December 28, 2023

New Banner! Celebrating the 75th post of EYG Comic Cavalcade! 

Yesterday was my last chance to go to Comic World and read the NEW COMIC BOOKS on Wednesdays during the winter break. Next Wednesday, I have to go back to school for a professional development. So I had to enjoy yesterday.

I have started to inventory my comic collection. It is a major undertaking. My goal is to have the boxes in my room done first by summer, before I start re-bagging and re0boarding the older books in the other room. I purchased the CLZ Comics app on my phone and I am currently at 664 comics. It is just a drop in the bucket. I’m starting with the boxes that have ongoing series in them so it does not get mucked up with new issues each week.

Books this week:

Ghost Rider #21. ”Teach Your Children Hell“ Written by Benjamin Percy with art by Carlos Nieto. Bjorn Barends did the cover art. The Talia arc gets resolved.. kind of. Sounded as if there is a new version of the Ghost Rider coming soon.

Local Man #8. Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs and illustrations by Tony Fleecs. Local Man is investigating a murder and he goes as far as heading through the ads at the end of the book. It was a fun little bit as he is figuring things out.

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #1. Written by Greg Pak and art by Caio Majado. David Aja did the cover art (which was the Cover of the Week). Shang Chi is involved in the Gang War, trying to keep his moral honor while being the Supreme Commander of the Five Weapons Society. 

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #14. Written by Cody Ziglar and drawn by Federico Vicentini. Miles is involved in the Gang War with Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. He has to face off with the Prowler, who is, of course, his Uncle Aaron. 

Sensational She-Hulk # 3. Written by Rainbow Rowell and art by Andres Genolet. Jen Bartel did the cover art. Jenn and Hulk have a nice little sit down. Unfortunately, Hulk got mad. What were the odds. And next issue… HELLCAT! YEA BABY!!!

Avengers Inc. #4. Case Number: 004 “Who is Victor Shade.“ Written by Al Ewing and penciled by Leonard Kirk. Daniel Acuna was the cover art. Whoa, big time reveal at the end of this that might have just given the answer to the underlaying mystery of the series. I wonder if the early cancellation of the series affected what they wanted to do.

Universal Monsters: Dracula #3. Written by James Tynion IV and art by Martin Simmonds. Renfield is still a major player in this issue. We do not see much of Dracula here, but his aura is all over the book.

No/One #7. Written by Kyle Higgins & Brian Buccellato and drawn by Antonio Fuso. Cover art by Geraldo Borges w/ Mark Englert. Looks as if the book has given up a possible reveal of the copycat killer and evidence is found. I love the podcast that goes with the book called “Who is No/One.”

Predator versus Wolverine #4. Written by Benjamin Percy and art by Ken Lashley, Kei Zama & Gavin Guidry. Marco Checchetto did the cover art. This limited series comes to an end with a big knock down with the two. This series turned out better than it had any right to be. 

Spider-Woman #2. Written by Steve Fox and art by Carola Borelli. Leinil Francis Yu and Sunny Gho did the cover art. Spider-Woman is involved in the Gang War with Hydra. She is still looking for her baby. 

Timeless #1. Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly and art by Juann Cabal. Kael Ngu did the cover art. I did not like this much at all. A future version of Luke Cage and Danny Rand and Khonshu is here. Just found this to be a trudge to get through.

Duke #1. ”A Man of Action.“ Written by Joshua Williamson and art by Tom Reilly. Another issue that I did not find too entertaining. This is an issue that I picked up to give it a try on the strength of the Transformers and Void Rivals books. This one is not at that level. Bring on Cobra Commander #1.

Other books this week: The Schlub #5, Tenement #7, Captain Marvel #3, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battle world #2, Black Panther #7, and Slow Burn #3.