October 24, 2024

I had a sick day from school today which gave me the opportunity to get my books from NEW COMIC BOOK DAY yesterday, read. It was great just resting and reading during the day. I feel better right now, so I want to get the EYG Comic Cavalcade out.

I have gotten a bunch of back issues this week, specifically some early Amazing Spider-Mans. The earliest was Amazing Spider-Man #47 with Kraven the Hunter. I also picked up Daredevil #52 and Avengers #19. Neither are in fabulous shape, but they are both decent enough considering they are both 1960s books.

Other New Books:

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #3. “The Heart of a Lover.” Written, drawn and cover art by Michael Walsh. This issue’s focus was around Elizabeth, who was the fiancé of Henry Frankenstein. The Monster was going to be destroyed, but got free and continued his rampage. This has been another top comic from the the Universal Monsters run.

The Tin Can Society #2. Written by Peter Warren and Francesco Mobili. The cover art was done by Francesco Mobili & Chris Chuckry. I really like this series and I have been impressed how well the writers have introduced the characters within. Many comics struggle to introduce a large cast of all new characters, but this book has been great at it so far.

The Masked Macher #2. Written by David A. Goodman and art by Alex Andres. He is the Masked Macher (which means ‘Big Shot’) and he is wrestling a bear. Oh, by the way… that bear can talk. Didn’t see that coming.

Werewolf By Night: Red Band #3. Written by Jason Loo and penciled by Sergio Davila. E.M. Gist did the cover art. Jack Russell has been losing control of his wolf form more recently, leading to a deadly problem for the people in his vicinity. He came up with a great idea… he would go to the Savage Land! Elsa Bloodstone went with him to help him. Of course, Ka-Zar was not as big of a fan of this idea. This has been my favorite issue of this series so far ( I do like me some Ka-Zar), but it continues to not feel as if it were much of a red band.

Zatanna: Bring Down the House #5. Written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn and cover art by Javier Rodriguez. This mini series drew to a close and I finally figured out a time frame for it. From the last page. I enjoyed the Zatanna series, but I was never sure where this was supposed to fall in continuity (if it were at all). It’s my own fault since I am not as familiar with the DC books as I am with Marvel.

Incredible Hulk #18. “City of Idols” Part Two. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and art by Nic Klein & Danny Earles. Variant cover B by Ryan Brown. The current run of the Incredible Hulk has been fine. This book is the same way. This is way better than when he was a spaceship, but it pales in comparison to the Immortal Hulk, which this feels as if they want to use that as a homage for this run. This is okay. Big issue #800 next month, if I am correct.

X-Factor #3. “Project Paperclip.” Written by Mark Russell and art by Bob Quinn. Greg Land, Jay Leister & Frank D’Armata did the cover art. Standout character in this issue… no doubt is Granny Smite. The immortal granny with a death wish. I loved her.

Scarlet Witch #5. Written by Steve Orlando and art by Lorenzo Tammetta. Russell Dauterman did the cover art. A fun single issue story featuring Wanda teaming up with Daredevil. It is a team-up that we have never seen before. Final page: Agatha!

The Exorcism at 1600 Penn #1. Written by Hannah Rose May and art by Vanesa Del Ray. Variant cover B art done by Jock (Gold Medalist). This is clearly a series that I was drawn to because of the great covers. I love the Jock cover, but the others were very attractive as well and so I picked this up because of them. The story was very fascinating too, although the actual exorcism part feels like a slow burn. I found the presidential stuff and the way that the president’s kids were affected to be very interesting. There is definitely something more coming with it too.

Standstill #3. Written by Lee Loughridge and art and cover art by Andrew Robinson. I am going to say, once again this week, that the layout of the panels in this comic makes this feel different than all the other books out there. There are some fun spy action in the book too, but it looks so original that it makes it a treat to read.

Void Rivals #13. Written by Robert Kirkman and art and cover art by Lorenzo De Felici. Darak goes face to face with his father and things do not go very well. And we get more from Pythona, who has some strange tie to Cobra-La.

X-Men #6. “Bark.” Written by Jed MacKay and penciled by Netho Diaz. Variant cover C art by Derrick Chew. Temper and Magik go to see a young girl whose mother was involved in a protest against the mutants… a young girl who may be a mutant herself.

Avengers #19. “A Desert, and a Temptation.” Written by Jed MacKay and art from Farid Karami. Valerio Schiti & Federico Blee were the cover artists. New Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, Doctor Doom, summons the Avengers for a chat and he asks them… why they are such wussies. Well, that may have been paraphrasing, but it is the gist.

Duck and Cover #2. Written by Scott Snyder and art and cover art by Rafael Albuquerque. This book is wild. It takes place squarely in the Cold War between the US and USSR, but what seems to have happened is just the beginning. This book has a B-movie/sci-fi feel to it, like it is a sci-fi film right out of the 1950. And it is a lot of fun so far.

Spirits of Vengeance #2. Written by Sabir Pirzada and penciled by Chris Campana. Josemaria Casanovas did the cover art. Johnny Blaze is struggling with his Ghost Rider persona, and a trip to Atlantis was never going to help him out.

Skin Police #1. Written by Jordan Thomas and art by Daniel Gete. Gete & Jason Wordie did the cover art. Picked this up because of a recommendation on Comics Heating Up, but it was really cold for me. I did not enjoy this issue much at all as it struggle to keep my attention. Not a huge fan of futuristic sci-fi stories in comic books.

The Bunnyman: Furry Nightmare #1. Written by Nick Bermel & Joe Brusha with art by Unai De Zarate. I do love Floyd, but I am not sure why they decided to leave Man Goat out of this book and replace him with the sidekick, Jack the Jackalope. Still, always fun with Bunnyman!

Spider-Boy #12. “The Devils’ Due” Written by Dan Slott and art by Paco Medina. Cover art was by Paco Medina & Rachelle Rosenberg. The second guest appearance of the week for Daredevil as he comes across Spider-Boy, who apparently he had trained at one point. We also get Bullseye and his own sidekick, Spider-Girl!

Hello Darkness #4. Once again, this is an anthology series with several horror shorts in it. There is a preview of the upcoming series, In Bloom in here. Variant cover art B was by Jenny Frison (Gold Medalist).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3. “The Way of the Ganges Mud Turtles.” Written by Jason Aaron and art by Cliff Chiang. Cover art by Rafael Albuquerque (Bronze Medalist). We meet up with Leonardo as he is on the Ganges River trying to sync up with the Ganges turtles. Meanwhile, the ninjas are after him. These Jason Aaron TMNT books have been top quality so far and we have three of the solo turtles down with only Donatello to go.

DC Horror Presents #1. Two stories featuring the Deadly Dollhouse and Wonder Woman done by a series of creators including David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, The Boulet Brothers, Cat Stagss, Butch Mapa, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Kristian Rossi.

Rook Exodus #6. Created by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok. The final issue of the first arc of the Rook Exodus storyline comes to a close with issue six. Rook is able to finally master his control over the birds, even without the helmet by understanding what he needed to know. We meet the bird named Poe here too.

Spider-Society #3. Written by Alex Segura and art by Ruairi Coleman. Pete Woods did the cover art. Things continue to look bad for the Spider-Society as they a getting crushed by the Sinister Squadron. However, Madama Web aka May Parker, and Green Goblin, aka Gwen Stacy, have a disagreement over power which may give our spider-heroes a sliver of a chance.

Iron Man #1. “Capital Strike.” Written by Spencer Ackerman and art by Julius Ohta. Cover art by Yasmine Putri. The new Iron Man series kicks off as Tony discovered that Roxxon Oil was in a hostile takeover of Stark Industries. Poor Tony, just got his company back only to lose it again, perhaps. Melinda May appears in this issue.

Dazzler #2. “Live in Studio”. Written b Jason Loo and art by Rafael Loureiro. Terry & Rachel Dotson did the cover art. Dazzler, hot off her controversial concert which included a fight with a super villain, goes to London to appear on a TV talk show that was absolutely NOT Graham Norton. More trouble for Ms. Blaire.

Absolute Wonder Woman #1. “The Last Amazon.” Written by Kelly Thompson and art by Hayden Sherman. Variant cover C art was by Wes Craig. The second of the new DC Absolute books with a very intriguing new back story for Diana. It seemed as if they took some of Diana’s new origins from the classic tales of Hercules, but who’s complaining. Decent book.

Other books this week: Animal Pound: Pen & Ink #1, Alien Romulus #1, AEW Origins (freebee) #1, The Power Fantasy #3, Moon Man #5, and The Moon is Following Us #2.