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King Thor #2 A: Esad Ribic C: Ive Svorcina W: Jason Aaron

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off the rack #1285

Monday, October 28, 2019

 An Ottawa elected MP had a derogatory four letter word spray painted on the window of her campaign office last week and I hope they catch the person who did it. I've got a c-word to describe that person: COWARD. More and more of these intolerant types have been crawling out from under their rocks these days and they need to be exposed for their wretched ways. Our democratic society seems to be under attack with some of our so-called leaders fanning the flames of racism and hatred. It's not pretty right now and it concerns me.

 Action Comics #1016 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Szymon Kudranski (art) Brad Anderson (colours) Dave Sharpe (letters). It's a big fight between Superman and the Red Cloud and it looks like Supes was going to lose. Brian Bendis uses his newest creation to help save the day. Way to go Naomi. He's got his own Bendis-verse going now.

 Batman Superman #3 - Joshua Williamson (writer) David Marquez (art) Alejandro Sanchez (colours) John J. Hill (letters). I'm still waiting to see what evil plans the Batman Who Laughs has for the multiverse. Things in the DCU are getting complicated what with Year of the Villain possibly crossing over with the Leviathan event. Try to keep up folks.

 Detective Comics #1014 - Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Doug Mahnke (pencils) Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin & Doug Mahnke (inks) David Baron (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Mr. Freeze successfully resurrects his dead wife Nora. Now they both look like a couple of Smurfs. Batman is being spread really thin in the DCU right now but I'm loving having all these great stories to read.

 Contagion #4 - Ed Brisson (writer) Damian Couceiro (art) Veronica Gandini (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). It's the penultimate issue and sure enough, the villain is a-winnin'. I've come this far, so all I need to do is find out how the heroes win in the end.

 Punisher Kill Krew #4 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Juan Ferreyra (art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Punisher comics are pretty basic. They show Frank Castle killing bad guys. I like that he's got help from weird teammates in this story. The last Frost Giant on the list proves to be the hardest to kill and, uh-oh, Frank is in deep doo-doo. So it's Franklin Nelson to the rescue. I told you he's got weird help.

 The Amazing Mary Jane #1 - Leah Williams (writer) Carlos Gomez (art) Carlos Lopez (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Face it Tiger, I just hit the jackpot. The glamorous redhead gets her own Spider-Man spin-off book and it looks like she's a costumed crime fighter in blue spandex. Psyche. She's shooting a super hero movie. The Director is a shock and the guys that are going to crash the set next issue might be overkill but this was fun so I'm going to keep reading. Plus MJ looks hot in her jammies.

 The Immortal Hulk #25 - Al Ewing (writer) German Garcia (art) Chris O'Halloran (colours) with Joe Bennett (pencils) Ruy Jose (inks) Paul Mounts (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). I thought this $5.99 US anniversary issue was misprinted because there's no hide nor hair of the Hulk for pages and pages. I'm reading about some alien named Par%l flying hir (sic) spaceship home. What the fork? My patience was rewarded by issue's end with the final page reveal of the next adversary for the Hulk.

 Editorial interlude while I'm thinking about it: I think Marvel is keeping the Legacy Numbers going so that they can exploit their titles more often with higher priced issues. The more expensive The Immortal Hulk #25 is also Legacy #742. That means it will be #750 in 8 issues when Marvel can hit you up for more money again when that issue hits the racks. I think that's very nefarious.

 Marauders #1 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Matteo Lolli (art) Federico Blee (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This new X-Team is lead by Kate "Kitty" Pryde and their mission is to rescue any mutants from places that didn't want to recognise Krakoa. Lockheed, Storm, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Wolverine, Emma Frost, Bishop and Pyro appear in this issue and I'm sure more mutants will grace these pages later. This book didn't turn me off so I'll keep reading it.

 King Thor #2 - Jason Aaron (writer) Esad Ribic (art) Ive Svorcina (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). It's King Thor and Loki versus Gorr the God of God Butchers. There sure is a lot of darkness here. I have a funny feeling that it's going to be the Girls of Thunder that will save the universe.

 Valkyrie #4 - Al Ewing & Jason Aaron (writers) Cafu (art) Jesus Aburtov (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). This writing duo is killing it for me. I loved the scenes with Mephisto and the Grim Reaper. The master manipulator's latest scheme is very clever and convoluted but it means that Valkyrie must die. Uh-oh. Doctor Strange guest stars.

 Avengers #25 - Jason Aaron (writer) Stefano Caselli (art) Jason Keith with Erick Arciniega (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Marvel made a liar out of me. This wasn't a higher priced anniversary issue but it sure read like one. The "Challenge of the Ghost Riders" ends with Robby winning and the throne of Hell unoccupied. Johnny Blaze fades into the muck and Lobo, I mean Cosmic Ghost Rider rides off into space. I'm surprised Marvel didn't exploit Avengers fans this time. The last few pages introduce the next story where we will meet the Avengers of one million BC. I hope the bad guy isn't Kang.

 The Amazing Spider-Man #32 - Nick Spencer (writer) Patrick Gleason (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This is a good news, bad news issue for me. It's the start of a big cross-over event that involves time travel as Miguel/Spider-Man 2099 wakes up in the present looking for Peter Parker/The Amazing Spider-Man. That's the bad news. The good news is that artist Patrick Gleason is drawing this book now. I really liked his art for DC and he's the reason that I'm not benching this book. More bad news is that the mystery of who is Kindred is being put on the back burner. This 2099 story will finish off the year with 13 tie-in titles. That'll put a strain on Spidey fans' wallets.

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FCBD All-New Guardians of the Galaxy # 0 W - Gerry Duggan. A - Aaron Kuder. C - Ive Svorcina. "Smash & Grab" The new age of GOTG without Bendis begins here. Nice seeing Duggan work with new characters. A good starting point for fans of the movie.

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Episode 089

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 review, Top 10 April sales, Injustice 2, Bane Conquest 1, GotG: Mother Entropy 1, GotG: Mission Breakout, All-New Guardians of the Galaxy 1, Black Bolt 1, Jean Grey 1, Eternal Empire 1, Youngblood 1, Swordquest 0, TMNT Funko, The Damned 1, Catalyst Prime Noble, Alterna (Lilith Dark, Adam Wreck, Croak, Amazing Age), Secret Empire 1, Free Comic Book Day!, Batman 22, Dark Tower trailer, Defenders trailer, Thor by Aaron, DC Editorial shake-up, Doctor Who S10E04

Details: Injustice 2 1 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Juan Albarran; Bane Conquest 1 by Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, Gregory Wright; Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy 1 by Jim Starlin, Alan Davis, Mark Farmer; Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout by Christopher Hastings, Edgar Salazar, Allen Martinez; All-New Guardians of the Galaxy 1 by Gerry Dugan, Aaron Kuder, Ive Svorcina; Black Bolt 1 by Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward; Jean Grey 1 by Dennis Hopeless, Victor Ibanez; Eternal Empire 1 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna; Youngblood 1 by Chad Bowers, Jim Towe, Rob Liefeld; Swordquest 0 by Chad Bowers, Chris Sims, Ghostwriter K; TMNT Funko Universe by Caleb Goellner, Nicolas Pena, Ronda Pattison; The Damned 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree; Catalyst Prime Noble by Brandon Thomas, Roger Robinson; Lilith Dark 1 by Charles C Dowd; Croak 1 by Cody Andrew Sousa, Francesco Iaquinta; Adam Wreck 1 by Michael S Bracco; Amazing Age by Matthew David Smith, Jeremy Massie, Christine Brunson

03 May 2017 Comics Countdown

10. Goldie Vance 12 by Jackie Ball, Hope Larson, Noah Hayes, Sarah Stern

9. Paper Girls 14 by Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang

8. Giant Days 26 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Whitney Cogar

7. Batman 22 by Tom King, Joshua Williamson, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson

6. Spider-Gwen 19 by Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez, Rico Renzi

5. Eternal Empire 1 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna

4. Star Wars: Poe Dameron 14 by Charles Soule, Angel Unzueta, Arif Prianto

3. Manifest Destiny 28 by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts, Tony Akins, Owen Gieni

2. The Damned 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree

1. Deathstroke 18 by Christopher Priest, Joe Bennett, Norm Rapmund

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