June 20, 2024

It is time for the EYG Comic Cavalcade! This weekend, I went to the Northpark Mall in Davenport to go to the Quad Con Comic & Toy Show. I went to this in Dubuque last year at the Five Flags Center, but I enjoyed that one more. This time was spread out throughout the entire mall and I spent a lot of time just walking around and I was tired by the end. I did pick up a ton of books, specifically several Amazing Spider-Man books. My favorite was Amazing Spider-Man #58, in a CGC case, rated 7.5. I got a bunch of Captain America Vol. 4 books out of the dollar box.

Loaded up on a bunch of books from eBay too. Some issue that were missing from my collection. With my CLZ, I can see the odd issues that I did not have. So I grabbed some things such as Patsy Walker aka Hellcat #10, Groo the Wanderer #90, New Warriors #58, Rom #40, Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #4, and Ms. Marvel #8.

Other books this week:

Saga #66. Another of the eBay books was the most recent Saga issue. I have been desperate to get these since completing the ninth volume. I can only say that I can’t wait for the next issue. Come on Vaughn and Staples…. let’s get this done!

Groo: Gods Against Groo #1-4. Another one I got from eBay (delivered today actually) and I love Groo. Yes, the jokes may be repetitive, but they are always funny. Sergio Aragones is exceptional and keeps getting Groo better and better.

The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #10. Written by Tate Brombal and art by Isaac Goodhart. Cover art by Nick Robles (Gold Medalist). This episode goes into more depth with Christopher Chaos as he tries to discover what he is.

Captain America #10. “Revelations from the West End” Written by J. Michael Straczynski and art by Jesus Saiz. Taurin Clarke did the cover art for this issue. Cap goes to recruit a seer for Lyra, but Steve does not know that the seer has her own agenda.

Blow Away #3. Written by Zac Thompson and illustrated by Nicola Izzo. Annie Wu did the cover art for this one (Silver Medalist). Brynne has decided that she needs to find out what happened to the hikers she has dubbed Red and Blue, after their coat colors. What kind of danger is she going to find herself in?

Sensational She-Hulk#9. Written by Rainbow Rowell and art by Andres Genolet. Genolet and Romulo Fajardo Jr did the cover art. She-Hulk is being recruited for the Avengers and that might upset her entire life. Will it out her relationship with Jack of Hearts. This is the penultimate issue for this series (which makes me really sad) so we will see what the new normal for Jenn is going to be.

Invincible Iron Man #19. “If I Only Had a Heart” Written by Gerry Duggan and art by Andrea Di Vito. Kael Ngu was the cover artist. Tony and Rhodey reunited in their armor to finish up the Orchis battle. And Rhodey recruited a group of characters to form together to become “The Work-Release Avengers!” Not really, but that line made me literally laugh out loud.

Feral #4. Written by Tony Fleecs and art by Trish Forstner & Tone Rodriguez. Forstner & Fleecs teamed up for the cover art. The cats return to their human home only to find even more horrors going on. The rabies outbreak is not stopped by their home.

Amazing Spider-Man #52. Written by Zeb Wells and art by Ed McGuinness & Todd Nauck. McGuinness & Marcio Menyz did the cover art. Peter has been transformed into the Spider-Goblin by Norman Osborn, but is there someone who is here to help him? And how is it Ben Reilly?

Doctor Strange #16. Written by Jed MacKay and art by Pasqual Ferry. Alex Ross did the cover art. Another Blood Hunt tie in issue. The focus is on Wong and him trying to prevent the attack of Victor Strange. This is an intriguing Blood Hunt tie-in.

Captain Marvel #9. “Bezdar” Written by Alyssa Wong and penciled by Ruairi Coleman. Stephen Segovia & Romulo Fajardo Jr. did the cover art. Another penultimate issue of a series, Carol is trying to stop the Undone when she comes face to face with Yuna and Leonore, which brings about a tragic ending.

Uncanny Valley #3. Written by Tony Fleecs and art and cover art by Dave Wachter. Still a very creative story as Pecos Peet and Oliver are running from toons out to get them. Sorry, but the greatest thing ever happened as we meet the character Kung Fu Buggy. Yeah baby!!!! A whole lot of fun.

House of Slaughter #24. “The Butcher’s War Part Four” Written by Tate Brombal and illustrated by Antonio Fuso. Cover art was done by Nimit Malavia and Werther Dell’edera. Jace is facing all kind of troubles from the Dragons and Jolie is causing all kinds of problems.

Wolverine: Blood Hunt #2. Written by Tom Waltz and art by Juan Jose Ryp. Ben Harvey did the cover art. Wolverine and Nightguard are being pursued by Maverick’s vampires, as Maverick has a plan to take advantage of what is happening across the planet. Even though I do not collect Wolverine, I have enjoyed this short Blood Hunt mini-series so far.

Man’s Best #4. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and illustrated and cover art by Jesse Lonergan. The two dogs and a cat are trying to find the Captain, and as they are going on, they are having all kinds of troubles with each other. They are displaying really human traits as they doubt each other and fight between themselves. I believe this is also a penultimate issue, setting up the conclusion next month.

Black Panther: Blood Hunt #2. Written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton and with art by Farid Karami. Andrea Sorrentino did the cover art. This is a tough read. As much as I have been enjoying the Wolverine mini series, this one is less so. There has been so much going down with gods such as Khonsu or Bast that there is less about Black Panther. I did consider this as one of the medal winners this week.

Under York #2. Written by Sylvain Runberg and art and cover art by Mirka Andolfo. I had a hard time with this book. It has been such a long time since issue #1 was released that I just did not remember much of anything that was going on. None of the characters stuck out to me and I found most of this a chore to get through. Hopefully it will not be multiple months before the next issue comes out.

Immortal Thor #12. “The End of All Songs” Written by Al Ewing and art by Valentina Pinti. Alex Ross did the cover art (Bronze Medalist). The children of Odin story continued as Thor and the rest come to face off with Tiwaz.

Uncle Scrooge and the Infinite Dime #1. Written by Jason Aaron and art by Oaolo Mottura, Francesco D’ippolito, Alessandro Pastrovicchio & VItale Mangiatordi and Giada Perissinotto. My variant cover was done by Ron Lim & Nolan Woodard. Marvel is owned by Disney. Hence, we get Uncle Scrooge, who, according to writer Jason Aaron, is the greatest adventurer of all time. I may disagree with that sentiment, but it is a cool issue to own for my collection. I am looking forward to the Disney What If books that are promoted within.

Spider-Woman #8. “New Kids on the Block” Written by Steve Foxe and with art by Ig Guara. Cover art was by Leinil Francis Yu and Sunny Gho. Jessica is in San Francisco and trying to deal with the new group of heroes, The Assembly. Is there something sinister behind this group. Duh, of course there is.

Ultimate Spider-Man #6. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Marco Checchetto. Checchetto teamed with Matthew Wilson as cover artists. Peter finally lets Mary Jane and his family know that he is being a super hero (part because of his bruised face, other part because of May’s blurting out). He also gets the name he will be going by… Spider-Man!

Dracula: Blood Hunt #2. Written by Danny Lore and with art by Vincenzo Carratù. Cover art was done by Mateus Manhanini. Dracula is in pursuit of Brielle, who is running away instead of going after her father. There is a great cameo by Daredevil here.

Displaced #5. “What’s Left?” Written by Ed brisson and illustrated and cover art by Luca Casalanguida. This brought this mini series to an end, and I have enjoyed this series. However, I am just not fond of the way this one ended. It felt a little anticlimactic.

Other books this week: Destro #1, Venomverse Reborn #1, Project Cryptid #6, and The One Hand #5.