February 22

Welcome back to the EYG Comic Cavalcade. Another exciting week of books across the comic culture. I want to mention the new “Daily Read” post here at EYG. It is going to be a series that I will read an issue a day until it is finished. To kick this off, in honor of the return of Vertigo, I picked up the Gail Simone written series Clean Room and I read #1 today. That post is up on the website. It is going to be a semi-regular event for the Daily Read so it may not be continuous after we finish Clean Room, but we will keep our eyes open for the next good option.

I picked up several cool books from eBay this week including the full run of Clean Room. I also grabbed some of vol.2 from Marvel Team-Up.

COMIC OF THE WEEK:

White Sky #1.

Written by William Harms with art by Lee Loughridge. Cover art was done by Jean Paul Mavinga. A couple of weeks ago, the hottest book in the land was D’orc #1. Now, it is White Sky #1, which is like a combination of The Last of Us and Boom Studio’s Ghostlore. This has been sold out everywhere and i can understand why… because this is great. If you were someone who had not heard about this before this past week, you probably were not getting a copy. I know I had it on my pull list early. Ebay has it for sale ranging from $40 to $100 dollars.

Books This Week:

The Muppets Noir #1. Written, Art and cover art by Roger Langridge. This Dynamite Comics book is another that I have been waiting on for several months now. I love the Muppets and I love me some noir, so the mixture of these two elements, though seemingly odd, is just what I am wanting. The Muppets are taking roles in this noir after an accident with flying bricks knocks out Kermit.

Ultimate Spider-Man #24. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art was done by Marco Checchetto & David Messina. Cover art was done by Marco Checchetto & Matthew Wilson. The final issue of Ultimate Spider-Man saw the end of the war with Kingpin and Mister Negative in a really brutal manner. This was the most successful comic in Marvel’s Ultimate universe reboot and now we are down to just a few more issues of the universe before it ends.

Uncanny X-Men #24. “From a Kiss to a Kill”. Written by Gail Simone and art by David Marquez. Cover art was done by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson. The Uncanny X-Men do battle with the Legion of Monsters, led by Elsa Bloodstone. Gail Simone has been awesome with this group of X-Men and using these group of monsters give the X-Men something new to deal with.

Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #1. Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Luca Maresca. Cover art was done by Leinil Francis & Romulo Fajardo Jr. Back with Wolverine and dealing with people who were behind the Weapon X project… looking for a new subject. Chip Zdarsky gives us a cool Wolverine book leading into the Armageddon Assembles storyline later in 2026.

New Avengers #9. Written by Sam Humphries with art by Ton Lima. Cover art was done by Stephen Segovia & Rain Beredo. The New Avengers are struggling with the trust inside their team when Black Widow reveals that she has been connected to the Killuminati. Meanwhile, Carnage is trying to decide which Avenger he is going to eat.

Wolverine #16. “Cardiac Arrest.” Written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Mike Henderson. Cover art was done by Dan Panosian. Department H is still after Wolverine and Silver Sable, and they have unleashed Alpha Flight. Inspector Mira Mehta had a surprise device that nearly gave Logan a heart attack. Was that pushing things too far?

Absolute Batman #17. “The Seventh Kingdom- Part 1” Written by Scott Snyder with art by Eric Canete. Cover art was done by Nick Dragotta & Frank Martin. We get the Absolute first appearance of Poison Ivy and she is quite horrifying.

Amazing Spider-Man #22. Written by Joe Kelly with art by Nick Bradshaw, Todd Nauck, Nathan Stockman with Scott Hanna. Cover art was done by Mark Bagley & Marte Gracia. Last issue, we saw that Peter was finally back on earth. This issue we see how that happened and how he was able to approach Aunt May after being gone for so long. I really think it is time for Aunt May to know the truth about Peter and his alter ego.

End of Life #1. Written by Kyle Starks with art by Steve Pugh. Cover art was done by Gerald Parel. This is another new book from the reboot of DC Comics’ imprint Vertigo. What happens when a professional hitman makes a big mistake and robs the head of an international cabal of assassins? Nothing good for sure. I thought this was a better issue than the Vertigo book last week, but I have not found one yet that jumps off the page for me.

X-Men #25. “Involved Again.” Written by Jed MacKay with pencils by Tony Daniel. The Crimson Commandos, led by Frank Bohannan, make their return to face off with Cyclops and the X-Men. However, Bohannan has some manipulation going down, as he is playing out in front of the press. limiting what Cyke can do.

Smile: For the Camera #1. Written by Hannah Rose May and art by Miriana Puglia. Cover art by Skylar Patridge (Silver Medalist). This is a new book that is based on the huge horror movie hit, Smile (and Smile 2). Smile is a creepy movie franchise and this comic book, from ID Dark, definitely grabs the same tone and mood of the feature films.

Fantastic Four #8. “Strange Secret Origin.” Written by Ryan North with pencils by Humberto Ramos. Cover art was done by Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado. Sue Storm has always been the most powerful and most dangerous member of the Fantastic Four. We get that idea once again as we meet a Sue Storm from another universe, who has taken down Galactus and is preparing to face off with our FF. Sue is calling herself The Invincible Woman. Oh… not good.

Deluge #4. Written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Marika Cresta. Cover art was done by Riley Rossmo. The women’s prison is flooding and the police are entering in an attempt to save those they could. Little did they know that there was more than just water in the prison. The police was not ready to listen to anyone about it either. Things are looking bad for everyone in the prison.

Snow Monkey #1. Written by Jason Shaw with art by Heubert Khan Michael. Cover art was done by Aaron Bartling. Jennifer Gaitlin has possession of the ancient helmet of Wukong and this gives her the experiences and abilities of every other warrior who has ever worn it. This #1 is from the comic company, Red 5 Comics, which I had never heard of before.

Nightwing #135. “Cirque Du Sin Part 6: Finale” Written by Dan Watters and art and cover art by Dexter Soy. Nightwing finally is able to save the kids from the fifth dimension with the help of Nightwing-Prime, who takes up the mantel of protector and preventor of the Cirque returning to the regular world. This felt like a finale to the Nightwing-Prime story, which I have not loved, but I do like the sacrifice he made.

Exquisite Corpses #10. Written by Jordie Bellaire with James Tynion IV and art by Marianna Ignazzi with Michael Walsh. Cover art was done by Michael Walsh. We are down to Pretty Boy, Fox mask Killer, Rascal Randy and (maybe) Lady Carolina. There are just three more issue of this exceptional mini-series remaining and the story does feel like things are starting to come to a close.

Captain America #7. Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Delio Diaz & Frank Alpizar. Cover art was done by Valerio Schiti & Frank Martin. The war inside Latveria rages on as the different factions are all battling to find their place. However, someone with a potential in approached Cap to ask for help. Alina Von Doom. Hm, I’ve heard that name before.

G.I. Joe #19. Written by Joshua Williamson with art by Andrea Milana. Cover art was done by Tom Reilly. The GI Joes are now aware of Hound and Duke is not too anxious for an alliance. However, the war for Energon is in full swing and the Joes need to accept the help anywhere they can find it.

Generation X-23 #1. “A Numbers Game.” Written by Jody Houser and art by Jacopo Camagni. Cover art was done by Partha Pratim, Sarkar & Romulo Fajardo Jr. Laura Kinney and Gabby Kinney are together and searching for mutants that they can rescue. I do like the dynamic between sisters/clones Laura and Gabby as Wolverine and Scout. This was a decent read, and unexpected fun book this week.

Dungeons of Doom #2. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson & Benjamin Percy with art by Justin Mason, Robert Gill, Carlos Magno, Georges Jeanty & Karl Story. Cover art was done by Leinil Francis Yu & Romulo Fajardo Jr. More scavenging inside the dungeons in Latveria, as a number of people were in search of whatever they could recover. People included the Red Hulk, Hydra, the Wakandan, and an American group. I liked this issue better than I did last issue.

Deadly Hands of K’un-Lun #1. “War Song“. Written by Yifan Jiang with art by Paco Medina. Cover art was done by Leinil Francis Yu & Federico Blee. This started off brutal as we get some of the kung fu masters getting wiped out, including Fat Cobra, who is decapitated. However, the new Iron Fist, Lin Lie, is trying to master his power and prevent a war across the Seven Heavenly Cities.

Sai Dimensional Rivals #2. Storytellers: Peach Momoko, Esad Ribic, and Natacha Bustos. Cover art was done by Peach Momoko. Sai is traveling the dimensions in search of the Seventh Stone. I do like how the story and art changes each time that Sai goes into a new dimension- right down to new costume change. This was a fun book this week and I am curious to see where it heads from here.

Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox #4. Written by Dan Watters with art by Sami Kivela. Cover art was done by Sunghan Yune. This newest Doctor Who mini-series comes to a close in a perfect “Doctor” fashion.

Other books this week: Black Panther: 60th Anniversary Special #1, Death to Pachuco #5, Good as Dead #6, Ghost Pepper #8, Star Wars #10, Arcadia #3, and American Caper #4.

Quick Hits: This is the final issue of The Terminator Metal #5 which has been a decent little storytelling book with different stories in each issue. I picked up World’s Finest #48 this week despite not normally buying it because of the Joker cover done by Mark Spears (Bronze Medalist). Spidey had been shot last issue, but he shakes that off in 1776#4. He was keeping the Revolutionary War bullet to possibly sell on eBay. Doctor Strange #3 is still the Asgardian Sorcerer Supreme and following with Angela on missions across the nine realms. Just not Midgard. Mad Magazine #48 has Alfred E. Newman on the cover shooting craps, but throwing green packages instead of dice. Daredevil & Punisher #4 was a solid book this week as DD tried to reign in Castle. Daredevil had a week of team-ups as he was also appearing in It’s Jeff Meets Daredevil #1. I picked up cover C variant where Daredevil is in the position of Jaws on the movie poster. It was the Gold Medalist of the week. We got a couple of books that had their final issues this week with Tama #6, Gunpowder Prophets #5, and (maybe) Titans #32. Star Trek: The Last Starship #5 kept its conflict with the rest of the Star Trek universe. Are the Borgs the closest allies the human have? Jeff Larson’s Minor Arcana #14 has even more magic going down.