Immortal Weapons #1

Holy cow this was a lot of fun. Having a big doofus like Fat Cobra to build a story around lets Jason Aaron cut loose with the ideas. Fat Cobra has commissioned a man to write about his life, from birth to the present. Due to huge amounts of alcohol, Fat Cobra can't remember his own history.

As you can guess, Fat Cobra has lived a very interesting life. In fact, Aaron has so many ideas that he has to cram each great idea into only one panel. These are concepts that frankly could support whole series or limiteds. C'mon, who doesn't want to read about Nick Fury and Fat Cobra battling Russian werewolf-cosmonauts on the Moon or Union Jack and Fat Cobra vs. Nazi Vampire Ninjas? The whole issue is like that, with ideas coming a mile a minute that just make Fat Cobra cooler and more fun. Aaron tried to go for the heart when we find out that Cobra's kids all teamed up to kill their irresponsible Dad, but instead he killed them. By the time the story gets there, Cobra is clearly a man with no boundaries. Trying to tie him down with that sadness just didn't feel right. But Aaron took care of that too, having Cobra drown the memories of the book in wine as he burned the manuscript. Cobra will be just as we like him in his next appearance.

A few different artists tackle the different parts of Cobra's life, and they all do nice work. The ball is in your court, Marvel, how about a Fat Cobra ongoing? Legends of Fat Cobra? Fat Cobra Classified? I can only hope the next Immortal Weapon book is this good.

Excellent