July 28, 2023

Another big week of comics. It seems as if every week the pile gets bigger and bigger. Lots of good stuff too.

Update: Big shocker… just when it seemed as if the mystery of the number 3s was ending, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! This week I got the missing #3 of Neighbors. I got the missing number three of No/One. And I got number four of The Seasons Have Teeth, without having received number three. Unbelievable.

The Knight Terrors continued through the DC books for the third week now. I doubted myself when I decided to commit to all 46 books in the run, but it has been solid so far, with a few exceptions. This week, we got the first #2 in the run, with Knight Terrors #2 featuring Deadman in batman’s body. Sandman joined them as well. There was a frightening inclusion of Red Tornado too. I really enjoyed Knight Terrors: Titans #1, Knight Terrors: Action Comics #1 and Knight Terrors: Detective Comics #1. Night Terrors: Harley Quinn was okay and I had little engagement during Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker #1. I have no idea who this Angel Break was, and so had a real difficult time caring at all.

The rest of this week’s books:

Hellcat #5. “The Season Finale“. Written by Christopher Cantrell and drawn by Alex Lins. Cover art done by Pere Perez and Marte Gracia. One of my favorite limited series of the year came to a satisfying end this week with Patsy coming to herself. My friend Todd also surprised me with Miss America #67 from 1954, featuring Patsy Walker, pre-Marvel version. It was a cool collectible. It was also funny that Patsy’s friend form the Hellcat series, Hedy, had a short story inside this 1954 book.

X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1. “The Hellfire Gala” Written by Gerry Duggan and art provided by a bunch of artists. Phil Noto did the cover art. I knew Kamala Khan was not going to be dead for long, but who would have seen her being resurrected already? Wasn’t Funeral for a Friend #1 last week? We now know that Ms. Marvel was a mutant with an unreleased mutant power. She is still part Inhuman, making her one of a kind. I am glad to have Kamala back and the rest of this book was pretty engaging. We’ll see where this goes with the Fall of X.

No/One #3 & 4. Written by Kyle Higgins & Brian Buccellato and drawn by Geraldo Borges. I have really become a fan of this No/One series. I may still try to check out the podcasts that you can find by going through the QV Code in the back of the comic. This mystery is awesome and I really love this book.

Avengers Beyond #5. Written by Derek Landy and penciled by Greg Lano. This storyline with the Beyonder comes to its close, albeit a little anticlimactically. I’m glad this one is done and we can continue on with Avengers in their own book.

Daredevil & Echo #3. Written by Yaboo B. Earl and drawn by Phil Noto. Ghost Rider joins in with DD and Echo as it looks like poor Matt Murdock has to be sacrificed once again. Is this becoming a trend?

Indigo Children #5. “Chapter Five: Escape from Kabul” Written by Curt Pires & Rockwell White with art by Alex Diotto and Dee Cunniffe. This has been an interesting book, but I would absolutely like to know more about these Indigo Children than what we have gotten. It is difficult to know who is who at times. Still, it has been a good book so far.

Hallows’ Eve #5. Written by Erica Schultz and art by Michael Dowling. Janine wrapped up her first limited series by getting her masks back in a tough battle with the Beyond Corporation and Maxine Danger. This has been fun and it looks like Hallows’ Eve is going to continue on in Spider-Man books for the moment.

Newburn #9. Written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Jacob Phillips. Newburn is back! And he is trying to handle the family problems. However, the relationship between Newburn and Emily seems to be on the edge of trouble. Glad we get another arc of this book.

I Am Iron Man #5. “Chapter Five: The Real Iron Man” Written by Murewa Ayodele and drawn by Dotun Akande. This was a fun series that seems to be done now too. I am not sure where this falls in continuity, if it does at all, but it gave Tony Stark some wild things including a standing clone order.

Spider-Man India #2. “Seva Part II” Written by Nikesh Shukla and penciled by Abhishek Malsuni. Pavitr is finding that being a Spider-Man is not easy as he is trying to stop a rampaging Lizard while the city seems to be hating on him. Still like the Across the Spider-Verse design of Pavitr better, but other than that, this has been great.

Invincible Iron Man #8. “You Can’t Stay at a Party too Long if You Don’t Go to the Party.” Tony Stark is on a downward spiral as Feilong continues his plans against Stark and the mutants. Tony helps out Emma Frost against the Stark Sentinels. Written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Juan Frigeri.

Barnstormers #1. Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Tula Lotay. A noir style, post-WWI story featuring Bix and Tillie and their adventure. Tillie is running from her wedding and forces Bix to take her in his plane. Things go from there.

Tenement #2. Written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Andrea Sorrentino. We return to the Bone Orchard universe with seriously creepy imagery and storytelling.

Silk #3. Written by Emily Kim and drawn by Ig Guara. Dave Johnson did the cover art. Pirate Cindy Moon is here just as we learn that this is all in Cindy’s head trapped in a Dreamworld connected in a cinematic style. Silk has been exciting so far.

Incredible Hulk #2. “That Old Time Religio0n Part One.” Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and with art by Nic Klein. Hulk is heading back to its horror type roots as Bruce Banner and a young girl named Charlie comes across a horror-like cult and the Hulk comes out…

Avengers #3. Written by Jed MacKay and art by C.F. Villa. Stuart Immonen did the cover art. Lod Ennui is one creepy villain and he has unleased the Impossible City on the earth. However, there is the new Avengers there to meet them.

Moon Knight: City of the Dead #1. Written by David Pepose and penciled by Marcelo Ferreira. Rod reis did the art for the cover. Moon Knight tries to save the young boy Khalil. It is also the debut of the new version of The Scarlet Scarab, like we saw in the Disney + series. Big things are happening for Moon Knight around Marvel and this feels like a start for that.

She-Hulk #15. Written by Rainbow Rowell and drawn by Andres Genolet. Jen Bartel did the cover art. She-Hulk and her fight club try to stop the invasion of the city, while in search of a bomb set to detonate by Scoundrel. By the way, Jack of Hearts is a stud.

Amazing Spider-Man #30. Written by Zeb Wells and drawn by Ed McGuinness. Doc Ock battles Spidey-Ock. Doc Ock is trying to corrupt Norman Osborn and at the end of last issue is seemed as if he was going to do it, but Norman said, “Nuh uh!”

Ultimate Invasion #2. “Chapter Two: Down the Rabbit Hole” Written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Bryan Hitch. The Master recruits Howard Stark and brings him to the Immortus Engine. I was a little uncertain about what was happening here, but I liked what I saw.

The Neighbors #3-5. Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and drawn by Letizia Cadonici. This Boom! Studios series wrapped up with a tough story with the family. A story of sacrifice and anguish. It was a good script.

Wordltr33 #4. Written by James Tynion IV and featuring art by Fernando Blanco. This story is told with both current action and flashbacks (of sorts). Gabriel sister is the naked killing woman. This is a real mind-blowing series that is a challenge to read. I’m still processing it.

Klik Klik Boom #2. Written by Doug Wagner and drawn by Doug Dabbs. Sprout, the mute photo taking protagonist. Things are shaping up around this issue and it reads very quick and was very entertaining.

Ghost Rider #16. “Night Rider” Written by Benjamin Percy and penciled by Chris Campana. Bjorn Barends did the cover art. A new story starts with Johnny Blaze, Robbie Reyes and Danny Ketch.

What If…? Dark: Spider-Gwen#1 Plot by Gerry Conway and Jody Houser with script by Jody Houser. The art was done by Ramon F. Bachs. Cover art by Greg Lano & Frank D’Armata. A What If comic featuring Gwen Stacy not dying at the bridge with the Green Goblin, but Spidey dies instead. Listing this as Spider-Gwen is a bit off since she is never Spider-Gwen in the book. She does don a Spider-Man costume though. This was better than the Loki What If recently.

Deadpool #9. “Heart to Heart.” Deadpool and Valentine’s relationship is front and center but Valentine has a bit of a new look by the end. The new Deadpool series has been very fun so far and this story arc looks like it will be concluded next issue.