Comics I Like – June 29th, 2009
June 29th, 2009
I’ve finally had a chance to read Captain America #600 so I can give my thoughts on that issue as well as the upcoming Captain America: Reborn miniseries that starts this week. I’ll also talk about WildStorm’s intriguing Storming Paradise miniseries and DC’s latest The Warlord series.
Captain America #600
Has it really been 600 issues? According to the cover gallery included in #600 it has. I know I haven’t read nearly that many, only picking up the series around issue #438 of the first volume. I’ve been with the title, through its various incarnations, ever sense. #600 was interesting but certainly not worth $4.99 so I’m glad I got it through my subscription.
Captain America #600 (Courtesy of the Grand Comics Database)
Comics I Like – June 22nd, 2009
June 22nd, 2009
It’s an all-Fantastic Four column, with a review of the most recent two issues and a commentary on the way many covers have artwork that doesn’t accurately reflect the actual story told in the comic. Read on.
Review: Fantastic Four #566 & #567
These two issues of Fantastic Four (originally published on May 20th and June 10th, 2009) represent the first half of the “Masters of Doom” storyline that will close out Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s run on the title. The first issue saw the Marquis of Death and his Apprentice show up in Latveria where Doom had put together a lavish welcome for the duo.
Fantastic Four #566 (Courtesy of the Grand Comic-Book Database)
Comics I Like – June 15th, 2009
June 15th, 2009
This week’s column discusses Marvel’s Reborn, which is still a mystery to me, the Marvel OverPower card game and the problem of rereading comics.
Reborn Revealed; Captain America #600
Although the news is all over the Internet (I even saw a headline at CNN.com) I have thus far been able to keep away from any articles spoiling either Marvel’s upcoming Reborn series or Captain America #600, which came out today. I’ll probably get my copy of #600 next week through Marvel subscriptions. If I’m lucky. Can I stay away from spoilers for that long?
Comics I Like – June 8th, 2009
June 8th, 2009
In today’s column I discuss Marvel’s mysterious Reborn limited series, how I discovered that DC’s Green Lantern is just one of many similar Lantern Corps named for the colors of the visible light spectrum, and how great it was to see the Night Nurse in Marvel’s current Dark Reign: Elektra series.
Comics I Like – June 2nd, 2009
June 2nd, 2009
I took last week off due to Memorial Day and now this week’s column is a day late because I spent the bulk of yesterday fending off a nasty computer virus. But here I am with a new column and a new format. Rather than dedicating each column to one topic I’m going to be covering four or five topics in each column for the next few weeks.
Millar and Hitch Leaving Fantastic Four
It turns out that the current Fantastic Four arc, The Masters of Doom, is the end of Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s run. I for one couldn’t be more excited for the next creative team to take over. Not because I have anything against Millar and Hitch. I’ve found their time on the title a little dull here and there but nothing terrible. No, I’m just hopeful that whoever takes over Fantastic Four will get rid of the awful trade dress that debuted with issue #554.
Comics I Like – May 18th, 2009
May 18th, 2009
In last week’s edition of Rich Johnston’s Lying in the Gutters comic gossip column at Comic Book Resources, included was a tidbit revealing that Marvel will be adding “back up” stories to some of its titles. They’re being written and drawing at this very moment. Or at least they were when the column was published. I am not a fan of back up stories. In my experience, they’ve never been worth reading let alone paying extra for the privilege. But is it better than nothing?
Comics I Like – May 11th, 2009
May 11th, 2009
Way back in January I reviewed the first issues of X-Men Noir and Spider-Man Noir. I didn’t particularly like what I read:
Oh, the artwork is impressive and the atmosphere is very noirish (noiresque?), but both issues left me uninterested in the characters and their respective situations. First issues need to pull readers in, entice them to become invested in the story, and leave them wanting more. In every respect, these books failed. I will continue reading both miniseries because the artwork is quite good and because first issues often have problems that are resolved later on. My hope is that with the “noir” universes set up and the characters introduced, the stories will kick into high gear beginning with issue #2.
I ended the review by writing that, of the two, I found X-Men Noir slightly better than Spider-Man Noir. Months later, having finished reading both miniseries, my opinion has switched.
Comics I Like – May 4th, 2009
May 4th, 2009
Just moments ago my doorbell rang and I received two packages. One was my latest shipment from Discount Comic Book Service. Inside were the 15 books I ordered March, published in April. I made the switch to an online provider due to the cost and time involved in driving to my local my local comic book shop each week. I placed my first order with DCBS in late June of 2008 and my first batch of books arrived in late August of that year. Let’s take a look at what arrived today.
Comics I Like – Monday, April 27th, 2009
April 27th, 2009
Although this column is called Comics I Like, I haven’t written all that much about the comics I actually like (or don’t, as the case may be), preferring instead to discuss general topics like my reading habits, price increases and that sort of thing. Today, however, I’m going to write about an actual comic book. A six-issue miniseries, in fact. And that miniseries is … DC’s The Huntress: Year One.
Ooh. Aah.
Comics I Like – Monday, April 20th, 2009
April 20th, 2009
I don’t have a routine for reading my comics. Whenever I get a new shipment from DCBS or the latest issue of Fantastic Four or Captain America from my subscription with Marvel, I stack the books on a shelf on the nightstand next to my bed. There’s no discernible order, although if I’m really behind I might organize the stack by title. Often, the stack will sit on its shelf for days before I touch it. It’s not that I don’t want to read the books (I did, after all, go to the effort and expensive of ordering them) it’s just that I don’t have the time.
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