John Babos
7 books this week
- Action Comics #1009
- Bloodshot Rising Spirit #5
- Detective Comics #1000
- Forgotten Queen #2
- Heroes in Crisis #7
- Justice League Odyssey #7
- Shazam #4
James Fulton
This week I’m getting:
- Black Hammer: Age of Doom
- Black Panther
- Black Science
- Daredevil
- Doctor Aphra
- Friendo
- Heroes in Crisis
- Invaders
- Man-Eaters
- Outcast
- Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt
- Star Wars: Vader – Dark Visions
- X-Force (Marvel’s best current comic!)
Babos: How’s Black Hammer? I saw the Black Hammer / Justice League cover and was intrigued. I recall reading about a BH series set in the past JSA style?
I think X-Force is well written with great covers, but the interior art is terrible imho.
Fulton: I love Black Hammer. You should totally read the first trade. It’s a JLA-type team that’s been trapped for years in a small farm community, trying to make a life for themselves. There’s a lot more to it than that now, but it’s great from the beginning.
I love the art in X-Force. I like that it is so different, and fits the writing so well. I’ve gotten increasingly bored with Marvel and DC house style art, and think that Burnett’s cartoony-ness works with the story. His Warpath is my favourite.
Babos: Cool.
What’s the interior art for BH like?
I’m trying to avoid X-Force type art. I do like stylized art as I was an early fan of Mike Mignol when there were complaints about his too dark style. X-Force interior art is just a bit rough for me and certainly jarring from the slicker cover art.
Fulton: Dean Ormston on Black Hammer. Falls somewhere between Mignola and Quitely? Maybe that’s not a great description.
Also, the side series can be skipped but if you love it, they provide some context.
Mike Maillaro
- Ice Cream Man #11 – I genuinely hated the last issue of this series. Much like Brian K Vaughan’s Barrier, Ice Cream Man #10 used an extensive section of untranslated Spanish to tell the story. I know there are options like translation software, etc, but as a reader, I felt immediately disengaged to have to run to get external help to understand the story I was reading. To me, this takes away from the comic reading experience.
- Dial H For Hero #1 – The Hero Dial has been one of my favorite DC concepts for as long as I can remember. It’s just a great way to tell some crazy, outside the box stories. I have been looking forward to this new version since it was announced!
- Detective Comics #1000 – Tec hits its landmark 1000th issue! That is definitely something worth celebrating. Not sure I really care about bringing “Arkham Knight” into the comics, but Tomasi is usually very good, so I will give it a fair shot before judging too harshly.
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 – In the last few issues of Archie, we’ve found out that Sabrina is Archie’s new girlfriend. Sabrina is one of my favorite characters in Archie, so I am happy to see she has her own series again. Though when are we going to get more Chilling Adventures of Sabrina??
- Beyonders #5
- Lollipop Kids #4
- Jim Henson’s Labyrinth Coronation #12 (Of 12)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #37
- Action Comics #1009
- Batgirl #33
- Batman Beyond #30
- Books Of Magic #6
- Flash #67
- Freedom Fighters #4 (Of 12)
- Heroes In Crisis #7 (Of 9)
- Justice League Odyssey #7
- Shazam #4
- Silencer #15
- Terrifics #14
- Wonder Woman #67
- Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #3
- Disney Comics And Stories #4
- DuckTales #19
- Sharkey The Bounty Hunter #2 (Of 6)
- Spawn #295
- Age Of X-Man The X-Tremists #2 (Of 5)
- Amazing Spider-Man #18
- Avengers No Road Home #7 (Of 10)
- Black Widow #3
- Daredevil #3 (Cover A Julian Totino Tedesco), $3.99
- Doctor Strange #12 (Cover A Jesus Saiz), $3.99
- Fantastic Four #8 (Cover A Pepe Larraz), $3.99
- Hulkverines #2 (Of 3)
- Invaders #3
- Ironheart #4
- Marvel Comics Presents #3
- Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #41
- Mr. And Mrs. X #9
- Star Wars Doctor Aphra #30
- Star Wars Vader Dark Visions #2 (Of 5)
- Superior Spider-Man #4
- X-Force #5
- Bloodshot Rising Spirit #5
- Forgotten Queen #2 (Of 4)
