Posted by Richard Pulfer on Sep 14th, 2007
Sorry for the wait. Its been a massively busy week on all accounts. Anyway, here it goes:
Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz’s All-New Booster Gold #2 should be fun, putting one of the saving graces of 52 in the spotlight. This issue finds the time-travelling Booster teaming up with a villain who couldn’t get enough spotlight - Sinestro. Of course, when Booster finds him, he’s still a lowly GL instructor, but the premise sounds interesting enough to recommend.
Also spinning off of 52 this week is Black Adam: The Dark Age #2, which finds the most wanted man in the DCU resurrecting his lost love Isis and searching for his magic word of power (which he apparently finds sometime between the end of 52 and beginning of Countdown). But at what cost I wonder?
Mike Carey has an interesting, non-superhero, non-occult comic out called Confessions of a Blabbermouth, which center around a young girl using her blog as a lethal weapon against her dysfunctional family. Carey’s work has shined in virtually every title, and here he’s teaming with Invader Zim contributor Aaron Alexovich, so the final product certainly might be worth a read.
Justice League Wedding Special shows the preparations for the wedding of Green Lantern and Black Canary, as well as the preparations of the new Injustice League, which looks every bit as dangerous as the Villian’s United Society, minus a couple hundred flakes. Written by JLU scripter and current Justice League writer Dwight McDuffie, this whole event has this comic book fan shaking in his boots.
Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #1, written by John Ostrander, takes surprise survivor Rick Flag Jr. from Skartaris to Dubai, and through the management of dueling commanders Amanda Waller and Ultramarine General Wade Eiling. Considering we’ve already seen the current Captain Boomerang unofficially join the new team, and Batman himself speak of the team’s role countering his vision, I expect big things to come out of this series.
Though I haven’t been a big fan of the new Gen 13 artist, the Gail Simone-written 12th issue looks hilarious - pitting the team against - and I quote - the Authori-teens - a Backstreet version of the Authority!
For a word on what NOT to get, if you seriously want to give Marvel MORE of your money, check out Civil War Chronicles #3, which reprints the huge series/tie-in’s in chronological order. While this is actually a good idea, I’d rather see this in a trade - not buying single issues of Civil War all over again!
Dardevil #100 features several variant covers and an issue drawn by a varitable Who’s Who of DD past artists. There’s little details on what the 100th issue also entails save that . . . surprise surprise . . . Daredevil is once again in serious trouble.
Heroes for Hire draw unlucky issue #13 in a World War Hulk cross-over that pits them against the Hulk’s alien allies. Considering we’ve just seen his lieutenants cut through several members of the New and Mighty Avengers like Swiss Cheese, I have a strong suspicion this isn’t going to end well.
New Avengers #34 has the entire team collapsing on itself, as Wolverine takes on the Hood - the new major criminal enemy of the M.U. - and Luke Cage goes against his own wife Jessica Jones after the revelation of Skrull infiltrators. Plus - their baby’s name is revealed (probably could have a picked a better time for that development).
Punisher War Journal #11 is filled to the brim with guest stars, including Winter Soldier - obviously distraught over Frank’s costume changes (considering who’s costume it is), while G.W. Bridge is either returning to SHIELD or surrendering altogether. I haven’t been following this title much at all, but I certainly like what I’m reading here.
Thor #3 looks to be interesting either way you slice it, as the newly-returned Thunder God finally meets up with everyone’s favorite Marvel character - SHIELD dick Tony Stark. Too bad Thor already knows about the . . . ahhhh . . . incident with the clone. Oh, this is going down bad.
Please note all these comics have been out for about three days, so avaliability may be stretched in some cases. I’ll have an earlier start next week . . . errr . . . hopefully.
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Agreed wholeheartedly on the CivWar reprints. That strategy might have worked 30 years ago, before the proliferation of comic shops with good supplies of back issues, but this is 2007. Either put it in a series of trades — hell, even dump the whole series plus crossovers onto DVD-ROM, like Marvel’s been doing with their classic stuff of late — or don’t even bother.
Thanks, Devin. Even though I like a number of things Marvel is doing, it seems they are pinching the pocketbook too much in recent months. Like the “One More Day” sketchbook - just give us the damn book instead of putting sketchbooks and chronicles left and right!