Comic Book Resources

My vote would be for Captain America: The Chosen #1. I’m not too keen on the storyline (sometimes real life and comics probably shouldn’t mix), but Mitch Breitweiser’s art is simply fantastic. I’m banking on that alone to be worth the slightly heftier price.

Tell me with a straight face you don’t want Lobster Johnson the Iron Prometheus. Go on, try it.

Seriously, though; my list:
Exterminator 21 – Giant freaking bugs! Great!
Faker 3 – Missed issue 1, but 2 was very interesting
Outsiders 50 – Yeah, I’ll give it this one chance to not suck
Amazing Spider-Man 544 – see above
Wolverine 57 – New story arc, new artist, Jeph Loeb gone…what’s not to like?
The Boys 10 – I really don’t understand why people don’t like this book. Garth Ennis is fantastic, and it shows.

Try the Laika book. I’ve not read it, but First Second usually publishes neat graphic novels.

If your LCS hasn’t ordered it, go for the Iron Man
Mandarin book. You can’t go wrong with Joe Casey!

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

I second Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin, cos Eric Canete is awesome.

Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin is probably worth a look. Joe Casey’s IM: the Inevitable from a couple years ago was very good; it benefitted greatly from Frazier Irving’s art.

Lobster Johnson will be good, but I think you’re waiting for the trade.

I would recommend Jonah Hex and the DMZ trade if you want to give either series another chance.

This week, however, you should buy the Metal Gear Solid comic. It’s got great Ashley Wood art and, I’d imagine, plenty of weird, complicated action/science/espionage plot.

Metal Men #2… though you will need to pick up #1 as well.

Lobster Johnson could be good. Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin will be utterly gorgeous to behold, even if the story sucks.

ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #3 – Although last issue did seem a bit padded, I’m liking this new character
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6 – BKV’s first issue, if I’m not mistaken.
DETECTIVE COMICS #836

MPD PSYCHO vol. 2 – be warned not for the faint of heart
(lots of gore and psycho-babble)

While I don’t think the tour of faux DC Heaven will be topped this month, I’d still recommend The All-New Atom.

I’d recommend either the Sword Of The Atom trade, or for something a little off beat, Mark Schultz: Various Drawings Volume 3. One of my favorite illustrators, these Various Drawings books have been a great collection of his work, with lots of new Xenozoic Tales sketches and illustrations. Well worth the money.

ACTION PHILOSOPHERS. The only book I still buy in floppies.

For me, anyway. My daughter gets about five books a month, all of which seem to be better than the “grown-up” books out there these days.

Oh, I’m so old …

I plan on giving Lucha Libre a spin. $5.99 is a steep hill to climb, but it’s a “European Style” album-type thing, so hopefully it’s a good page-to-penny ratio. The art on the preview pages looks quite good, and the interview with the author (I think it was on CBR) I read talked about world-building & background character focus in a way that piqued my interest. And, you know, luchadores + lycanthropes = TEH BOM, yo.

I’ve heard good things about Modok’s 11 and Madame Mirage. Anyone have concurring or refuting opinions?

Meanwhile, Greg: What about the (presumably) light-hearted Black Canary Wedding Planner? Her recent mini was really good — AND it didn’t tie into Countdown at all! This one-shot is, admittedly, by a different creative team — but it’s still a chance for DC to prove they can do a fun comic, without maiming or raping or killing anyone, and with a beginning and an ending (instead of a cliffhanger)! Will they rise to the occasion or crash and burn? We’ll find out in 24 …

I second Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin, cos Eric Canete is awesome.

What he said.

I really doubt anything will come out that’s better than the FF/Power Pack issue.

You probably can’t go too wrong with the Wedding Planner though.

J.Torres is usually pretty good.

I’m putting in my votes for Buffy #6 and (if you haven’t been reading it) the new DMZ trade. Course, if you haven’t been reading it, I suppose what I’d really recommend is the FIRST DMZ trade, but that’s neither here nor there.

Also, thanks to everyone who mentioned Iron Man: The Inevitable, because I totally forgot to buy that when the trade came out. Based on his Wildcats 3.0 work, Joe Casey and Iron Man should be a good fit.

Metal Men as #1 was fun
the Atom is also a fun read
Nightwing – see if the book has recovered from the awfulness of last year

This week my books will be Lobster Johnson, All New Atom, Countdown, Infinity Inc, Jonah Hex, Metal Men, Y the Last Man, Modoks 11, Uncanny X Men, and Action Philosophers.

Big week for me.

Get All New Atom.

Scalped #9. Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera make a great team on this nice Vertigo title.

Get The All New Atom.

I just read the trade, and well…. I need to know if it actually pics up after that terrible opening storyline that made no sense.

Scalped #9. You need to be reading this excellent series.

Madame Mirage #1 was really bad.
Here’s a reprint of what I posted on my blog.

Madame Mirage #1
I was really looking forward to reading this, as I’ve come to appreciate Paul Dini’s work on Detective Comics tremendously. Tight plotting, clear storytelling, good characterizations. Unfortunately, this book has none of that. While the art is quite enjoyable, I had little or no clue what was going on for most of the issue. That’s not what you want in a first issue, to say the least. Suffice it to say, I won’t be reading issue #2. AWFUL.

And actually, the Black Canary miniseries wasn’t that great in hindsight: “kidnap my daughter so that I think she’s been abducted by terrorists and go out of my mind with worry until you finally decide to tell me it was you and that you sent her away to live with monks of all people for her own safety, without even consulting me? I LOVE YOU!”

See? If this happened IRL it’s be grounds for divorce, a restraining order, or prison. It’s like when Anakin tells Amidala “I killed them all, and not just the men, but the women and children too!” and she basically responds with “Oh, I LOVE you!”

It’s dumb, doesn’t make sense, and is also a cheat, as there was no hint throughout the rest of the story of anything even approaching THIS resolution.

Jonah Hex #23. Western goodness

DMZ Volume 3.

Hmm. Acespot, of course it’s a cheat, in one way: For whatever reason, DC editorial wanted Sin out of the way (and I’m OK with that call, because, really, a pint-sized assassin named Sin? Sheesh. Gail Simone normally impresses me, but really, where’d that idea fall from? And that name ?!), so Tony Bedard’s job was to write a mini-series which took Sin off the plate and led to Dinah accepting Ollie’s offer. Bedard delivered, and he did it without killing the character (which would’ve been the obvious and too-easy choice). So it cheats Dinah out of this supposedly life-changing development Simone had only just very recently written for her.

But that twist to the story isn’t a cheat in the way you mean: I disagree that it wasn’t hinted at. I knew in issue 3 exactly what Ollie and Mia were going to do: Fake Sin’s death. There was even some dialogue to hint at it! Of course, it was a spur-of-the-moment plot, but the logic even makes a sort of sense. (Although Ollie should’ve told Dinah as soon as he could what had really happened.) Anyway, the comparison of Ollie to Anakin is ridiculous.

Actually, I was comparing Dinah to Amidala.

I’d recommend either Wraith #3, Scalped #9 or Lobster Johnson #1.

And hey, if you want to read a Cliff’s notes of Warren Ellis blog entries with unimpressive artwork, you could always pick up Doktor Sleepless #2. I certainly won’t, but I’m perversely curious to know which one of his tried and true gimmicks he’s going to rehash this time. Judging from the preview art so far, I’m leaning towards DMT.

LOBSTER JOHNSON starts this week. Its by MIKE MIGNOLA and could be alot of fun. What with the NAZI ass-kicking and all.

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