August 26, 2023

I have wrapped up the books from last week’s NEW COMIC BOOK DAY tonight as I read through a bunch of books.

There was a book that I had zero interest in and that I started, but chose not to continue reading. That was the Realm of X from the Fall of X storyline. My feeling of the current X-Men continue to be up and down.

Looks like we are down to the wire with DC’s Knight Terrors. There is just the finale (next week) remaining after six books this week. Two of them were books that I absolutely did not find interesting and that I skimmed through and pushed aside. Those are Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn #2 and Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker #2. I continue to not be interested by the characters in this series that I do not know, which is the Angel Breaker and then I was not a fan of the Harley Quinn series.

The other four books though were all really good. My favorite this week was the Knight Terrors #4, followed by Knight Terrors: Detective Comics #2 (featuring James Gordon), then Knight Terrors: Titans #2, followed by Knight Terrors: Action Comics.

I wonder if next week’s finale is a larger, double sized book?

Rest of this week’s books:

Big Game #2. Written by Mark Millar and drawn by Pepe Larraz. Whoa. This series picked up big time this issue. I did not see this coming. The Chrononauts and the Ambassadors slaughtered! Westley Gibson bringing the doom. Hit Girl escapes the assassination. Watching the Ambassadors, who I just finished their new book a few months ago, get just destroyed was wild. Who knows what is next.

Deadpool #10. “To the Victor” Written by Alyssa Wong and drawn by Luigi Zagaria. Martin Coccolo & Neeraj Menon did the cover art. The arc with Deadpool, Valentine and his symbiote dog come to an end with this issue and it may be the end of this Deadpool run. I have enjoyed this volume of Deadpool so I wish there was more coming. Surely, the Merc with a Mouth will return to his own series somewhere.

Klik Klik Boom #3. Written by Doug Wagner and illustrated by Doug Dabbs. Another book that ended with a shocking cliffhanger. It sure seemed as if one of our characters bit the big one in this issue and it was a tragic end. I hope I misread that because I liked this character a lot.

Daredevil & Echo #4. Written by Taboo & B. Earl and featuring art by Phil Noto. This limited series ended with this issue too. Daredevil & Echo has been an okay read, but I would not ever go back and read it again. All of the characters involved seem more interesting in other books.

Moon Knight: City of the Dead #2. “Hearts on Fire.” Moon Knight and Scarlet Scarab are in search of the soul of Khalil inside the City of the Dead. A series of Moon Knight’s dead enemies teamed up to take him down. Now Marc Specter came face to face with someone he never thought he’d see again. The character of Moon Knight continues to be top line.

Newburn #10. “Chapter Ten: He’s Got History.” Things are looking bad for Newburn and the crime families as tensions are high. The crime families let Newburn know that they are thinking about changing the way things are done and Newburn let the crime families know that he has some surprising knowledge protecting him. Newburn feels like he is in the most trouble he has ever been in during the entire series so far.

Indigo Children #6. Written by Curt Pires and drawn by Rockwell White. The Indigo Children have reached their goal, but Director Rand stands in their way. Another shocking last few pages for this book.

Black Panther #3. “Reign at Dusk: Part 3” I’m not sure I know exactly what this book is about. There are a lot of pages involving characters from Wakanda that I do not know very well. The very end of this issue though looks as if it is about to pick up with Deathlok making an appearance.