20 Inches of Snow? Right....

So that new "storm" certainly left something to be desired. We were supposed to get upwards of a foot of snow today, and since it stopped roughly around noon, the actual final tally was a little south of what was expected. However, all this snow didn't prevent me from getting to the comic store!

COMIC REVIEWS!!!!

Ultimate Thor #4 (of 4) 

Jonathan Hickman, the man who killed The Human Torch, has also been writing S.H.I.E.L.D.  and Ultimate Thor, which wraps up this week. This final issue fills in the gaps on how Ultimate Thor came to be,  as well as how he came to help out The Ultimates in their battle against the Hulk. Hickman as usual is great, as well as artist Carlos Pacheco, but this issue felt like it was kind of a let down. Perhaps maybe I was expecting a showdown between Thor and his mad brother Loki, but that never really happens in this issue. While I appreciate the reveal behind Thor and the gaps this story fills in, the whole issue made me feel like I was missing something rather important, or like I skipped an issue entirely. While it's not a terrible issue, I was hoping for an ending that would be a lot more conclusive than it really is.

DC Universe Online Legends #1

This is the first issue to the tie-in comic book for the DC Universe Online video game that was recently released. Instead of trying to follow the story of the game and creating their own superhero, writers Marv Wolfman and Tony Bedard instead follow the events directly after the beginning of the game, which you can watch here. 
Pretty sweet huh? Unfortunately non of those awesome battles are present in the comic, but you do get to watch the events right after Brainiac's ship arrives on Earth. Lex Luthor is scrambling to save himself, and assemble a crew of heroes and villains to help battle Brainiac in the future. This leads to some very cool moments, and seeing the "team" that is assembled is pretty interesting. We also learn how Brainiac and Luthor first started working together, and what led to Luthor being turned on by him.
The art is handled by DC mainstay Howard Porter and Livesay, and it's very serviceable. There's nothing that really stands out about it, but it serves the purpose of the story and isn't terrible. I was very impressed by this issue (probably because I wasn't expecting much), and if this continues to follow this possible future, I may have to check it out.