Pull List Roundtable 10/28/2020 – Colonel Weird: Cosmagog, DC Cancelled Titles, X Of Swords & More

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James Fulton

  • Colonel Weird: Cosmagog – Jeff Lemire continues to expand the Black Hammer universe, this time collaborating with the brilliant Tyler Crook on a series that focuses on one of the more annoying characters in the stable, Colonel Weird. I’m not sure about this one, but I’ll give it a chance.
  • Giga – I’ve become a fan of Alex Paknadel, who has written a number of interesting miniseries at a bunch of different companies. This one is coming from Vault, and has something to do with giant robots. It looks cool.
  • I’m also looking forward to new issues of Ascender, Chu, Department of Truth, Doctor Doom, Immortal Hulk, Lazarus Risen, Legion of Super-Heroes, Sex Criminals (the end of it all!), Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Tartarus, Undiscovered Country, and X of Swords: Stasis.

Matt Graham

  • Colonel Weird: Cosmagog – I’m always interested in peeling back layers of the Black Hammer comics universe.
  • Batman Three Jokers #3 – Still haven’t read #2, but I was taken off guard with an impulse pick up of the first issue and look forward to reading it all in one shot.
  • Also excited for Wonder Woman, Doctor Aphra, and playing catch up on this X of Swords event.

I was very disappointed that Black Widow: Widow’s Sting is written by Ralph Macchio the Marvel Editor and not Daniel-san.

Fulton: I don’t know. After watching Cobra Kai, I’ve had enough of him.

Matt: He is pretty cocky.

Fulton: I always thought the comics Ralph Macchio should have written a Karate Kid miniseries at DC, featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes character. Synergy.


John Babos

7 books this week.

  • Action Comics #1026
  • Batgirl #50
  • Batman: Three Jokers #3
  • Dark Nights Death Metal Rise Of The New God #1
  • Detective Comics #1029
  • Legion of Super-Heroes #10
  • Suicide Squad #10

Mike Maillaro

  • Batgirl #50 – I really enjoyed this run, and I’m sorry to see it go. Barbara Gordon doesn’t always appeal to me, but I’ve enjoyed this series a lot.
  • Batman Beyond #48 – Jurgens writing Booster Gold? I will always be all in as a customer on that! Another great DC book that is coming to an end.
  • Suicide Squad #10 – I’ve really enjoyed the new characters in this Suicide Squad run, and the twists have been great. Same verse same as the first two…this is another book I enjoy that DC is ending. Add in Young Justice, and it feels like they are trying to push me out the door as a customer.
  • Dark Nights Death Metal Rise Of The New God #1– Meanwhile Death Metal continues to drag on and on with no end in sight. This is just a dreary dark crossover that has no appeal to me at all. Can’t wait for this to be over.
  • X Of Swords Stasis #1 – Speaking of crossovers, X Of Swords was something I wasn’t expecting to enjoy quite as much as I have been. The adventures of seeing characters working to get their swords and coming together has been far more entertaining that I expected. I do think the Hickman issues drag on a bit, but the middle chapters in particular have been a lot of fun.
  • Colonel Weird Cosmagog #1 (Of 4) – Jeff Lemire is always worth a read, but Black Hammer may be his masterpiece.  Takes typical comic conventions and throws them for a loop at every opportunity.  Been waiting for this mini for a long time.  I was pretty bummed out to find out the last issue of Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy  isn’t coming out for a long time (May I think?)
  • X-Ray Robot #3 (Of 4)
  • Action Comics #1026
  • Batman Superman #13
  • Batman Three Jokers #3 (Of 3)
  • Flash #764
  • Justice League Dark #27
  • Legion Of Super-Heroes #10
  • Chu #4
  • Amazing Spider-Man #51
  • Black Widow Widow’s Sting #1
  • Fantastic Four Antithesis #3 (Of 4)
  • Savage Avengers #13
  • Spider-Man Noir #5 (Of 5),
  • Star Wars Doctor Aphra #5
  • Strange Academy #4
Mike Maillaro is a lifelong Jersey Boy and geek. Mike has been a comic fan for about 30 years from when his mom used to buy him Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Adventures at our local newsstand. Thanks, Mom!! Mike's goal is to bring more positivity to the discussion of comics and pop culture.