Meaningless Awards of the Week- 2/28/07
Moment of the Week
5. Sobek has a snack (52 Week 43)
4. Doctor Strange: Asskicker Supreme (Doctor Strange: The Oath #5)
3. That’s not Kryptonite (Justice #10)
2. Madrox lets his dupe live (X-Factor #16)
1. Batman turns yellow(Green Lantern #17)
This was great week for sweet comic moments. The ending to 52 did not disappoint. Doctor Strange serving up a magic-free ass-whoopin’ was awesome. The swicheroo ending of Justice #10 made up for what was otherwise a lackluster issue. Madrox realizing “completing himself” wasn’t worth taking a good man away from his family was heart-warming. But all of that paled in comparison to the first three pages to Green Lantern #17. No one on earth is scarier than Batman, so it would make sense that a ring wielded by those with the ability to instill great fear would automatically seek him out as its rightful bearer. But seriously, who saw that one coming?
Writer of the Week
5. Mark Waid (Supergirl & The Legion of Super-Heroes #7, 52 Week 43)
4. Geoff Johns (Green Lantern #17, 52 Week 43)
3. Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead #35)
2. Peter David (X-Factor #16, Fallen Angel #13, 1602: Fantastick Four #5)
1. Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways #24, Doctor Strange: The Oath #5)
Usually quantity is the deciding factor when you’re dealing with writers of this caliber, but not this week. While X-Factor was amazing as always, Peter David’s creator-owned Fallen Angel was sort of confusing and 1602: FF is so late I forgot it wasn’t finished. Not a good sign. BKV walks away with the honor of Writer of the Week for two grand finales. He ended his amazing stint on Runaways this week in addition to finishing up the best Doctor Strange story I’ve ever read in The Oath. It’s a shame that next month, there’ll be two less Brian K. Vaughan titles in my pull box.
Whitest Cover of the Week
4. 52 Week 43
3. Hero Squared #5
2. Doctor Strange: The Oath #2
1. New Excalibur #17
Does every publisher want me to have little black fingerprints over all of my comics?
Worst Ending of the Week
2. Civil War: Frontline #11
1. Eternals #7
What happened? Months ago, when Eternals first started, I loved it so much that I posed the Eternals Challenge, which luckily no one took me up on. I don’t know what happened, but by the time the seventh issue came out, I just didn’t care anymore. Of course I bought it, in the vain hope that the ending would make up for the suckfest of the last 3-4 issues. No such luck.
From your original post: “So take The Eternals Challenge. Doom DeLouise and Colonel Doom already did. You want to be cool like them, right? So do it!”
Pay up, man.
Dangit. Once again, I completely missed that a new GL came out. Maybe I should just add it to the pull list.
Umm, did you read the fine print, DeLouise? Besides, the first two issues were good.
BTW, your original comment, DeLouise: “If someone takes your challenge and doesn’t like it, they’re lying.”