It’s an interesting week for comics. Last week, I discussed in detail DC’s Villains
Month crossover. This is the first post
VM week and DC’s titles are mostly back to normal. I mentioned, Joker’s Daughter as being in short supply and DC has been kind
enough to send out more copies of the 2D cover version as a reshipment. I picked it up and it definitely was not
worth the wait. The issues writing by
Ann Nocenti – the current writer on Catwoman and co-creator of Marvel character’s
Longshot, Mojo, and Typhoid Mary – and art by Georges Jeanty were both minimally
acceptable but lacking and parts of the story are pretty far out there.
Also from DC, Forever
Evil 2 hit shelves this week. Same
quality of art and general writing, but remember all that stuff I said about
Lex Luthor’s pathos. Yeah, scratch that,
this issue shot it right out the window.
However, a nod to the old Christopher Reeves Superman series in the form of LexCorp Employee Otis was a nice touch,
though in the end a bit of a letdown. One
more DC title of note is Scooby Doo 38
for its Elvira homage cover and story.
Over at Marvel this week are the high recommended Captain America: Living Legend 1 (check
me out posing with it on Starbase 21 Tulsa’s facebook page as customer of the
week – because awesome) and Fantomex Max
1. Fantomex is a minor X-Men character
(first appearing in New X-Men 128 in
2002), a background of little or no importance to this issue. Probably the worst four bucks I’ve spent in a
comic book shop in awhile. Fantomex Max
features atrocious art by Shawn Crystal (best known for his work on Deadpool, Crystal has done better work
before and occasionally reaches an expectable passable level here, but rarely)
and nearly unreadable dialog and narration by Andrew Hope (who drew two comics and
wrote one for a small UK publisher in 1990 before disappearing from the comic
world until last year when he popped up at Marvel). The highlights of this issue include gratuitous
shots of heroine Special Agent Rhona Flemyng’s panties on page 9, Fantomex’s sadomasochist/fetish
holographic assistant, and an unrealistic and hackneyed story with copious
amounts of hyper-unrealistic violence.
Captain America:
Living Legend, however, (which I haven’t read yet, sorry) seems to feature a
much more cohesive storyline and the best interior artwork – by Adi Granov – I saw this week. Granov is best known for his work on Iron Man, both the series, where he was
the artist on the Extremis storyline and the movies, he provided conceptual
designs for all three Iron Man films
as well as Marvel’s The Avengers. Originally intended for a 2010 release, the
title was delayed due to Granov’s involvement with the Marvel movies and he
will not be returning for issues 2-4 of the mini-series.
I should also mention that Dark Horse Comics recently resurrected
their Comics Greatest World title Catalyst:
Agents of Change as Catalyst Comix
of which issue four is on stands this week.
I’m a huge fan of the CGW line from way back and Catalyst lead character Grace is among my favorite characters (right
after X, Ghost, Barb Wire, and Vortex).
I somehow missed this return to the stands until last week, when I noticed
the solicitation in Previews for the
December issue. Flipping through the
week’s installment, makes me wish I could go back to having overlooked this unfortunate
relaunch.
One last title worth discussing this week, Archie 648 featuring a super-hero parody
by legendary comic writer Tom DeFalco with a variant cover by longtime Thor artist Walt Simonson.
Also, recommended this week are Dynamite’s Lady Rawhide 2 and Dark Horse’s The Star Wars 2 and whatever it was the Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Wonderland: Down
the Rabbit Hole 5 (which – admittedly
– I primarily like for the covers).
So, that’s what we’re reading here at Nerd Is The New
Cool. What’s on your pull list this
week? Let us know in the comments or hit
us up on twitter @nerdisnewcool.
Until next time,
Nerd Is The New Cool, signing off.
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