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.

February 8

Welcome to the Big Game Day! Patriots vs. Seahawks later today. Before we get to that, I want to get to the EYG Comic Cavalcade. I am a Patriots fan so… good luck to them!

I have just about mined the full possible Marvel Team-Ups from the collection at In This Issue. I think there was one more available to me that I left behind because it was a little more expensive. I plan on picking that up next week.

Books this week:

D’Orc #1. “D’Orc Days Ahead” Story and art by Brett Bean. I picked up three covers. Cover A by Brett Bean, Cover B by Jorge Corona and Cover C by Jason Howard. This is my favorite new book of the week. This Image Comics book features the debut of D’Orc, a half-orc, half-dwarf, and he is hilarious. He has a talking shield and I really get a Groo the Wanderer vibe from this book. It is funny and written extremely well. It is really hot right now too. I love D’Orc.

Avengers #35. “The New Universe” Written by Jed MacKay and penciled by Sergio Davila. Cover art was done by Russell Dauterman & Rachelle Rosenberg. The Avengers are on the precipice of a new universe in their struggle with Kang. Who knows where this cosmic tale is headed?

Amazing Spider-Man #21. Written by Joe Kelly and Penciled by John Romita Jr. and Todd Nauck. Cover art was done by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Marcio Menyz. Norman Osborn has been taking his lumps as he tried to step into the shoes of Spider-Man. Fortunately for Norman, Peter Parker is back on earth!

Crescent City Monsters #1-4. Written by Newton Lilavois and art and cover art by Gian Carlo Bernal. This four issue series is also autographed by its creator Newton Lilavois. I saw an ad for this on TikToc with Lilavois himself selling it and it looked very interesting. The books are beautiful black and white, but I have not yet read them. I am looking forward to reading them as soon as I can find the extra time.

Batman #6. “Long Night” Written by Matt Fraction with art by Jorge Jimenez. Cover art was done by Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey. Batman is back out after the tough date night from last issue. Things do not get much better. There are some nice scenes with Jason Todd and Damien.

Ultimate Endgame #2. Written by Deniz Camp with art by Terry & Rachel Dodson and Jonas Scharf. Cover art was done by Mark Brooks. I also picked up cover C by Lee Garbett and cover D by R.B. Silva. The big Ultimates universe crossover event continued with the Ultimates, Spider-Man, Killmonger, and the Master. Does the Master take over Doom? Is that a bad thing? No polybags this time!

All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #7. Written by Stephanie Phillips and art by Paolo Villanelli. Cover art was done by David Marquez & Federico Blee. Gwen and Fabian sitting in a web.. k-i-s-s-i-n-g… that is until all the crap hits the fan. There is a very circular situation that seemingly happens in this issue that is a call back to Amazing Spider-Man #122. Or is it all Mysterio?

The Nice House by the Sea #7. Written by James Tynion IV with art and cover art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno. Cover C art is done by Javier Rodriguez. Here is another book that has been on the shelf for a long time. Issue six came out in March of 2025. Almost a whole year. However, this is tied to DC Comics new version of Vertigo so now is a good time to return to the comic shop, I guess.

Planet of the Apes Versus Fantastic Four #1. Written by Josh Trujillo and art by Andrea Di Vito. Cover art was done by Greg Land & Rachelle Rosenberg. A powerless FF arrive on the Planet of the Apes and have to face off with the classic characters. What does the Red Ghost have to do with this? This issue is a lot of fun as the Marvel vs. 20th Century Studios faceoffs continue.

Wolverine #15. “Alpha Flight” Written by Saladin Ahmed and art by Mike Henderson. Cover art was done by Dan Panosian. After teaming up with Silver Sable and just before they engaged in a little noogie noogie, Alpha Flight attacked Wolverine in an attempt to capture him. Wolvie should know that Canada is not the friendliest place for him.

Superman: Chains of Love #1. “Creepers” Written by Leah Williams and art by Ig Guara. Variant cover D art by Ig Guara and Arif Prianto. I loved this book. The Creeper is one of my favorite secondary DC characters and his relationship in this book with Livewire is a lot of fun. Super heroes (villains?) as podcasters is a funny idea.

War Wolf #4. Written by Steve Orlando and art by Marco Perugini. Cover art was done by David Talaski (Silver Medalist). The truth about what really happened to Bear Bruin is coming to the front. What is the truth? It is coming to the front.

Magik & Colossus #1. “Bound by Blood.” Written by Ashley Allen and art by German Peralta. Cover art was done by David Nakayama. The Rasputin siblings get their own feature in the Shadows of Tomorrow arc in the X-Men universe. I am not sure who it is behind the troubles for Piotr and Illyana, but I have a guess….

Knightfight #4. Written by Joshua Williamson and art and cover art by Dan Mora. Batman is going through all kind of trouble with his battles with alternate Batmen… all seemingly for him to get back involved in the KO tournament. Not sure how that is fir, but I guess we’ll find out in DC KO #4 next week.

Uncanny X-Men #23. “Where Monsters Dwell” Part One. Written by Gail Simone with art by David Marquez. Cover art was done by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson (Gold Medalist). In what felt like an intervention for Gambit, we get Elsa Bloodstone and a bunch of monsters including Morbius, Mummy and others.

Ripcord #1. Written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Aneke. Cover art was done by Jorge Fornes. Ripcord is a new drug that will transform the user into mindless killers. Dillon, however, will not give up until she finds her sister. Great first issue from Ignition Press set in the Australian Outback.

Absolute Superman #16. “This Universe Will Break Your Heart, Kid” Written by Jason Aaron with art by Juan Ferreyra. Rafa Sandoval & Ulises Arreola did the cover art. We get the debut of the Absolute Hawkman and I really like this version of that character. Absolute Lex Luthor also shows up as Brainiac tries to recruit him.

The Twilight Zone #4. “False Bottom.” Written by Written, drawn and cover art by Nate Powell. I also picked up variant cover B art by Francesco Francavilla. This Twilight Zone issue is one of the more tragic examples of a story. It felt like a real Twilight Zone episode you would have seen, but the unhappy ending was tough to handle.

Other Books this week: Event Horizon: Dark Descent #5, Marian Heretic #4, Absolute Green Lantern #11, Godzilla #7, Eat Your Young #6 and DC KO Boss Battle #1.

Quick Hits: The final issue of Dark Horse’s Space Scouts #3 dropped this week as the whole competition came to a finale. Cullen Dunn had another book released this week, which was The Autumn Kingdom: The Wraithbound Queen #1. It felt like a sequel to something that I was unaware of, but it was pretty solid. Dunn is a top notch writer. Sam & Twitch Case Files #21 was the Bronze Medalist cover this week. Nova Centurion #4 showed off Richard Rider’s power and his intelligence as the last Nova. More conspiratorial action dropped in Department of Truth #35. Godzilla: Infinity Roar #1 sees the King of Monsters across the cosmos of the Marvel Universe. Maybe Godzilla is finally getting around to destroying the Marvel Universe as was mentioned in his previous book. The latest crossover comes to the forefront with Archie X The Army of Darkness #1. Archie Andrews and Ash Williams together? Seems like a match made in Hell. DC x AEW #1 brings the world of professional wrestling into the DC universe. High Strangeness #4 continues its weird story arcs through the decades. This one is especially odd. Ultimate Wolverine #14 is counting down until the end of the Ultimate Universe. One of the surprises of the week was Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #1. I have been collecting Dynamite Comics Darkwing Duck book, but I did not think I would be buying this book moving on. It was way better than I thought it would be.

January 11

It is Sunday night and I have finally gotten to the EYG Comic Cavalcade. It has been a busy weekend of movies and completing season one of Agents of Shield. There is a lot of good stuff this weekend, but I had to make sure there was time to finish reading the comics from this week.

I finally got my Ultimate Endgame blind bags from eBay. I picked up 10 of them and did decent with the copies. I got the Peach Momoko cover, the wraparound cover, the Skottie Young cover, the Wasp 1:50 incentive, and the Cafu variant. I also got a few duplicates that I had already gotten, including three of the Spider-Man/Wolverine covers. I also picked up a blank blue line variant. Fortunately, none of my books were damaged, which a lot of the Ultimate: Endgame books were. Marvel should not put the A cover inside the blind bags, as I have seen some people get multiple copies of that issue. The Mark Spears blind bags were much better since there were more variety inside them.

Books this week:

X-Men #23. “Assassin” Written by Jed MacKay with pencils by Tony Daniel. Cover art was done by Tony Daniel, Mark Morales, & Fer Sifuentes-Sujo. The future Cyclops’ mind takes roto inside the past Cyclops body, and he tries to kill Doug before he becomes Revelation. Doesn’t work.

Amazing Spider-Man #19. Written by Joe Kelly with art by Pepe Larraz. Cover art was done by Pepe Larraz & Marte Gracia. I also picked up the variant cover with art by Lee Bermejo (Bronze Medalist). Peter and his space crew prepare to face off with Hellgate in an attempt to get Peter back to earth. We will see how things go.

Hank Howard: Pizza Detective in The Two Hollywoods #1. Written by Robert Venditti with art by David Lapham. Cover art was done by Alex Maleev. Another fun, new book from Bad Idea, Hank Howard is a private detective who seems to specialize in cases involving pizza. Huh? I do love me some noir, which this fits perfectly.

Wolverine #14. “Silver and Snow” Written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Martin Coccolo. Cover art was done by Dan Panosian. Wolverine meets up with Silver Sable in the wilderness of Canada to help a couple of mutants stay free. This draws the attention of Alpha Flight!

The Twilight Zone #3. “The Relic” Written, drawn and cover art by James Stokoe. A futuristic post-apocalyptic tale in the style of the classic TV show. This was my least favorite of the Twilight Zone issues from IDW so far, but I do love the black and white layout.

Deluge #3. Written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Marika Cresta. Cover art was done by Riley Rossmo. The prisoners of the flooded prison have more to worry about than water. They are being attacked by the creatures that are in the water… and they are frightening. Deluge ahs been a great book so far for Ignition Press.

Blue Falcon & Dynomutt #5. Written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Pasquale Qualano. Cover art was done by Lucio Parrillo. I believe this was the final issue of Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, which upset me. I have been enjoying this book and I love the new take on the Hanna-Barbera characters.

Absolute Batman: Ark M #1. “A History of Arkham” Written by Scott Snyder & Frank Tieri with art and cover art by Joshua Hixson. We get a comprehensive history of Arkham Asylum in the Absolute Universe. This was a fascinating book to read and gave us a real intriguing story.

Batman #5. “Date Night” Written by Matt Fraction with art and cover art by Jorge Jimenez. I also picked up the 1:25 variant cover by David Aja (Silver Medalist). Bruce Wayne and Dr. Annika Zeller are on a “date” (depending on whom you ask) but they are being pursued by a new villain named The Ojo. This is a fun book with no appearance by Batman.

Spider-Man: Noir #4. “The Gwen Stacy Affair, Part IV” Written by Erik Larsen with art by Andrea Broccardo. Cover art was done by Simone Di Meo. Someone has taken away Peter’s super powers and has been dressing up as Spider-Man and being more violent.

The Monster and the Wolf #2. Written, drawn and cover by Mark Spears (Cover B- Gold Medalist). I ordered this from Keenspot directly, and I got it in the mail late this past week even though it technically is not released in comic shops until next week. I do love the Monster books from Spears.

Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #6. Written by Greg Rucka with art by Nicola Scott. Cover art was done by Nicola Scott and Annette Kwok. This heist book concludes with this issue as Cheetah and Cheshire are able to show off how complex they had made their plot. Every time you thought it was done, there was a twist. Nicely written.

The Phantom #4. Written by Ray Fawkes and art by Russell Olson. Cover art was done by Freddie Williams II. The Phantom is shot. Can he make it to safety and still survive? Only with a little help from his friends.

Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #6. Written by Stephanie Phillips with art by Van Randal. Cover art was done by David Marquez & Federico Blee. Gwen is hoping that her new band can win an upcoming Battle of the Bands. Why are there always super villains around?

Nova Centurion #3. “For the Corps” Written by Jed MacKay with art by Alvaro Lopez & Matteo Della Fonte. Cover art was done by Alessandro Cappuccio & Rachelle Rosenberg. Richard Rider has been fun in this series so far. I have always like Nova and this has been giving him to me in a new and exciting manner. I am still unsure about time and continuity, but I am trying not to let that bother me.

Absolute Superman #15. “In Blue” Written by Jason Aaron with art by Juan Ferreyra. Cover art was done by Rafa Sandoval & Ulises Arreola. Superman is trying to do everything he can to help the people of earth. Not only that, but he is reading poetry to Ra’s Al Ghul. Oh, and Brainiac is walking around. That can’t be good. Superman is in his new blue suit too, while he is sucking up wildfires.

War Wolf #3. Written by Steve Orlando and art by Marco Perugini. Cover art was done by David Talaski. Bruin returned from the spaceship after all of the aliens retreated. He was able to parlay that story into a senator-ship and political power. But what really happened on that ship? Mad Cave has another good book going.

Other books this week: Conan: Scourge of the Serpent #4, Ultimate X-Men #23 (A & B covers), Marvel Rivals: The Cities of Heaven #1, Marvel: Black, White & Blood and Guts #4, and Arcadia #2.

Quick Hits: Starting off this week with a new series from Dark Horse called Devil on My Shoulder #2. It is brutal and violent revenge tale that has been very entertaining so far. Absolute Green Lantern #10 is out this week. It has been picking up steam a bit after struggling to keep my attention. This is still decent, but one of the lower of the Absolute books. Knightfight #3 picked back up after kind of losing me last week. This week was much more engaging than the whole weird Clayface stuff from last issue. Ultimate Wolverine #13 has a brutal fight between Wolverine and Ursa Major. It is a battle that was way more graphic than many of the Red Band series. We have a new issue of Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #2. Not sure what Batman is doing in this issue with some of his choices. FML #7 is back after a LONG hiatus. I hate it when independent books take such a long break between issues. It is nearly impossible to keep up any sort of momentum. FML #6 came out September 3, 2025 making it about 4 1/2 months between issues. Godzilla Kai-Sei #6 had two covers for me this week. I picked up one of its covers that was an homage to Superman #75. It was a cool cover. Eat Your Young #5 came out too, with the violent struggle within a family to survive.

December 8

I got busy over the weekend and I did not get around to the EYG Comic Cavalcade. There were a bunch of movies to watch and I just did not get the comics read so I could do the post.

So Monday night is when this comes out. Still a pretty good week of books.

Books this week:

Wild Animals #5. Written by Ed Brisson and art and cover art by Andy Kuhn. I loved this series. I really enjoyed this book and I loved this finale. The end was a great twist and I did not expect the ending that I got. I loved this book and it was one of my favorite reads every month. I will absolutely miss this series.

Something is Killing the Children #45. “All Her Monsters” Part Five. Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated and cover art by Werther Dell’edera. I got the foil variant of the cover by Stefano Simeone (Gold Medalist). It was nice to have Something is Killing the Children back after a bit of a break. Erica Slaughter is always a fun read and I was pleased that it was back.

Doctor Strange #1. Written by Derek Landy with art by Ivan Fiorelli. Cover art by Alex Horley. The return of Doctor Strange arrived. Strange is the Sorcerer Supreme of Asgard and he went on a mission where he met up with Angela. Strange in the Nine Realms is a lot of fun and I am looking forward to see where we go.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #41. “Web of Regret” Part Two. Written by Cody Ziglar with art by Marco Renna. Cover art was done by Federico Vicentini & Ceci de la Cruz. Miles and Rabble have to team up against the revived Assessor. Forget Rabble… Instead, here comes Spider-Man, Peter Parker! Love that he is here for the finale of this round of Miles’s book.

Spider-Man Noir #3. “The Gwen Stacy Affair, Part III.” Written by Erik Larsen and art by Marika Cresta. Cover art was done by Simone Di Meo. Spider-Man Noir takes on more Nazis, with the creepy Plasma Man at its core. Then, Peter tells Gwen that Spider-Man was the one who killed her father.

Rook Exodus #9. Written by Geoff Johns with art by Jason Fabok. Cover art was done by Jason Fabok & Brad Anderson. Rook, Dire Wolf, and Matterhorn have to struggle against giant monstrous spiders.

Wiccan: Witches’ Road #1. Written by Wyatt Kennedy with art by Andy Pereira. Cover art was done by Lucsa Werneck. This was a hoot of an issue. With Wiccan and Hulkling at the heart of this issue, I rally enjoyed it. I was a big fan of Agatha All Along on Disney + and this is clearly building off of that.

Red Shirts #5. Written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Megan Levens. Cover art was done by Chris Shehan. Okay… wait a minute. What happened here? I’m sorry… did I misread what just happened? Did our main red shirt protagonist just reveal himself as a Romulan spy? Did I read that right? And now the series is over? What? That was a ballsy move. Not sure how I feel about it, but I am thinking about it, which is a good thing.

Binary #3. Written by Stephanie Phillips with art by Giada Belviso. Rickie Yagawa did the cover art. Okay, what happened here? Did Carol Danvers just die transferring the Phoenix force back to Jean Grey? With the end of this, it really felt like an issue of What If. This could have easily have been “What If… Carol Danvers had received the Phoenix Force?” and we could have gone from there. Setting this in the Age of Revelation did not seem necessary.

Fantastic Four #6. “The Unobservable Universe.” Written by Ryan North with pencils by Humberto Ramos. Cover art by Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado. I also picked up a variant cover by Joe Jusko in the style of Jack Kirby. I have been a fan of Ryan North’s work on the FF since he began, but I have to say that I am not a fan of Humberto Ramos’s art this issue. I always liked him on Amazing Spider-Man, but there was just something about his FF (in particular Sue) that did not work well for me.

Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox #2. Written by Dan Watters and art by Sami Kivela. Cover art by Abigail Harding. The fifteenth Doctor was my personal favorite, and I loved the two seasons of TV on Disney +. So I picked up this comic with this Doctor. I have liked this story so far too.

Batman #4. “Drop the Smoke.” Written by Matt Fraction and art and cover art by Jorge Jimenez. I also picked up the Bat-gear variant that was also done by Jorge Jimenez. We get a brand new Batman villain with the Minotaur.

Blue Falcon & Dynomutt #4. “Nature of the Game.” Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Pasquale Qualano. Cover art was done by Lucio Parrillo (Silver Medalist). Blue Falcon is off the bench and back into action with his new cyber-dog, Dynomutt. I do like this new series and this new look of the Hanna-Barbera characters.

Murder Podcast #3. Written by Jeremy Haun and illustrated by Mike Tisserand. Cover art was done by Jeremy Haun and Nick Filardi. Murder Podcast has been a really exciting new series with some real creative storytelling behind it. Ignition Press comics have been pretty strong recently.

Absolute Wonder Woman #14. “The Price Part 2” Written by Kelly Thompson with art by Matias Bergara. Cover art was done by Hayden Sherman & Jordie Bellaire. I got this a week late. I do like the mythological type of story that Diana is finding herself in. And next issue: Batman. Ooh, that’ll be a biggie.

Giant Size Criminal #1. “The High Roller” Written by Ed Brubaker with art and cover art by Sean Phillips. With Criminal coming soon to a streaming live action series, this new series was a lot of fun. I do love the work by Brubaker and these criminal stories are always awesome.

Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #3. Written by Erica Schultz with art by Valentina Pinti. Cover art by Elena Casagrande & Edgar Delgado. We have another dead character in the Age of Revelation. Again, these secondary character stories feel like What If…? books. That is not a bad thing necessarily.

Amazing X-Men #3. “Philadelphia.” Written by Jed MacKay with art by Mahmud Asrar. Cover art was done by Mahmud Asrar & Matthew Wilson. This felt like the big book of the group of Age of Revelation comics. This led right back into the big conclusion coming up. The book felt more significant than some of the others.

G.I. Joe #15. Written by Joshua Williamson with art and cover art by Tom Reilly. I was not sure what had happened to Cobra Commander last issue. He is alive. I love this new Road Pig character. With Duke and Cobra Commander having to work together, this is a pretty strong book.

Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #5. Written by Greg Rucka with art by Nicola Scott. Cover art was done by Nicola Scott & Annette Kwok. The plan comes to fruition as Cheetah and Cheshire get away from the Justice League. However, it seemed that there are some powerhouses behind this robbery that I did not expect.

DC KO: Knightfight #2. Written by Joshua Williamson with art and cover art by Dan Mora. Okay, this went from a cool concept of Batman in a universe where Dick Grayson became Batman and he had an army of Robins.. to a concept that I am completely confused by. Is Batman Clayface? What is going on here?

Speed Racer #5. Written by David Pepose with art by Davide Tinto. Cover art was done by Alessio Zonno. More racing action as Speed Racer and Racer X is out to battle Alpha Automotive. This has been surprisingly decent over the first five issue, even if Racer X has been too prevalent in the storyline.

Save Now #2. Written by Matt Kindt and art by Thomas Giorello. Cover art was done by Jorge Fornes. This Bad Idea comic has been excellent after the first two issues. Time travel shenanigans from Saver, trying to find a way to prevent the devastation of the planet, while still having the love of his life and his daughter. This has some real emotion to it and I have found Save Now as one of the better independent books out there.

War Wolf #2. Written by Steve Orlando with art by Marco Perugini. Cover art was done by David Talaski. Thomas Bruin helped drive away the invading lizard aliens, killing several. He became a big star because of it. So when the aliens returned a year later, they were after Bruin. Another fun book from Mad Cave.

Other books this week: DC KO: Superman vs. Captain Atom #1, Briar: Night’s Terror #1, Marvel Black, White & Blood and Guts #3, Dark Souls: Mother of Mourning #1 (Bronze Medalist), Kill All Immortals II #2, and Tales of the Shadowman: Ghosts of the Bayou #1.

Quick Hits: Hulk Smash Everything #1 came out and it was a weird book. It does not help with my confusion over the current Hulk. Is he in space during Imperial? Is he a new rage monster split with Banner with Infernal Hulk? Is he just smashing dinosaurs in the past? Whichever, I am not sure I need any more smashing. Gotham Academy #3 brought some emotional beats for Olive. Did they blow up Arkham? I was fairly disappointed with The Ultimate Universe: Two Years In #1. Spider-Girl #7 was the final issue of this series. I was surprised with the sudden end to this one. I know what I always think of when I think of Christmas… The Terminator. The Terminator: Santa Claus is Coming to Town #1 is a fun Dynamite Comics book. The Voice Said Kill #4 is another book that ended with a violent shoot out. The Phantom #3 is yet another win for Mad Cave. I do love how comics with old time characters are all the rage these days. The Absolute Green Lantern #9 continues to improve in my eyes. I was almost ready to drop this book, but it has been much better the last few months. Eat Your Young #4 was a book I did not have the opportunity to read yet. Ultimate X-Men #22 is reaching near its own end as the Ultimate Universe will be ending soon.

September 14

It is time for the EYG Comic Cavalcade. Next week’s edition may be very late because I am going with Todd to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to attend the SiouxperCon 2025. I’ll be busy at the convention on Saturday and Sunday, so I may not have as much time to read, and certainly won’t have time to do this write up next weekend. I am looking forward to heading down to SiouxperCon where I plan on meeting Gail Simone, Zander Cannon, Phil Hester among others. I do plan on using my phone to do some postings at EYG next weekend, maybe with some photos taken at the event.

Meanwhile, I picked up a graphic novel at In This Issue Comics this week by Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon called Spectators. I had put this on my pull list early on, but it was a weird thing. They sent the shop a promo copy of the book and the online listing indicated that it was pulled for me. It was weird, but then the list removed Spectators from my list. I decided not to worry about it. I saw it on the stands Thursday and I grabbed it. That was when the owner saw me with it and said they were trying to remember who had asked for this book and had the list try to pull the promo copy. They did have the book pulled in a separate place behind the desk. I just finished the book before starting this. It was a great read, but there were more penises than I have ever seen in a graphic novel.

Books this week:

Red Hood #1. “The Tower Part 1” Written by Gretchen Felker-Martin with art and cover art by Jeff Spokes. Okay, this one has a story behind it. I had heard a bunch of people complaining about this book before it ever came out with some of the writing of it. However, that is not the big story. Gretchen Felker-Martin posted a comment on the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk and, because of that controversy, DC Comics canceled the new book. Heck, it was a day after it was released. I’ve never seen a book canceled so quickly. In fact, there was some book shops that removed the book from its shelves. Goes to show you how social media can cause troubles.

Murder Podcast #1. Written by Jeremy Haun and illustrated by Mike Tisserand. Variant cover B art was done by Mike Tisserand & Nick Filardi. A new podcast has seemingly sent some normal listeners into a murderous fugue state. It is a intriguing new book from Ignition Press.

Feral #16. “The Rule Breaker.” Written by Tony Fleecs and art by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez. Variant cover art was done by Trish Forstner and Tony Fleecs. The cats are facing off with some scary potential consequences. Will the mall cats eat Lord? There is more tension in this book than most comics in a month. Feral has been an exceptional book.

Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #4. Written by Deniz Camp & Cody Ziglar with art by Jonas Scharf. Cover art was done by Sara Pichelli & Tamra Bonvillain. Miles Morales remains searching through the Ultimate universe for his little sister. He winds up in a fight with Illyana Rasputin. Miles is finding it even more difficult as memories of his other universe keep popping up.

It Killed Everyone But Me #1. Written by Ryan Parrott with art by Letizia Cadonici. Cover art was done by Jorge Corona. The brand new Mad Cave comic is a fun new idea. Twenty five years ago, Sutton Reed was the sole survivor of her friends who were slaughtered by a demonic force. She was able to imprison. Now, there is another series of grisly murders and she must confront the old demon. I look forward to see how this goes.

One World Under Doom #7. “Doom Versus Everyone” Written by Ryan North and art by R.B. Silva. Ben Harvey did the cover art. Doom has been shown to be anything but a magnanimous ruler and that leads to some battles. Specifically, a good chunk of this issue featured Doom facing off against a magic-using Reed Richards. Huh?

C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1. Written by Tom Taylor and art by Daniele Di Nicuolo. Cover art was done by Daniele Di Nicuolo and Rain Beredo. I subscribed to this series because I love Tom Taylor’s writing so much. This feels like a younger book, but I enjoyed it anyway. We dive into the King Arthur legend again with this book.

Don’t Forget Your Briefcase #3. Written by Eliot Rahal and art and cover art by Phillip Sevy. Elmo, upset by everything going on around him with the briefcase, runs off and steals his mom’s car. Things do not go well after that. This is a really fun spy thriller book from Mad cave, which continues to be one of the most consistently good independent comic companies of 2025.

Survive #1. Written by Robert Venditti with art by Doug Braithwaite. Cover art was done by Jorge Fornes. A Russian submarine is sabotaged and we have more action beneath the ocean as the sub sinks. This feels like a cool story from comic company Bad Idea.

Captain America #3. Written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Valero Schiti. Cover art was done by Ben Harvey. Cap and Doom face off. First it seemed as if Doom respected Cap, but he is still playing the game. It is a brutal story that shows some of Cap’s naivety.

Absolute Batman #12. “Abomination Part Four” Written by Scott Snyder and art by Nick Dragotta. Cover art was done by Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin. Whoa. Seems like Absolute Batman’s rogue gallery has come to the absolute universe in full force. Penguin, Killer Croc, Two Face, Riddler, Catwoman all made appearances here. And they are all tied to Bruce. This could be tough on Bruce.

Space Ghost #2. Written by David Pepose and art by Jonathan Lau. Francesco Mattina did the cover art. Eclipse Woman makes her return but winds up having to aid Space Ghost, Jan, Jace, and Blip.

Redcoat #14. Written by Geoff Johns and art by Bryan Hitch. Cover art was done by Bryan Hitch & Brad Anderson. Fascinating issue as Simon Pure finds himself at the White House as it is burning and he helped first lady Dolley Madison rescue a portrait of George Washington. The ghost of George Washington is on his way.

Batman: Dark Patterns #10. “The Child of Fire” Part 1. Written by Dan Watters and art and cover art by Hayden Sherman (Gold Medalist). This starts the final arc of this series, which is an absolute shame because Dark Patterns has been exceptional Batman work. This issue of Dark Patterns is quite literally FIRE!

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2. Written by W. Maxwell Prince and art by Martin Morazzo. Cover art was done by Martin Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran. The duo from Ice Cream Man continues their trip into Superman. The new kryptonite has caused some new troubles for Superman. Specifically, making him a kaiju sized giant.

The Undead Iron Fist #1. Written by Jason Loo and art by Fran Galan. Cover art was done by Whilce Portacio & Alex Sinclair. Danny Rand is back from the dead and I really loved this first issue of this new series. A great new redesign of the Iron Fist costume and a guest appearance for Miles Morales made the issue epic.

Blue Falcon and Dynomutt #1. Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Pasquale Qualano. Cover A art was done by Lucio Parrillo (Silver Medalist) and cover D art was done by Francesco Mattina. The new Dynamite book featuring the Hanna Barbera super hero is great and we have an origin for Dynomutt kicking off the book.

The Punisher: Red Band #1. Written by Benjamin Pearcy and art by Julius Ohta. Cover A art was done by Marco Checchetto & Matthew Wilson. I also got Cover B by Frank Miller. The new Punisher book is excellent. It takes place, I believe, in the time frame of The World to Come, but you could not tell by this issue. It was great to see Frank Castle back in the outfit. This was quite bloody and might be the first Marvel “Red Band” book that really deserved it.

Project Chimera: The Hero Trade #2. Written by Matt Kindt and art by David Lapham. Corey Wolfe did the cover art. I did not know that this was the just a two-issue series so when it all wrapped up in the book, I was very surprised. I did enjoy this very much and I would have liked it to continue.

Transformers #24. Written by Daniel Warren Johnson and art by Jorge Corona. Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer did the cover art. This was a huge final fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron. I say final, but I don’t actually mean that. There is no way that was their last fight. However, it was a huge boss battle. It was the final issue for Daniel Warren Johnson who has been with the book since the beginning.

Exceptional X-Men #13. Written by Eve L. Ewing and art by Federica Mancin. Carmen Carnero & Nolan Woodard did the cover art. This is the final issue of Exceptional X-Men, which makes me sad. I have enjoyed the Kitty Pryde/Emma Frost team. I do not know if it is coming back after the Age of Revelation. It felt like an end to the series.

Wolverines and Deadpools #3. Written by Cody Ziglar and art by Roge Antonio. Cover art was done by Alessandro Cappuccio and Mattia Iacono. This short series came to an end. It was a fun little series with the father-daughter tandems working together to stop the Shadow King. Ellie even broke the fourth wall.

Red Hulk #8. “Allies” Written by Benjamin Percy and art by Geoff Shaw. Cover art was done by Geoff Shaw and Marte Gracia. Thunderbolt Ross is going through a ton of stuff. However, Machine Man, Deathlok and Wildstreak are there to help him.

Racer X #1. Written by Mark Russell and art by Nuno Plati. Cover art was done by Francesco Tomaselli. Another book that falls into the world of Speed Racer. Racer X is Speed’s supposedly dead brother. Racer X is a fun series and I am curious to see how it crosses over with Speed Racer.

Other books this week: Spider-Verse vs. Venom-verse #5, Imperial War- Nova: Centurion #1, Blood Type #4, Powers 25 #1, Superior Avengers #6, Blood & Thunder #5 and X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha #1.

Quick Hits: Todd picked me up Maria Llovet’s Artificial #1, a new romance book with robots to purchase for dates. It is kind of a sexy book. Tama #2 wound up with the Bronze Medalist this week. There were more Kong action with Return to Skull Island #3. Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #4 sees Trinity searching for Damian corgi by heading to a timeline where Batman is getting married to Catwoman. Hello Darkness #14 has its horror once again. Godzilla is busy this week with both Godzilla (Kai-Sei Era) #2 and Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #4. There are a bunch of Godzilla books available these days. Eddie Brock: Carnage #8 sees the problems continue to rise between Carnage and Eddie Brock. Ultimate Wolverine #9 brings out the Sentinels. Conan the Barbarian #24 has a tough loss for Conan. The book Cul-De-Sac #2 from Bad Idea came out this week too. I still have liked The Unchosen #3 more. I was not a fan of number one, but this has improved each issue.