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Message: [QUOTE="ATenderLad, post: 170050, member: 3864"] Welp, it's been another couple weeks, and I feel like rambling about the comics I've read since last time. I'm gonna mix it up a little, and try to cover several books in bite-sized chunks this time. Here goes! [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3]DC COMICS[/HEADING] [ATTACH align="right" alt="1744322862575.png"]56783[/ATTACH][I][B]Aquaman #4[/B][/I] ([I]Writer Jeremy Adams, Artist John Timms, Colorist Rek Lokus[/I]) Spinning out of the event [I]Absolute Power[/I], where several characters lost or swapped powers, they've taken the opportunity to give Mera's "hydrokinesis" to Aquaman. (Honestly, it is the cooler power). King Arthur of Atlantis also has a shiny magic sword that extends into a trident. The current story revolves around "The Blue", a watery paralell to Swamp Things' "The Green". That's one way to jazz up a guy who talks to fish, I guess! [HR][/HR] [ATTACH align="right" alt="1744335133065.png"]56852[/ATTACH][I][B]Absolute Green Lantern[/B][/I][B] #1[/B] ([I]Writer Al Ewing, Artist Jahnoy Lindsay[/I]) The latest Absolute re-imagining, and unsurprisingly it's another strong debut issue. Set in a fictional Nevada border town, the titular Green Lantern brings cosmic horror to a very mundane setting. It looks like Hal Jordan got dealt a particularly bad hand (pun intended, read the book to groan properly), and we'll be following the adventures of Jo Mullein from the *amazing* [I]Far[/I] [I]Sector [/I]by N.K. Jemisin. I'm champing at the bit for the next issue. [HR][/HR] [ATTACH align="right" alt="1744337018463.png"]56858[/ATTACH][I][B]All Star Western Vol. 1 - Guns and Gotham[/B][/I] ([I]Writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, Artist Moritat, Colors Gabriel Bautista[/I]) Not a new book, but I've been meaning to catch up on it for years now. Bounty hunter, gunslinger, and all-around ornery cuss Jonah Hex mosies into Gotham on the trail of some wanted idiots. Hex hates cities (and most everything else) but finds himself looped into constant misadventures that keep him stuck in town, working far too closely with Jeremiah Arkham. (The psychologist who founds the famous asylum). Arkham is a nebbish academic, but he's absolutely fascinated by this violent, maladjusted sociopath who keeps solving problems. I'm a huge fan of westerns, but I think anyone could have a blast here.. There's six volumes collection the whole series, and while it loses steam eventually, the first three installments are great. [HR][/HR] [CENTER][I][B]Batgirl [/B][/I][B]#3[/B] ([I]Writer Tate Brombal, Artist Takeshi Miyazawa, Colors Mike Spicer[/I]) [ATTACH width="276px" alt="1744339674265.png"]56881[/ATTACH][ATTACH width="275px" alt="Screenshot 2025-04-10 214843.png"]56882[/ATTACH][ATTACH width="132px" alt="Screenshot 2025-04-10 214936.png"]56887[/ATTACH] I've struggled a bit catching up to the current continuity of Gotham characters, but the new Cassandra Cain/Batgirl ongoing has been a delight. The first arc is entirely centered on her and the thorny relationship she has with her mother, Lady Shiva. Being a comic book, they work through that amidst a million murder attempts by mystically enhanced assassins.[/CENTER] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3]MARVEL COMICS[/HEADING] [ATTACH align="right" alt="Screenshot 2025-04-10 220351.png"]56890[/ATTACH][I][B]Incredible Hulk[/B][/I][B] #19[/B] ([I]Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Artists Nic Klein and Danny Earls, Colors Matthew Wilson[/I]) A few years ago, Al Ewing wrapped up his [I]Immortal Hulk[/I] series, a smash hit that will likely define the character the same way Planet Hulk did a decade prior. It brought some profound horror to the Hulk, layered in Biblical musings and modern social anxieties. While the next few writers aimed to be different, the latest series by is embracing Immortal Hulk instead. If Ewing's book was psychological horror, this baby is going full 70's grindhouse, like a movie called "[I]Scream Slaughter! Till the Devil Knows You're Dead[/I]!" It reminds me of some of the older Ghost Rider books in that way, and the artwork is incredible. [HR][/HR] [ATTACH align="right" alt="Screenshot 2025-04-10 221904.png"]56895[/ATTACH][B][I]The Amazing Spider-Man #1[/I] [/B]([I]Writer Joe Kelly, Artist Pepe Larraz, Colors Marte Gracia[/I]) That's right, it's a new re-launch of the main Peter Parker book....and y'all, I think it's a Hush. I think we're doing Spider-Man: Hush. We're about to have a gauntlet of revamped old rogue's, some shadowy new guys are pulling the strings, and a childhood friend of Peter's that we've never met got introduced right here in the first issue. (I'm not saying that guy will turn out to be a villain, but [I]yes I fucking am saying that[/I]). Fingers crossed! [HR][/HR] [ATTACH align="right" alt="1744342493728.png"]56898[/ATTACH][B][I]All-New Venom #4[/I][/B] ([I]Writer Al Ewing, Artist Carlos Gomez, Colors Frank D'armata[/I]) So, that's a page of Venom being shot in the face with a miniaturized M.O.D.O.K., who then rapidly expands, resulting in the Funko Pop-themed nightmare on the bottom right panel. (Venom's head pops on the next page, but don't worry; it's comics, they get better!) The setup here is that after the recent Venom War event, Eddie Brock is stuck with Carnage, and Venom has a new mystery host. The debut issue presented it as a mystery, and at least four potential suspects. Their identity was revealed in this latest issue, and I won't spoil it except to say "I did not see that coming, and I love it!" Venom in general has had a *lot* going on the last few years, enough to perhaps be unwelcoming to a new reader. If that's you, I still think this book might be worth reading a few wiki articles. [HR][/HR] [ATTACH align="right" alt="1744343587610.png"]56906[/ATTACH][I][B]Eddie Brock: Carnage #1 [/B](Writer Charles Soule, Artist Jesús Saíz, Colors Matt Hollingsworth) [/I]Speaking of Eddie Brock and Carnage, this "Parental Advisory" book is kind of old hat. Eddie Brock doing the "Lethal Protector" thing is nothing new, but the detail in the art really grabs your attention. The page I posted here features Eddie using tendrils to "taste" the minds of all his fellow passengers, and nearly all of the 60 or so faces and heads are unique. That must have taken forever! [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3]DYNAMITE[/HEADING] [CENTER][ATTACH width="716px" alt="1744345560580.png"]56921[/ATTACH] [B][I]The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologist[/I][/B] ([I]Writer Denny O'Neil, Artist Micheal Kaluta, Colors Russ Heath[/I]) [/CENTER] [ATTACH align="right" alt="1744346405516.png"]56930[/ATTACH]Thanks to Cuestionador for suggesting this one! I watch enough old movies to have known where this book was going from the start, but it captures the feeling of WWII-era B-movies perfectly. It makes sense for the character, and more importantly it's *fucking gorgeous*. I'm approaching the image limit for the post, or I'd flood this thing with pages from the book. ....okay, maybe a couple more! ("MAGGOTS! Night has fallen on your twisted dream!" is such a dope-ass thing to shout before mowing down Nazi's). [CENTER] [ATTACH width="456px" alt="1744345646379.png"]56923[/ATTACH][ATTACH width="244px" alt="1744345719239.png"]56926[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [HR][/HR] I was thinking about making these a bit more "digestible", so most of the images are thumbnails. Hopefully this layout looks neat and tidy? Anyhow, there's other good books coming out monthly, like Birds of Prey, The Immortal Thor, and Uncanny X-Men, but I've mentioned them all before. I also re-read Batman: Hush the other day, since the "sequel" is coming out. ...I think Jim Lee's artwork did most of the heavy lifting, but there's something interesting to the Jason Todd red herring. The identity of Hush is pretty obvious from the start, since it requires setting up a brand new character to "reveal" as the villain later. Teasing the return of one of the most famously dead characters in comics went a long way to masking that, though; "Bucky, Uncle Ben, and Jason Todd stay dead!", they used to say. The excitement over breaking one of the "rules", while pushing the Bat & Cat romance further than they ever had in post-Crisis comics made the whole thing feel more momentous. Anyhow, there's always more comics! Till next time. [CENTER][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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