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Post by DubipR on Oct 24, 2023 8:42:53 GMT -5
 What are you picking up this week? |
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Post by DubipR on Oct 24, 2023 8:47:01 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4
- Captain America #2
- Wonder Woman #2
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 24, 2023 16:21:19 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4 - Captain America #2 - Wonder Woman #2 My big pick this week is Giant Robot Hellboy...I mean, just think on that title for half a second...how could a book like that not be a win? |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 26, 2023 9:14:34 GMT -5
Maybe picking up Uncanny Spider-Man #2 (missed issue #1, will probably just go for trade).
Picking up X-Men: Red Volume 3, which is probably my favourite Big Two comic right now.
Picking up Spy x Family volume 10, which is my favourite manga right now.
And will pick up the new Asterix (new writer and it's Asterix, only an issue every 2-3 years so it's still something special. Writer is an unknown for me, a lot of untranslated oneshots. Only thing I recognize is a revival of Achille Talon, which I never read)
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 26, 2023 9:55:19 GMT -5
Action Comics #1058Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Rafa Sandoval Summary: Superman battles a doppelganger from the terrorist organization Blue Planet who has siphoned off Superman's abilities.
Plot: Most of the time anthologies contain only one or two features that decent while the others are lack luster, and that was largely true of the earlier issues of Action Comics but this is the rare case where all the features really hit home. The main story by PKJ continues to amaze with a great mix of action and intrigue as Superman did battle with a Blue Earth agent who had siphoned his powers while we learn that there is more than meets the eye with the leader. In the second feature we get a new Super-Man of China story by Gene Luen Yang, which was every bit as excellent as the main feature as we see Keenan investigating the death of a reporter that leads him to suspect the Super-Family and get entrapped in the psychic bomb that Lex Luthor employed to save Superman's identity. And in the last feature by Greg Hahn we have the Super-Twins exploring a parade in Metropolis which was just good old clean fun. And to top it all of, and making it all the more impressive is the fact that PKJ layered in plot lines for not only the blue Earth story but also one involving the history of Krypton which made the book feel like even more of a denser read that really makes you not only pine for whats next but really value what you have read.
Art: While solid throughout the big stand out in the art department belongs to Rafa Sandoval in the main feature. He not only delivered some great action scenes between Superman and the Blue Earther, but gave us an eerie mood as we saw the Blue Earth movement's secret base revealed to be magic based. The little tid bits like the Etrigan skeleton were fantastic and really sold you on the mystical element with out revealing any concrete details.
Grade:8/10 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 26, 2023 13:32:50 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4 - Captain America #2 - Wonder Woman #2 My big pick this week is Giant Robot Hellboy...I mean, just think on that title for half a second...how could a book like that not be a win? Giant Robot Hellboy #1
Written by Mike Mignola
Art by Duncan Fegredo I don't know how Mignola did it...but he managed to take a kaju fight and somehow make it unsatisfying. Instead of getting to the point and giving us Giant Robot Hellboy fighting giant monsters we instead got an issue of set up...that ultimately set up nothing. A secret group abducts Hellboy for reasons unknown and hooks him up to a giant robot that looks just like him with no motivation given and send him to an island with an agent with a mission to retrieve something unknown to the reader for reasons unknown to the reader. And in the end although a giant monster does appear it one shots Hellboy with zero struggle or effort. I'm not expecting Shakespeare from a concept like Giant Robot Hellboy, my expectation (like they are for any godzilla film) is pretty much just bread and circus but I expect at least some plausible set up...and the issue delivers zero. I don't need a whole background dossier on this new group who abducted Hellboy but is even giving us their name too much to ask? How about a hint at what they were looking for on the island? I need something to make me buy in and nothing was given because its just so decompressed. Seeing Duncan Fegredo draw Hellboy once again after a ten year absence was nice though and hopefully he gets to do more in future issues. Grade: 6/10 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 26, 2023 16:27:15 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4 - Captain America #2 - Wonder Woman #2 Wonder Woman continues to be frustrating, the characterization of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor was great here...but I just don't buy the concept. I mean, I get it, the Sovereign is manipulating people...but the UN considering to revoke Themyscira's nation status because a single citizen committed murder? That just doesn't ring true. It all seems overblown and unbelievable to me so the threat just isn't interesting to me. |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 26, 2023 19:33:52 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4 - Captain America #2 - Wonder Woman #2 The first two above are two of the three on my list as well. I’m getting Uncanny Avengers #3 because I thought it was an ongoing instead of just a mini-series, which I didn’t learn until after issue #2, and I was already 40% of the way in. I do not like this strategy by Marvel for the X-books, which also bit me in the rear on the latest Captain Britain book, so I’m probably done picking up any more of them since I want ongoings, not one-off minis that tie into events or bridge gaps between events or series. As to the comment from last week about the new She-Hulk series from the same creative team as the just-canceled series, I’m assuming it’s part of their plan to not let the issue #s get too high on things they think a casual fan might be interested in. Can’t scare anyone off with a “2” as the first digit, and it plays into their “think of each series like a season of a long-running television show; same characters, but a different plot, so if you don’t like the current one, just wait until it ends and check out the next one.” |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 26, 2023 20:29:17 GMT -5
I need to get caught up on Spy x Family.. great stuff!
Also, love the new pic!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 27, 2023 16:19:52 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4 - Captain America #2 - Wonder Woman #2 The first two above are two of the three on my list as well. I’m getting Uncanny Avengers #3 because I thought it was an ongoing instead of just a mini-series, which I didn’t learn until after issue #2, and I was already 40% of the way in. I do not like this strategy by Marvel for the X-books, which also bit me in the rear on the latest Captain Britain book, so I’m probably done picking up any more of them since I want ongoings, not one-off minis that tie into events or bridge gaps between events or series. As to the comment from last week about the new She-Hulk series from the same creative team as the just-canceled series, I’m assuming it’s part of their plan to not let the issue #s get too high on things they think a casual fan might be interested in. Can’t scare anyone off with a “2” as the first digit, and it plays into their “think of each series like a season of a long-running television show; same characters, but a different plot, so if you don’t like the current one, just wait until it ends and check out the next one.” Yeah, the renumbering game has always been weird and it is especially so when like She-Hulk it's the exact same creative team. How is the new Captain America? I dropped out on the last one as the whole secret order storyline just went on for too long in my mind. |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 27, 2023 16:27:21 GMT -5
The first two above are two of the three on my list as well. I’m getting Uncanny Avengers #3 because I thought it was an ongoing instead of just a mini-series, which I didn’t learn until after issue #2, and I was already 40% of the way in. I do not like this strategy by Marvel for the X-books, which also bit me in the rear on the latest Captain Britain book, so I’m probably done picking up any more of them since I want ongoings, not one-off minis that tie into events or bridge gaps between events or series. As to the comment from last week about the new She-Hulk series from the same creative team as the just-canceled series, I’m assuming it’s part of their plan to not let the issue #s get too high on things they think a casual fan might be interested in. Can’t scare anyone off with a “2” as the first digit, and it plays into their “think of each series like a season of a long-running television show; same characters, but a different plot, so if you don’t like the current one, just wait until it ends and check out the next one.” Yeah, the renumbering game has always been weird and it is especially so when like She-Hulk it's the exact same creative team. How is the new Captain America? I dropped out on the last one as the whole secret order storyline just went on for too long in my mind. I only picked up the first issue of Cap so far. It wasn’t bad, as it dances between past and present to tell the story. I’ll get issue #2 tomorrow. Been really busy this week and haven’t had the chance to hit the LCS yet. |
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Post by majestic on Oct 28, 2023 8:11:25 GMT -5
#2 issues this week: Capt America JMS crafts one of the better Steve Rogers stories that I have read in 10 years. It's got great flashbacks to before he became Cap mixed with the present day. Plus Saiz' beautiful lush art is amazing. Flash Still not sure about this new direction. Both story and art are so different than before. This will end up to be great or a dud. No middle ground. Wonder Woman Sampere's art is beautiful. King's portrayal of Diana is on point. The rest of the story? Awful. Yet another King story that is uneventful. He is like Bendis IMO. He gets paired with great artists that make his stories seem better than they are.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 28, 2023 8:48:36 GMT -5
- Alice Never After #4 - Captain America #2 - Wonder Woman #2 The first two above are two of the three on my list as well. I’m getting Uncanny Avengers #3 because I thought it was an ongoing instead of just a mini-series, which I didn’t learn until after issue #2, and I was already 40% of the way in. I do not like this strategy by Marvel for the X-books, which also bit me in the rear on the latest Captain Britain book, so I’m probably done picking up any more of them since I want ongoings, not one-off minis that tie into events or bridge gaps between events or series. As to the comment from last week about the new She-Hulk series from the same creative team as the just-canceled series, I’m assuming it’s part of their plan to not let the issue #s get too high on things they think a casual fan might be interested in. Can’t scare anyone off with a “2” as the first digit, and it plays into their “think of each series like a season of a long-running television show; same characters, but a different plot, so if you don’t like the current one, just wait until it ends and check out the next one.” I just assume everything is a mini series these days (1 trade worth of issues) and if it's not it's a bonus |
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Post by majestic on Oct 28, 2023 9:24:01 GMT -5
Alan Scott: Green Lantern I didn't like this one as much as last week's Jay series. For one thing it's told totally in the past with a big retcon about a Crimson Flame. It turns Alan's boyfriend into a villain. Why does modern comics writers make everything more and more tragic? Anyway my other issue is to me Alan was the Big Guy in the JSA. Not this version. He is not confident and doesn't feel like a leader. Plus he gets blackmailed into joining the JSA. Again why? It sort of tarnished the creation of the JSA if heroes were "forced" to join. Otherwise I liked the art and I liked the team up with Jay. Hopefully some of my thoughts/concerns will be addressed and he will turn into the confident leader He should be by the end of the series.
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Post by majestic on Oct 28, 2023 9:26:40 GMT -5
I also picked up Action Comics Green Arrow and Thor. I liked all of them. Over all a decent week. I dropped Conan after the first arc. It just didn't engage me.
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