The Forgotten Wars

I was standing my ground as a conscientious objector to The Silent War and Amazon Attacks. I only heard ugly things and since I wasn't following the House of M spin-offs or Wonder Woman there just didn't seem like much of a point.

But it was a light week on the pull-list so here we are.

While I managed to snatch both issues of Amazon; Silent War is on it's penultimate chapter. So I could only find 4 & 5. S'ok though, I read the opening recaps. Looked like I just missed a lot of interior monologues.

There's some interesting play among the royal family of Inhumans. Maximus is attempting some kind of coup from behind bars. Very Eugene Debbs. The government intrigue is a little thin though. Now that Tony Stark and his super-hero army work for the government why don't they invade Inhuman capital on the moon? Instead there's a twist involving post-terrigenesis marines on a suicide mission, win or lose.

Maybe it's because I got in on the ground floor but Amazons Attacks worked more for me. The Amazons return from the afterlife and make war on Washington D.C. There's obviously something weird going on since everyone is back from the dead and the mad witch Circe holds sway over the Queen. But the Amazons do what they do best which is conquer and pillage.

Both titles fall short because they're proxy wars; tie-ins for other books. Silent War's ending will just "to be continued..." into World War Hulk but at least there's 2/3 of a story there. In order to understand AA you have to read Wonder Woman in between.

Now that I signed up I'll probably stick it out for the art. Frazer Irving's Inhumans are hypnotic and I've been looking for more Pete Woods since his run on Superman. Otherwise I'm pretty disillusioned with these wars.