.

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