QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 10-28-09
By John Judy
ABE SAPIEN ONE-SHOT by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Patric Reynolds. A story from Abe's early days with the BPRD that is haunting in all senses of the word. Recommended.
ARKHAM REBORN #1 of 3 by David Hine and Jeremy Haun. Arkham Asylum is being rebuilt to its original specs. This cannot possibly bode well for anyone…
ASTRO CITY: ASTRA SPECIAL #2 of 2 by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Not-so-little Astra and her beau have a bit of a to-do at an extra-dimensional watering hole. Fun stuff and a nice reprieve from the grimness of "The Dark Age" epic in the regular title. Recommended.
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 of 8 by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. Earth is evacuated as the dead continue to rise. Can even Hal Jordan discover the secret behind the Black Lanterns? Well, one would hope… Recommended.
DARK REIGN: THE LIST – WOLVERINE #1 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic. It's Jason Aaron writing Wolverine and he's one of the only guys on the planet who can do that and not suck. For this reason alone we must read this comic. Oh, and Ribic's art is choice as always. Recommended.
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 by Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham. Things were going so well for the Justice League of Reed Richardses. But then they stopped going well and started getting very problematic. Can even the JLoRRs solve this one? Big Brains and Big Fights galore! Excelsior!
FREAKANGELS VOL.3 SC by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield. The third collection of the adventures of "twelve strange children." Featuring a serial killer and a breaking of a rule. Recommended.
GREEN LANTERN #47 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke. Lantern fight! Blue Lanterns mix it up with Orange Lanterns and things are looking… Brown? Seriously, that's what you get when you mix blue with orange. A Brown Lantern would just be… kind of disturbing…
HULK #16 by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill. "Red She-Hulk." There, I said it. A She-Hulk who's red. This issue: Streaky the Hulk Cat. I mean, why not at this point?
IGNITION CITY #5 of 5 by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani. The grand finale in which we finally stop hearing how crappy Ignition City is and find out why it's so crappy! Plus, jet packs, zap guns and explodey stuff! Recommended.
MAP OF MY HEART GN written and drawn by John Porcellino. A little something from Porcellino celebrating the 20th anniversary of his zine KING CAT COMICS and mourning his divorce. From Drawn and Quarterly.
NEW AVENGERS #58 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. The Hood, guest-starring some Avengers! Ya remember Korvac? Thanos? Those were guys ya felt deserved to fight Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The Hood? Not so much. Just sayin'…
NORTHLANDERS #21 by Brian Wood and Leandro Fernandez. The new story-arc begins here! "The Plague Widow" follows the troubles of a Russian Viking village in the year 1020. A contagion afflicts them, as does an enemy within. Recommended.
PREVIEWS by Marvel and Diamond Comics. The Future of Comics! Literally!
SUPERMAN #693 by James Robinson and Fernando Dagnino. Lois Lane's evil military dad is torturing the super-people again. Also Bizarro.
SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN #2 of 6 by Geoff Johns and Mike McKone. Superboy meets the Legion of Super-Heroes for the first time! Again! Recommended!
ULTIMATE COMICS: ARMOR WARS #2 of 4 by Warren Ellis and Steve Kurth. Ultimate Tony Stark fights a bunch of people over his stolen technology. Ellis on the scripting so it will involve lots of "bleeding edge" references and violence. Recommended.
ULTIMATE COMICS: AVENGERS #3 by Mark Millar and Carlos Pacheco. Ultimate Captain America has gone rogue hunting down his son, the Ultimate Red Skull. Seriously. The Skull is Cap's son. And let's not even get into the whole "cutting his own face off" thing. Maybe not the title to give to the "Super Hero Squad" fan on your list.
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #6 by Jason Aaron and Yanick Paquette. Wolverine's in a nut-house with a doctor who wants to cut his brain out. And this is why Jason Aaron is the best writer ever. Recommended.
WONDER WOMAN #37 by Gail Simone and Bernard Chang. There's a rash among the Amazons! Of pregnancies! Why couldn't they have called it a spate? Go figure…
X-FACTOR #50 by Peter David and Valentine De Landro. Big wrap-up to a year's worth of story-lines! Or else! Recommended.
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By John Judy
ABE SAPIEN ONE-SHOT by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Patric Reynolds. A story from Abe's early days with the BPRD that is haunting in all senses of the word. Recommended.
ARKHAM REBORN #1 of 3 by David Hine and Jeremy Haun. Arkham Asylum is being rebuilt to its original specs. This cannot possibly bode well for anyone…
ASTRO CITY: ASTRA SPECIAL #2 of 2 by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Not-so-little Astra and her beau have a bit of a to-do at an extra-dimensional watering hole. Fun stuff and a nice reprieve from the grimness of "The Dark Age" epic in the regular title. Recommended.
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 of 8 by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. Earth is evacuated as the dead continue to rise. Can even Hal Jordan discover the secret behind the Black Lanterns? Well, one would hope… Recommended.
DARK REIGN: THE LIST – WOLVERINE #1 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic. It's Jason Aaron writing Wolverine and he's one of the only guys on the planet who can do that and not suck. For this reason alone we must read this comic. Oh, and Ribic's art is choice as always. Recommended.
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 by Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham. Things were going so well for the Justice League of Reed Richardses. But then they stopped going well and started getting very problematic. Can even the JLoRRs solve this one? Big Brains and Big Fights galore! Excelsior!
FREAKANGELS VOL.3 SC by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield. The third collection of the adventures of "twelve strange children." Featuring a serial killer and a breaking of a rule. Recommended.
GREEN LANTERN #47 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke. Lantern fight! Blue Lanterns mix it up with Orange Lanterns and things are looking… Brown? Seriously, that's what you get when you mix blue with orange. A Brown Lantern would just be… kind of disturbing…
HULK #16 by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill. "Red She-Hulk." There, I said it. A She-Hulk who's red. This issue: Streaky the Hulk Cat. I mean, why not at this point?
IGNITION CITY #5 of 5 by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani. The grand finale in which we finally stop hearing how crappy Ignition City is and find out why it's so crappy! Plus, jet packs, zap guns and explodey stuff! Recommended.
MAP OF MY HEART GN written and drawn by John Porcellino. A little something from Porcellino celebrating the 20th anniversary of his zine KING CAT COMICS and mourning his divorce. From Drawn and Quarterly.
NEW AVENGERS #58 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. The Hood, guest-starring some Avengers! Ya remember Korvac? Thanos? Those were guys ya felt deserved to fight Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The Hood? Not so much. Just sayin'…
NORTHLANDERS #21 by Brian Wood and Leandro Fernandez. The new story-arc begins here! "The Plague Widow" follows the troubles of a Russian Viking village in the year 1020. A contagion afflicts them, as does an enemy within. Recommended.
PREVIEWS by Marvel and Diamond Comics. The Future of Comics! Literally!
SUPERMAN #693 by James Robinson and Fernando Dagnino. Lois Lane's evil military dad is torturing the super-people again. Also Bizarro.
SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN #2 of 6 by Geoff Johns and Mike McKone. Superboy meets the Legion of Super-Heroes for the first time! Again! Recommended!
ULTIMATE COMICS: ARMOR WARS #2 of 4 by Warren Ellis and Steve Kurth. Ultimate Tony Stark fights a bunch of people over his stolen technology. Ellis on the scripting so it will involve lots of "bleeding edge" references and violence. Recommended.
ULTIMATE COMICS: AVENGERS #3 by Mark Millar and Carlos Pacheco. Ultimate Captain America has gone rogue hunting down his son, the Ultimate Red Skull. Seriously. The Skull is Cap's son. And let's not even get into the whole "cutting his own face off" thing. Maybe not the title to give to the "Super Hero Squad" fan on your list.
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #6 by Jason Aaron and Yanick Paquette. Wolverine's in a nut-house with a doctor who wants to cut his brain out. And this is why Jason Aaron is the best writer ever. Recommended.
WONDER WOMAN #37 by Gail Simone and Bernard Chang. There's a rash among the Amazons! Of pregnancies! Why couldn't they have called it a spate? Go figure…
X-FACTOR #50 by Peter David and Valentine De Landro. Big wrap-up to a year's worth of story-lines! Or else! Recommended.
www.johnjudy.net
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