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My bookshelves are groaning. My wallet is empty. To that end, I'm on bookstrike, having sworn off buying books for the month of January. I've got into the habit of having a grumpy day and just giving Amazon money to make myself feel better.

The last example of bibliotherapy that the postman delivered was Dark Avengers: Ares, a volume that collects the 5 part Oeming series where Ares has to save his son and the Greek pantheon from Mikaboshi and the 3 part Gillen series where Norman Osborn puts Ares in charge of training H.A.M.M.E.R. troops.

Both are excellent.

This is an extract from the Oeming series, where the Greek gods have appealed to their God of War for help as Mikaboshi's demons besiege Olympus. They've already scarred Achilles and are too much for gods such as Hercules. And so, the gods realise that they need ( a god who is prepared to do what no other god will do )

The year is 1545. The Council of Trent has sat to condemn Protestant heresies and redefine the power of the Catholic Church. Cannibalism appears following a famine in Henan province. And Pinghai bay is under the protection of the Immortal Iron Fist Wu Ao-Shi. They say that she could channel her chi into her arrows and make them like lightning from God. What legends did not tell was that ( Wu Ao-Shi, the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay, will fuck you up. )

And, the one page ( origin of the Immortal Iron Fist Danny Rand )

The selection of Wu Ao-Shi is from The Last Iron Fist story, the quite lovely collection from Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker and David Aja.

Also, by way of a Public Service Announcement, I'm not a mod on this or any other site and don't know how to do a lot with Dreamwidth. While I like hearing about people's problems, you probably shouldn't PM them to me expecting a solution because I can't provide one.