Aside from that, I did manage to read my comics, and so I would like to comment on the past two weeks as far as this: Blue Beetle was awesome, and Mark Millar is still a hack. Also, I have gotten to where I really love John Romita Jr.'s artwork. Which made Kick-ass all the more a bizarre read for me.
Anyway, this week:
The Awesome:
The Boys #16
There a lot of really good emotion in this particular issue, and a whole lot less "omg Ennishock factor!" In fact, so far that's more or less how this current arc is. So that must mean that in the next two issues the disgusting rolls out.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12
Oh man, this issue was awesome. I wasn't sure whether or not Drew Goddard's arc was gonna be as good as Whedon's and BKV's had been, and so far, it's looking good. My only complaint is that Xander didn't shout something along the lines of "See! I did see a panther!"
Cable #1
And here begins Marvel's Lone Wolf and Cub. I'm always amazed how well those stories fall into a kind of Western story feel, even though we're actually looking at some nasty beat-up future. Apparently Bishop's arm was not of the greatest quality.
Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1
Oh man. Do I really have to tell you why this is awesome? Peter David's adaptation is just fantastic, and Jae Lee... I mean really that's all you have to tell me. Jae Lee is doing the artwork. I'm sold.
Detective Comics #842
Peter Milligan drops in to tell us a kinda creepy tale about Batman and the armor he wore for most of "The Resurrection of R'as al Ghul." Well done one shot, and we get to see a bit more about that sect that Azrael used to be a part of. Hopefully we'll keep it at that in terms of remembering that particular character...
Echo #1
Terry Moore gives us a new comic that appears to be a classic accidental superpower book. The artwork and story are a real good leadup to what might come, and also make me excited about him coming to Marvel to work on Runaways. Also, maybe I should check out Strangers in Paradise...
Green Lantern #28
Holy crap Red Lantern! HOLY CRAP RED LANTERN! RAGERAGERAGERAGERAGE! Mike McKone does a great job doing the work on GL right now, especially since he's picking up the book from Ivan Reis (who'll be back very soon, according to a Geoff Johns' interview).
Jonah Hex #29
This story, for me anyway, was amazingly intense. The colors are mostly brown, grey and red, and really creates this eerie, almost frightening story involving Jonah Hex and this elusive tribe hidden in a rock formation known as the Devil's Paw.
Justice League: The New Frontier Special
Most of the stories were okay, but what's almost worth buying THE WHOLE DAMN THING is opening pages of this as introduced by Rip Hunter, who excuses himself from the panel for a moment to shoot A RANDOM GUY IN THE FACE. Okay, so maybe he wasn't entirely random, he was an aluminum siding salesman.
Scalped #15
We find Dash Bad Horse still having a rough time actually dealing and coming to terms with his mother's death. But it seems like he's finally coming to a point of a breakthrough, possibly with the help of a boy whose mother died right around the same time... and points could be leading to a one Diesel Injun.
Young Liars #1
This came out of nowhere. I thought it looked dumb when I saw a few bits about it a while back. I have been proven wrong. This is a great issue that gives a solid introduction and sets up a cool and possibly INSANE story in the process. Well played, David Lapham
And now, for this week's "huhbuhwuh?"
X-Force #2: X-23 shoots a gun! blam blam blam! Also, Marvel wants to bring back all it's Technarchy characters, apparently. I just find that weird, issue was okay.
Countdown Presents Lord Havok & the Extermists #5: I'm not exactly sure what even happened in this issue.
All New Atom #21: Rick Remender, while I enjoy your "SCIENCE!" to a certain extent, it just didn't happen here. ::sniff:: I miss Gail already.
Punisher War Journal #17: CURSE YOU HOWARD CHAYKIN! CURSE YOU! The story was good otherwise!
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