She-Hulk - Volume 1

This volume of She-Hulk assumes that you know the back story of Jennifer Walters, so I talked with my coworker prior to reading this and found out that she is the cousin of Bruce Banner, who gave her a blood transfusion when she was injured really bad and that caused her to have a milder version of what Bruce has, causing her to be SHE HULK. It seems based on the art in this story, that she is green 100% of the time and can use her strength and healing powers whenever she wants, so its pretty much like she is a bad ass woman who if she wants to show her strength, like for example, splitting a table in half with just one finger, she can. But she can control her powers, so she is able to be a lawyer to regular joes and also superheros as well!

The storyline for this volume is cool - She finds an old case file hidden in the back of her folders, realizes that she and a bunch of other superheros and villians are all being sued for something, and doesn't remember what the case is about. When she goes to talk to these people about the case, finds that there has been some sort of sorcery attached to it. The case is a trigger word and causes anyone that talks about the case that is involved to lose their minds and try and kill whoever is talking to them about it!! Crazy. And cool. She-Hulk is really awesome, independent, strong and speaks up for herself and those that need her (intelligence OR powers!)

Hawkeye - Volume 1

 

'My Life as a Weapon' intruduces us to, Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, a self made Avenger, doesn't really have 'superpowers' per-say but is incredible at using the bow and arrow, (kind of like Oliver Queen in Arrow, but Clint Barton is cooler in my opinion). The young Kate Bishop is his partner in crime. Even though she is a lot younger than him, she isn't really his sidekick or his protege, because she is already crazy good at bow and arrow and fighting and defending herself, but she also is usually the one helping Clint get out of any trouble that he has shimmied his way into. The two work together to steal from the rich and help those in need. A modern day Robin Hood and Little John duo. They are really cool together, and Matt Fractions writing makes this story really humorous and fun to read. Not as serious or dark as you would expect, but still really gripping and intense.

Axis -- Issue #01

Holy smokes so MANY CHARACTERS TO REMEMBER.
Reading this I was down, but I only know the main characters from watching a few movies here and there. In the front of this issue it gives a back story to what is important to this story arch which was helpful, but then it lists all the people that are in this ONE SINGLE ISSUE and it's 39.

39 characters...........hi.


Uncanny Avengers, Avengers, X-Men, Uncanny X-men, Evil Guys, Uncanny Evil guys, Side orders, Uncanny Side orders. The list is never ending.

I feel like I need to start at square one for these Marvel teams because there is so much back story to each character and how they all relate to each other it is SO overwhelming, how would someone even remember it all unless they started reading these as a child. I feel.

It was cool, and I really liked reading it, but I felt pretty lost the whole time because I didn't know who was on what team and I kept reverting back to the front page to figure out who was who.

I want like a chronological timeline of events, a list of character traits, what skills they have, who they fight for, who their enemies are, how they joined this crew. I feel like I need that BEFORE I start reading any comics about them or else I am just going to be ??????????????????????????? very lost.