7.18.07
STRANGE EMBRACE #2(w/a. David Hine)
Mr. Hine surprised me with the first issue, and now I'm fully converted looking to spread the word. This is really good comic book. Issue #2 delves deeper into the past of our mysterious creep, Alex, showing us his dark and tragic back story. Simply put, I can't wait for more of this story. If I remember correctly, the difference between this new release and the original is the color. And I could see this working as a black & white, but its just hard for me to imagine this story in any other way that it is right now. Also, the six-pager in the back was pretty damn good and could almost sustain a comic on its own. FAVORITE BOOK OF THE WEEK.
Other real good comic books:
LONE RANGER #7
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #111: A really good character issue as we say good bye to Mark Bagley. Stuart Immonen's style for this book looked spectacular as well.
3 star comics:
THE ORDER #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA #28
WORLD WAR HULK #2: Nothing extraordinary here, but the smackdowns have been worth it.
THE PROGRAMME #1: Another interesting take on the super hero comic, this time with Cold War trappings and stylized moody art.
AQUAMAN: SWORD OF ATLANTIS #54: Tad Williams is writing a perfectly good comic book: If you are okay with extreme doses of almost-bad-silly and surprised-it-works-serious. And I really am apparently.
GODLAND #19
THE SPIRIT #8
AVENGERS: INITIATIVE #4: Probably the best issue of the series so far, even though its a shameless crossover with World War Hulk.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11: Brad Meltzer decides to experiment with the panels, and it mostly works.
THUNDERBOLTS: DESPERATE MEASURES #1
ZERO KILLER #1: Its not very original in its plot or execution, but the artist was really good. Reminded me of Tony Harris a bit.
Comics with problems:
SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #4: Good solid comic, but I was just bored by it. I've said it before, but I definitely wasn't the audience for this.
WORLD WAR HULK: FRONTLINE #2: The journalist half is good, but the Cop storyline hasn't done anything for me. Although Martinbrough's art is solid. The two pager was funny, but pointless.
NEW X-MEN #40
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS ANNUAL #1
MODOK'S 11 #1: I really wanted to like this comic, I did. And at times it works, but its just too goof ball for me, with too many cringe inducing moments (read: bad writing).
Um, just don't:
WORLD WAR HULK: X-MEN #3
Other notes:
I decided to go ahead and skip ALL FLASH #1. But I did buy Eddie Campbell's THE BLACK DIAMOND DETECTIVE AGENCY. Which I'm really excited to read. Its on the "Graphic Novels to Read" pile. Moving along...
7.25.07
USAGI YOJIMBO #104(w/a. Stan Sakai)
FAVORITE BOOK OF THE WEEK. This was close this week because I really enjoyed a couple of other books, but Part 2 of Jei's origin was just too damn good. The saddest thing about Jei, is that I really liked the man that he was prior. A former samurai turned priest, its almost sad what became of him. Also scary. Jei mows through an entire town to prove his point. This issue is also of note because Sakai can knock em out of the park even without the title character, as he is nowhere to be seen. Also, David Peterson's back cover pin-up is one of the coolest pin-ups I've seen in a long time. Simply beautiful. Check it out:
Other real good comic books:
QUEEN & COUNTRY #32: This was awesome. I missed this book almost as much as I miss Rucka. I look forward to its return.
BLACK SUMMER #1: Has there been a better fight scene recently? I'm excited for this series.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #5
BATMAN #666: A bit odd, and I'm not sure how it goes with anything else, but good times.
3 star comics:
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #1: This didn't blow me away like Transmetropolitan #1 did years ago, but this is a good enough start, and a good place to explore the things that Warren is interested in.
CRECY
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #44: Um, this was a damn good comic book. Nice job Mike Carey!
THE WALKING DEAD #39
FEAR AGENT: THE LAST GOODBYE #2: I kind of wish the overall comic was about the war and not just this mini.
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #9
GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE #2: This is turning out to be pretty damn good.
X-MEN #201
ELEPHANTMEN #10
INVINCIBLE #44
THE MIGHTY AVENGERS #4
ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN #6
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #542: Good issue, but its still annoying that this doesn't mesh with anything else Spider-Man is doing.
CABLE & DEADPOOL #43: I'll say it now, I love Bob the sidekick.
Comics with problems:
IRON MAN #20
INCREDIBLE HULK #108: I'm so uninterested in the aliens that the Hulk brought in tow, making this issue mostly annoying.
WETWORKS #11
WONDER WOMAN #11: When does Gail Simon start again?
MEGATRON: ORIGIN #2 DEATHBLOW #6
Um, Just don't:
WOLVERINE #55: PLEASE READ PAUL O'BRIEN'S REVIEW -- ITS AMAZING
8.1.07
SCALPED #8(w. Jason Aaron, a. R.M. Guera)
Its one of my favorite books right now, and its hard for it to do wrong. We are introduced to another character: a "white guy" that is 1/16th Native American but who plays it like he is more Native American than anyone else. At first I was turned off by the character, but as we got his back story, he turns out to be a welcome addition to the already deep cast this book has. Not sure if I completely like the last page reveal, but it only makes things more complicated, and in this book that's a good thing. This book is on fire. FAVORITE OF THE WEEK
Other really good comic books:
NEW WARRIORS #3
DARK TOWER #7: A really good end to the series. Especially the last two when things picked up. I still wonder what Stephen King/non-comic book fans are thinking about this.
3 star comics:
WORLD WAR HULK #3
FAKER #2: I almost didn't get the second issue, but as it turns out, I'm really glad I did. This was pretty good.
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #9
NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #4: Best issue of the series. I really wish they would do something more significant with Marvel Boy. Will he get some love in WORLD WAR SKRULL next year?
THE EXTERMINATORS #20
SHE-HULK #20
PUNISHER #50: Is this series about to turn into LONE CASTLE & CUB? That would be fucking awesome.
UNCANNY X-MEN #489
Comics with problems:
THOR #2
FALLEN ANGEL #18
FANTASTIC FOUR #548: Why am I the only one annoyed with this series?
Um, just don't:
NONE
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So that catches me up, just in time for this week's new books. I'll definitely have my more normal reactions this week.
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