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Upcoming Comic Preview

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So I have the new Previews and there are several intriguing new books coming somewhere around December. Let’s see what is available.

Honestly, the two books I was most excited about were from Dark Horse. Ripperland has Jack the Ripper involved and I have always been a Jack the Ripper stan. There is another Dark Horse book called Those Not Afraid, also involving serial killers. However, the book I am the most excited for is called Behemoth. It is a group of people on a bus that is eaten by a giant monster and then the story is living inside the beast. What an amazing concept. I can’t wait.

Image has several new books this month. Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale is one that I am not sure I can handle. Lovesick was a series I grabbed off eBay, but goodness, I am not sure I could handle it. It was very disturbing. Juvenile– kids with a virus, but some are immune. I have heard this concept before, but it sounds intriguing. Then, how about a one-shot called Mother Fu*kin’ Monster #1. How can you not want a book with that kind of title?

Dust to Dust is another Image book. Yes, there is another serial killer involved, but set in a dust storm in the past. This one looked solid.

Through the Boughs #1 is from DSTLRY, which has been doing so much lately that I have loved. This is a Christmas tale.

And how about a Marvel TVA book. Sign me up for that one.

More books in this Previews. I’m looking forward to them.

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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Week of September 30

Welcome back to the EYG Favorite Comic Cover of the Week. It is a busy night (Agatha All Along is on!) and we’ll just jump into this.

Bronze Medalist

Daredevil #14

Cover art by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Richard Isanove

What a dramatic cover this was. The imagery of the DD mask being held up in the lightning storm with the rain coming down… excellent.

Silver Medalist

Plastic Man No More #2

Cover art by Alex Lins & Marcelo Maiolo

Plastic Man, trying to hold himself together, makes this an extremely attractive and intriguing cover.

Gold Medalist

Hyde Street #1

Cover art by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, and Brad Anderson

This is a cool looking new series from the Ghost Machine imprint from Image. The purple color of his face with the glowing green of the glasses just makes this stand out.

EYG Comic Cavalcade #117

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September 28

New banner! Always enjoy making a new one of these.

Last weekend was Batman Day and there were some cool free comics given out. I picked them up which included Joker: The World #1, Batman: The Long Halloween Special Edition #1, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #1 as free books. I also picked up the book Batman/Elmer Fudd Special Noir Edition #1 too. These were cool, even though I am not the biggest Batman fan.

I also got the variant cover of Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #2 with art by Mitsuhiro Arita, which wound up as the Gold Medalist this week.

Here are the new books this week:

The Blood Brothers Mother #2. Written by Brian Azzarello and art and cover art by Eduardo Risso. It has been awhile since number one of this series so I was pleased when this new issue came out. This Western series continues to be a lot of fun and beautifully drawn. I have been enjoying several of the DSTLRY books.

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #2. Written by, drawn by and cover art by Michael Walsh. The story of Frankenstein’s Monster continues with new pieces of story mixed with the classic original story. These Universal Monster comics at Image have been exceptional and this one is right in line with this.

Saga #69. Written by Brian K. Vaughn and drawn by and cover art by Fiona Staples. The Saga kept going on with the continual story of The Will and Gwendolyn and their personal loss of their daughter and the pair dragging each other down. There is a surprise cameo within as well that shocked me. This is just always really epic every issue.

Zatanna: Bring Down the House #4. Written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn and cover art by Javier Rodriguez. John Constantine is here and trying to bring Zatanna back to the world. This series continues to be weird and wild and Zatanna seems as if she may be ready to step back to the forefront of the DC Universe.

Avengers Annual #1. Written by Derek Landry and art by Salvador Larroca. Larroca and GURU-eFX did the cover art. Thanos is here in an attempt to reclaim the infinity stones from the current Stone Bearers have different plans. The Avengers (or at least Captain Marvel and Thor) try to keep Thanos from grabbing them all from the Infinity Watch. The storyline from all of these other annuals wraps up here as Coulson and the death stone meets up with the rest of the Infinity Watch.

NYX #3. Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly with art by Francesco Mortarino. Sara Pichelli & Federico Blee did the cover art. The mutant Anole makes his way back to where he began… with the Morlocks. Meanwhile, there seems to be a traitor inside the team with Ms. Marvel and Wolverine.

Feral #6. “Patchwork” Written by Tony Fleecs with art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez. Cover art was by Trish Forstner and Tony Fleecs. Feral is back after an hiatus and we see more of the spread of the rabies among some of the characters that we have come to know over the first five issues. This is a surprising emotional tale of a group of cats and other animals and the danger that they are in.

Amazing Spider-Man #58. Written by Zeb Wells and penciled by John Romita Jr. Cover art was by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Morry Hollowell. Spider-Man and Tombstone begin what is to be advertised as one of the most violent fights in Marvel Comics. Spidey is trying to stop Tombstone from killing his own daughter for turning him in. It does kick off with some blood and more brutality than you would expect in ASM. This is the penultimate issue of Zeb Wells ASM run.

Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Detective #1. “Claws of the Chimera”. Created by Christopher Sequeira. Phillip Cornell, Dave Elsey, and Jan Scherpenhuizen. Cover art by Dave Elsey (Bronze Medalist). I saw this on the Midtown website and I was disappointed because I missed it in Previews. So I was really excited when I saw one copy of this at Comic World. I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes and was happy to be able to pick it up.

Chasm: Curse of Kaine #2. Written by Steve Foxe with art by Andrea Broccardo. Cover art was done by Leinil Francis Yu & Dean White. Druig is here, controlling the Mole Man, as Chasm and Hallows’ Eve try and get him loose, while Kaine continues to search for his ‘brother.’ This is an interesting series with several Spider-Man adjacent characters.

Uncanny X-Men #3. “The Inside Man” Written by Gail Simone and art by David Marquez. The four young mutants that arrived recently start their training, trying to retrieve a belt, held by Nightcrawler. Things do not go as expected.

Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #3. Written by Erica Schultz and art by Michael Dowling & Ivan Fiorelli. David Yardin & Alex Sinclair did the cover art. Silvermane and Nefaria face off with Elektra and end up sending her to attack the new Punisher.

Werewolf By Night: Red Band #2. Written by Jason Loo and penciled by Sergio Davila. Elsa Bloodstone is wanting to help Jack Russell discover why he may have started his brutal killings. Elsa went to the Midnight Mission to seek help from Moon Knight, or at least look for info from Khonshu. I really do not think this comic needs a “Red Band” label, nor the bag it comes in to prevent people from looking inside. Some heads cut off, but nothing too out of bounds.

Drawing Blood #6. “The Cat’s Meow.” Script by David Avallone and pencils by Ben Bishop. Kevin Eastman did the cover art. “Books” in Hollywood with all kinds of shenanigans going down.

Deadpool Team-Up #2. Written and penciled by Rob Liefeld. Most of this issue featured the hero vs. hero battle between Deadpool and Wolverine facing off against Crystar in Weirdworld. Crystar showed himself off as a bad ass in this battle. Then, at the end of the issue, with the three heroes together finally, a dragon requires the arrival of the Hulk!

Man Goat & the Bunnyman: Beware the Pigman #3. Written by Joe Brusha and artwork by Taylor Esposito. Cover art by Mike Krome & Ivan Nunes. Phil and Floyd wrapped up their battle with Baphomet as their latest mini series comes to an end. However, there was a clear cliffhanger at the end indicating that there will be more Man Goat & Bunnyman in the future (YAY!).

Ultimate Spider-Man #9. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Marco Checchetto. Checchetto & Matthew Wilson did the cover art. Peter wants to change costumes so there is no question about Tony Stark being able to trace him. Otto Octavius, who worked for the Osborns, tries to give Peter a version of the Iron Spider outfit. Peter wants something less. Ultimate Spider-Man has been the most consistently good Ultimate books so far.

Hello Darkness #3. Once again, this is a horror anthology with a variety of stories by a group of writers and artist. Erica Slaughter returned this issue with a James Tynion IV penned continuation of the story. Cover art was by Paolo Rivera (Silver Medalist).

Phoenix #3. Written by Stephanie Phillips and art by Alessandro Miracolo. Cover art was by Yasmine Putri. Jean Grey and Corsair takes on the Black Order over a group of exiled Asgardians who had attempted to overthrow Odin. I have enjoyed this cosmic Phoenix stories that we have gotten so far in this new series. I like Jean as Phoenix and not being seen as the villain.

Namor #3. “And God Moved Upon the Face of the Waters.” Written by Jason Aaron and art by Paul Davidson & Alex Lins. Alexander Lozano did the cover art. More flashbacks to the past life of Namor as we see him very brutal as the avenging warrior of Atlantis. I am finding this series to be very well done. Jason Aaron has done some wonderful writing in this series.

Standstill #2. Written by Lee Loughridge and art and cover art by Andrew Robinson. This is such a cool comic. Spy action but what I really love about the book is the size of the panels in the book. These panels are extra large and it really makes the story jump off the page more than a typical comic.

X-Force #3. “The Walking Man” Written by Geoffrey Thorne and art by Marcus To. Stephen Segovia & Rain Beredo did the cover art. X-Force vs. Nuklo. Nuklo is a giant and he was truly difficult to battle.

Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #1. Written by Gerry Dugan with art and cover art by John McCrea. I really enjoyed this issue. It was an unsuspecting protagonist that the story seemed to imply had been around awhile. It made me think that there was another series featuring this Dead Eyes. I went to eBay and, sure enough, there was a 2019 series from Gerry Duggan. I promptly ordered it. I liked this one a lot.

Plastic: Death & Dolls #4. Story by Doug Wagner and art and cover art by Daniel Hillyard. We learn more about the dark and bloody backstory of Edwyn. There is a truly disturbing scene with his mother. I can certainly see why he cuts off heads and put them in plastic bags. This has been a really wild book.

Other books this week: Phases of the Moon Knight #2, Predator vs. Black Panther #2, Black Cloak #8, Moon Man #4, Kill All Immortals #3, Nights #11, and Self Help #4.

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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Week of September 23

It’s NEW COMIC BOOK DAY so it is time for the comic covers of the week!

Where as last week, I mentioned that I did not think it was the best week ever for cover art. There was nothing terrible, mind you, but nothing really knocked my socks off. Well, this week was significantly stronger as I had to choose from a possible list of seven books.

Here we go….

Bronze Medalist

Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Detective #1

Cover art by Dave Elsey

I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes and this cover gives us a new look at the iconic gentleman detective. The chair, the background, the newspaper. Everything is so interesting that it works for Sherlock.

Silver Medalist

Hello Darkness #3

Cover art by Paolo Rivera

Talk about a compelling cover. What could this possibly be showing? The lovely naked woman with the blood running down her arm and the title carefully covering anything inappropriate.

Gold Medalist

Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #2

Cover art by Mitsuhiro Arita

This actually came out last week, but I got the A cover. Todd insisted that this was a beautiful cover and he is 100% right. This is a beautiful piece of art and it deserves this spot on the list.

EYG Comic Cavalcade #116

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September 21

Another big week of books. Of course, it has become a regular occurrence for me to have this amount of books as my collecting has expanded over the years. Lots of new independent books this week.

I enjoyed the two new comic based TV shows, Agatha All Along on Disney + and The Penguin on HBO Max. This will make the middle of the week all the more enjoyable moving through the spooky season.

I have received two of the final three issues of Ice Cream Man that I was missing from eBay this week, and the final issue that I need will be arriving some time soon. I have been trying to fill out the Ice Cream Man series, which I have really enjoy. Todd told me that the issues have been elevating in price recently because a potential TV show based on the IP. I did drop some $ on these final three issues that I was missing, but I am happy to have the series filled out.

Books this week:

The Tin Can Society #1. Story by Peter Warren & Rick Remender. Written by Peter Warren and art by Francesco Mobili. Cover art by Francesco Mobili and Chris Chuckry. My favorite new book of the week. This is a murder mystery among a group of old friends…the victim which was a handicapped man with a power armor that was missing. I was hooked immediately.

X-Men #4. “Upstarts” Written by Jed MacKay and penciled by Netho Diaz. Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell & Tanya Lehoux. The X-Men face off with Trevor Fitzroy and the Upstarts. The issue ends with the reappearance of an old Age of Apocalypse villain that I used to have an awesome action figure of… Sugar Man!

The Moon is Following Me #1. Written by and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson. Cover art is done by Mike Spicer. This new Image book is interesting. It has a strange. kind of fantasy-like setting, but there is something at the end that throws everything that happened in the story into a different thought.

Dazzler #1. “Out and Proud” Written by Jason Loo and art by Rafael Loureiro. Cover art by Terry & Rachel Dodson. Dazzler is back from the dead and back on the stage and an attack by Scorpia gets worked into the show. This is a nice return to the world of mutants for Alison.

The Masked Macher #1. Written by David A. Goodman and art by Alex Andres. An actor on his way to an audition winds up in the wrestling ring as the Masked Macher, a hooded wrestler who had just died. His wife needed someone to step through the ropes… and here we are.

Deadpool #6. Written by Cody Ziglar and art by Rogê Antonio. Taurin Clarke did the cover art. As Wade is slow to heal, Taskmaster takes Deadpool’s daughter Ellie and Princess on a mission. Then bad things are happening to Deadpool.

X-Factor #2. “We Could Be Heroes” Written by Mark Russell and art by Bob Quinn. Greg Land, Jay Leisten & Frank D’Armata do the cover art. Havok and Polaris had issues between the Mutant Underground. Is Polaris a spy? Which direction will Havok go? This new series is focused on this couple’s story through the first couple of issues.

Spider-Society #2. Written by Alec Segura and art by Scott Godlewski & Andres Genolet. Pete Woods did the cover art (Silver Medalist). The Sinister Squadron is up to take on the Spider-Society and we see an evil version of Madame Web leading them. And it was a familiar face beneath that Madame Webb mask… it was who everyone thought of when we first met Madame Web way back when.

Avengers #18. “Impact” Part Two. Written by Jed MacKay and art by Valerio Schiti. Joshua Cassara & GURU-eFX did the cover art. Hyperion is on a literal crash course with earth and the Avengers look to try and stop him in any way they can. Thor resigns from the Avengers this issue too.

Spider-Boy Annual #1. Written by Steve Foxe and art by Carlos Nieto. The individual Infinity stone holders are coming together as the arch across the various annuals are to its penultimate annual. And how cruel to take poor Coulson’s burger.

Ice Cream Man #41. “Spy Story (Or My Best Graham Greene Impression).” Written by W. Maxwell Prince and art by Martin Morazzo. Cover art is done by Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran (Gold Medalist). A secret agent story with some weird monstrous creature involved. Ice Cream Man is some of the most creative comic horror stories around.

The Graveyard Club #1. Written by R.L. Stein and illustrated by Carola Borelli. Cover art was done by Miguel Mercado. This is a big first issue of this Boom! comic. A group of outcasts are involved in a ton of strangeness centered around the graveyard. Some of these characters are not very likable.

Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #2. There are three shorter stories in this issue centered around the time when Peter wore the symbiote. Daredevil guest starred in one of the stories as they take on Bullseye in a snow storm. This cover art is done by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Edgar Delgado.

Incredible Hulk #17. “City of Idols” Part One. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and art and cover art by Nic Klein. The Hulk is on his way to try and save Charlie, but he did not know that approaching the Eldest mean that Hulk could not save Charlie without sacrificing himself. This was a much better issue of the Hulk than the last few have been.

Ultimate X-Men #7. Written, drawn and cover art by Peach Momoko. This is a very different book than anything else in the Ultimate Universe and I really like that. Peach Momoko is quite a talent with the cover art, but I do enjoy her work on this series too.

Dark Knight of Steel: Allwinter #3. “Bat Country.” Written by Jay Kristoff and art and cover by Tirso (Bronze Medalist). This Elseworlds series continues along with Slade taking the kid to the city and running into a Batman-Superman type of amalgam. I’m not sure why Bruce seems to have Superman powers. I wonder if this is a return to this setting from another series where some of these things have been introduced prior. I have been liking this a lot though.

Sam and Twitch Case Files #6. Script/plot by Todd McFarlane and Jon Goff was the co-plotter. Art was done by Szymon Kudranski. Cover art was by Mark Spears & Thomas Nachlik. Twitch is in deep trouble as there are dead bodies everywhere. I do like this down to earth take on a detective series in the Spawn universe.

Spirits of Vengeance #1. Written by Sabir Pirzada and art by Sean Damien Hill. Kendrick “Kunkka” Lim does the cover art. Ghost Rider returns as does Vengeance. Vengeance was hanging in a corm field as a scarecrow? That has to be the scariest scarecrow of all time.

Other books this week: Wolverine: Deep Cut #3, Deathlok #50, Gilt Frame #2, Lawful #4, and Huge Detective #2.

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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September 18, 2024

I am anxiously awaiting the debut of Agatha All Along tonight (in about 30 minutes from now) and tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day (always one of my favorite times of the year). It is a busy time of the year.

Honestly, I did not have any covers this week that blew my socks off. There were several decent ones, but nothing that was obviously going to medal. Todd said that the variant cover of Spider-Man: Black Suit and Blood would be the automatic winner, but I did not get that cover. It was sold out when I went to look for it.

So here are this week’s winners.

Bronze Medalist

Dark Knights of Steel #3

Cover art by Tirso

I love this action filled cover as the battle is falling right into the title. I am a fan of white backgrounds too and the grey blur behind the characters really look great.

Silver Medalist

Spider-Society #2

Cover art by Pete Woods

Miguel standing strong as the rest of the Spider-people are scattered on the ground behind him. Miguel’s webbing cloak floating in the air behind him. Just a strong looking cover with the question about what is exactly going on.

Gold Medalist

Ice Cream Man #41

Cover by Martin Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran

Ice Cream Man has had all kinds of fun covers over the years. This parody of a James Bond cover is yet another fun satirical cover. The secret agent is holding an ice cream cone.

EYG Comic Cavalcade #115

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September 14, 2024

Not much to say this week. Jumping right in to the books I picked up.

Duck and Cover #1. Written by Scott Snyder and art and cover art by Rafael Albuquerque. An interesting new book from Dark Horse. This gives us an alternate reality of 1955 and the story of a group of teenagers, that have been instructed to “duck and cover” as a way to protect themselves from a nuclear bomb. When the bomb goes off and the teens come out from beneath those life-saving desks, they find a post-apocalyptic world that they need to survive. Pretty good start to this new series. Hope you’re happy, Todd.

Groo: Minstrel Melodies #1. Written by Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier and illustrated and cover art by Sergio Aragones (Bronze Medalist). The Minstrel and his daughter Kayli are traveling the land, singing about the misadventures of Groo. I love the Wanderer.

Amazing Spider-Man #57. Written by Zeb Wells and penciled by John Romita Jr. Cover art was done by Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Morry Hollowell. Tombstone is in jail. He does not stay there long. He is out trying for revenge on the person who put him there… his daughter Janice.

Time Waits #1. Written by Chip Zdarsky and David Brothers and illustrated by Marcus To & Marvin Sianipar. Marcus To was the cover artist. I have been enjoying the books coming out of DSTLRY, and the new Time Waits is another excellent start. This is told in a fascinating manner, with flashbacks that just appear in the narrative and kind of do not make sense. I am looking forward to the next issue.

Geiger #6. Creators Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. Cover art by Gary Frank & Brad Anderson (Gold Medalist). A story focusing on Barney, the two headed dog that has been an important piece over the last couple of issues. Barney and a bunch of the other animals involved in this issue. Good stuff.

Transformers #12. Written by Daniel Warren Johnson and art by Jorge Corona. Cover art by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer. Optimus Prime makes a major decision. Cybertron or Earth? There are some major issues among the Autobots here too.

Spider-Man: Reign 2 #3. Written, drawn and cover art by Kaare Andrews. MJ has the Venom symbiote. Miles and Peter face off. I have to say that Peter’s gigantic white beard is somewhat distracting, but the discovery of what happened was powerful. This has been a good series, even though I am not a huge fan of these alternate stories.

Captain America #13. “The Last Stand of the Front Door, Part 2” Written by J. Michael Straczynski and art by Carlos Magno. Taurin Clarke did the cover art. I have not been a fan of this arc of Captain America, but this finale of that arc was okay. Cap was definitely kick ass here, but I am glad the comic moves on to another storyline next issue (which looks like it will co-star Thor and Spidey).

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #9. “The Killing of Moon Knight” Written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Devmalya Pramanik. Davide Paratore did the cover art. This issue brings to a close the “new” Moon Knight, aka Shroud. Khonshu wants Shroud dead and he ordered Marc Spector to do it. This is the final issue of this series as we get a new Moon Knight title coming soon.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2. “Super Mutant Turtle Power Go!” Script by Jason Aaron and art and cover art by Rafael Albuquerque. I really loved the first issue of Jason Aaron’s TMNT book, but issue two is not as amazing. It is still good as we focus on Michelangelo and his new career as an action actor.

Red Before Black #2. Written by Stephanie Phillips and illustrated by Goran Sudžuka. Val and Leo have a throwdown in a cafe over breakfast. Yet they end up somewhere completely different. This new book has some cool moments and some originality.

Uncanny X-Men #2. “Red Wave” Part Two. Written by Gail Simone and art by David Marquez. Marquez & Matthew Wilson did the cover art. We get introduced to the Outliers, a new group of mutants that Rogue, Gambit, Wolverine, Jubilee and Nightcrawler have to deal with. We also have a new character named Sarah that is somehow tied to an early Charles Xavier. Gail Simone is an outstanding writer and she has a cool concept working with this version of the X-Men.

Ain’t No Grave #5. Written by Skottie Young and art by Jorge Corona. Ryder challenges death in this series finale issue. It is a real jaw-dropper of an issue. I did not expect the conclusion of this story to happen the way that it did. I was very impressed with the way this mini-series concluded.

Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #5. “Haunted” Part 5. Written by Stephanie Phillips and art by Paolo Villanelli. Mark Brooks did the cover art. Gwen is out to try an help Chameleon, whose powers have gone haywire. Plus, they were being pursued by forces, as well as having to battle Vermin.

Blood Hunters #2. Written by Erica Schultz and art by Robert Gill. Ema Lupacchino and GURU-eFX did the cover art. Elsa Bloodstone seems to be fairly unhinged and she is anything but happy about vampire Miles Morales. However, she is forced to work with him against the Bloodcoven.

Jonny Quest #2. Written by Joe Casey and art by Sebastian Piriz. Chad Hardin did the cover art. The new Dynamite comic of Jonny Quest is once again a great book, as we get past Jonny and the future Jonny try and find a way to get the Quest family back where they came from. This has been a solid start to this series so far.

Space Ghost #5. Written by David Pepose and art by Jonathan Lau. Francesco Mattina did the cover art. Another Dynamite book that has been awesome. Space Ghost is desperate as he tries to save Jan and Jace from the clutches of Zorak. Then, Jace drops a bomb at the end of the issue.

Avengers Assemble #1. Written by Steve Orlando and penciled by Cory Smith. Cover art by Leinil Francis Yu & Romulo Fajardo Jr. The new Avengers Emergency Response Squad starts to assemble under the leadership of Captain America. It is nice to see Jarvis once again and it is fun to see the plethora of the heroes arriving, answering the call of the Avengers. There is also a battle with Sin.

Fantastic Four #25. “Star-Crossed” Written by Ryan North and drawn by Carlos Gomez. Joshua Cassara & Dean White did the cover art. Okay, this is a love story. And a weird one with Johnny Storm falling in love with an alien. And Star-crossed is a good example of the story here.

The Department of Truth #25. Written by James Tynion IV and drawn and cover art by Martin Simmonds. There are actually a series of other artists who worked on this issue, which details more about the life and ties of Lee Harvey Oswald and may even insinuate that the assassination of JFK was done by the fictional woman. The Department of Truth is always full of wild ideas in storytelling.

Wolverine #1. “In the Bones” Written by Saladin Ahmed and art by Martin Coccolo (Silver Medalist). Logan is running with a pack of wolves. The whole X-Men thing was weighing on Logan and Nightcrawler came to try and get him back. Cyber is there hunting Logan too.

Other books this week: The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #12, Profane #4, Wonderland: Return to Madness #3, Domain #3, and Ultimate Black Panther #8.

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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Week of September 9

Three winning comic covers, three separate comic book companies. Nicely spread out this week. There is one variant cover and two number ones. One artist who is already in the EYG Hall of Fame, and in fact was in an early class (Class of 2012).

It is September 11th today and it is a good day for reflection.

Bronze Medalist

Groo: Minstrel Melodies #1

Cover art by Sergio Aragones

This is the EYG Hall of Famer. Sergio Aragones has been treating us with Groo books for years and Groo is one of my favorite characters and this cover really captures the humor of the character.

Silver Medalist

Wolverine #1

Cover art by Martin Coccolo & Bryan Valenza

A new Wolverine book featuring some great variants, but I think the cover A is right there with the best of them. This gives us an amazing view of Wolverine the character atop of these skeletons. I also love the snowy trees in the background.

Gold Medalist

Geiger #6

Variant Cover B

Cover art by Francis Manapul

A glowing man and his two-headed dog. What more could you want. I love the shades of green across this variant cover as Geiger seems to be relaxing with a book. Beautiful art.

EYG Comic Cavalcade #114

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September 6, 2024

Friday afternoon and I am diving into the EYG Comic Cavalcade for the week.

This weekend, I am heading up to Dubuque to the Dubuque Comic & Toy Show this Sunday at the Five Flags Event Center. I went last year and had some fun. This year WWE Hall of Famer Honky Tonk Man is in attendance. Not sure I am going to do anything with him, but he does connect back to my childhood. I know Comic World will have a presence at the event, so I will probably go to their table as well.

Books this week:

Exceptional X-Men #1. Written by Eve L. Ewing and art by Carmen Carnero. Carnero & Nolan Woodard did the cover art. Another new X-book, this time featuring Kate Pryde, who has apparently stopped demanding that people call her Kate and reclaimed the name of Kitty. Thank goodness. I was very tired of that little bit of character development. I am very pleased with Kitty becoming a somewhat happy person again.

Plastic Man No More #1. Written by Christopher Cantwell and art by Alex Lins. Alex Lins & Marcelo Maiolo did the cover art (Bronze Medalist). Plastic Man has always been a comedy character, but this new take on him brings a more serious tone to him as he is starting to break down. Can he escape the Justice League’s laughs to help himself or save the fate of his son?

Minor Arcana #1. Written, illustrated, and cover art by Jeff Lemire. The brand new series from the creative mind of Jeff Lemire appeared this week, focusing on the daughter of a local psychic who returned to her hometown to try and take care of her mother. Of course, there are more things going down than just that as any Lemire book can tell you.

Daredevil #13. “Introductory Rites, Part Thirteen” Written by Saladin Ahmed and art by Chris Campana. John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Richard Isanove did the cover art. Daredevil is facing off with the demons that have been torturing him over the last thirteen issues as things are coming to a head. And you see the Kingpin unlike you have ever seen him before.

The Ultimates #4. Written by Deniz Camp and guest artist Phil Noto. Dike Ruan & Neeraj Menon are the cover artists (Gold Medalist). Doctor Doom of the Ultimate universe is trying to reestablish the Fantastic Four, but there has not been a huge success as of yet.

Incredible Hulk #16. “Lament for a Fallen Crown, Part Two“. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and art by Danny Earls. Nic Klein is the cover artist. This weird Hulk story arc continued this issue and I have just not been much of a fan of what is happening so far. I remain optimistic that things may pick up.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #24. “Birds of a Feather, Part Two.” Written by Cody Ziglar and art by Federico Vicentini. Federico Vicentini & Neeraj Menon did the cover art. Newly vampired-up, Miles is desperate to maintain his bloodlust, but his anger is loosed upon The Vulture.

What If…? Donald Duck Became The Mighty Thor #1. “Donald Thor vs. the Stone Ducks of Saturn.” Variant cover art by Walter Simonson & Laura Martin. The fun Disney/Marvel mishmashes return with Donald Duck this time finding the enchanted walking stick that would transform into Mjolnir and change Donald into the Mighty Thor.

The Spectacular Spider-Men #7. “The Kitchen Sink.” Written by Greg Weisman and penciled by Humberto Ramos. Cover art was done by Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado. Peter and Miles bring down K.N.A.I.V.E. (which stands for New Artificial Intelligence Villain Extreme… the K is silent).

Animal Pound #5. “Who’s A Good Dog?” Written by Tom King and illustrated by Peter Gross. Variant cover art by Jorge Fornes. This thrilling series brought to a conclusion with plenty of shocking moments. Animal Farm mixed with the ins and outs of current day politics brings you this amazing series. I have no idea who Piggy is meant to represent (hmm… it ain’t Tim Walz).

Spider-Boy #11. “Massive Course Correction.” Written by Dan Slott and art by Paco Medina. Paco Medina and Edgar Delgado did the cover art (Silver Medalist). Bailey Briggs is back in the memories of the world after spending the last three years out of their minds. The memories bring Bailey’s mother back into the mix, and her parenting style may be shunting his buzz.

The Immortal Thor #15. “Return of the King.” Written by Al Ewing and art by Jan Bazaldua. Alex Ross did the cover art. Thor has taken in the power of Zeus… and it may be too much. And how does Loki play into this? Thor is the King of Asgard and he has some power.

Scarlet Witch #4. Written by Steve Orlando and art by Jacopo Camagni. Cover art was done by Russell Dauterman. Wanda vs. Griever battle to see if Wanda can come back alive. Quicksilver and Polaris play huge roles in the adventure too.

Public Domain #8. “New Life.” Written and drawn by Chip Zdarsky. More drama surrounding the creation of the new Domain comic book. How fun is it to hire a new letterer? Find out here.

Uncanny Valley #5. Written by Tony Fleecs and art and cover art by Dave Wachter. Oliver is facing off with The First, with a little help from his mother and his grandfather Pecos Pete. This has been a remarkably creative series so far and this penultimate issue sets up a powerful final.

Rook Exodus #5. Creators Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok. Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson did the cover art. Rook is having problems connecting with his flock because of his own deep seeded traumas. Can Pumba help Rook straighten things out? Rook Exodus has been a really solid part of the Ghost Machine imprint.

Moon Knight Annual #1. Written by Dan Watters and artist Marco Renna. Salvador Larroca & Edgar Delgado does the cover art. The Mind Stone is playing havoc with Colleen Wing. And Nightmare does not help the situation at all. Moon Knight steps up and tries to help out.

Get Fury #5. “As Flies to Wanton Boys.” Written by Garth Ennis and penciled by Jacen Burrows. Cover art was done by Dave Johnson. Frank Castle has finally found Nick Fury in the Hanoi Hilton… or at least what remains of Nick Fury. There are some actually disturbing images of Nick Fury in this book. There is a reason it is listed as ‘explicit content.’

Other books this week: Venom War: Spider-Man #2, The Boy Wonder #5, Spider-Man: Homeroom Heroes #1, Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #1, Arkham Horror #2, and The Infernals #5.

Upcoming Comics Preview

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September 4

Well, I picked up my edition of this month’s Preview at Comic World tonight and, to be honest, this catalogue does not have a large number of new books that interested me.

What jumped out at me was a new issue from Dynamite, Green Hornet/Miss Fury #1. Dynamite has been releasing some quality work recently which included Space Ghost and Jonny Quest. The new series is a noir mystery book, which I always enjoy, and, at least, Green Hornet is an interesting character to add to Dynamite’s oeuvre. Written by Alex Segura and art from Federico Sorressa.

Image is preparing to release a new version of G.I. Joe #1, with what looked like a ton of possible covers. Some of the G.I. Joe books have been okay for me, and i will most likely at least pick up issue one of this new series.

Another company that has been fire lately has been DSTLRY. The only drawback I have seen from this new comic company has been release time. They put out a new issue and it seems like forever before the next issue comes out. Still, there are two intriguing new books from DSTLRY from Previews. You Won’t Feel a Thing #1 is a new series from Scott Snyder and Jock. It is a story about a retired homicide detective with a brain tumor sapping his mind. A serial killer from his past has returned… or has he? This sounds very psychological and thrilling.

The other new DSTLRY book is written by James Tynion IV and featuring art from Love everlasting artist Elsa Charretier. I have a total trust in James Tynion IV and, while the synopsis is not overly clear about the premise, there is a hint of mystery and Tynion is a huge selling point for me.

That was about it in this Previews. I’ll probably skim through it again before making a final judgment, but this looks like a slow month.

EYG Favorite Comic Cover of the Week

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Week of September 2

It is NEW COMIC BOOK DAY so it is time to pick our medalists for this week. Last week we had no Marvel, but will the House of Ideas make its way back to this week’s medalists? Let’s see…

Bronze Medalist

Plastic Man No More #1

Cover art by Alex Lins & Marcelo Maiolo

I have always enjoyed Plastic Man, but this cover is a little unexpectedly frightening and that’s cool.

Silver Medalist

Spider-Boy #11

Cover art by Paco Medina & Edgar Delgado

This Spider-Boy cover is just a lot of fun. Just hanging out on the back of a school bus. While holding on to his Spider-Man lunch case. This works so well.

Gold Medalist

The Ultimates #4

Cover art by Dike Ruan & Neeraj Menon

A Doctor Doom mask with Fantastic Four mice. What a fascinating cover, plus I love the white background. White background is always a personal favorite.

EYG Comic Cavalcade #113

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September 1, 2024

2024 is flying by. We’ve reached September already, and, before you know it, we’ll be ringing in 2025.

We are currently running the EYG Hall of Fame ballot on the main page. As I was thinking about that, I realized that I should have announced the EYG Hall of Fame Comic Wing Inductees for 2024 in the EYG Comic Cavalcade. I inducted the following earlier this year: Avengers Annual #10, Saga #54, Future Imperfect #1-2, New Mutants #98, Top 10 #8, The Boys #1, and Tales of the Teen Titans #44. Congratulations to this year’s class.

EBay pick ups this week included The Tick #11 from the original run of comics from New England Comics. I am down to just two Ticks from that first series missing in my collection. I also had some trouble with an eBay seller who apparently couldn’t find two of the books that I had purchased from him. He wanted to replace the books with a couple of other books. This was the second time this had happened, so, just because I was annoyed, I said fine. In the end, he did find the two books I wanted and he also sent me the Amazing Spider-Man variant #666 for free. In the end it turned out acceptable and I got the Amazing Spider-Man books (#554, 632,659,660, and 662) I had ordered.

Books from this week:

Something is Killing the Children #40. “Road Stories Part Five” Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated and cover art by Werther Dell’Edera (Bronze Medalist). This might have been my favorite book of the week as Erica goes through the memories of one of her most traumatic monster fights that ends with an unspeakable tragedy. This “Road Stories” has been some of the best stand alone issues of the series so far.

Last Mermaid #6. Written and drawn by Derek Kirk Kim. The final issue of Last Mermaid, for now. This book has been an amazing one, with beautiful art, with sweeping imagery filling each page. The very end of the book lists a “To Be Continued” tag so it tells me that we may not be done yet with the story of the Last Mermaid.

Life #1. Written by Brian Azzarello and Stephanie Phillips with art and cover art by Danijel Žeželj. DSTLRY have been doing some of the most creative and original books. Admittedly, the release dates of them have been a bit… scattered, shall we say. However, Life#1 has two stories and two covers and brings some solid sci-fi storytelling to comics.

Hello Darkness #2. This anthology series continued this month with a bunch of stories from the horror genre. My favorite one this issue is probably “The Clown” by Azam Raharjo. I love the stylistic black and white this story is presented in. There are other stories from Frederik Hornung, Wes Craig, Robert Hack and Garth Ennis.

X-Men #3. Written by Jed MacKay and penciled by Ryan Stegman. Cover art is by Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, and Marte Gracia. Scott Summers has a meeting with Agent Lundqvist in a little coffee house and they have an intense discussion about the X-Men and the future. Scott end the issue looking as if he were having a panic attack. The new X-books have all been very solid to start and I hope they can maintain this quality.

Aliens vs. Avengers #1. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art and cover art by Esad Ribić. I wonder if Jonathan Hickman can ever write a Marvel story inside of continuity? With the resurgence of the Xenomorphs on the big screen, a conflict with the Avengers feels right. This book was pretty good too.

NYX #2. Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly and art by Francesco Mortarino. Sara Pichelli & Federico Blee did the art on the cover. Young mutants are being lured to the control of the mysterious Mr. Friend and Laura wants to do something about it. A surprising villain is shown as being behind Mr. Friend.

Fantastic Four #24. “If It Wasn’t Forever…” Written by Ryan North and art by Carlos Gomez. Cover art by Alex Ross. Marvel’s First Family continued with the adventure from last issue by trying to help save a little tentacled alien that was choking Johnny Storm. I was not as fond of this space story as I have been of the rest of this run of FF. It was still a competent read.

Saga #68. Written by Brian K. Vaughn and drawn and cover art by Fiona Staples. There are so many awesome characters in Saga that you could go issues without seeing them and not miss out on anything. Saga is one of the easiest and yet most involved reads every month and I am so glad that it has come back to a regular release schedule… hopefully for the foreseeable future.

The Nice House By the Sea #2. Written by James Tynion IV and art and cover art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno 9Gold Medalist). The group of people together at the end of everything continue to interact and show more about their characters. They are doing that while wild things are going on around them. Tynion IV still one of the best writers working today and this is a great example of his work.

Deadpool Team-Up #1. Written and drawn by Rob Liefeld. Liefeld and Juan Manuel Rodriguez did the art for the cover. Deadpool fighting dragons? Yes please. But I will be honest and say that the biggest draw of this series is the appearance of Crystar, Lord of Crystallium. I was shocked when I saw him on the cover back in the Previews because I knew he was based on a toy and I did not know that Marvel had the rights to the character. I bought the Crystar books when they first came out and I like the character a lot.

Universal Monsters Frankenstein #1. Written, drawn and cover art by Michael Walsh. This is the third series of Universal Monsters from Image, following Dracula and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Frankenstein is one of the most iconic of all monsters and this fresh take blends the classic bits of the story with some new takes that really work.

Amazing Spider-Man #56. Written by Zeb Wells with art by John Romita Jr. Cover art was by Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Marcio Menyz. This is Legacy number 950 for Amazing Spider-Man. I still wish they would just leave the legacy number as the number of the issue, but who am I? I love it when Peter shows how smart he is and he does so when Tombstone tries to deliver a message to Spider-Man by killing his “friend” Peter Parker.

Captain America #12. “The Last Stand of the Front Door, Part 1” Written by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Jesus Saiz. Taurin Clarke did the art for the cover. I am not a fan of this Cap and the demons and this weird door story that has been going on through the Captain America series recently. I hope the “Last Stand” doesn’t take them too long.

X-Force #2. “Igubu Lika-Anansi” Written by Geoffrey Thorne and art by Marcus To. Phil Noto did the variant “Disco Dazzler” cover art. X-Force heads into Wakanda to confront someone claiming to be Black Panther. I do like this new team, but I really do not know the characters very well. I hope to learn more about them as this series progresses.

Ultimate X-Men #6. Written, drawn and cover art by Peach Momoko. Shadow King makes his appearance in this book and it takes an intriguing turn. I am not 100% sure I know what happened, but I do like the seemingly bizarre twist that the book took. I still love how this book is so different than any other X-Men book we have and how this Ultimate book is not just the same X-Men in a different setting.

Drawing Blood #5. Written by David Avallone and art by Ben Bishop. Kevin Eastman did the art on the cover. Shane “Books” Bookman is facing all kinds of troubles. Now the FBI wants a piece of him. Books has to try and weave through the Lithuanians as well as keep his comic publishing company afloat. Oh, and he has to go to Hollywood. While this series originally was not one I looked forward to, by now I am into it and I have enjoyed the last several issues quite a bit.

Void Rivals#12. Written by Robert Kirkman and art and cover art by Lorenzo De Felici. I just complained last issue that things were starting to feel repetitive with this series. So this issue, Solila and Darak head in their own separate directions, with their own missions to complete. We get a powerful goodbye between these two who have spent the last eleven issues together and have developed something more than just friendship.

Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #4. “Haunted, Part 4” Written by Stephanie Phillips and art by Paolo Villanelli. Mark Brooks did the cover art. Gwen is going through some troubles in 616 universe. It seemed as much of it was coming from Chameleon. Is it though?

Chasm: Curse of Kaine #1. Written by Steve Foxe and art by Andrea Broccardo. Leinil Francis Yu & Dean White did the cover art. Ben Reilly is back and the focus of this new series which includes his “brother” Kaine. There is also a intriguing appearance from the Eternal Druig and the Mole Man. Lots going on here.

Marvel 85th Anniversary Special #1. This featured a ton of writers and artists as Wolverine and Deadpool’s head take a special tour of the Museum of Heroism in the 85th Century. We get several shorts featuring such characters as Ms. Marvel, Spicer-Man, Excalibur, and a Moon Knight. Koore Andrews did the cover art.

Incredible Hulk Annual #1. Written by Derek Landry and art by Geoff Shaw. Cover art is by Salvador Larroca & GURU-eFX. What more could you want besides Hulk vs. Thanos for the Mind Stone? And you may be surprised who winds up with it. This also includes the sixth chapter of the Death Stone Saga written by Derek Landry and art by Sara Pichelli. Fury and Coulson vs. Nighthawk.

Zatanna: Bring Down the House #3. Written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Javier Rodriguez. Variant cover by Tula Lotay. The Zatanna series is getting stranger by the issue as we get a woman with rabbit ears and we follow her down the Bunny Well. This has been a weird series so far, as a book about using and not using magic should be. And it is only going to get weirder as John Constantine shows up on the last page.

Phases of the Moon Knight #1. “The Once and Future Knight” and “Crusader“. First story written by Erica Schultz and penciled by Manuel Garcia. Second story written by Benjamin Percy and art by Rod Reis. Cover art was by Mateus Manhanini. This is an anthology series that will tell stories of the different Moon Knights over the years. This one starts with the Shroud and ends up with the Moon Knight of the Old Crusades. It is an intriguing concept. I’m not sure there is enough to sustain this over time, but we’ll see.

Other books: Kill All Immortals #2, Nights #10, Killadelphia #35 (Silver Medalist), The Mammoth #3, and The Butcher’s Boy #4.

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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Week of August 26

It is NEW COMIC BOOK DAY once again. I got a ton of books this week and I have not had much chance to get to them much yet. But the Favorite Covers of the Week MUST GO ON!!!

I have zero Marvel in the top three this week. Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #4 almost made it.

Here are this week’s medal winners.

Bronze Medalist

Something is Killing the Children #40

Cover art by Werther Dell’Edera

A fascinating cover with Eric Slaughter front and center. Whose hand is holding the gun to her head? She looks to be holding a gun off cover too. It tells a story that I am very curious about.

Silver Medalist

Killadelphia #35

Cover art by Jason Shawn Alexander

One of the most interesting Killadelphia covers I have seen. The giant vampire in the back with the huge fans and the series of crosses. I also love the sideways red title up the side.

Gold Medalist

The Nice House By the Sea #2

Cover art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno

What a lovely, and yet scary, cover. The colors are beautiful. The shine across the face of the woman on the cover. It makes me wonder exactly what is going on and that is what a good cover will do.

EYG Comic Cavalcade #112

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August 25, 2024

Welcome back to the Comic Cavalcade! This is a little later this week because school has started and it is more challenging to find the time available to read the large number of books I get during a week. Still, I got through the pile this week in decent time.

Todd returned from Connecticut where he spent time at Terrificon last weekend. He got a issue of Spider-Punk signed for me by Skottie Young. He had a bunch of signed books for himself as well as other patrons of Comic World. Thanks to Todd for the effort he put in.

He also brought back four issues of Amazing Spider-Man volume 2 for me. ASM #4, 6, 8, & 11. I have been working on my Amazing Spider-Man collection and Todd has been very helpful with that.

Books this week:

Gotham Central #1-4. I watched the new animated program Batman: Caped Crusader and I saw a YouTube show that was talking about it and they made a reference to a DC series called Gotham Central, which focused on the GCPD and kept the Batman in the background. That sounded very intriguing so I was able to pick up the 40-issue complete series on eBay. I started reading these and they were really interesting. The collection of police officers and detectives of the GCPD dealing with the world of Gotham and its crazy individuals (such as Mr. Freeze in issue one) is fascinating and watching them trying to do their jobs without the aid of the Bat is a great take on the Batman mythos. This series is written by Ed Brubaker who has done some epic crime comics over the years.

House of the Unholy graphic novel. And speaking of Ed Brubaker, he wrote this recently released graphic novel dealing with the past of a group of people who were known, when they were kids, as the Satanic Six. Drawn by Sean Phillips, House of the Unholy has a cool perspective and several twists that push the story forward.

Standstill #1. Written by Lee Loughridge with art and cover art by Andrew Robinson. This is a brand new series from Image Comics that gives us a protagonist who seems to be able to freeze time. I have to say, the book is very thick and the panels are larger than I am used to in a comic, but that entire presentation works extremely well. This was a great issue and I am very excited to see this one continue.

Black Cloak #7. Written by Kelly Thompson and art and cover art by Meredith McClaren. Black Cloak returned with its next story arc after a long break. It is five years after the event of the first story arc, specifically the fire that ended the last book. Essex was out of the Black Cloaks but she is pulled back in to work on a case by her former partner. This is a very extensive world and being able to return to it is a treat.

Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #1-2. Written by Jay Kristoff and art by Tirso. Back up story written by Tom Taylor and featured art by Riccardo Federici. This is a DC Elseworlds series that I usually would not pick up, but the issue #2 intrigued me on the stand this week so I grabbed it and was able to find issue #1 too. This book does some awesome stuff dealing with black and white color design and the arrival of color is shocking. I do love Tom Taylor so his backup story was also a selling point.

Ultimate Spider-Man #8. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Marco Checchetto. Checchetto & Matthew Wilson did the cover art. It is a birthday party for Richard and May. The Ultimate Spider-Man books have been heavily dialogue based so far and I do love the characterization going on in this book.

Man Goat and the Bunnyman: Beware the Pigman #2. Written by Joe Brusha and artwork by Jordi Perez. Cover art was by Igor Vitorino & Ivan Nunes. Phil and Floyd are once more in the clutches of Baphomet and must battle the forces of the demon to try and save themselves.

Blow Away #5. Written by Zac Thompson and illustrated by Nicola Izzo. Cover art by Annie Wu. This series comes to a close with Brynne determining what happened on that fateful night on the mountain, when she filmed what seemed like a mountain climber falling to his death. What she found out was that there was much more to the story. The covers on all of these five issues were always so beautiful.

Namor #2. “The Crimson Swim” Written by Jason Aaron and art by Paul Davidson & Alex Lins. Cover art was by Alexander Lozano. Flashback to the youth of Prince Namor continue in this issue as we meet an important figure in Namor’s past that will now play a role in his present.

Redcoat #5. Creators were Geoff Johns & Bryan Hitch. Cover art was by Bryan Hitch & Brad Anderson (Bronze Medalist). Redcoat has picked up business in this series. We find out the truth about the identity of the Grand Architect, and it is not whom we thought it was. I do like the use of historical figures in this series. It reminds me very much of the early days of Killadelphia.

Wolverine: Revenge #1. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Greg Capullo. Cover art was by Capullo, Tim Townsend and FCO Plascencia. I was kind of looking forward to a new start with Wolverine, but this looks to be a series that is more like Avengers Twilight and is out of continuity. I am not as interested by that considering I have never been a big fan of that type of story. Still, Hickman is a solid writer and I may give this one another chance, but honestly, number one did not really do it for me.

Spider-Woman #10. “Say it Like You Mean It.” Written by Steve Foxe and art by Ig Guara. Leinil Francis Yu & Rachelle Rosenberg did the art for the cover. The latest series featuring Jessica Drew comes to a close with this issue. Jessica is out to help the kids of the Assembly and do whatever she could do to find and help her missing son, corrupted by Hydra. I will miss Spider-Woman as it has been a consistently well done book.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1. “On the Road.” Written by Cody Ziglar with art by David Baldeón. The main story of the annual sees Miles heading to Puerto Rico to visit his abuela, Gloria. This story saw zero use of the Spider-Man costume and had Miles just as Miles. And it was great. I really enjoyed this unlikely tale of Miles and his extended family.

Scarlet Witch #3. Written by Steve Orlando and art by Russell Dauterman & Jacopo Camagni. Cover art was by Russell Dauterman (Silver Medalist). Wanda faces off with Lore trying to get back t her life. Quicksilver, Polaris and Darcy are around too.

Deadpool #5. Written by Cody Ziglar and art by Andrea Di Vito. Taurin Clarke did the cover art. Deadpool faces a huge threat named Death Grip and he does not seem to be able to heal any longer. That makes it difficult when his arm is cut off. Deadpool’s daughter Elle is showing that she is quite capable too.

Plastic: Death & Dolls #3. Written by Doug Wagner and art and cover art by Daniel Hillyard. We are learning more about the past of Edwyn and why he may have a certain obsession about decapitation. This has been a very entertaining series so far, as any series can be with its protagonist sawing off heads.

Phoenix #2. Written by Stephanie Phillips and art by Alessandro Miracolo. Yasmine Putri did the cover art. Jean Grey is very busy in the realms of space trying to redeem the reputation of the Phoenix. However, her mission is not helped by the arrival of her father-in-law, Corsair, especially as he seemed to be naked in much of this issue. That makes for an awkward conversation with Scott.

Red Before Black #1. Written by Stephanie Phillips and illustrated by Goran Sudžuka . Red Before Black is a new series from BOOM! Studios that features two women and a whole bunch of twists. It was a challenging read, but I was very entertained while doing so.

Huge Detective #1. Written by Adam Rose and drawn by Magenta King. Cover art by Paul Pope & Lovern Kindzierski. We are introduced to the characters of Detective Tamaki and Gyant. Tamaki is human and Gyant is a Huge, which is basically a giant. They are working together to solve crimes. This has a noir crime/mystery feel to it and the book does a great job of setting up this new world to adventure within.

Get Fury #4. “Like All the Other G.I. Joes” Written by Garth Ennis and penciled by Jacen Burrows. Dave Johnson did the cover art (Gold Medalist). Frank Castle continues his mission inside Vietnam to either rescue or assassinate Nick Fury. This is a violent book (as it should be considering the characters and the situation) but Ennis does a great job of building the characters around Frank and providing with tense moments.

Giant Size Thor #1. “In Medias Res” Written by Al Ewing and art by Brian Level. Bryan Hitch and Alex Sinclair were the cover artists. Plucking eyes out lose its power if you can just heal them back. This issue not only has Thor surpassing his father Odin by plucking out both of his eyes, Thor and Hercules must face the antagonist literally known as Giant Size Thor. Massively mega.

Daredevil: Woman Without Fear#2. Written by Erica Schultz and art by Michael Dowling. David Yardin & Romulo Fajardo Jr are the cover artists. Elektra (don’t call her Lady Daredevil) takes on the new Punisher and they do not seem to be too anxious to team up afterwards. When you have two characters like this, this is how they should interact. No buddy-buddy. Just trying to kill each other.

Predator Versus Black Panther #1. Written by Benjamin Percy with art by Chris Allen with Sean Damien Hill, Craig Yeung and Lee Ferguson. I really enjoyed the Predator vs. Wolverine from last year, and this, to its credit, felt completely different from that.

Other books this week: Local Man #13, Lawful #3, Blood Squad Seven #4, Crocodile Black #4, Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #6, and Self Help #3.

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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Week of August 19

We are a day late this week because I am back at school, getting ready for it to start, and we had our open house at the school. I couldn’t get to Dubuque for NEW COMIC BOOK DAY so I had to push that back until Thursday night (SAD).

Here are this week’s winners. I had a tough decision between gold and silver and then I had probably about four possible choices for the bronze. Good week for the covers.

Bronze Medalist

Redcoat #5

Cover art by Bryan Hitch & Brad Anderson

An exciting looking cover with Simon Pure in a lot of trouble with sharks everywhere around him. The blue of the water with the sharks look great. This is also a wrap around cover with more on the back.

Silver Medalist

Scarlet Witch #3

Cover art by Russell Dauterman

Wanda is on this cover looking dark and scary. The combination of the red and black really make this cover pop. There is a look on Wanda’s face that adds to the overall story of the cover.

Gold Medalist

Get Fury#4

Cover art by Dave Johnson

The red of this cover is sensational. forming the blood dripping down Nick’s face, and also forms his eyepatch. This is a stunning cover, using that color red jumping off the page.