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It’s a quite unusual week for comics this week as at least six new #1 debut today, seven of which I want to talk about. (I cheated by including guy of Steel #1 & 2. When you get your own Westfield blog column, you can cheat too!) Let’s take a quick look!
Ant-Man as well as the Wasp #1
ANT-MAN as well as THE WASP #1 by mark Waid, Javier Garron, as well as Isreal Silva. After a extremely funny fake-out introductory page, we satisfy the stars of the book: Nadia Van Dyne is Hank Pym’s daughter, Janet Van Dyne’s embraced step-daughter, as well as a expert genius, crimefighter, as well as extremely cheerful. Meanwhile, Scott Lang is the present Ant-Man, in addition to an engineer, C student, crimefighter, as well as typically not… uh… UNcheerful. things go downhill from there, as well as that’s only page 2. Waid’s at his finest with bickering super-science couples as well as a truly-shocking, implication-loaded cliffhanger.
Dazzler: X-Song #1
DAZZLER: X-SONG #1 by Magdalene Visaggio, Laura Braga, as well as Rachelle Rosenberg. There’s a new band called Lightbringer making waves. referred to as a “Mutant pride Band”, they are fronted by Alison Blaire (AKA the former Disco Dazzler in one more life). This one-shot comic serves to reintroduce the character back into the spotlight — in much more methods than one! The politics are a bit ham-fisted as well as hackneyed, however this comic (and band’s) heart is in the best place. After this, Dazzler reappears in Astonishing X-Men #14, on sale in August.
Deadpool #1
DEADPOOL #1 by Scottie Young, Nic Klein, Scott Hepburn, as well as Ian Herring. tried to checked out Deadpool a long time ago. Didn’t “get it”, so I moved on. Scottie young is a great guy, though, so you may want to inspect it out for that. You understand him finest for lots as well as lots of hysterically funny marvel variant covers (especially the “Marvel Babies” covers) as well as the extremely acclaimed Oz graphic Novels, performed in conjunction with Eric Shanower!
Doctor unusual #1
DOCTOR unusual #1 by mark Waid as well as Jesus Saiz. In which Stephen unusual has a run of extremely poor days, as well as to get better, Tony Stark provides him a spacecraft to sail among the stars up until he crash-lands on an alien world as well as things really get worse. Wow, I can’t believe I just typed that. physician unusual In Space. Luckily, I’ve understood Mr. Waid on-and-off over the last couple of decades, so I typically count on him sufficient to see what he’s got up his sleeve. since this very first problem is quite… odd. mark as well as I had a extremely good chat at this year’s C2E2, as well as then less than an hour after that, I inadvertently got locked out of the building. (In March. In Chicago. Without a coat.) Weirdly, none of that was his fault, including the horrible chilly I had for the next two weeks.
The Immortal Hulk #1
THE IMMORTAL HULK #1 by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy Rose, as well as Paul Mounts. Sadly, the only thing I liked right here was the Alex Ross cover, as well as even that wasn’t his many inspiring work. The story itself seemed ripped from the script pages of the (very) old 1978 live-action Hulk TV series starring expense Bixby as Bruce Banner, where the Hulk (as Banner) gets inadvertently caught up in something poor (here, a benefit store robbery gone bad). three people end up dead as well as in the morgue… oh wait… it appears like one of them is still to life after all! Gah! however to be fair… if you liked those old TV shows, you’ll most likely likewise like this new comic book take.
Justice league #1
JUSTICE league #1 by Scott Snyder, Jim Cheung, as well as mark Morales. I’m not always the most significant Scott Snyder fan (I believe excellent artwork ought to always trump word balloons as well as captions), so Jim Cheung as well as mark Morales’ outstanding artwork wins the day for me here. finest moments: J’onn J’onzz’ new job, the heroes bantering while protecting the earth (they’re mocking Batman’s “over-serious” voice), as well as Villains, Villains, Villains! Although this is mainly setup, I’m looking ahead to much more advancement over the next few issues. delighted this title is twice-monthly.
The guy of Steel #1
THE guy OF STEEL #1–2 by Brian Michael Bendis, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Jay Fabok, as well as Alex Sinclair (issue #1), as well as Brian Michael Bendis, Doc Shaner, Steve Rude, Jay Fabok, as well as Alex Sinclair (issue #2). I like it so far, as well as the regular publication of this six-part miniseries is certainly a plus. For me, Superman’s always at his finest interacting with typical daily folks, as he does here. He’s rescuing bit youngsters (and puppies) from fires, as well as then promptly satisfying up with Metropolis’s newest deputy fire chief — Melody Moore — on the job. (Hmm… Melody Moore… MM… just one letter removed from the well-known Superman “LL” girlfriends… I see what you’re doing there…) extremely “meet cute”… speaking of Lois, she’s still nowhere to be seen, except in flashback where she as well as their child Jon seemingly mysteriously disappear.
The guy of Steel #2
Another fun visual montage consists of framed everyday world front pages over the years, which likewise obviously offer some clues to what’s still “canon”: “1: A Superman IS HERE, 2: A Justice league is BORN, 3: Superman RETURNS, 4. Superman DEAD.” I haven’t checked out numerous Superman titles for years, as well as The guy of Steel is the ideal pathway back into the mythos — particularly for people like me who wandered away for a while.
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KC CARLSON SEZ: next week’s DC & marvel number-ones include Hawkman #1, Plastic guy #1, Titans special #1, Deadpool: Assassin #1 (of 6), marvel Rising Alpha #1 (Squirrel woman meets Ms. Marvel!), as well as Thor #1. Yikes! I’m already broke this month!
WESTFIELD COMICS is not accountable for the dumb things that KC says. particularly that thing that truly irritated you. Apologies for the odd sign-off last week. Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Batman!
(Sorry, I may requirement expert help!)