Meaningless Awards of the Week- 2/7/07


FNSM 17Book I Was Afraid to Read of the Week- Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17

I’m not sure if you heard, but Spider-Man’s returning to his black costume this month. According to Marvel, the costume change is happening because something tragic is going to happen to Peter Parker. That tragic event is assumedly the murder of Aunt May or Mary Jane or both, as teased in the last issue of Amazing Spider-Man. FNSM #17 is the first appearance of the black costume post-tragedy. Unfortunately, the tragedy hasn’t happened yet, because Amazing Spider-Man is shipping way late. What are the odds that the first re-appearance of the black costume will reference the reason for the costume change? I’d say pretty damn high. So if I read the issue, there’s a very good chance that Amazing Spider-Man will be spoiled for me, reducing an already depressing story into a downright terrible one. God, I hate Joe Quesada.

Day of the Week- Day 1, 52 Week 40

When DC first announced 52, they promoted Steel as the guy who would be taking on Lex Luthor with Superman out for a year. For 39 weeks we waited, as nothing much happened in the way of a confrontation between the two. On the first day of week 40, the sh** hit the fan. Accompanied by the Teen Titans, Steel storms Lexcorp in an attempt to take down Luthor once and for all. A brutal smackdown ensues that sees the Teen Titans face off against Infinity Inc. and Steel go mano-a-mano with a super-powered Luthor. I can’t say I’ve ever been especially excited by the idea of Steel showing up in any comic I read, but after that fight I really hope this isn’t the last I see of him.

Splash Page of the Week- Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1, by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove

Dark Tower 1 Splash

Downgrade of the Week- Arsenal is Speedy, Justice League Unlimited #30

Whenever you see Dick Grayson in JLU, he’s Nightwing. Wally West is the Flash. So why did Roy Harper get stuck as Speedy instead of the much cooler Arsenal? You’d think DC would want to stay as far away from Roy Harper’s heroin addiction days as possible in a kid’s book.