Image:
Choker #2

Marvel:
Siege #3
Siege: Embedded #3

BOOM! Studios:
28 Days Later #8
Irredeemable #12

Dynamite Entertainment:
Green Hornet Year One #1

Plus the latest ‘The Boys’ trade that I couldn’t afford last week.

Of course, this is all contingent upon whether my comic book dealer set everything aside for me.

Tags: 28 days later, choker, green hornet: year one, irredeemable, siege, siege: embedded, the boys

This was a sort of light week for me. I only had four things in my pull list. However, one of them was the newest ‘The Boys’ trade, which I had to leave until next week because I am currently low on funds.

So here is what I left the shop with:
Magog 7 (DC Comics) – I was talking with my comic book dealer and we are both surprised this book hasn’t been cancelled yet. I am pretty sure I am the only one in the shop who gets it, or if I’m not, then the number is definitely in the single digits. Plus, everything I like seems to get cancelled for no good reason.

Pilot Season: Velocity (Image Comics/Top Cow Comics) – I have dug all of the Pilot Season books this year and I’m not sure this will be different. Plus, it’s Kevin Maguire, who I believe doesn’t do nearly enough work nowadays.

Daytripper 4 (Vertigo) – This is one of the most touching poignant books on the shelves right now.

Tags: Daytripper, kevin maguire, magog, pilot season: velocity, the boys

This was HUGE week for me. Not only did a bunch of books that I was looking for finally come in, but I also went to TWO shops this week and went a little crazy in the dollar bin of one of them.

New This Week:
True Story Swear To God 12 (Image Comics) – I already read and reviewed this issue. Short answer: get it now (unless you have no love in your heart, then just stick with Blackest Night/Siege).
Girl Comics 1 of 3(Marvel Comics) – Again read and reviewed. Again I recommend you pick it up.
The Great Ten 5 of 10 (DC Comics) – I still think this is the best book coming out from DC and I can’t wait to get the time to read it.
The Sword 22 (Image Comics) – This title is coming to an end soon and I will miss it.
Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet 1 (Dynamite Entertainment) – I’m looking forward to the entire sub-line of Green Hornet books.
First Wave 1 of 6 (DC Comics) – This is the only book I am not completely sold on, but I think this might surprise me.
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep 9 (BOOM! Studios) – Still a good title and I look forward to it every month.
Age of Bronze: Betrayal Part One TPB (Image Comics) – I decided last week to switch from single issues to trades for this title.
Siege 2 of 4 (Marvel Comics) – I finally found a copy and I’m looking forward to The Sentry vs Ares.
Starman 81 (DC Comics) – Why not, I have a vast majority of the rest of the issues. I might be missing two or three. Maybe as many as six.
Nexus: Space Opera 101/102 (Rude Dude Productions) – I had not idea this even came out, which sucks because I have looking forward to each issue and I doubt there will be any others.
Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys (Viz Media) – I wanted to get Pluto Vol 1, but since they didn’t have it, I picked this up and special ordered Pluto. I want to go on record as saying that I am picking Pluto up on the recommendation of Ryan King, so if I don’t like it, I will blame him. Just kidding, I will blame Vince B.

From The Dollar Bin:
Prophet 5 and 6 (Image Comics) – The only issue of Prophet I have is 7, so it will be nice to see how we got to that point.
Incredible Herc 116/119/120/121 (Marvel Comics) – I have never read a single issue of Incredible Herc, but I heard a lot of good things about it.
War of Kings 2 of 6 (Marvel Comics) – I read the first issue and nothing after that, but I liked it and I want to check it out for a dollar.
Dazzler 26 (Marvel Comics) – I have never read an issue of Dazzler, but this one is the beginning of “The Startling Secret of Dazzler’s Sister.” Plus, there were a LOT of issues of Dazzler in the dollar bin.
Final Crisis 4 of 7 (DC Comics) – I stopped buying after issue 3, but a dollar, why not?
Justice League of America Vol 1 37 (DC Comics) – The cover is torn, but for some reason, I don’t think I have ever read this issue.
Tales of The Teen Titans 81 (DC Comics) – I got this because the creative team is Marv Wolfman, John Byrne and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. Hall of Famer Creators FTW!!!
Imperial Guard 2 (Marvel Comics) – This has a cover date of Feb 97, but I had no idea this title even existed until I saw it for a dollar.
Fantastic Four 557 (Marvel Comics) – I missed the entire Millar/Hitch/Currie run, so when I saw it so cheaply, I thought I would check it out.
Bullet Points 1 or 5 (Marvel Comics) – I have no idea what this is about, but Tommie Lee Edwards drawing the original gray Iron Man. C’mon.
Give Me Liberty 3 (Dark Horse Comics) – Once again, never read any of the Martha Washington stuff, so why not for a dollar (notice a trend?)

Plus, even though I need about three or four long boxes, I picked up one.

Tags: age of bronze, ares, blackest night, boom studios, bryan hitch, bullet points, dazzler, dc comics, do androids dream of electric sheep, dynamite entertainment, fantastic four, final crisis, first wave, girl comics, give me liberty, great ten, green hornet, image comics, imperial guard, incredible herc, john byrne, José Luis García-López, justice league of america, kevin smith, mark millar, martha washington, marv wolfman, marvel comics, naoki urasawa's 20th century boys, nexus, pluto, prophet, rude dude productions, ryan king, siege, starman, tales of the teen titans, the sentry, the sword, tommie lee edwards, true story swear to god, vince b, viz media, war of kings

…with the Milestone characters now that they are back from Publishing Limbo.

Static has always been pretty popular, but the rest of the big four Milestone characters might just be shunted off to the side.

Icon has been labelled as The Black Superman and this seeming redundancy causes him to get disregarded. (Even though Superboy, Superboy Prime, Supergirl, Captain Marvel, Black Adam, Mon-El/Valor/M’Onel and the whole planet of New Krypton don’t seem to have that problem).

Hardware has already made an appearance in The Brave and The Bold teaming up with Blue Beetle and even though he was the typical “angry black hero” who doesn’t want to team up with Jaime, at least he was being used. AND the issue hinted at what could possibly be a long term storyline for Hardware. Personally, I just want him to start a new company with John Henry Irons because I’m sick of Lexcorp stuff being everywhere.

Blood Syndicate isn’t technically one character, but they have almost always been treated as one monolithic entity and a lot of creators have rarely used just one or two of the individual members. Not to seem to glib about it, but I’m not even sure if most people are aware they have names.

Of course, the one Milestone character (outside of Static) who will probably get used in the DCU is the top Milestone villain (sorry Alva): Holocaust. Not only is he an angry black drug dealing gang banger with a secret middle class background but he has the added benefit of being offensive to a lot of the Jewish population.

Of course there are other characters, but these are the big ones.

Like I said, I just hope DC does a better job with the Milestone character than Marvel did with the Malibu characters.

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Tags: black adam, blood syndicate, boogieman, brave and the bold, brickhouse, captain marvel, dogg, fade, flashback, hardware, holocaust, icon, john henry irons, lexcorp, m'onel, milestone, mon-el, new krypton, rocket, static, Superboy, superboy prime, supergirl, superman, tech-9, teen titans, third rail, valor, wise son

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Tags: great ten

This is a good book, but it is one of those books where I’m not sure if I get what is going on but it doesn’t matter because I like it anyway. Templesmith’s art is as oddly beautiful as ever and I still don’t know if I have ever read anything else by this Ben McCool guy, but I think he would probably be a very good novelist.  And I really enjoyed the “how I do stuff” article in the back of the book.

Tags: ben mccool., ben templesmith, choker

I recently saw 28 Weeks Later a few weeks ago and I contend, this story is a much better sequel to the 28 Days Later movie than that movie. This issue ended a little too abruptly for my taste, but it will read better for the trade people.

Tags: 28 days later

When I finished reading this issue, it occured to me that Jeff Parker’s style reminds me a lot of Geoff Johns when I first noticed him. Both guys make sense of what seems to be nonsensical. Geoff Johns made sense of Hawkman and Jeff Parker made sense of the whole Red Hulk saga to date (for me at least). I’m curious what will happen if Marvel gives him a bigger sandbox to play in.

Tags: fall of the hulks: red hulk, Jeff Parker

When I first picked up this issue and saw that Amy Reeder Hadley wasn’t doing the artwork, I was a little ticked because her pencils are what attracted me to the book in the first place. However, Joelle Jones has won me over with this issue. She didn’t do anything different from the last issue but for some reason I liked this one better. So much so that I am actually interested in checking out Troublemaker, the book she will be doing with Janet and Alex Evanovich.

However, I think DC should grab her for one of their superhero books, I think she would do well on Birds of Prey or a Justice League title.

Tags: amy reeder hadley, joelle jones, madame xanadu

I love this book. I love the way it captures the feel of the old Buck Rogers serials where he goes from one adventure to another without much pause. The only thing I could do without is the part of the story that takes place in the past.

Tags: buck rogers, dynamite entertainment