“Superior” [Marvel NOW! Week - free tunes]

Adam WarRock “Superior” (Download MP3)
Beat used: Zion I “Stranger In My Home” 

Every day, a new song about a different Marvel NOW! Title
M: “Hawkguy”  [Hawkeye]
Tu: “Godbomb” [Thor: God of Thunder]
W: “Indestructible” [Indestructible Hulk]
Th: “Murdered You” [GoTG]

If you told me a year ago, that my two favorite titles in all of comics would be a story where Doc Ock was in Peter Parker’s body, and the original 5 X-Men were back from the past, I’d have said, first of all, those ideas are stupid; and second of all, you’re crazy. But sure enough, my two favorite titles whenever it’s new comics day are Superior Spider-Man and All New X-Men (shout outs to Bendis’s GREAT All New X-Men…I’ve made enough X-Men songs lately, but check that title out. It’s amazing).

I know some people have complaints, and I wouldn’t even argue that they’re not legitimate, that you don’t want to see a ruthless Spidey, that this concept is possibly a step too far for our delicate comic sensibilities. But in a weird way, they’re making a legitimate case that Otto may actually be better  at this crime-fighting thing than Peter was, which in turn gives Slott a chance to really explore what actually makes someone a hero. I personally find that pretty fascinating, and the fact that we get to see Otto sort of learning how to be “good,” albeit in his own way, is a really engaging way to sort of refresh Spidey’s origin story (got bit, got powers, etc.).

If I can close out this week with any sentiment, it’s this: comics are good right now. I was a guy who was buying trades and rereading old nostalgia pieces for YEARS, and I was a comic fan. And since Marvel NOW!’s launch, I have turned into a weekly issue buyer again. I’m EXCITED to read comics, and even when I’m done with all the titles I love, I start to pick up other ones and realize that I dig them too.

Comics are GOOD everyone. And for years, they were kinda…lacking. But they’re GOOD, and there’s all these movies coming out, and a SHIELD TV show. Seriously, we are living the high life y’all. So let’s all just celebrate that for a second.

Have a great weekend everyone…

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“Murdered You!” [Marvel NOW! week - free tunes]

Adam WarRock “Murdered You!” (Download MP3) 
Beat used: Young Sam “Here We GO” 

Every day, a new song about a different Marvel NOW! Title
M: “Hawkguy”  [Hawkeye]
Tu: “Godbomb” [Thor: God of Thunder]
W: “Indestructible” [Indestructible Hulk]

In MYYY DAYYY, I read Guardians of the Galaxy on old parchment. But no seriously, I was a huge fan of the Guardians of the Galaxy series from the 90s, when it was about a team from the 31st century and Vance Astro was Marvel Boy from an alternate dimension (uhh, Earth-691 *snort*) and he held Cap’s shield. God, it was weird, and awesome. So imagine my surprise when they announced that one of the Phase 2 Marvel movies would be GoTG. As expected, one of the big titles from Marvel NOW! was a GoTG relaunch by Bendis and McNiven, and I’m totally excited to see where it goes. Bonus points if you can bring Charlie-27 into it somehow.

Also, allow this to officially get everyone off of my back about writing a Rocket Raccoon song. I swear, that guy and Squirrel Girl, people email and message me about the most. So here. Are you happy?

I should also say, thank you to Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Jason Aaron for tweeting/blogging about my songs this week. Go follow them on the twitters.

Tomorrow: All good things [and people] come to an end?

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“Indestructible” [Marvel NOW! week - free tunes]

Adam WarRock “Indestructible” (Download MP3)
Beat used: TI “G Season”

Every day, a new song about a different Marvel NOW! Title
Monday: “Hawkguy”  [Hawkeye]
Tuesday “Godbomb” [Thor: God of Thunder]

Smash. Let’s talk about Mark Waid’s Indestructible Hulk.

This is further proof that everyone’s basically knocking it out of the park lately, being that yesterday I talked about how much I loved Thor (a character I’ve never had a connection with); and today I’m talking about how much I love The Hulk (another character I never really gave much of a damn about). Waid is doing the same thing he did with Matt Murdock in his Daredevil title, made him less of a brooding, dark character and fleshed him out to be funny, weird, and [most importantly] inspired.

With a reinvigorated Banner, we get a much more streamlined Hulk. Now knowing that every once in a while, Banner’s going to hulk out, he simply tells Maria Hill: Hulk is a weapon – when I go green, you point me at something, and I smash. And smash he does. It’s kind of glorious, watching Lenil Yu’s gorgeous art just having Hulk go all Hulk on an AIM base or whatever. And then Walt Simonson comes in at issue 6, and you’re like, “Wait does this make sense?” And then you see a Simonson Hulk holding Mjolnir smashing Frost Giants, and you’re like, “yeaaaah, this makes sense. And I like it.”

Here, the first trade comes out May 28. You should pre-order it now.

Tomorrow: Space?

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“Godbomb” [Marvel NOW! week - free tunes]

Adam WarRock “GodBomb” (MP3 download)
Beat used: The Camp “Get It In”

Every day, a new song about a different Marvel NOW! Title
Monday: “Hawkguy”  [Hawkeye]

Let’s talk about Thor: God of Thunder, a book that’s so metal, so anti-religion, so weird and twisted that there’s THREE different Thors fighting against a villain whose mission is killing all the gods. It’s a book that’s so grandiose, so biblical, so epic that I almost can’t believe Marvel is letting Jason Aaron get away with it.

I’ve never been the hugest Thor guy, so the fact that I am SO into this story says a lot about the writing, about the gorgeous Esad Ribic art, and about the villain Gorr, who Aaron even manages to make almost sympathetic and understandable in the break issue.

This is what comics should be. If you’re not reading it, you’re missing out, not the least of which is Thor riding a space-time shark out of his prison only to have another Thor rip the shark to pieces, so that Thor is facing Thor while holding the severed tail of the space-time shark. Seriously, it makes no sense, but it’s genius. All of it.

The trade comes out in a month, and you should pre-order it. 

Tomorrow: Indestructible

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“Hawkguy” [Marvel NOW! week - free tunes]

Adam WarRock “Hawkguy” (Download MP3)
Beat used: Sackcloth Fashion “Who Am I”

If you’re a follower of this site, you know that I am a 100% Marvel zombie to the core. Funny thing is, I hadn’t really read any regular issue-by-issue titles until after the Marvel NOW! relaunch, which in my mind has created some of the best titles in modern comics in as long as I can remember. So every day, I’m going to release a song about a different Marvel NOW! title.

The first song/title isn’t exactly a Marvel NOW! title. I think Matt Fraction/David Aja’s Hawkeye was humming along before the big relaunch, but it’s close enough that it makes sense to include it here, right? Following Clint Barton’s adventures when he’s off-duty from being an Avenger, the book has taken on a weird kind of cult status with both fans of superhero stuff, and non-fans alike, and for good reason.

It’s a story about a regular guy, who lives in an insane universe with gods, superheroes, robots and crazy villains. We get to see Hawkeye beaten up, hurting, screwing up. In a weird way, it reminds you why you love superhero books: because the core of Barton is a guy who has a responsibility, and even a calling that forces him to take action. In another universe, Barton would just be a salty, bitter PI or cop, or maybe just nothing at all: a total slacker. But Hawkguy always manages to take action and selflessly give his time, his body and health, and his world to try to do the right thing. There’s something to learn from that.

Anyway, you can buy the first trade of Hawkeye on Amazon for pretty cheap. 

Tomorrow: The God Butcher…

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