Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

The ante keeps getting upped, and I keep getting surprised by the decisions Al Simmons makes.   Not in a bad way: looking back, they seem inevitable choices, but he tends to be given two equally bad choices, and well, I would have been equally surprised - and yet understood - if he made the other choice as well.   

That being said, this is all about Simmons going all out against Hell and Satan, and it's not pretty.   Not the fight, not the choices he has to make, and the one he makes at the end.   It is a nice, concise storyline, however, and I'm enjoying the fact that this series has a direction.  I tend to be pretty eclectic in what I like, and I like to think Spawn proves this.  I can't help but think about the discussions I've had with Troy, or the recommendations I've made, right now.   Dark and gritty?   Done right, I love it in my comics!   Space opera?   Political thriller on an alien world?   A knight in red spandex - or black?  Anti-heroes?   I'm there for all of that.  I've been known to enjoy the lighter, fluffier comics, like Mrs. Marvel, or Patsy Walker: Hellcat, or even something fluffier like Halo and Sprocket.   

I've been feeling a little guilty lately, mostly because I've been all over the place.   Comics calm me down, even high-octane ones that are full of terror and fights, like Spawn tends to be.   And this has reminded me that I like a whole bunch of things in my comics.   I like to think this just makes me well read, that I'm not afraid of hopping through genres or character types, but typing this all out, I feel small about it, like I just might be cheating.   The truth is I've described myself as a character whore, a medium whore, and I suppose I'm a genre whore, too.   Too much of the same thing, and I overload, much like I just did on Daredevil recently.   I've got to admit that not many series I currently read are quite as gritty or anti-hero-ish as Spawn, and I really needed this particular sort of comic right now.  I think I forgot I picked up this issue, but I'm glad I 'saved' it for now!