DubipR The Spidey I was getting was the Slott/Bagley book, because...Bagley, but it turned out to be another Spider-Verse book, not a Spidey book really, and while I sort of like that stuff, enough to check out on Unlimited, not enough to spend any of my very limited budget for new books on.
I read some of my stack this evening, our D&D game for tomorrow got cancelled due to a few players being ill, so I had a couple hours free I would have spent finalizing my session prep.
So...
-Usagi/TMNT WhereWhen #1-great stuff, looking forward to the rest of this. 5/5
-Dr. Strange #2-enjoying the pairing of Clea & Stephen, and Ferry's art is wonderful; 4.5/5
-Batman & Scooby Doo! Mysteries #7-always a fun book; and one of the best values on the stands; 4/5
-Batman/Superman World's Finest #14; Waid has a great feel for the characters, and Mora's art is delightful. I am curious to see what they will do on Shazam, but I will miss the team on this book. I like this current story more than I did the one with the multidimensional sidekick, which while the lowpoint of the book so far was still at least enjoyable; 4/5
-Frank Frazetta' Tales of Science Fantasy #1; first issue started in medias res and only partially filled in the blanks. Art's good, enjoyed the story, but might have enjoyed it more with a little more context, so 3/5
Blue Book #3-love the Oeming art and limited palette, interesting story, the pace is a little slow, but moving forward with each issue. Haven't really enjoyed the back ups. 3.5/5
-Briar #4-really digging Cantwell's take on the Sleeping Beauty fable with a science-fantasyish post-apocalyptic vibe. 4/5
-Black Cloaks #4-Kelly Thompson is telling a very engrossing mystery story in a well designed and just-different-enough fantasy world to keep this book intriguing. Interesting leads and supporting cast as well. I hope this book gets enough support to last a while. 5/5
-Green Arrow-love Ollie, Williamson seems to have a solid handle on Ollie Dinah and the family, and there was some interesting set up here, but not having read a single panel of whatever the latest Crisis event series was, I was a bit at a loss as to what was happening at the beginning and spent more time wondering wtf was going on than focusing on the story at hand for the first half dozen pages or so. But some of the family reunion moments got me interested, if not quite invested yet. Liked it, but felt as a whole they (Williamson and editorial) could have done a bit better catching up readers since this was part of a series of big launch events that are supposed to bring readers back to these characters. I'm in for 6, which is my standard buy in for a new series to decide if I will stay on, and I like pieces of what I saw, but I needed a more solid foundation to build investment in this series and what is happening to/with these characters I like if I am going to stick with it longterm. 3/5
And I know they aren't this week's releases, but I also caught up with 2 completed minis earlier this week-The Gods Against Groo #1-4 and Koshchei in Hell #1-4
Groo is fun as always, and this is quintessential Groo, so 4/5.
I had missed a chunk of Hellboy just prior to the pandemic, and I hadn't gone back to fill in the gaps before I started picking up the new stuff again last year, and still haven't, so I was missing a little context on the status quo of a few things at the start of the Koshchei mini, but was able to get the gist of it as the series went along and it didn't inhibit my enjoyment of the series. I'll say 3.5/5 but would likely have gotten a 4 if had been caught up. Stenbeck's art is good, but not as strong as some of the other artists who have taken up the Hellboy art choses since Mignola stopped doing interiors on it.
-M
