In the order I read them: Green Arrow #59 – Judd Winick has made this series enjoyable if unspectacular over the past few months. As far as the buildup to Infinite Crisis goes, it’s been about as good as Wonder Woman. This issue finally sees the big GA vs. Merlyn throwdown (last issue was all…
Any time Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale get together, I’m sold. Their three Batman books are my favorite in the Dark Knight library. Yep, I like them even more than Dark Knight Returns or Year One. Of the duo’s (Loeb and Sale, not Bats and Robin) Marvel efforts, I found myself entertained but not blown…
“I know how the story will end and what things have to happen before then but beyond that I like to be very flexible and sort of let the characters guide what happens. That sounds very writerly and pretentious but it’s true for me.”
For those who missed out, that comes from the bizarre theme song to the latest Warren Ellis creation for Marvel, “Next Wave.” (To check out the song, go to www.marvel.com/nextwave/) The first issue came out Wednesday and was easily the most exciting launch of the week. In a nutshell, it’s decent. Not great, not horrible….
I hate to admit it, but a few months back I skipped over the first issue of the new Jonah Hex. Sure, as a good ol’ country boy, I grew up watching John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and others kicking ass and taking names in westerns. I’ll still watch one now and again (my dad and…
Every once in awhile, things shape up so that a certain week brings a host of good books. Fittingly, the Wednesday before Christmas marked one of the strongest releases of comics this year. I picked up (in the order I read them): Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1 Damon Lindelof &Leinil Francis Yu -I thought this…
I wrote a review of some Christmas-y comics for my “real” comics-related job, so I thought I’d post a few thoughts as we’re nearing the big day. This year’s Marvel Holiday Special was pretty entertaining. The first story is a silly Moleman tale, and brought out a few chuckles, but little more. The second story…
Nothing calms down the anger of waiting an extra month for a comic than finally opening it up and finding that time went into making one of the balls-to-the-wall best issues ever. Buy Ultimates 9. Every page, every frame is worth the price. This is a series that is unafraid to do things as big,…
Well, it was done in possibly the least meaningful way, in a storyline that probably was thought up in a five-minute “Oh crap, Spidey sales are lagging and House of M is over so what the heck are we gonna do?” session. Check out the last splash page of Friendly Neighborhood #3. Iron Man carrying…
Eager to check out the newest run of Wolverine, I went to the comic store today to pick up issue 36, as well as plenty of other literature. On the shelf sat issues 33, 34 and 35, but no 36. I asked the owner who said he’d been bugged about it all day by customers,…