Hey y’all. We have a pretty fun group of comics this week. Combined with yesterday’s Featured Review, Detective Comics #1034, this may have been one of the best weeks since I started doing these reviews. I have high hopes for all the comics going forward and am excited to share that with you. So, let’s keep this intro short and get to the comics!
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| Look! Its Gorilla Gregg! |
Spoilers for: Miles Morales: Spider-Man #24, Amazing Spider-Man #62, Titans Academy #1
Writer: Mariko Tamaki; Joshua Williamson
Artist: Dan Mora, Gleb Melnikov
Colors: Jordie Bellaire
Letters: Aditya Bidikar; ALW’s Troy Peteri
Cover: Mora
Full Spoilers for Detective Comics #1034 Ahead
Hey y’all. We have a big roundup this week as I’ve been waiting weeks for enough news to do one of these updates. There is not much blog news to announce. I am going to continue reviewing The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, though the exact timeframe between the episode airing and the review going up is still up in the air. It may be Saturday like WandaVision or Tuesday. I’m still working out the schedule. The currently planned post for this Friday will be Zack Snyder’s Justice League related. It probably won’t be a straight review, but we’ll see how it turns out.
Anyway, the news!
Hey y’all. We’ve got a small one this week. I wanted to
cover more issues but found myself with little to say about most. Superman
Red & Blue #1 is mostly good anthology with some of the coolest art you’ll
see. Radiant Black #2 is really good, but not in any way that needs to
be discussed. Next week will definitely be bigger though. It will feature Amazing
Spider-Man, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Power Rangers, the debut of Teen Titans
Academy, and maybe a few more. Plus, Detective Comics #1034 will get a
Featured Review this Sunday. It will be an exciting week for comics.
I might have a Zack Snyder’s Justice League post this
Friday. I just have to find the time to rewatch it and make sure I have my
ducks in a row, which is quite a time commitment.
Anyway, let’s get to the reviews!
I needed somewhere to put this meet-cute so here.
Spoilers for: Justice League #59, Nightwing #78
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s premiere is quite
different from that of its
immediate predecessor. It is far less ambitious, content to simply be
exactly what you likely imagined when you first heard the phrase ‘MCU TV show’:
an obnoxious number of quick cuts, largely mediocre action scenes, and charming
actors. It also lacks the puzzle box setup of WandaVision, meaning it can tell a more MCU-standard tale. While
the seeming lack of ambition is disappointing, it led to a solid debut that has
me interested in the themes and ideas it appears to be tackling.
Full Spoilers for 'New World Order’ follow.
Hey y’all. I apologize for these reviews being late. The last sevenish days have been pretty rough for me so I have not written much at all. But I’m back starting today and have some issues to discuss. I planned to have a few more here but did not have the time to write them. Just know that X-Factor #8, Children of the Atom #1, and Superman #29 are good, but not exceptional. The latter two are promising beginnings to their stories. I also read the debut of Proctor Valley Road and just had nothing to say about it. It is perfectly acceptable with some very pretty art.
Anyway, let’s jump in!
Spoilers for: Amazing Spider-Man #61, Wonder Woman #770, Mighty Morphin’ #5
Hey y’all. It is very nice being back into the swing of these
reviews; they are really fun. Bit of a mixed bag this week, but Keanu Reeves
does make an appearance so be excited. Yesterday saw the return of the Featured
Reviews with Infinite Frontier #0, the kickoff to DC’s next big era.
We continue looking at that era here, though it won’t be full tilt for a week
or two.
Anyway, onto the reviews!
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| But first, Gorilla Gregg from Infinite Frontier #0 |
Spoilers for: Crime Syndicate #1, BRZRKR #1
Writers: Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder,
Brian Michael Bendis, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Joelle Jones, Tim
Sheridan, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Geoffrey Thorne, and Geoff Johns
Artists: John Timms, David Marquez, Jorge Jimenez, Alitha
Martinez, Mark Morales, Joelle Jones, Stephen Byrne, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi
Tarragona, Jamal Igle, Alex Maleev, Todd Nauck, Dexter Soy, Howard Porter, John
Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson
Colors: Alex Sinclair, Tamra Bonvillain, Tomeu Morey, Jordie Bellaire, Stephen
Byrne, Alejandro Sanchez, Hi-Fi, and Brad Anderson
Letters: ALW’s Troy Peteri
Cover: Dan Jurgens and Mikel Janin
I am a simple man; I see Gorilla Gregg and I clap. Of course, my thoughts on this issue are more complicated than that, but it is emblematic of my reaction to this issue. This is a comic filled to the brim with intriguing and fan-pleasing moments. Said moments are elevated by the phenomenal art throughout this issue. This is one of the best-looking comics you will read this year.
Full Spoilers for Infinite Frontier #0 from this point forward.
Last week, I used this space to lament WandaVision’s lack
of creativity and how it has made the show progressively worse. That piece
ended with hope though. Hope that the finale could right the wrongs of the
preceding episodes and resolve its story in a satisfying manner. So, you may be
wondering, did Marvel Studios’ first television series stick the landing?
Full Spoilers for ‘The Series Finale’ follow. You have been warned.
Anyway, onto the news!
Hey y’all. We’re back! The hiatus lasted much longer than I anticipated, but oh well. It was a crazy couple months to start 2021. You will notice there are no DC comics here as I did not want to just cover the final issues of a couple Future State series. Those series ae very mixed in quality, but overall good. DC will return Sunday with the resumption of the Featured Review column, likely covering Infinite Frontier #0. That should be very exciting.
Anyway, let’s get to the reviews!
Spoilers For: Amazing Spider-Man #60, X-Men #18
