July 17. 2023

I was able to finish up that large group of comics that I got at last week’s NEW COMIC BOOK DAY. It was the largest week of new books that I can ever remember getting.

Kicking off with…

Killadelphia Vol. 5 There’s No Place Like Home. The trade paperback that reprinted Killadelphia issues 26-30 was full of shocking moments. The battle between the dark and light forces in Philadelphia claimed a huge amount of victims from out regular cast. I did not expect to lose everybody among the group of Detective Sangster, John Adams, Abigail Adams, George Washington, Jupiter, Toppy and Brittany was harsh. And then, to end the book with the arrival of Spawn…. Spawn? I thought issue #30 was the final of the Killadelphia series, but obviously there is going to be more with the guest star Spawn involved. Not sure how I feel about that.

Joe Fixit #5. Written by Peter David and with art by Yildiray Çınar. The cover art was by Cully Hamner & Jordie Bellaire. I discovered that this issue was missing from my collection. Perhaps it was among the exploding books from a couple of months ago, but I ordered a copy off eBay and it came today. I enjoyed this series quite a bit, mainly because of the inclusion of Spider-Man. This wrapped up with Spidey and Joe taking a trip to a Penn & Teller show.

Deep Cuts #3. “K.C. Blues.” Written by Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark with art by Diego Greco. The tales about the blues continue in Deep Cuts as we see a man who was at one point an amazing bassist, who now had to struggle to get by with a family of his own.

Superman: Lost #5. “The Republic.” Written by Priest and penciled by Carla Pagulayan. Lee Weeks with Elizabeth Breitweiser did the cover art. I’m not sure how I feel about how this series is seemingly taking the character of Clark Kent. This Green Lantern named Hope is not exactly what I feel works in this book. We’ll see where it goes from here.

Star Signs #3. Written by Saladin Ahmed and art by Megan Levens. The people with the powers from the missing constellations continue to show up and seem to be drawing sides. Mister Duke was revealed to be the Ares character with a bunch of power behind him.

Red Goblin #6. Written by Alex Paknadel and art by Jan Bazaldua. One of Normie’s friends has been taken by the new Goblin Knight, as ordered by the Goblin King, who seems to be having some physical trouble. Then, Normie and Rascal have been having their own issues since the whole Carnage thing.

X-Men: Days of Future Past Doomsday #1. Written by Marc Guggenheim and penciled by Manuel Garcia. Geoff Shaw and Edgar Delgado were the artists on the cover. This is a prequel to the classic X-Men story from the 1980s and expanded it into more of the Marvel Universe. There were some sad moments, even though I knew that this was all just a possible future. It was a decent read.

Warlock: Rebirth #4. “Soul Mates.” Written by Ron Marz and penciled by Ron Lim. This kicked off with a fun little scene between Spider-Man and Daredevil sharing a Turkey and cheese sub. Now, this scene had zero to do with the overall story, but I always love Spidey. The rest of the book was fine.

Rogue & Gambit #5. “Power Broke.” Written by Stephanie Phillips and drawn by Carlos Gomez. Steve Morris did the art on the cover. The final battle with Power Broker and his mind controlling remote control. Things do not go well for Power Broker. However, Rogue does something at the end of the book to make me question her decision making skills.